Wonder greyed out

[qofcourse]

I'm playing Conquests with the latest patch on Emperor difficulty.

I just discovered Literature, and am trying to start the Great Library at my capital city; however, in the build menu, it's greyed out. I know this happens when another city is building the same wonder, but none of my other cities are. The Great Library is available at another city a few tiles away; the only difference between them is that the capital has the Palace and the Mausoleum (same population, improvements, resources, etc).

What am I missing here?

 

[Arathorn]

First off, welcome to Civfanatics!

You can't build a wonder in a city where anything has been rushed. If you disbanded a unit in the city, or spent cash to rush a project, or chopped a forest where the shields went to that city, switching to a wonder is not possible. Wonders have to be built with all the shields coming from that city's workers only.

It's 99% likely that one of these causes is the problem. Simply finish the current project and then you will be able to start the Great Library, if you so desire.

Arathorn

 

[qofcourse]

That'd do it alright. Thanks =)

Is that a new rule in Conquests? I've played vanilla civ3 for a while and never remembered that being the case.

 

[Arathorn]

It's been a long time, but I think that's always been the case. No rushing of any kind allowed for wonders.

Arathorn

 

[microbe]

This actually should be fixed. You should be able to switch but lose the extra shields. It's like switching from improvement to unit and lose all Civil Engineer shields.