Buildings disabled in captured elven cities.

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I've had this issue twice now, in two different games. Hoping someone can explain what is going on. Is it a game feature that I don't understand, or just a bug?

I capture a size 5 Elven city, which initially has just a farm in it. I build some buildings, such as Chamber of Arrows and Magic Tower, but those buildings are grayed out and cannot be used. There are no enemies near the city. I have positive gold and mana, but negative food. The cities have positive growth.

The first time this happened to me, the buildings tended to turn off and on, with no obvious reason that I could see for the change in status.

The second time, the buildings just stayed disabled. I could never use them, or build any buildings that had them as prerequisites.

 

[Grubnessul]

Do you have the Elven DLC? I'd imagine they're unplayable without but might spawn as random cities.

 

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I do indeed have the Elven DLC.

I forgot to mention that both times, this problem occurred in a multiplayer game against someone who also had the Elven DLC.

 

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I do indeed have the Elven DLC.

I forgot to mention that both times, this problem occurred in a multiplayer game against someone who also had the Elven DLC.

Could be a possible bug. Have you tried to save the game, reload it?
If so and its reproducible, its worth logging a short report in the Tech. Support area.

Thx.