trade question

[Mokon]

I made a trade plane by editing the rules.... It is set to 7.... ect.... When i build it in a city and sned it to another persons it does not trade in.... it just puts the 0 attack screen up....

 

[Mokon]

and the same thing happens with my trade ship

 

[MikeLynch]

Air and sea units with the Trade role do not function as Trade units. Only ground units can be working Trade units.

IIRC, I tested this with "Domain 3" units and found it to be impossible there, too. I may not be remembering correctly, though...

 

[Mokon]

 

[Andrew Livings]

You could do what I once did in a scenario and make your trade "plane" actually a para-dropping ground unit. Great for humans!

 

[Mokon]

hmmmm good idea

 

[ferenginar]

You could modify the current trade units, Change caravan unit so that it doesn't beome obselete, then alter freight so that it has plane charcteristics.

You can then mess around with the movement and icons as you see fit.

 

[kobayashi]

I'm actually interested in the AI behavior regarding trade ships. Does it build and try to use them? What if the trade ship has an attack factor?