Potential bug - the option to build colony inexplicably disappears

Hi,

I am puzzled by the game behavior where the possibility to build colony disappears.

I am playing a Boii campaign on v2.3.

I have taken over Byzantion and Kabyle. In both provinces I built Migration government. In both towns I also built first level colonies. Both towns are at Large City level. When the Western Tribal share in Kabyle reached 50% - which is necessary to build large colony, the option is not available.

More importantly, I reload old saves to the point when I completed the Migration government in Byzantion and when I had chosen to build small colony. If I remove the building from the construction rooster it does not show up in the building options anymore.

I have noticed something similar happening at an earlier stage of the game too.

Also, even when loading the gave to my last save game, when I enter the settlement tab and look in the building browser - Boii colonization does not appear there at all - across any of the 35 towns I control.

This seems like a real bug.

Cheers,
Nick

It's a known and un-fixable bug, I'm afraid. Any building managed by script is "spent" once you put it in the construction queue. Doesn't matter if you cancel it, the point is already spent and cannot be recovered.

So be very careful about queueing colonies (or having them sabotaged in mid-construction), the points are lost for good.

Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius

It's a known and un-fixable bug, I'm afraid. Any building managed by script is "spent" once you put it in the construction queue. Doesn't matter if you cancel it, the point is already spent and cannot be recovered.

So be very careful about queueing colonies (or having them sabotaged in mid-construction), the points are lost for good.

Thank you Quintus. Just so that I am sure I got you right, are you saying that the option should reappear if I rebuild the Migration government?

No, the option will re-appear the next time you earn a colony point. Which will be in another 32 turns since the last one appeared.

Thank you! Cheers!