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  1. 04-28-2008 04:53 PM #1
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    Abandon a colony?

    So I have moved (to Engios[69:82] > Sitka), moved my capital (via the governor's residence, converting it to my new palace) and removed all buildings and resources from the original capital which now is a colony. The only building left is the town hall. I clicked on it to abandon it, and I get an error:

    The colony canīt be abandoned yet because one or more events are associated with it.
    Huh? There are no events that I can tell - there are no buildings, no deployed ships, no nothing. It's dead other than the unhappy population. Any ideas?
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  2. 04-28-2008 05:13 PM #2
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    Re: Abandon a colony?

    I think it's a bug they haven't fixed yet.

    I don't remember exactly, but I remember reading about this problem on the Ikariam forum. One of the GO's responded that it wasn't high on their priorities list or something along those lines.


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  3. 04-28-2008 05:48 PM #3
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    Re: Abandon a colony?

    oh boo... I'm hours away from trying to do the same thing... well I guess... uhm.. I'll let those people stay over there... : (
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  4. 04-28-2008 05:54 PM #4
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    Re: Abandon a colony?

    I got that when trying to abandon my colony just after shipping the last of the resources away. I had to wait until the ships had reached their destination before I could abandon it.


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  5. 04-28-2008 05:59 PM #5
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    Re: Abandon a colony?

    Quote Originally Posted by kormendi View Post
    I got that when trying to abandon my colony just after shipping the last of the resources away. I had to wait until the ships had reached their destination before I could abandon it.
    Let us know if that's it!
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  6. 04-28-2008 08:35 PM #6
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    Re: Abandon a colony?

    Quote Originally Posted by kormendi View Post
    I got that when trying to abandon my colony just after shipping the last of the resources away. I had to wait until the ships had reached their destination before I could abandon it.
    Correct. Fleets need to have a port of call and a port to return. You can't abandon until all actions associated with that colony have terminated.
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    Re: Abandon a colony?

    In order to abandon a colony, you literally cant be doing ANYTHING with it. All ships in port. All troops at home. All buildings static (i.e. nothing being built or upgraded). Otherwise you'll get that error.
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  8. 04-29-2008 03:04 PM #8
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    Re: Abandon a colony?

    As usual, the fellow TG'ers are correct.

    I had ships that launched from the abandoned colony but were still on their 26-hour journey to the new world. As soon as the ships landed, said colony could be deleted.

    That said, I was really surprised at how long it took for my population to drop. This was a colony with NO buildings other than the town hall, yet it maintained a population of 230 tax paying citizens for days, with a fractional decline. Once I figured this out I let it linger a bit longer until I needed the slot for a colony closer to my new capitol. Then it was 'buh bye.'
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  9. 04-30-2008 12:52 PM #9
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    Re: Abandon a colony?

    Don't forget to call your spies home before you demo that hideout too...
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    Re: Abandon a colony?

    I ran into this problem as well. In my case I had been attacked and had to wait for the other guy's army to finish their journey home.
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