Pyramid complex won't complete. Annoying but successful workaround here.

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Updated to the latest hotfix, which fixed the save problems, but now my pyramid complex in Rostja won't build beyond 15%. I've tried rebuilding it 3 times now. Enough storage with both types of bricks needed, all burial goods delivers, ample workers. Any advice or other work arounds? Is this a known bug? (Also... I do have a carpenter, wouldn't be able to get to 15% without one as that is two flights up the base :) ) After a lot of testing and others commenting it appears that there is an issue with saving and loading a file AFTER the foundation (i.e. no bricks) has been dug for ANY pyramid. The only way to build a pyramid, in these situations, is to build it all in one go. NO SAVING/RE-LOADING. That's right... annoying as hell, but at least it will help you complete the mission. Again, build the pyramid in one go. There are some great tips in the post about how to do that effectively and quickly. My top tips are to use the 5x mode, have plenty of stockyards stocked with extra stone/bricks, wood etc.

[ILoveIceCream01]

do you have the carpenter and is it getting fresh supply of wood?

[phillip_lynx]

Yeah, as you do not mention carpenter guilds and wood, this schould it be.

You need only one carpenter guild and 400 wood imported to get them to work on time every next layer.

[Endicott]

This appears to be a common bug and a new problem. It might have something to do with ramps not being scripted correctly and starting on level 2 instead of level 1. And yes, this is a known bug. I might actually stop playing the game now for a few months and let them work this out. Side note, the early pyramids at Medium and Saqqara don't need burial goods in any of my games, but some have said in their games they do. Strange.

[flow79]

I'm having the same problem. Successfully completed Sphinx and medium pyramid. My workers no longer go to the pyramid complex after about 18%. Cleared it once and tried again but it won't build after 18%. All workers and materials are available but not being used.

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Originally posted by phillip_lynx:

Yeah, as you do not mention carpenter guilds and wood, this schould it be.

You need only one carpenter guild and 400 wood imported to get them to work on time every next layer.

My bad... forgot to say that I do have carpenters with their required wood stocks :) But good catch there Philip.

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Originally posted by Endicott:

This appears to be a common bug and a new problem. It might have something to do with ramps not being scripted correctly and starting on level 2 instead of level 1. And yes, this is a known bug. I might actually stop playing the game now for a few months and let them work this out. Side note, the early pyramids at Medium and Saqqara don't need burial goods in any of my games, but some have said in their games they do. Strange.

All good points, thanks for clarifying that it is a known issue. I did see it crop up for prior patches, but didn't know if it had got fixed for 1.1.1. I'm also thinking I might need to leave it a bit until they get a bit deeper into solving some of these issues.
As to your other point, I did need to have burial goods for Medium and Saqqara, how funny! It was the thing that stopped me completing the missions, until I discovered that they needed burial supplies!

[Rapture]

Any time I have had issues with building, the most I have had to do was either restart the game or delete a guild or two. Have you tried turning on flat mode to see if anybody is stuck? You can use the UI to find out what guild that stuck person came from and then delete it.

I also heard some people had issues where pyramids that clip the top of the viewable area get stuck as they get higher meaning building gets blocked.

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Originally posted by Rapture:

Any time I have had issues with building, the most I have had to do was either restart the game or delete a guild or two. Have you tried turning on flat mode to see if anybody is stuck? You can use the UI to find out what guild that stuck person came from and then delete it.

I also heard some people had issues where pyramids that clip the top of the viewable area get stuck as they get higher meaning building gets blocked.

Some good suggestions here. I had tried the UI flattening to see and it doesn't appear to be a stuck worker. I'm going to delete all my guilds and see if that works. Also, the pyramid is in the middle of the map. Going to just delete it after trying the guilds and try building it a fourth location. Apart from making sure I keep the Gods happy, this map pretty much runs itself right now.

[Mikelino1023]

Originally posted by flow79:

I'm having the same problem. Successfully completed Sphinx and medium pyramid. My workers no longer go to the pyramid complex after about 18%. Cleared it once and tried again but it won't build after 18%. All workers and materials are available but not being used.

The same problem. the sphinx and the median pyramid have been perfectly built. When I start the big one everything works fine until it reaches 18% and from there it doesn't happen. I have everything correct, guilds, wood, normal stone, limestone, no one gets stuck on the way. Thank you
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[morf]

Same problem now for Hetepsenusret. Grand pyramid stack 13%, large in 32%.
Delete carpenters and build more or road around pyramid didnt help.

I thought they fixed it in the last patch, but not.

[20202rick]

I am having this same issue with trying to build any medium or larger Mastaba or Pyramid. After great expense and time (game-wise), I have had to demolished them after 25%, 37%, and 50% stages while I have 100% of necessary bricks and plain stone, wood, etc... AND 100% fully staffed carpenters and stone mason guilds. It did not happen for my small Mastaba or Small Step Pyramid.

I have suspended playing the game until this is fixed because it is so frustrating.

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Ok, so after a lot of testing a reading other's tips, it is clear, at least in my save, that you have to complete the temple you are building in one go. No saving and quitting and reloading, for as soon as you reload a save the pyramid building stops. So I sat down to see how long the Pyramid complex would build on 5x speed, with all the supply chain set up adequately, and with me simply holding festivals to keep the two gods happy, and I completed the pyramid in 40 minutes. Now I've completed the mission. So my advice is to build each pyramid in one sitting.

[20202rick]

Originally posted by McJeebs_theLegend:

Ok, so after a lot of testing a reading other's tips, it is clear, at least in my save, that you have to complete the temple you are building in one go. No saving and quitting and reloading, for as soon as you reload a save the pyramid building stops. So I sat down to see how long the Pyramid complex would build on 5x speed, with all the supply chain set up adequately, and with me simply holding festivals to keep the two gods happy, and I completed the pyramid in 40 minutes. Now I've completed the mission. So my advice is to build each pyramid in one sitting.

Sorry. I do not believe this issue is solved at all.

I've tried exactly what you suggest after demolishing the medium Mastaba when it had been stuck at 50%. I will collect what I need and do it all over again and see if something different happens.

[20202rick]

I tried four more times to build my medium mastaba. I had everything and everyone that I could ever need in Abedju. I made sure to complete both small mastabas first. The first three attempts had the medium mastaba grinding to a hault at 75%. The fourth time it stopped after 37%

Soryy, but I've wasted enough of my life. This issue is NOT solved.

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Originally posted by 20202rick:

I tried four more times to build my medium mastaba. I had everything and everyone that I could ever need in Abedju. I made sure to complete both small mastabas first. The first three attempts had the medium mastaba grinding to a hault at 75%. The fourth time it stopped after 37%

Soryy, but I've wasted enough of my life. This issue is NOT solved.

Read the topic description. It says solved for Rostja, and how I solved my problem. You do not mention that you tried the method I suggest... by doing the build of whatever project you are doing in one go---by not saving and reloading.