[1.06.019] [BUG] My Sovereign has Negative Gold

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Somewhere during my gameplay I noticed I could no longer train any units... after looking more closely I realized my gold was in the negatives.  Easy workaround would be to automatically move any negative gold to a value of zero at the start of a new turn.  Ideally I hope you can identify what caused the issue and fix it.

Debug Link:  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9396252/Elemental1_06-2010-08-29T10-17-11-500.zip

Save Game File Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9396252/Bad_SavedGames/August_O.EleSav

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I just remembered when the negative gold appeared... it was right after I purchased 2 NPCs which were traveling as a team.  They only asked for 133 gold which I thought was a great deal since both ladies had very high intelligence... seems after the purchase they stole my credit card thus leaving me with the negative gold.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

hmm isn't it typical for stardock games to have deficit spending in them? as in they will let you go way in the hole and make you dig yourself out.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I noticed this playing last night too.

When going on a training spree - it's easy to train more troops than you can afford to upkeep - at which point, your gold can go into negative.

Shouldn't troops just leave if you can't afford to pay them ?

 

Also the resource indicators on the dashboard at the top of the screen seem to be a bit flakey - if your gold income is rounded to zero - then it doesn't appear (same with food). My preference would be to leave the indicator there once you've generated any sort of income for that resoure - regardless off the final balance.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting DMcG, reply 3


Shouldn't troops just leave if you can't afford to pay them ?

 

End of DMcG's quote
They will eventually, just like cities that have more population then you have food sources for the hutts/houses will have people leave the city eventually. Just takes awhile for them to revolt/leave/quit.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting DMcG, reply 3
it's easy to train more troops than you can afford to upkeep - at which point, your gold can go into negative.

Shouldn't troops just leave if you can't afford to pay them ?


End of DMcG's quote

By middle and late game I'm always earning 30+ gold each turn... never negatives.