Bringing Resources to Cities

[themoffster]

I`m new so go easy. When I try to bring furs/horses to my cities I build roads leading to them and on the square they are in. Yet nothing happens, however, when I automate the workers I get messages saying that my citizens are happy that furs/horses can be brought in to my city. What am I doing wrong?

 

[jju_57]

If the furs/etc are not in your boundries then you need to build a colony. You also need to make sure the road reaches you capital and not just any city.

 

[Moulton]

That is what happens: now you have a road to bring resources or luxuries. On your city screen you will see the resources at the top, and the luxuries on the side.

 

[themoffster]

I can`t understand this, does the message appear every time you connect your capital to a resource? I start a new game and link my only city to what looks like a herd of deer and also what looks like hay growing out of the ground, yet no message. I take it I don`t have to build a mine, cos it seems rather silly building a mine to hunt deer. Also I tried the build colony thing, yet it only seems to give you the choice if a resource in in a forest, otherwise - nothing! Can someone help, I`m really stuck and I`m just starting to enjoy this game. In fact I`m just starting this game.

 

[rangers85]

That's because Game (the Deer), Wheat, Gold, etc. are bonus resources, therefore, they don't increase happiness. It's the luxery resources that gain happiness and that you get the message for, as well as strategic resources. Check the manual for what stuff is in which category.

 

[hamster]

the message only appears once or maybe twice.