Trade Tribulation

[geobaysun]

Help! When I enter into trade agreements, I always hear from my opponent when the trade agreement expires (after 20 turns) -- unless the trade involves a critical resource I am trading to them. For example, I sent iron to the French and the Iroqouis. This trade never comes up for review and I don't know how to cancel/renogotiate. They gouge me every 20 turns for stuff I'm getting from them (initiated in a different trade), but I can't up the ante for my iron (I may have traded iron originally for technology and lump sum gold, not a turn-by-turn deal -- is that the problem?) I know I could get a leg up on my current match if I could get my iron back and negotiate new deals!

 

[Skullbones]

Click on options/preferences. There should be an item that you can check/uncheck that says "always renegotiate deals".

 

[Angmar]

Make sure you are patched up. This isnt a default option in the CD version of the game.

 

[Gothmog]

Personally I use the always renegotiate deals option mentioned above, but some people don't like to do that because sometimes the AI wont renew a deal but wouldn't have canceled it. In that case call up the AI, click 'I want to offer you a deal' then on the negotiation screen at the bottom you will see the words 'new' and 'active'. Click on the 'active' and it will show you your currently active deals with that civ. If there are turns left on the deal it will tell you how many (in parenthesis), if the deal is up for renegotiation there will be no number associated with it. Then just click on the deal itself and it will be moved into the 'new' deals screen. At that point you can change the terms of the deal and if you can come to an agreement it will be back to 20 turns.

Welcome to CFF geobaysun

 

[MadHatter]

geobaysun,

I usually wait the 20 turns and then bring them up on the Diplomacy screen and re-nogotiate. I wrote a little calculator to figure out when 20 turns from any year is. If you want it, let me know.

 

[RainyCloud]

Originally posted by geobaysun
I may have traded iron originally for technology and lump sum gold, not a turn-by-turn deal -- is that the problem?)

If that's the case, you have nothing to worry about. The rule of thumb is that if both parties pay somthing turn based (i.e. 20 gpt for iron), the deal will last till one party close/renegotiate it, but if only one party is paying turn based, the deal is automatically expired after 20 turns.

 

[Yzman]

Also if you would like to see your current deals, go to the trade screen and then click on the active button near the bottom.