Trade and Distances

[DuckAlmighty]

Hello,

Really enjoying Songs of Syx so far but I have encountered an issue that is rather frustrating and was wondering what I can do about it?

So I decided to start earning some money and had the same issues with trade that a lot of other people have been having trouble with. I set up an export post and sent some items to it to sell them, then went into the goods tab to start trading and all I get is "No buyer is available.". Alright, I thought, what else can I sell? So I looked through all the goods and got the same error for everything else. Every. Single. Good. So basically nobody wants to buy anything?! I then had a look on the world map and there's plenty of countries that are trading and want to buy things but... for some reason there's no buyer available?

I then considered where I was and I've chosen a huge map with the setting of Europe because... who doesn't want to conquer Europe? Being British, I chose the British Isles as my country and that leaves a large amount of oceans between me and everyone else. So... I began to wonder if that is the reason? I'm so far away nobody wants to trade? Is this intentional or completely unintended? I mean, I know we had Brexit but this is a fantasy game... :P

So does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or is this a bug?

Also, when will the update be that makes it so that it won't invalidate saves please?

Gazray

[Gamatron]

Hello Gazray,

The new map types is a new thing, so the can be some error. I'm increasing the max trade distance a bit to compensate in the next patch. Hopefully you'll get something to trade in your current save.

That update that makes everything compatible is not planned. I recommend checking out the previous version to continue on old saves or disable updates, until one is ready to start a new city with the new features and content.

[DuckAlmighty]

Hello Gamatron,

I had a feeling it was a bug, maybe it was an issue when I decided to choose a huge map with such large distances. To be fair, the map did show that it would be close enough to the representation of France that I could trade but when it generated, for some reason the majority of the British Isles vanished underwater. There's about 3 seas between me and France now. As of yet, nobody is trading, so I would assume it's broken.

I would very much appreciate an update that would alow saves to be transferred but as a coder myself, I can imagine it would be a lot of work. I just don't want to have to keep starting a new city every time an update happens.

Regardless, thanks for making a Dwarf Fortress like game that has a GUI! This game is amazing!