New Resource: Glass
- Thread starter Gogf
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... Um, except that isn't glass basically made from sand?
-Oz
Arne
King
Well, right. But glass was a valuable trade good until the late Middle Ages. The secret of glassmaking was... top secret. BtW, Some of the original ressources are also not as "natural" like it seems. So what's the problem with glass?
Everything depends upon POV -- in my modding, I ignore saltpeter as it's commonly found in manure piles; yes, a secret at first ...
Also, having a manufactured good like glass be a "natural" resource begs the question of placement -- only adjacent to those cities where glass would have been manufactured?
-Oz
Gogf
Indescribable
I didn't want people to get a pile of sand mixed up with saltpeter. Also, aluminum is in a final form, as is silk, dies, and incense.
Arne
King
Exactly. I personaly prefere having some more "ressources", wich could give each scenario a specifical feeling, even if this are not 100% real "ressoruces", over a few "correct (and only) natural" ressources wich are nearly the same in every scn. So my POV is different from yours - and glass-ressources are o.k. to me. I allready use glass in my own Rise of Rome Scenario since beginning.
OK, I've been made a convert! -- And uyes, BTW, the glass resource DOES look very nice 
-Oz
Pounder
Phaethon was here
I would say that sand is the resource and glass is the product.
Lightening strike on the beach, silicon dioxide melts and cools off into a mass of glass, someone witnesses this and decides to melt the sand himself in a forge or whatever.
I would not consider sand a valuable resource.
If we could trade finished goods, this would be great.
Lightening strike on the beach, silicon dioxide melts and cools off into a mass of glass, someone witnesses this and decides to melt the sand himself in a forge or whatever.
I would not consider sand a valuable resource.
If we could trade finished goods, this would be great.
Gogf
Indescribable
Well, sand doesn't appear in the forest. Also, look at aluminum, that's a final product, as is insence... If you want sand, use saltpeter.
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