Captured Great Wonders -- where are the culture points?

[Khshayarsha]

I thought the manual said that when you capture a Great Wonder, it continues to produce culture points even when its function has become obsolete.

The manual says: "If a Great Wonder is captured (along with the city it's in), its benefits go to the new owner."

The manual also says: "The glory—and culture points—that accrue to your civilization for possessing a Wonder are the general benefits conferred by such great works; more importantly, these benefits continue to accrue even if new advances make the Wonder's specific benefit obsolete."

These two statements taken together suggest that when you conquer a GW, you should continue to get its culture points. But I have never observed this. The things always turn inert after I have captured them: they just sit there and bring no benefit once they're obsolete. Do they just not like me?

 

[wilbill]

Do yourself a favor and put the manual away. You could waste a lot of time finding all the errors in it.
When you capture a wonder you get its effects (if they're still active) but not the culture.

 

[CellarDweller22]

Yes.... the manual is outdated when it comes to cp for GW's. You get NO culture from the great wonder..... the only culture points that can be achieved are if the civ that originally built the wonder gets the wonder back. Then it will continue to generate cp's for that Civ, although I think the timing rate is reset (i.e. no 1000 years bonus). Was this changed for PTW or C3C?

-- From The Cellar

 

[Padma]

... the manual said ...

That's your first mistake, right there: reading the manual.

The manual goes to press before the game is finished testing, so it will be ready to ship on time. That means things can be changed between the manual's publication and the final release of the game. Most posters here consider the manual to be worth less than nothing. This site is the best manual for the game you will ever find!

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Captured Wonders never produce culture. You still get the benefits form it though