Can't Get Settler to "Join" city

[qaija]

I understand there is supposed to be an option to allow a settler to join a city and therefore increase that city's population by two.

How do you this?

I have moved my settler into the city. It is activated. But I see no option either on the settler or within the city to "join" it.

Thank you for your help.

 

[kangyio]

Not sure.Can you join a settler to a city which has reached the max citizen limit?Probably not.

 

[warmonger]

It's a funny looking button in amongst all the ones like fortify, disband etc. Point your mouse at 'em and you'll soon find out which it is.

 

[kangyio]

Well,apparently qaija knows how to join a settler to a city.I think his question is why can't he,warmonger.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

If the city has a population of 6 and there is no river and no aqueduct in the city, then you can't join a settler or worker to a city. The same if the city is size 12 and has no hospital.

 

[superslug]

In addition to SuperBeaverInc's post, I'll just add that in lieu of an onscreen button, you can also just hit the 'B' key to dump a Settler in. Also, Aqueducts/Hospitals aren't the only popcaps. Eventually, a town just won't have enough food to accept more people.

 

[qaija]

ahhhhh, Superslug, that may be why I don't get the option - not enough food. It is a brand new city with population only one, so it is not constrained by not having an aqueduct or hospital, and there is no option to join (the only two are disband and fortify), so there must be some reason why I am unable to do so and lack of food is the only one I can think of....but then.... what is the point of "joining" since as soon as there is enough food, a new addition is added.

I thought the purpose of the "join" option would be to quickly develop a city by dumping settlers in to it. Perhaps this is not the case. It doesn't sound like it is something that is done very often. I just thought it would be a good way to have new cities catch up with older, more established ones.

 

[Lyonesse]

I do believe this is correct....If not y'all feel free to correct me...Just something I noticed...

Look at the number of the city size...It should either be White, Yellow or Red...if its White you can join a settler/worker there if not you can't.

 

[Gainy]

I understand there is supposed to be an option to allow a settler to join a city and therefore increase that city's population by two.

How do you this?

Press 'B'. You can do this with workers also.

ahhhhh, Superslug, that may be why I don't get the option - not enough food.

No, you can still add workers/settlers to cities even if you don't have enough food. The only occasions when you can'not are when you are size 6, not on a river, and don't have an aqueduct.
Or when you are size 12, and don't have a hospital (with C3C, shakespeares theatre also)

It doesn't sound like it is something that is done very often

This is not the case. Quite alot of people - to avoid culture flipping or to hasten a cities production etc, will join settlers/workers to a city. I certainly do

EDIT:

I do believe this is correct....If not y'all feel free to correct me...Just something I noticed...

Look at the number of the city size...It should either be White, Yellow or Red...if its White you can join a settler/worker there if not you can't.

I'll correct you, you are wrong

 

[Lyonesse]

ummm okay...I have a couple screenshots of red size 9 where worker can not join...yellow size 12 can not join (no hospital there though so that would make sense)...and white size 16 where work can join....
If I knew how to put the screenshots into my message I would LOL

 

[Gainy]

I didn't say that you can't add a worker/settler when it is white, and I didn't say that you can add a worker/settler when it is red. What I said was, you are wrong.
I was referring to

if its White you can join a settler/worker there if not you can't.

You CAN "join" a worker/settler to a town if it is yellow, but only in the cases which I stated...

No, you can still add workers/settlers to cities even if you don't have enough food. The only occasions when you can'not are when you are size 6, not on a river, and don't have an aqueduct.
Or when you are size 12, and don't have a hospital (with C3C, shakespeares theatre also)

I don't know the answer to qaija's probelm though, as you can always add workers/settlers to a town when it is size 1... (as it can'not be starving)

Edited for colour change

 

[Lyonesse]

okay, well....the red size 9 city I have will not allow me to join with the worker....it does have an aqueduct, and is not a river. I can't join the work by using "b" and there is no "Join Icon". As far back as I can remember as long as the city is "red" I have not been able to get a settler/worker to join it. <shrug> must just be me

 

[Gainy]

Are you even reading what I am saying?

I didn't say that you can add a worker/settler when it is red

That is in the post above...

 

[Turner]

Hey, how about posting a save of the game, so we can check it out? This would be helpful

Lyonesse - Check out the FAQ thread, stickied to the top of this page. There are instructions on attaching screenies to your post there.

 

[puwen]

Originally posted by Gainy bo


You CAN "join" a worker/settler to a town if it is red, but only in the cases which I stated...

Didn't they change this in a patch so you can't get the super huge cities? PTW 1.21f IIRC.

 

[Turner]

In PTW 1.01f they changed it so you can't join workers into a starving city. They don't say about settlers.

 

[Lyonesse]

okay this is just so you can see what I'm talking about. This is how its been in my games, for as long as I can remember, and its the easiest and quickest way for me to know which cities I can join workers/settlers to.

I tried and tried to get workers/settlers to join Red cities but have never been able to. I used to run that worker/settler through every city trying to get to a city that "he" could join.

I do stand corrected on the "Yellow cities" though. You can add a worker/settler to some yellow cities (i.e. if it has the aqueduct/hospital/river etc.), but if the city is yellow, and you add a worker/settler you will turn it "red" thus it is going to "decrease" in size. So would it be worth adding that worker/settler?

What I've noticed is that it doesn't matter if you have aqueducts/hospitals etc. if you can't add the worker it will be red...so if there is no hospital at size 12 "red" city you will not be able to add the worker...Makes it easier than running that worker to every city to see if he can be joined. I just look for cities in "White" and know that I can safely join them there. It's worked for me every time (I don't add workers/settlers to yellow cities as it will turn them "red" and thus the city will decrease in size, I just don't see the use adding them if the city will then decrease)

Hope this works first time posting images...(Thank you Turner_727 for the help)

"White City" notice that the "join" icon is there, I was able to join this worker by either the icon or the "b" key

"Red City"notice that the "join" icon is NOT there, I was not able to join this worker by either the icon or the "b" key

 

[Turner]

Originally posted by Lyonesse
(I don't add workers/settlers to yellow cities as it will turn them "red" and thus the city will decrease in size, I just don't see the use adding them if the city will then decrease)

This was an exploit. By adding massive amounts of workers/settlers to cities late in the game, you could push your score up really high. For instance, joining 20 workers to a city in the same turn. You'd only loose one pop a turn due to starvation, so it would take 20 turns to even out. And after that 20 turns your score would be higher than if you hadn't joined the workers.

Originally posted by Lyonesse
Hope this works first time posting images...(Thank you Turner_727 for the help)

You're welcome!

 

[Gainy]

Originally posted by puwen


Didn't they change this in a patch so you can't get the super huge cities? PTW 1.21f IIRC.

I meant yellow instead of red

(I actually did)

 

[America444]

so...
from all this we have gathered that...

"WHITE" CITY=YES setlers/workers can join
"YELLOW" CITY=YES(unless is at size 6 WITHOUT river or aqueduct OR size 12 WITHOUT hospital)
"RED" CITY=NO you cannot join setlers/workers

am i correct?