Using a Great Writer cancels my almost complete Chichen Itza (Not a Bug)

[feralminded]

I'm about 190 turns into the game and have a Chichen Itza ~5 turns from completion. I use my great writer (in a separate city) and the Chichen Itza disappears. Also it appears I can use the writer a second time (not sure if this is a bug, this was my first ever GW). I doubt this is behaving as designed, but it's incredibly frustrating.

 

[Browd]

Can you post a save file from before you used your Great Writer?

If you hold off using the Great Writer until CI is done, does CI complete?

 

[feralminded]

Here's the save, I will give the above a shot and then report back.

 

[feralminded]

Also worth noting since maybe it matters, I use the GE who appears before the GW in the capital (city he appears in). I send the GM to Agra's commercial district (which is where the GW also will place his work). Other than that there's a bunch of troop movements that I hope is irrelevant.

 

[Browd]

Not a bug. Gilgamesh builds CI on turn 194, beating you by a couple of turns.

 

[feralminded]

I confirmed its not the great writer that does it, it's the GM making the market/bank in Agra that seems to do it, or at least something up to turn 193. I will try one more playthrough from that save where I do nothing at all and see what happens.

 

[Browd]

See my post right above yours.

 

[feralminded]

Ahh, thanks. Guess I missed that somehow.

 

[LeeS]

It's easy to do. I would almost contend that the "you got beaten to a wonder" notification should be considered a bug because it does not really stand out from other notifications very much and is too easy to miss in the clutter of other notifications. Not saying I want the return of the horrid Civ5 sounder, but perhaps we need to add to a suggestions list that the beaten to a wonder notification be a bit more special than it is currently vis-a-vis other notifications.

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

... perhaps we need to add to a suggestions list that the beaten to a wonder notification be a bit more special than it is currently vis-a-vis other notifications.

Like, a You Lost The Wonder Movie instead of the Wonder Movie: an animation of your incomplete Wonder falling apart while a Builder beats his head against the ground in frustration ...