Units are not being produced. Any ideas?

[llywelyn mawr]

Well, I have searched the forums for an answer but to no avail.

My buddy and I are playing CivII MGE with the no limits add on. We are playing on the biggest map possible (32,768 tiles or some such), Deity, Raging Hords, Seven Civs.

I know that the max unit count is approx. 2048 but for some reason our units are not being created any more and there are only 1845 units in the game. Neither of us get a message saying that the max has been reached, our cites just keep right on producing (like an overproduced city improvement that has already been built) and never create a unit. We do have double production on, which has some of our cities at 175-200 production. I don't know if that could be causing it.

I guess what I am asking is, does anyone have a clue as to why this is happening? I hope someone does, as I cannont invade the Aztecs without an army Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[Sodak]

There is also a lower limit for the number of units that any one civ may have - you have apparently reached that limit. Try killing a few dozen, see if they are replaced on the next turn in those cities where they have enough shields for completion.

 

[llywelyn mawr]

Unfortunantly, that is not the problem. No one civ has more than 500 units in the game, so the problem lies somewhere else and I don't know where. I turned off double production and the problem persisted (and my people starved

 

[starlifter]

I do not believe yu have counted correctly. You have 2,000 units in your game . How many barbs are there?

 

[llywelyn mawr]

Trust me, I did not miscount. I have saved the game and then restarted in MP mode to record exactly how many units are in the game. Now three civs are virtually wiped out and have less than 50, leaving four with 300-500 each (the number changes each turn obviously). At the moment it is around 1760 toal and there are only about ten barbarians on the board. To add to this problem, when I restart the game it seems to work for a few turns but then starts doing the same thing again. Nowhere near the max, no message to that effect anyway, and yet no units being built. I have been playing Civ II since the day it was on the shelves, so I have a firm understanding of the typical no brainer issues. This is the first time this has happened. Like I said, I am using the no limits add on, with maximum map and double production. I was wondering if anyone had ever had this happen.

 

[starlifter]

Hmmmm..... if you'r sure about the count, and the count is not 2,000, then it is maybe the patch.

I have a way to check, but it will take 20 to 22 minutes of your time to do it.

Start a new game (2 players), go into cheat mode, reveal map, delete any AI units (if any), and add 2,000 units in stacks of 100. This keeps it tidy. Just use shift-F1.

You can check the pile count by clicking on it.

Let us know your results, and save the file (post it) if anything odd happens. You'll be done in less than half a hour if your fingers are quick.