Reload save game - influence different

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I would really appreciate some help with this issue...is it known or not?

Last night I saved my game, just as I was on the precipice of an influence victory - 74% according to the victory screen. When I loaded my game this morning, my influence was 67% - with other circumstances in my galaxy, victory had been snatched from my hands. I seem to recall poor experiences from reloading save games dating back to the original galciv.

Is this still a problem?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
This is a problem in exactly the context you mention--saving and quitting when you're on the verge of an influence win.

The game re-calculates influence *after* processing the first turn of a session. Production also used to get "left out" when you loaded a saved game, but things have changed since DL. The influence problem seems to be the only holdover in this area.

I'm not sure whether it is still there b/c it is low on the dev priority list or b/c save files (and/or reload times) would be greater than the devs believe is good.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks. I forgot to mention I was playing Twilight of the Arnor.

But as long as I know it's a feature, I will never again leave my game within a hair's breadth of an influence victory. The dread lords had just arrived too, so I am doomed without my influence win.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Usually running through a couple of turns will return the zone of control to it's presave levels. Though not always seemingly exactly the way it was but it gets real close.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Usually running through a couple of turns will return the zone of control to it's presave levels. Though not always seemingly exactly the way it was but it gets real close.
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I've seen this ZoC variation too, but I'm pretty sure that progress to the influence win recalculates "correctly" after you process the first turn of the session.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Influence started climbing as I played a few turns, but it never returned to its previous high of 74%.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It is odd. I notice it as well, more often than you might think. (Have one or two stability problems.)
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Influence started climbing as I played a few turns, but it never returned to its previous high of 74%.
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I'm not the most detail-oriented player around here, but this makes me wonder if there's a problem here with TA.

It's been since well before the beta started that I last tried deliberately for an influence win, so I haven't been watching closely in TA.

Maybe the computer players made some significantly different choices during that first post-reload turn, e.g. building influence bases or improvements?