I'll post this here since it's a MP issue but if it gets no response I'll move it to the FAQ & Gen area:
during my last 3 MP games, playin as turkey, I received unasked for and unneeded bank loans.
That is, while making purchases ranging from buying new troops to building bailiffs and more commonly building fort upgrades, the computer would make the purchase then take a 200D loan. It would do this even though after making the purchase I should have had enough $ in the treasury to cover monthly expense - all times my monthly income was positive - I was takin in 1 or so D a month w/20-30D in the treasury (on average).
This happened 4 times in the 1st 15 or so years in one game and 5 times in the 1st 20 or so years in the 2nd game. In the 3rd game, Poland, who was played by a human, experienced the same occurances.
It seems that when I played turkey the 3rd game (the one w/pol's prob), I would always keep 100D or so in the treasury at all times. Pol reported that when his auto loans kicked in, he should have had enough $ in the treasury to cover the expense.
I have a threory, that for some reason some purchases are posted twice by the computer and thus the need to take the autoloan. The problem w/my theory is 1)it's unproven & 2) I have not ever been charged twice for any purchase (that is, after every purchas my treasury ends up where it's supposed to, orig bal - cost of 1 item = new balance). The only time this hasn't been the case is when I get the autoloan.
Anyone else ever run into this problem? Any ideas?
during my last 3 MP games, playin as turkey, I received unasked for and unneeded bank loans.
That is, while making purchases ranging from buying new troops to building bailiffs and more commonly building fort upgrades, the computer would make the purchase then take a 200D loan. It would do this even though after making the purchase I should have had enough $ in the treasury to cover monthly expense - all times my monthly income was positive - I was takin in 1 or so D a month w/20-30D in the treasury (on average).
This happened 4 times in the 1st 15 or so years in one game and 5 times in the 1st 20 or so years in the 2nd game. In the 3rd game, Poland, who was played by a human, experienced the same occurances.
It seems that when I played turkey the 3rd game (the one w/pol's prob), I would always keep 100D or so in the treasury at all times. Pol reported that when his auto loans kicked in, he should have had enough $ in the treasury to cover the expense.
I have a threory, that for some reason some purchases are posted twice by the computer and thus the need to take the autoloan. The problem w/my theory is 1)it's unproven & 2) I have not ever been charged twice for any purchase (that is, after every purchas my treasury ends up where it's supposed to, orig bal - cost of 1 item = new balance). The only time this hasn't been the case is when I get the autoloan.
Anyone else ever run into this problem? Any ideas?
