Something extremely stupid with the interface

[Urban Ranger]

Yesterday evening I created a missionary and sent him off to Ghengis Khan, who didn't have a religion at the point. Seeing that I didn't have an Open Border agreement with the Khan, the interface asked something along the lines of "Sending a unit into a county that you do not have an Open Border agreement is an act of war. Do you wish to continue?" Seeing that the missionary unit is years away, I answered yes.

Somehow the interface interpreted that as me declaring war on Ghengis Khan What on earth? What kind of mentally retarded person made that decision?

[Axxaer]

I don't quite see what your issue is, it asked if you wanted to continue with an act of war, you said yes and thus declared war. Seems logical to me.

[Urban Ranger]

The act of war is not sending the unit into another nation, the act of war is the unit actually entering another nation without Open Border. The missionary was nowhere near Mogolia and it should never have been a declaration of war on my part.

[LzPrst]

I agree. the wording is a little winding...

It says something like: We cant enter their territory, but we could get a open borders agreement.

-Yes
-No

I bummed out on that in my first game too. I didnt read it properly and expected -Yes to open the diplomacy screen and suggest an open bordes agreement

oh, well. heads up.

[Axxaer]

Just different interpretations on the worded intentions I see.

I'm not bothered with it the way it is, although I can see your issues.

[LzPrst]

it is a mistake (hopefully) made only once. maybe you can find the wording and change it in some file....

[Axxaer]

Originally posted by LzPrst
it is a mistake

The only mistake is your interpretation.

If you read it carefully you will see it means exactly what it says.

[Axxaer]

From dictionary.com
question mark
n.

A punctuation symbol (?) written at the end of a sentence or phrase to indicate a direct question. Also called interrogation point.

And thus we see, that the question is not in fact in relation to the open borders comment, but rather the declaring war comment.

[Zoid]

I fell for this in my first game to. The wording is a bit confusing. IIRC it says

"Entering [...] land will trigger WAR!. You can safely enter if you sign an Open Borders Treaty. Yes/No"

Now you think that you agree to sign an open border treaty with the nation in question, but instead you declare war. The last sentence should be in parentheses as it is a parenthetical remark.

[Zoid]

Damn, Axaer beat me to it But still it´s confusing because the last sentence isn´t a sentence at all but a parenthetical remark.

[Axxaer]

Yeah I agree that the last sentence should be parenthesised as it has no direct relevance to question but rather offers an alternate choice, thus the confusion arises.

You hear that Firaxis? We want PARENTHESES!!!

[Zoid]

Yes! Bad punctuation shouldn´t be allowed to tarnish such a great game!

Firaxis hint of the day http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/parens.asp

[Axxaer]

"Are you ready for the Question Mark, Quotation Mark, and Parentheses quiz?"

[Blake]

It should be
[Declare War]
[Cancel]

No confusion.

[LordShiva]

It should be
[Be a man!]
[I'm a sissy please don't hurt me]

No confusion.