I:R - Can't colonize the holy site

[Life-seeded]

Description of problem
Can't colonize the holy site

What game version are you running?
2.0

What platform are you playing on?
Steam

Please select any/all DLC you have enabled.
(DID NOT ANSWER QUESTION)

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
I was trying to make albion, but i can't colonize only one provinces. Because i can colonize all other provinces, i think i can't colonize this province because it's holy site. (Maybe this problem is related to the issue that can't move pops to the holy site)

Steps to reproduce the issue.
Try to colonize the holy site

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[Brauns]

Having the exact same issue, Stopped my albion playthrough in its tracks since... well, I can't form Albion. I have a decolonized holy site in Caledonia/Ireland In a Territory very close to some screenshots in this thread. I hope It gets fixed soon, as I would love to continue doing my playthrough as this update is very fun!

 

[Jet R]

Does someone know if they have already added the issue to their JIRA bug database?

The patch we just had is probably issues they were aware of before launch, the one for new stuff will probably be next week or so

 

[QuellingBlade]

I have also been experiencing the same issue. I created a thread on Reddit trying to get some answers and it lead back to this post/bug. This was happening in the same location as mentioned by @Vandel.

Reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Imperator/comments/lmy64y

 

[ShaunTheSheep]

I have the same problem. I went crazy moving primary culture religion pops around that site.

 

[UnCursed]

Same problem. Friends above described the circumstances in detail. Almost nothing to add. I play for Rome. During the internecine wars, the Greeks decolonized Arcadia and Olympia - holy places. I cannot colonize them. Arcadia is located on the coast, which means it is needed for Mare Nostrum's achievement. Hope for a quick hotfix within two weeks. I would not like to ruin the game.

 

[King Burrito]

I had the exact same issue, I just opened the game in debug mode (-debug_mode) and manually colonised the holy site (conquer [add province ID]). I wasn't having my mission ruined by a bug!

 

[Malorn]

conquer [add province ID]

Good idea, actually. Pity we haven't heard anything from paradox yet.

 

[Ketchup & friends]

This is NOT A BUG!

It is indeed, not a bug. However, due to some changes related to the levies implementation, it now conflicts with other systems (primarily colonization). The restriction on moving pops to/from holy sites will probably be removed.

there's a solution on Reddit, you have to colonize these tiles by building a fort on it. (unlock the respective tradition).

Perhaps it was done to encourage players to unlock new traditions?

Anyway, you all are wasting time by commenting posting here, the discussion is there.

 

[Arheo]

This is NOT A BUG!

there's a solution on Reddit, you have to colonize these tiles by building a fort on it. (unlock the respective tradition).

Perhaps it was done to encourage players to unlock new traditions?

Anyway, you all are wasting time by commenting posting here, the discussion is there.

Indeed, you can work around it that way; however it is not the intended resolution of the issue.

 

[Ketchup & friends]

however it is not the intended resolution of the issue.

Thanks for a quick reply! what's the intended one?

 

[Jarkhen]

Thanks for a quick reply! what's the intended one?

Fairly certain the intended behavior is that you shouldn't be blocked from colonizing holy sites...

 

[ADRIAN_HF_ESP]

same issue on greece, cant finish my mission

 

[jinx1971]

This is NOT A BUG!

there's a solution on Reddit, you have to colonize these tiles by building a fort on it. (unlock the respective tradition).

Perhaps it was done to encourage players to unlock new traditions?

Anyway, you all are wasting time by commenting posting here, the discussion is there.

Could you post the Reddit link with the solution? many thanks

 

[Elusivian]

This is NOT A BUG!

there's a solution on Reddit, you have to colonize these tiles by building a fort on it. (unlock the respective tradition).

Perhaps it was done to encourage players to unlock new traditions?

Anyway, you all are wasting time by commenting posting here, the discussion is there.

This is discussing pops being moved out of holy sites, not colonization of holy sites. The context makes it clear what the OP was referencing, because he mentions the localized tooltip which exists for "moving pops" no tooltip tells you that you cannot colonize a Holy Site.

It is very clearly a bug, especially as it limits some cultures from ever reasonably completing their unifications.

 

[drefurion]

I too have run in to exact issue

 

[aurelianus84]

Same thing here: can't colonize Libarna (Liguria). There's a shrine of Vulcan on it. I have all prerequisites to colonize in all adjacent territories. A bit frustrating because I'll have to abort the mission

 

[evilddisaster23]

Same situation here. Playing Macedon, can’t colonise one holy site province in Greece so I can’t finish my mission to own all of mainland Greece.
Also to get to the ‘Border Fort’ tech, I need to embrace Levantine traditions, then Punic traditions, and then italic traditions. So that’s obviously not a viable strategy to bypass this bug.

 

[Wagonlitz]

there's a solution on Reddit, you have to colonize these tiles by building a fort on it. (unlock the respective tradition).

How can you build a Fort in an unowned province?

 

[llbrennerll]

Same here

 

[Decius]

How can you build a Fort in an unowned province?

Your armies with the right military tradition get a skill to do that.