First Japan mission, can't build hotel in Matsumoto

[animagus_kitty]

In the first Japan DLC mission, Northern Honshu, one of my earlier quests had me build an industry in Matusmoto. At this time, holding the building in my cursor showed a lot of green plots of land.
Now, when I need to build a hotel in Matsumoto or lose the mission, holding the hotel only lights up two red spaces (i *believe* the spaces where I've built things myself) and gives me no green spaces to build the hotel. No city has any green spaces available to me.

What is the problem, and how do I fix it?

[Maxim]

I'm not saying the following is a solution, but it sounds like what is going on.

I think you are seeing the industry that was built earlier in red when you hold a new building over the city, and the red is there to let you know where the industry is already located.

Industries that you own & place will not auto-move when placing a newer building later on.
Industries that you dont own, will auto-relocate when placing stations within a city.

So I am always careful to avoid buying an industry until I know I have two of my stations inside the city.. even if I dont need two stations, I always buy two, because one is used as a placeholder. Then I start buying industries.

Disclaimer: I dont have Japan scenario yet, and rules may have changed in ways I havent tested.

[animagus_kitty]

I don't *think* it's a buying-industries problem, although i appreciate the response. I know for a fact that one of the red spots is the first industry they made me build at the start of the scenario. I have not purchased any hotels or, as far as I'm aware, any industries *in* the city I'm trying to build the hotel in. Let me know if you have any further suggestions, I was really disappointed to find this issue.

[gardlt]

Is your population above 60k? A Hotel is a "civic building" not an industry. The civic slot is only available with 60k+ population.

[Maxim]

Sometimes saving the game and shutting it down for a full reload can fix glitches.
Other times, keeping that save, (then choosing another save back in time a few steps) and starting a new run (for comparison) may find that enough variables change that it doesnt happen again.
Finally, if it happens consistently, its most likely a bug which needs to go to the bug reports.
The bad news is, devs are now focused on the next project for the most part.

[animagus_kitty]

Originally posted by gardlt:

Is your population above 60k? A Hotel is a "civic building" not an industry. The civic slot is only available with 60k+ population.

I had no idea. This is probably what's going on, thank you so much.