TLC Mercantile (Experimental)

[Glutius Max]

I ran into a crash issue involving the first overseas city I took. I took the city which already had a harbor and trade port plus a barracks built in it. Whenever I tried to upgrade a unit in that city the game crashed. I fixed it by selling the barracks then building another barracks again. The issue stopped.

 

[Oni Ryuu]

Thanks for the info.
I expect it will just be residual code from the trading rules adjustments. The retyped BIQ shouldn’t have that problem.

Have you seen any examples of the AI using ships to transport infantry?

 

[Glutius Max]

I only remember seeing two AI civs dropping off an Axeman in my territory one time each.

 

[Oni Ryuu]

Thanks; one guy was all the confirmation I needed.

Is the AI behaving normally? Have you noticed any negative aspects whilst using the three-class system?

 

[Glutius Max]

All I notice right now is that I'm playing on a large map and most civs don't want to expand their territories very much. Playing on hard with more aggressive checked. I'm also using a no raze no city limit no pollution patch that doesn't seem to be working. The AI does a lot of city razing. I noticed one civ razed two of it's own cities when we went to war.

 

[Glutius Max]

I just researched industrialization and now it crashes no matter what city i try to upgrade units in. Looks like I'll have to wait for your next .biq. can't go any further.

 

[Oni Ryuu]

Thanks for the update.
That’s unfortunate. The new BIQ should be ready this weekend.

most civs don't want to expand their territories very much

Do you mean that they’re slow to found new cities or are reluctant/unable to conquer neighbouring ones?

 

[Glutius Max]

Thanks for the update.
That’s unfortunate. The new BIQ should be ready this weekend.

Do you mean that they’re slow to found new cities or are reluctant/unable to conquer neighbouring ones?

It's a bit of both I think. Some civs stop growing after just a few cities even. Others will grow larger but still seem to stop when they have plenty of room to keep going. I didn't see much city capturing when war broke out either. When I was trying to play through an earlier .biq it seemed some civs were actually doing the opposite like they were in a city building frenzy so fast I couldn't possibly keep up.

 

[Oni Ryuu]

Sorry for the late reply.

I expect the problem will be fixed with the retype.
The player is supposed to be a third-rate nation for the first half of the game. If the AI’s growth is stunted, the player could dominate the map in the late middle ages.

 

[Oni Ryuu]

Sorry for such a long absence. I haven’t been able to do any Civ stuff for a while.

I’m about 60% through retyping the game and I don’t know how much free time I’m going to have this week. I should be able to get it done at the weekend.

 

[Oni Ryuu]

I'm down to about 15% so i think it should be ready to morrow evening.

 

[Oni Ryuu]

The BIQ is fully playable in its present form but I’m having trouble activating the custom player data. The consequence is that all players will start with only a settler and a worker and begin in anarchy.
Download

 

[we76]

mod very very good. Mercantile 1.001.biq crash at the 20th turn.

 

[Oni Ryuu]

Hi we76

Thank you for complementing my work.
I don’t know what caused the crash but I expect to have an answer for you later today.

 

[Jarovid]

I have files from September. Can I use them with latest BIQ, or download of complete scenario is needed?

 

[Oni Ryuu]

Hi Jarovid, it’s good to have you back.
All of your files should be okay, I only retyped the BIQ without adding anything.
The new BIQ will have some copying errors but we’re nearly there.

we76
I’ve been poking at the BIQ and it’s beginning to look like a standard error. The bad news is that it often takes a day or two to find them.

 

[we76]

I do not speak English very well.I'm using a translator.it is clear that you have found a mistake and will working a the problem, I use the previous version of Big, there are mistakes, but they are tolerant, thank you for your excellent work, good luck.

 

[Oni Ryuu]

Thanks for the support. I’ll contact you when the game is more stable.

 

[Glutius Max]

Looking forward to trying out the new BIQ so I can hopefully get past the crashes I was having when I got to Industrialization.

 

[Oni Ryuu]

I’m still trying to identify that bug.
I’m playing several games until they crash to find out what they have in common.