Help please! Ocean resources?!?!

[futurehermit]

Hi everyone,

I would love it if anyone can help me out

I have the latest patch installed.

Here is the thing: I am having problems with ocean resources. People on these forums have said that I should be able to a] get a fishing boat to be able to work an ocean resource (fish, clam, etc.) if it is **on an ocean [instead of coast] square, but within my fat cross**; and b] get a fishing boat to hook up an ocean resource that is outside my fat cross but within my cultural borders.

Neither of these two things have been possible for me!!!!!!!!!!! And it is SOOOO annoying!!!

I thought it was a problem with the game, but others assured me on these forums that they have been able to do both things.

Can anyone think of anything that could help me

I would be sooo grateful!!!

Thanks in advance

 

[crunch]

Post a save or screenshot where you think you should be able to fish but can't.

 

[futurehermit]

I don't think I have one anymore I will post if I get it again.

Basically, I have had coastal cities where the first water tile off of land was coast and the second was ocean. The fish was in the ocean tile 2 squares away from the city but still within the fat cross and cultural borders since the city was on the coastline. I put my fishing boat there but it wouldn't fish it.

The other scenario is when my cultural borders expand beyond my fat cross to envelope some new coastal squares that have a fish/crab/etc. I send a workboat there but it won't claim it. I figured that it was because it was outside of my fat cross and therefore the game wouldn't allow it, but others say they have been able to do this!

thnks!

 

[VladTepes]

I believe fish will sometimes appear in ocean squares, but they're unreachable because work boats are only coastal.

 

[crunch]

You need to discover another technology to hook up "whales". Fishing/sailing is not enough for that. And whales usually appear in ocean. Perhaps this is your problem.

 

[Zanmato]

If the resource is inside your cultural borders you can send a workboat out to it regardless of where it is, ocean or coastal. You can move any unit into a ocean square (regardless if the unit can only use coastal ie. Ironclad) if it's inside your borders and can claim any resource there. Put simply, inside your border any ocean square is treated as coastal apart from defense bonuses. You should be able to fish for it from the city screen provided you have the required techs to allow it and should be able to claim any other resource with workboats outside the city cross. Why it is allowing you to do this I don't know...

 

[Conroe]

I put my fishing boat there but it wouldn't fish it.

This is probably a stupid question, but I have to ask ... You are pressing the Work Boat button to start fishing aren't you?

Otherwise, a screenshot would be most helpful ...

 

[futurehermit]

yes, i am definitely pushing the button. i can fish inside my fat cross when it is coastal tile no problem. if it's an ocean tile or outside my fat cross i can't fish it and, no, it is not whales, i'm definitely talking about fish/clams/etc. i will try my best to get a screenshot when the issue pops up again for me. (i tend to go from game to game without finishing them and i don't save them i find i learn more this way for some reason ).

 

[KiwiCaro]

I am having a similar problem in one of my games.
I have some fish right on my coast, and sent my workboat out to fish it. I can land right smack bang on top of the fish but no option comes up to get it fishing!! I have other workboats fishing no worries.

Very weird.

 

[futurehermit]

that sux is it in your fat cross or outside of it? is it inside your cultural borders?

 

[jimmiedee65]

I think it's optics that are required to start whaling.