Spaceship parts and espionage

Kemal · 16-03-2008, 10:02

Perhaps some of the more experienced civ4 players can help with this?

After a long break from Civ4 I started another BTS game recently, and I'm now in the end-phase of the game, in the process of completing the spaceship.

There's two continents. I own a large part of my own continent, and have a small foothold on the other consisting of a few american cities, including former capital washington. There's no centre of government there though.

So how come that when on the turn I finish my SS-cockpit in one of my cities [u]right next to Babylon</u>, on my own continent, I get the message "an SS-cockpit has been destroyed [u]in Washington</u> by enemy infiltrators"? That's on an entirely different continent and has nothing to do with spaceship production whatsoever!

I did get the "Kemal has completed SS-cockpit", "Mira has added SS-cockpit to the space ship" messages and the add button for the cockpit on the space screen, but I still have to build a new one.

Totally lame and boring, since I had timed the parts to perfection and now it takes 7 more turns to complete the game. I would have accepted it if they have managed to sabotage in my own cities but like this...?

BCLG100 · 16-03-2008, 14:31

I've never heard of it like that before- praps a bug? are you all patched up?

Matrix · 16-03-2008, 15:09

Intriguing! Can't tell you the answer though. Keep up posted.

Kemal · 17-03-2008, 19:51

Some pics might illustratie things, note that the Americans just got destroyed by Zara Yakob, and part concerned was the stasis chamber, not the cockpit:

Destroyed by infiltrators in Washington:

183.66*KB

Completed in Mari:

161.96*KB

Add to SS-screen:

112.45*KB

Yet still buildable:

156.16*KB

Washington lightyears away from the action:

169.05*KB

Unfortunately, the save is too big to upload here... I tried to upload this stuff at CFC but the easy upload system is offline there. I did open a topic at CFC about it as well (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=267825), since if this is not a bug, it might be useful to prevent (AI) launches in the future using espionage. Sorry for the big pics, but shrinking them took away a lot of quality, using paint sucks.

BCLG100 · 17-03-2008, 20:48

Yeah cfc easy upload is down forever apparantly.

Taking your time winning though weren't you

Otherwise i have no ideas why this happened.

Kemal · 17-03-2008, 21:04

Playing on a 1.4 Ghz 512 MB Ram PC, you really don't want to grab any domination or military type vics believe me, so I always go for the space ship... and it's also the reason why I'm upset about it, as 7 turns translates to about 2 hours of extra game time.. of which I have preciously little, I'm afraid.

BCLG100 · 17-03-2008, 21:07

Yeah know what you mean, my comp starts locking up and normally shutting civ down if i hit 1600 onwards.

I find domination or military vics help that as your knocking out the other civs so less for your comp to do (move their units etc)

Kemal · 17-03-2008, 21:14

Agreed, thankfully 3 of the civs are out already. Thanks to Zara Yakob and his huge empire though, the others are simply too advanced/too big to take out by force easily.

Matrix · 17-03-2008, 22:56

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Kemal

Playing on a 1.4 Ghz 512 MB Ram PC...

Half a gig is not enough by far. I strongly recommend buying an extra another GB of RAM. I've done exactly the same (from 0.5 to 1.5 GB) and the improvement was huge; and it's only like €10...

BCLG100 · 17-03-2008, 22:58

Some boards can only handle so much though, mine can only handle 1GB for instance.

16-03-2008, 10:02	#1
Kemal Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 3,108	Spaceship parts and espionage Perhaps some of the more experienced civ4 players can help with this? After a long break from Civ4 I started another BTS game recently, and I'm now in the end-phase of the game, in the process of completing the spaceship. There's two continents. I own a large part of my own continent, and have a small foothold on the other consisting of a few american cities, including former capital washington. There's no centre of government there though. So how come that when on the turn I finish my SS-cockpit in one of my cities [u]right next to Babylon</u>, on my own continent, I get the message "an SS-cockpit has been destroyed [u]in Washington</u> by enemy infiltrators"? That's on an entirely different continent and has nothing to do with spaceship production whatsoever! I did get the "Kemal has completed SS-cockpit", "Mira has added SS-cockpit to the space ship" messages and the add button for the cockpit on the space screen, but I still have to build a new one. Totally lame and boring, since I had timed the parts to perfection and now it takes 7 more turns to complete the game. I would have accepted it if they have managed to sabotage in my own cities but like this...? __________________ <b>\"In the Game of Thrones, you win or you die\" </b>

16-03-2008, 14:31	#2
BCLG100 Deity Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lahndan Posts: 6,220	I've never heard of it like that before- praps a bug? are you all patched up? __________________ the sooner you fall behind, the more time you\'ll have to catch up! CDZ Cup Champion!!!

16-03-2008, 15:09	#3
Matrix Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 4,828	Intriguing! Can't tell you the answer though. Keep up posted. __________________

17-03-2008, 19:51	#4
Kemal Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 3,108	Some pics might illustratie things, note that the Americans just got destroyed by Zara Yakob, and part concerned was the stasis chamber, not the cockpit: Destroyed by infiltrators in Washington: 183.66KB Completed in Mari: 161.96KB Add to SS-screen: 112.45KB Yet still buildable: 156.16KB Washington lightyears away from the action: 169.05*KB Unfortunately, the save is too big to upload here... I tried to upload this stuff at CFC but the easy upload system is offline there. I did open a topic at CFC about it as well (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=267825), since if this is not a bug, it might be useful to prevent (AI) launches in the future using espionage. Sorry for the big pics, but shrinking them took away a lot of quality, using paint sucks. __________________ <b>\"In the Game of Thrones, you win or you die\" </b>

17-03-2008, 20:48	#5
BCLG100 Deity Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lahndan Posts: 6,220	Yeah cfc easy upload is down forever apparantly. Taking your time winning though weren't you Otherwise i have no ideas why this happened. __________________ the sooner you fall behind, the more time you\'ll have to catch up! CDZ Cup Champion!!!

17-03-2008, 21:04	#6
Kemal Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 3,108	Playing on a 1.4 Ghz 512 MB Ram PC, you really don't want to grab any domination or military type vics believe me, so I always go for the space ship... and it's also the reason why I'm upset about it, as 7 turns translates to about 2 hours of extra game time.. of which I have preciously little, I'm afraid. __________________ <b>\"In the Game of Thrones, you win or you die\" </b>

17-03-2008, 21:07	#7
BCLG100 Deity Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lahndan Posts: 6,220	Yeah know what you mean, my comp starts locking up and normally shutting civ down if i hit 1600 onwards. I find domination or military vics help that as your knocking out the other civs so less for your comp to do (move their units etc) __________________ the sooner you fall behind, the more time you\'ll have to catch up! CDZ Cup Champion!!!

17-03-2008, 21:14	#8
Kemal Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 3,108	Agreed, thankfully 3 of the civs are out already. Thanks to Zara Yakob and his huge empire though, the others are simply too advanced/too big to take out by force easily. __________________ <b>\"In the Game of Thrones, you win or you die\" </b>

17-03-2008, 22:58	#10
BCLG100 Deity Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lahndan Posts: 6,220	Some boards can only handle so much though, mine can only handle 1GB for instance. __________________ the sooner you fall behind, the more time you\'ll have to catch up! CDZ Cup Champion!!!