BUG FIXED IN 1.02 : Infinite Colonial outpost construction

[ComteDeMeighan]

Infinite Colonial outpost construction

I am building a mission in a province of Cameroon that is having some problems its supposed to be finished on April 26, 1854 the problem is its December 1856 and it was never built so I can't claim the colony and it shows that it is being constructed HELP ME PLEASE!

 

[Havard]

Re: Infinite Colonial outpost construction

Originally posted by ComteDeMeighan
I am building a mission in a province of Cameroon that is having some problems its supposed to be finished on April 26, 1854 the problem is its December 1856 and it was never built so I can't claim the colony and it shows that it is being constructed HELP ME PLEASE!

Did you have a native uprising there? I believe it's a known bug that's fixed for 1.02 concerning neverending construction of claim buildings...

 

[Varangian]

Harvard,

I was in a war with the French and needed to take one more outpost (currently building) to gain control of the whole colony. When I placed the mouse cursor over the province it said that the building would be complete in Jan 1858 and it was 1884! I think there is a bug.

Varangian

 

[Havard]

Originally posted by Varangian
Harvard,

I was in a war with the French and needed to take one more outpost (currently building) to gain control of the whole colony. When I placed the mouse cursor over the province it said that the building would be complete in Jan 1858 and it was 1884! I think there is a bug.

Varangian

Yes, there is a bug. That's what I said It should be fixed for 1.02.

 

[Varangian]

Colonial structure complete March 30, 1865

After playing close to a dozen different grand campaigns, I ahve run into the frozen colony, structure will be complete on march 30, 1865, in Africa virtually every time. There is the hammer symbol showing a building is being built and when the cursor is over the hammer symbol, it says it will be complete on 30 march, 1865. In every game, that samedate appears and the symbol stays there the whole game and never changes. It effectly prevents a portion of Africa from being colonized. I can't remember if it is always the same province, but in my current game it is the province in the extreme southeast of chad.

Varangian

 

[ptan54]

I have a similar problem.

Germany 1881 scenario. Building a colonial fort in East Africa then natives rise up.

The hammer sign is still moving around but it just says "completed by" and no date.

 

[Chris8b]

It's a known bug caused when native unrest destroys a building still being built.

If it's disturbing a particular game, I found it relatively trivial to remove the building in the save game file.

-C

 

[Varangian]

Chris8b,

Not that I want to make a habit of removing things from saved game files, but can you explain how to a modding novice???

Varangian

 

[Chris8b]

Sure.

First, go to this thread:

Atlas - 1.01 and download the zip file.

Inside will be files for each continent. Open the appropriate one and search for the province in question using it's name. Once found, note the province ID.

Next, open your saved game file and search for:

"province = {
id = XXXX"

where XXXX is the aforementioned province ID.

After that line you should see a line such as:

"project = { type = 1 date = { year = 1845 month = november day = 19 } }"

Delete this line and save the game.

The claim building will be complete when you load the game.

If you wish to delete the build altogether, also delete the line that says 'claimant = "XXX"'

I hope this helps you workaround the problem.

Chris

 

[Varangian]

Chris,

Thank you.

Varangian

 

[Dinsdale]

Colonial Building After Native Attack

I would imagine this is in the bug forum, but what I was wondering it, does someone know how to edit out a colonial building which has been attacked by natives?

The problem is that a native attack before the building is completed means that the building stays in construction forever.

I've had a glance through the save file, but if anyone knows where it might be in there I would appreciate it.

 

[Derek Pullem]

Its only two threads down!

With thanks to Chris8b

link

 

[Dinsdale]

Originally posted by Derek Pullem
Its only two threads down!

With thanks to Chris8b

link

Cheers, I should have looked in the bug building first instead of General Discussions.

 

[unmerged(4504)]

Colonization bug - Natives

Playing as Haiti, I establish Forts in Brazzaville and Leopoldville. After a while (before the other forts are finished), The natives burn these 2 (with less than a week between the attacs). Immediatly trading posts are ordered in these 2 provinces and they are attact a few days after the building starts.

The 2 TP's should have been completed in 1854, but the native attacks didn't stop the actual building process, so its now 1858 and TP's are still under construction with a to-be-finished-date in 1854.

It's not possible to build anything else in the provinces not for me and not for anyone else either (reloaded). I've saved and reloaded without any difference. I'm using 1.01 and have a "Swedish" copy of the game.

 

[unmerged(12544)]

I have seen a similar situation.

 

[MegaPIMP]

yes, post a divison in the provinces with high revolt risk(or anny).

 

[unmerged(4504)]

Well, the problem is just that I can't colonize these 2 provinces and therefor not claim the colony. Has anyone any ideas on how to edit this particular problem in the saved game?

 

[unmerged(4504)]

This thread can now be closed, I've found an earlier report from Nov 28 and the bug will be fixed in 1.02.

 

[unmerged(23018)]

Natives destroy colony building problem

I was playing as Belgium. I built a Colonial Fort in the African province of Fort Archambault. Later, I received an event that said local natives have destroyed our buildings. As soon as I clicked Ok for this event (only option) construction immediately began in the province. The date was set for two years, but whatever was being built was not specified. The completion date came, which was around December 1856, and went and construction just continued with no end in site. I had to edit the save game file to make the construction stop so that I could start it correctly again.

Mickey

 

[Dunhere]

Endless Rade Post construction.

Maybe it has been spotted, but in case not....

As Austria, I started a Trade Post in some African province. After a decade or so, natives burnt it down.
I immediately started to rebuild it and had a second message saying that natives attacked my Trade PoOst.
I checked the province and saw that construction was still in process, so i didn't mind.

But I am now in 1879 and when checking the province, the Trade Post is still in construction with an estimated end date of 1869.
So the province is not free for building something but is not on my "claims" list i can bargain.