Does the coal plant work without coal inside the city?
I know that you can't build a hydro plant unless the city is on a river.
It seems like you can build a coal plant even if no coal is inside the city limits ... but I can't figure out if it works right or not.
In the case of iron works, you can build it anywhere you want, except that if you have coal and iron inside city limits you get a big bonus, and if you have just coal or just iron inside city limits you get a small bonus, and if you have neither then you can still build a rather pointless iron works. I also learned that the game mocks me, because it put coal and iron into a city which already had two national wonders from much earlier in the game (from way before coal was revealed).
My question is really about how the coal plant works, and why the game lets you build it anywhere, and if it still provides power.
I'm hoping that the coal can be anywhere.
Does anyone know?
I know that you can't build a hydro plant unless the city is on a river.
It seems like you can build a coal plant even if no coal is inside the city limits ... but I can't figure out if it works right or not.
In the case of iron works, you can build it anywhere you want, except that if you have coal and iron inside city limits you get a big bonus, and if you have just coal or just iron inside city limits you get a small bonus, and if you have neither then you can still build a rather pointless iron works. I also learned that the game mocks me, because it put coal and iron into a city which already had two national wonders from much earlier in the game (from way before coal was revealed).
My question is really about how the coal plant works, and why the game lets you build it anywhere, and if it still provides power.
I'm hoping that the coal can be anywhere.
Does anyone know?