[spoiler] Civac fixes it (again)

[Charriu]

Ah, ok I definitly misunderstood you then.

[civac2]

I made wrong assumptions because in SP I could keep a unit out of the queue for 11 turns without repercussions. Just start a random SP game vs AIs and try to replicate it there.

[Charriu]

I did test that and there it's the same as in the PB. You do not work a unit for 10 turns and in the 11th turn 1 hammer was gone because of decay.

[civac2]

Can you take the sandbox and follow the following steps?

t0: Build work boat until border expansion working the wheat
t5: Finish work boat working elephants
t8: grow to size 2 building warrior
t10: take warrior out of queue, build worker
t17: worker done, build 2nd worker
t21: switch back to warrior (with no hammer lost in my sb)

[Charriu]

Yeah, there I can reproduce it. Very interesting. I will investigate.

[Charriu]

Interestingly. You actually don't need to follow the whole microplan there. This effect already happens if you stop working the initial work boat. Did you setup this sandbox?

[civac2]

Yes, it's an edited SP start.

[civac2]

Could you check whether finishing another unit while your delayed unit is out of the queue makes a difference?

The delayed unit gets autofilled into actie production then until you push it back down. Maybe that messes with th check.

[civac2]

What's the verdict, Ruff? Kill/Don't kill?

   

The rage has cooled down somewhat. More importantly, AT has an Axe coming too which makes an attack on the city quite a risky proposition and that is assuming he doesn't have even more units close by. So ATs new city gets to live. My main gripe with it is that it's in a really annoying position. We also now have an orphaned settler I need to find a spot for.

[Charriu]

Could you check whether finishing another unit while your delayed unit is out of the queue makes a difference?

The delayed unit gets autofilled into actie production then until you push it back down. Maybe that messes with th check.

Congratulations. You found a bug in a 16 year old game.  

Here the full explanation of what happened: https://www.realmsbeyond.net/forums/show...#pid761916