I'm really confused, can someone help please :)

[TomKirkland]

Hi everyone Long time lurker here. I have been playing CivIII for a few weeks and don't understand a few things and I hope you guys can help me out.

Here is my question..... When you build a city and it has gold or cattle just outside of the city radius, is there a way to get that resource? I have mined and built roads from my city to the gold but nothing ever changes. Is it useless to build a road from your city out to gold or cattle?


Even when my culture expands the borders nothing happens and I can't send my citizens out any further than they already are. So, is there anyway to make use of the gold/food that is just slightly outside of a city border?

Thanks for the help

 

[eyrei]

No. If a tile is outside of the two square in each direction city radius you cannot work it from that city. Don't confuse the city radius with your cultural borders.

 

[TomKirkland]

So, is there any reason to build a road to gold/food that is not within your city radius?

 

[eyrei]

No. Only strategic or luxury resources. I usually make every effort to have any special terrain bonuses worked by one of my cities though, it is normally worth some overlapping city radii.

 

[Grashnak]

Originally posted by TomKirkland
So, is there any reason to build a road to gold/food that is not within your city radius?

No. Gold and food only give benefits if a citizen is assigned to work them within the radius of a city.

Resources, on the other hand, give their benefits as long as they are connected to a road, as long as they are within your cultural borders - even if they are not within the working radius of a city.

 

[vihutuo]

You can build a city near the gold/cattle to get the bonuses.

A road will always let your units move faster(except in some cases) even if its outside your city's borders.