Wall building issue

[Browd]

Moderator Action: Merged with existing Bug Report thread.

It appears you are experiencing the bug discussed in this thread. As noted by liv, you have probably unlocked the Civil Engineering civic, which gives each city maximum fortifications and the ability to bombard, and also obsoletes all walls and eliminates the project to repair outer fortifications. But if any city has ancient walls that are damaged (and not yet repaired) prior to unlocking Civil Engineering, that city will show city fortification health that is less than 200 (e.g., 197/200 or some such) and the game will present building medieval walls as a grayed out build option (even though you cannot build any more walls, ever), while saying you need ancient walls (which exist, but are damaged and cannot be repaired).

 

[Zaapp1]

If you unlocked Civil Engineering you will have automatic walls and cannot build anything wall like after that. It is confusing that it still is in the menu though

This is happening for me before Civil Engineering, immediately after unlocking Medieval Walls.

 

[Zaapp1]

Here's a save, if it helps.

 

[Browd]

I'm traveling, so I can't fire up the game to check your save file, but are your ancient walls damaged? If so, you need to repair the walls by completing the "Repair Outer Fortifications" project (might have the project name slightly wrong) in that city before you can then build Medieval walls.

 

[liv]

I looked at the save and it looked like you had already built medieval walls in the city when looking at the city centre buildings
You do not have the technology to build renaissance walls yet - you need siege tactics (I think).

I played it forward to siege tactics and then you could build Renaissance walls just fine

(Not sure why your build order showed what it showed though. It is still confusing? Maybe it was related to your encampment? It seems like all the other cities displayed correctly. )

 

[Wr4ith]

Wasn't there some card or ability or something that gives you benefits from ancient walls? I think it was +2 housing in each city that has one. Does that card also go obsolete with Civil Engineering? (Otherwise you're kind of stuck not being able to leverage it any further). Or am I confusing this with a different card?

Monarchy government gives you +2 housing in every city with medieval walls. Government works normally after unlocking civil engineering in previous cities with walls built, but you can't build new ones in other cities. The walls don't disappear after CE is researched, they just give you nothing (only this +2 housing till you change government) except the fact that you have to pay their maintenance... until the end of the game.

 

[dac050]

So, can you repair city defenses in the modern era? The city in question built both ancient and Renaissance walls, then I got Civil Engineering. Then I got into a war and some Japanese Subs torpedoed my city, damaging my outer defenses. I've looked through the build list (even all the way down at the bottom) and I do not see a repair outer defenses project. I do see two other projects, one is for the harbor, and I think this city also has a commercial district, so I see that project too. But no option to repair the defenses. Is there something else I need to research, or some other place to look?

Thanks

 

[V. Soma]

is this bug still around with the 2017 Aussie Update?