Little questions & answers thread

[kotpeter]

Thank you. I've tried to build a road with a merchant from Ou Kaev to Qohayto, but that did nothing.

That was one of the first things that I tried too!

If you're willing to, please go ahead.

Will do

 

[incroc]

Is there a way to see how many connections a town has?

 

[CliffCo]

Is there a way to see how many connections a town has?

If you can use mods there's one called City Hall that introduces an icon you can hit on the city banner that will show all connections.

 

[incroc]

Does commander promotions stack? E.g. having two commanders with Rout, does it give +4 instead of +2?

 

[Evolena]

Is the new version of the Gold resource bugged? It doesn't seem to give +1 Gold and Happiness to Towns, only Cities?

 

[phoenixician]

Does commander promotions stack? E.g. having two commanders with Rout, does it give +4 instead of +2?

No, they do not. Commander promotions only grant their effects once and do not stack.

 

[vorlon_mi]

Razing settlements: what are the penalties? Do they vary from age to age?

I remember one game (a couple patches ago) where I took a significant hit to my influence because I razed a couple of towns I had conquered in a war that didn't have much to recommend them (resources, buildings). Since then, I've been loathe to raze anything. But I should make a more informed decision.

 

[Krikkit1]

Razing settlements: what are the penalties? Do they vary from age to age?

I remember one game (a couple patches ago) where I took a significant hit to my influence because I razed a couple of towns I had conquered in a war that didn't have much to recommend them (resources, buildings). Since then, I've been loathe to raze anything. But I should make a more informed decision.

-4 Influence per settlement per age (so 4,8, or 12) for the rest of the age you are in.

 

[mielony]

Does the AI use planes in your games? In mine, it did so once every 500 hours of play.

 

[CliffCo]

Does the AI use planes in your games? In mine, it did so once every 500 hours of play.

After 700 hrs and numerous wars i have yet to be attacked from the air.

 

[Berrern]

Does the AI use planes in your games? In mine, it did so once every 500 hours of play.

I'm 900 hours in, and not once have I been attacked by a plane.

And I play deep into the Modern age, as I like to try and fulfill all victory conditions. I come across plenty of enemy Aerodromes, and a handful of times I've seen them using fighter planes for patrolling their skies, often doing damage to my aerial raids. But never have I seen them on the offense aerially. I can't recall ever seeing an enemy Carrier either!

 

[Yzman]

When settling on a navigable river, it seems you can only place urban tiles on the same side of the river as the city center because all urban tiles must be adjacent to one another and the river is a hard border.

Does anyone know when it (hopefully) unlocks so I can develop the other side of the river?

Use a bridge or other district that goes on the river.

 

[vorlon_mi]

I'm 900 hours in, and not once have I been attacked by a plane.

And I play deep into the Modern age, as I like to try and fulfill all victory conditions. I come across plenty of enemy Aerodromes, and a handful of times I've seen them using fighter planes for patrolling their skies, often doing damage to my aerial raids. But never have I seen them on the offense aerially. I can't recall ever seeing an enemy Carrier either!

When I build planes for offense (bombers, trench fighters), I noticed that they were not included in the usual unit cycling.
I needed to remember to click on the aerodrome commander and wake them up... every turn.
I wonder if that's why the AI don't attack with them; they view the units as asleep / not threatened?

 

[Krikkit1]

Do the Exploration Policies that boost adjacency (like Charters or Enlightenment) double the adjacency or just add 1 to the adjacencies of the building?

 

[CliffCo]

Do the Exploration Policies that boost adjacency (like Charters or Enlightenment) double the adjacency or just add 1 to the adjacencies of the building?

They add +1 to each building that has an adjacency.

 

[Krikkit1]

They add +1 to each building that has an adjacency.

Does that include buildings that got the adjacency from something else (like Machu Pikchu)?

 

[taulph88]

Why can't I build a wharf in these two cities? I was able to build them in my other ones.

 

[Evolena]

Because they're not Cities, they're only Towns, which are limited on what you can buy.

 

[taulph88]

Both are cities. I haven't selected anything to build in Chalkis yet, but I am already producing a building in Argos want to queue up the wharf there.

 

[stealth_nsk]

Both are cities. I haven't selected anything to build in Chalkis yet, but I am already producing a building in Argos want to queue up the wharf there.

Unless you totally change the UI with mods, cities have leader icon on their plaque.