Trade Routes

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On the trade route screen under domestic policy for "Established" I get "N/A" for everyone of my routes. Also "maintenance" and "tax" are also "N/A" but those I do not know what triggers them so I am not surprised. Though if you know what causes those to have values I would appreciate it. But the establish date should show up and I do not understand why it doesn't. I even just tried to establish a route just to make sure something like planets switching owners wouldn't effect it, but I did not get a date. Any ideas?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I am running 1.13 for this question by the way.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
bump
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Hmmm, two bumps and no answer.

I can only remember seeing N/A when I lost the planet all my traders originated from, but that was back on 1.05. You also might get it if you take over the planet you are trading to, but I'm not sure.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Same here - I haven't seen Est value ever (or I don't remember if I had seen it in very beginning). At least in 1.13 I've never seen it.

-Sergei
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
I looked in the manual to, and there it doesn't mention anything about "turns" either. Does anyone know what these signify?
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
1.13 sounds a bit ordinary doesn't it, all the info you're asking about seems to be available in 1.12. I went back to 1.12 after I couldn't trade, attack or click on other planets several times in my only 1.13 attempt (very frustrating) . . . :notsure:
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
It's never been in the game- I wish it was so we had a bit more sense of the historical- as in when routes were established.

I think maintenance and tax are concepts that got yanked as they didn't really add any gameplay value only extra layers of numbers. Maybe at one time you could tax trade routes to suck out profit from foreign routes until teh alien's got pissed and decided to trade with someone else...?

~SDC~
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
HercMighty,

the "Turns" figure is expressed as X/Y, where Y is the length of the route in moves, and X is how far into the route the trade ship is. Each turn, the trade ship adds X to your treasury (and then moves, which increases X by 1). After X becomes = Y, X is reset to 1 to go through another cycle.