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vincentadler posted 03-03-99 08:27 AM ET
I noticed a strange thing when I as about to win by trancendence. I was playing on Librarian, played UoP and the year was 2355.
When I finished the Voice of Planet SP I couldn�t build the Ascent to Trancendence SP.
It was not the Time Limit thas was the problem (2600 ?) and I choose "Play with current rules" when i started and the current rules i had chosen was my my own specific choice (Spoils of War for example).
Then I activated the Scenario Editor and found out that the rules didn�t look like anything i have ever chosen. Only one "rule" was set (didn�t remeber which) and NO victory conditions. I couldn�t have won that game, not by Conquest or anything else. Other players I know have this problem as well. I loaded one of my previous save games from the same game and even the first one (year 2107) had the same mystic settings. When I altered the rules to what i had originally set and tried again, everything worked. I could build Acent to Trancendence, win Ecenomic victory...
* Could these rules-settings have been choosen as a bug (despite my choice)?
* Does it happen only when you choose "Play with current rules" (as opposed to custumize rules. I obviously doesn�t happen every time because this was the first thing I tested and it worked correctly that one time at least)
* Does anyone else have this problem?
I would be happy if anyone could enlighten me on the subject or at least confirm my problem.
BTW this i an awsome game. The first thing I wished for after having played Civ 1 for about 3 weeks was "I would like a �space-version' on CIV".
My dreams come true! Thanx Firaxis and Sid Meyer.

/Vincent Adler

Thunderkor posted 03-03-99 10:43 AM ET
I was about to post a message on this same topic. It's very frustrating. I was near the end of (or so I thought) of a VERY long talent-level game in which I was playing as the Gaians. I've wiped out everyone but the UoP, but I can't Transcend even though I built Voice of Planet several turns back.
absimiliard posted 03-03-99 11:22 AM ET
Hey,
Same thing happened to me last night. Bummer!
I was having a rocking game. Allied w. everyone but Yang and his toady. Had all tech, even went up to T+20, before I gave up. I didn't think to edit the scenario to find what was wrong. I just assumed that the problem was that the rules got junked.
I'll have to test this out and find out if the winning conditions always get trashed on 'play w. current rules'.
-absimiliard
Horus posted 03-03-99 11:26 AM ET
If you check in the Troubleshooting section, there are a couple posts relating to this problem. Apparently if you run the tutorial and then play a game after with "Current Rules" the game will be set with the tutorial's rule set (i.e. no victory conditions).
Wouldn't really call it a bug, but more of an oversight by Firaxis. They'll probably be able to fix this in a patch. Easy solution is to just check you rule setup anyway.
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Author	Topic: End Game/Victory Bug?
vincentadler	posted 03-03-99 08:27 AM ET I noticed a strange thing when I as about to win by trancendence. I was playing on Librarian, played UoP and the year was 2355. When I finished the Voice of Planet SP I couldn�t build the Ascent to Trancendence SP. It was not the Time Limit thas was the problem (2600 ?) and I choose "Play with current rules" when i started and the current rules i had chosen was my my own specific choice (Spoils of War for example). Then I activated the Scenario Editor and found out that the rules didn�t look like anything i have ever chosen. Only one "rule" was set (didn�t remeber which) and NO victory conditions. I couldn�t have won that game, not by Conquest or anything else. Other players I know have this problem as well. I loaded one of my previous save games from the same game and even the first one (year 2107) had the same mystic settings. When I altered the rules to what i had originally set and tried again, everything worked. I could build Acent to Trancendence, win Ecenomic victory... * Could these rules-settings have been choosen as a bug (despite my choice)? * Does it happen only when you choose "Play with current rules" (as opposed to custumize rules. I obviously doesn�t happen every time because this was the first thing I tested and it worked correctly that one time at least) * Does anyone else have this problem? I would be happy if anyone could enlighten me on the subject or at least confirm my problem. BTW this i an awsome game. The first thing I wished for after having played Civ 1 for about 3 weeks was "I would like a �space-version' on CIV". My dreams come true! Thanx Firaxis and Sid Meyer. /Vincent Adler
Thunderkor	posted 03-03-99 10:43 AM ET I was about to post a message on this same topic. It's very frustrating. I was near the end of (or so I thought) of a VERY long talent-level game in which I was playing as the Gaians. I've wiped out everyone but the UoP, but I can't Transcend even though I built Voice of Planet several turns back.
absimiliard	posted 03-03-99 11:22 AM ET Hey, Same thing happened to me last night. Bummer! I was having a rocking game. Allied w. everyone but Yang and his toady. Had all tech, even went up to T+20, before I gave up. I didn't think to edit the scenario to find what was wrong. I just assumed that the problem was that the rules got junked. I'll have to test this out and find out if the winning conditions always get trashed on 'play w. current rules'. -absimiliard
Horus	posted 03-03-99 11:26 AM ET If you check in the Troubleshooting section, there are a couple posts relating to this problem. Apparently if you run the tutorial and then play a game after with "Current Rules" the game will be set with the tutorial's rule set (i.e. no victory conditions). Wouldn't really call it a bug, but more of an oversight by Firaxis. They'll probably be able to fix this in a patch. Easy solution is to just check you rule setup anyway.