Trigger Items duplicated in ruins?

[KGB]

Game 24666 (Midguard Controlling).

In the upper right area there is a river that splits the continent. At the head of the river is a razed city guarded by Archons. The city has a trigger than says if you rebuild it, you will be rewarded with the item War Traveller.

However if you look at my 6 heroes, one of them is a DK who already has War Traveller.

So what happens if I rebuild the city? Will I get a duplicated item or will I just not get the reward?

I won't end my turn in case you want to take a look.

KGB

[SnotlinG]

You should get the item.
However you should never have got the first "War Traveller".
Do you remember where/how you got the first item?
Would be interesting to know if it comes from a respawned ruin or a start-ruin?

[KGB]

SnotlinG,

I remember exactly where I got it. Off the dead body of another hero that I just killed

I do not know where that player got the item and they likely don't remember since it's turn 50. But perhaps Tim, the other player might remember.

I take it I can end my turn now in that game since you've finished looking at it?

KGB

[SnotlinG]

yea you can end your turn, no problem

[SnotlinG]

Hmm, I have checked my code, and as usual it looks perfect
But I guess there is a bug there somewhere anyway Tried to find your game to investigate a bit more, but looks like it is already finished?
Let me know if you see this again, as I can atleast get some clues by studying the data in the database

[LPhillips]

I may be able to shed some light on the situation.

It is possible to circumvent the restrictions that keep the number down to 1 of each artifact during map creation. For example: you can select the ability to manually place artifacts, then set the same one down several times so long as you don't leave that menu or select another artifact. I am sure it is something along that line, such as setting it for a trigger reward and manually setting it as a reward in a ruin.

[KGB]

LPhillips,

I thought of that as well. But when I look at the map in the map editor I see only 1 trigger provides War Traveller, all ruins are marked as Random and there are no items placed on the ground.

KGB

[LPhillips]

So that leaves the conclusion that items set for trigger rewards are obtainable by normal gameplay in some way. No experience with that one.

[KGB]

Yes. Although the game in question was 50 turns old in an 8 player, 4 team game. So suffice to say it's been running for a couple of months now.

So depending on exactly when the bug got fixed and when the other player found War Traveller it may have been a left over bug from before the fix.

KGB

[SnotlinG]

Ok, so lets keep our eyes open if we can see this bug again in a more modern game

Thanks for beeing on the lookout