NOT A BUG: Innovative and random manufacturies

[Jos Theelen]

Innovative and manufacturies

Playing as Zapotec, I had my domestic slider between +4 and +6 innovative. On the one hand I wanted settlers, on the other hand I wanted free manufacturies through events, because through tech development that is almost impossible for exotic countries. So I went from +4 to +6 and back, depending on my needs.

I have got several manufacturies through events, but I was surprised to see that it happened almost always at level +4, not at level +6, what I expected. It seemed like the chance on a free manufactuy was higher with high narrowminded and lower with high innovative.

I thought it should be the other way around. Is that true ? Have I been lucky or is there something wrong ?

 

[AndrewT]

If you mean the Unexpected Invention random event, there are no triggers for that event, it is totally random. You were just lucky on this occasion.

# Unexpected Invention

event = { 

	id = 1014
	random = yes
	name = "EVENTNAME27"
	desc = "EVENTHIST27"
	style = 0

	action_a = {
			name = "OK"
			command = { type = gainmanufactory which = -1 value = -1 }
		}

	}

 

[Sir James]

Iirc there is a general 'invention' event, giving anybody a manufactory, and one that only kicks in at high innovative (7+ iirc), effectively doubling the chances at that level.

There is a corresponding extra 'conversion' event for high narrowminded.

Since there are so many other possible events you would have to play for a long, long time to see a genuine pattern.

 

[Araanor]

Since 1.05 includes more random events, the old ones are less likely to happen.

 

[Jos Theelen]

Thanks for the answers. If I understand it correctly, it was useless to go to level 6 to get more manufactories. At least level 7 is necessary to get EXTRA chances on a random manufactory.

 

[AndrewT]

Quite right Sir James, I stopped my text search too soon. There is an additional random event that kicks in at Innov >5:

More Inventions

event = { 

	id = 1109
	random = yes
	name = "EVENTNAME27"
	desc = "EVENTHIST27"
	style = 0
	trigger = { domestic = { type = innovative value = 6 } }

	action_a = {
			name = "OK"
			command = { type = gainmanufactory which = -1 value = -1 }
		}

	}

 

[AndrewT]

Originally posted by Jos Theelen
Thanks for the answers. If I understand it correctly, it was useless to go to level 6 to get more manufactories. At least level 7 is necessary to get EXTRA chances on a random manufactory.

No, as it turns out you did the right thing, you were just unlucky.