Trading Posts "Decay"?

[Death To Posers]

Have any of you ever noticed that your trading posts will become run down and not function for some reason? What causes this?

Thanks ahead of time.

 

[Brichals]

Never noticed unless you mean when an enemy unit or barbarian pillages them. If so they get smoke coming from them and you have to send a worker to repair them. Same if they get nuked.

 

[Death To Posers]

No, I'm certain no barbarians came on my land and my trading posts were no longer active all of a sudden, no smoke coming out of them just look kind of run down and when I hover over them with my mouse it says "plains, river" or whatever but not trading post.. WTH?

Have only had civ for a couple of days, doesnt say anything about it in the encyclopedia that I can find

 

[Louis XXIV]

Did you never actually finish the trading post? They'll look kinda like one if partially completed, but won't show up if you hover over it.

 

[Brichals]

Did you never actually finish the trading post? They'll look kinda like one if partially completed, but won't show up if you hover over it.

Ah could be a reason. If a barb comes near your worker during constuction he will stop and you have to reissue the build command - or run away if the barb is too close. This can cause one to believe an improvement is finished when it's not.

 

[Death To Posers]

Ah could be a reason. If a barb comes near your worker during constuction he will stop and you have to reissue the build command - or run away if the barb is too close. This can cause one to believe an improvement is finished when it's not.

Yeah, that definitely could be it

Thanks, I'll try stacking some more and see what happens