Following some advise I have seen around here, I have been playing some OCC's to work some of the bugs out at a new difficulty setting. My current game was going pretty well, I have the standard 5 national epics built, and have managed to hold on to a tech lead, primarily by sacking a few capital cities (infantry vs. riflemen/readcoats is a great match up!).

So now the problem begins.. I get physics and see that I have no oil anywhere nearby (every other civ will however). I rushed to plastics and saved a GS thinking that ethanol would surely save me, but in a sad reflection of reality, ethanol isn't working. I founded the corp, and I have 2 rice and a sugar, but I'm not getting any oil. Oil is listed on my city info screen and it says (3), but when I mouse over it says that I have 0 oil (and I can't build anything requiring oil). I've looked at the help entries for the corp, but I can't figure out what the deal is.

So do I just not understand how the ethanol corp is supposed to work, or are there some tech paths to minimize the pain of no oil?

In a military OCC with no oil, you're like, screwed...:( but, try and beeline Robotics, for Mechanized Infantry. They'll help.

In a Space Win OCC, no Oil is not a big deal, really.

Oh, and make sure you're not running State Property.

Are you trading away your rice?

Are you in state property????

Are the resources connected to the capital???

Do you have another corp that competes???

Are you in state property????

Are the resources connected to the capital???

Do you have another corp that competes???

I was gonna ask the state property question too, but...

I seriously hope that he isn't in state property for his OCC.

No other corps, no trading of resources (everyone keeps declaring on me, no time for that!), and free market (rep, B, caste, free market, pacifism atm)... All of my land is developed with roads and the resources are hooked up. I'm getting the +:health:/+:) from the rice and sugar. I tried demanding some additional rice from another civ I had been beating down, but that didn't work either. I guess I will see if anti-tank guns and machine guns can defend against tanks while I space race...
I'll grab the save file when I get home, there must be something stupid easy I am missing. To be honest, I'd never used the ethanol corp before. I usually use sushi and mining if I use any.

Corps have driven me :crazyeye: in a number of games. They're very poorly documented (yeah, I know - stop the presses :rolleyes:). Does the city that the corp is founded in get the bonus (food, oil, hammers, depending on the corp) or just the income from the cities that you spread it to? If that's the case, you're screwed in a OCC. :(

Does the city that the corp is founded in get the bonus

Of course(-+=) ( It wants 10 symbols)

You have the Combustion tech... (Plastics)... has it been one turn since you founded the corps? it might take time to take effect (things need to get reset)?

Sounds like a bug. Can you post a save game? Maybe one turn before you founded the corp, if you still have that save.

5 national epics built
I wish I could get five national epics. A new GP (almost) every single turn! Although I guess most of them would be artists.:(

:joke: