How to build an oil well in a lake??

[doronb2]

Hi,
I'm playing civ5 with the earth map. I want to build an oil well in a lake in east canada but my coastal city there can't build naval units! how can I build the oil well like that???

BTW I can't bring a work boat from another city, its a closed lake without other coastal cities there.

Edit:
screenshot -
http://i56.tinypic.com/21jx2pu.jpg

 

[Abremms]

I think you are SOL, sounds like a bug. oil shouldn't spawn in lakes, make sure to report it!

 

[doronb2]

I think you are SOL, sounds like a bug. oil shouldn't spawn in lakes, make sure to report it!

&$@#$, I built this city because of the oil............

 

[Jaraxle]

You should be able to put naval units on lakes.

 

[Abremms]

you can get a ship on a lake if there is only one tile between that lake and the coast, and there is a city on that tile. otherwise, you can only build ships on coastal cities.

 

[Paeanblack]

This is another argument for getting rid of workboats and replacing them with embarked workers.

 

[Dusk]

Hi,
I'm playing civ5 with the earth map. I want to build an oil well in a lake in east canada but my coastal city there can't build naval units! how can I build the oil well like that???

BTW I can't bring a work boat from another city, its a closed lake without other coastal cities there.

Can you provide a screenshot, please?

 

[Abremms]

This is another argument for getting rid of workboats and replacing them with embarked workers.

think there is a mod that does that. someone is working on it at any rate.

 

[doronb2]

Can you provide a screenshot, please?

How do I take a screenshot?

nobody answered...

 

[gunter]

This is another argument for getting rid of workboats and replacing them with embarked workers.

That's a new idea to me, I agree but this way harvesting fish would be slightly cheaper than now because everyone has workers, work boats have to be built instead , ...and consumed the next turn.

 

[Maxor127]

I like the idea to use embarked workers instead of workboats.

 

[doronb2]

Can you provide a screenshot, please?

http://i56.tinypic.com/21jx2pu.jpg

 

[King of Spades]

This is another argument for getting rid of workboats and replacing them with embarked workers.

That's a good idea! If you want it to be as costly as Work Boats, it could just consume the Worker.

 

[SilverKnight]

http://i56.tinypic.com/21jx2pu.jpg

Dude... that sucks. You're basically boned. Although I don't know why that qualifies as a lake, since the ice is only covering part of the North Atlantic, right? That's a basic coastal city, and it should be able to build workboats, submarines, etc.

SilverKnight

 

[hthu]

This is another argument for getting rid of workboats and replacing them with embarked workers.

This reminds me of Civ I where I used to put a settler in a boat, had it waken up in a coastal tile and made it build a railroad in the water so the city could get an extra shield there.

 

[Me,myself,and,I]

But. But. thats the Hudson bay IT SHOULD COUNT AS PART OF THE OCEAN!

 

[carlisimo]

Yeah, I'd say that's an ocean tile that's cut off by ice. If you had a city on that coast you could get to it.

This has always been an issue in Civilization and other similar games. Embarked workers (which would be consumed) does seem like the best answer to me...

 

[Yogi Bear]

http://postimage.org/image/2iigbwguc/

I have a similar problem - a coastal city where I'm not allowed to build a work boat. Kind of annoying as there are 3 resources.

I haven't noticed this in cities I build, only conquered ones.

 

[Renergy]

This reminds me of Civ I where I used to put a settler in a boat, had it waken up in a coastal tile and made it build a railroad in the water so the city could get an extra shield there.

It was definitely not a shield (...iirc, lol No, I'm pretty sure. It increased trade from 3 to 4 (on all water tiles) and increased food from 3 to 4 on fishes.

 

[Helmling]

This reminds me of Civ I where I used to put a settler in a boat, had it waken up in a coastal tile and made it build a railroad in the water so the city could get an extra shield there.

Oh, man, you're taking me back.