newbie question about water

[mercurycs]

hi, i was just wondering what the distance a city could be from a shore and still be considered to build a harbor and ships etc...
does the city have to be actually on the shore or is it enough to have the shore within your 21 square city area?
thanks

 

[MusicLaunch]

the city has to be beside the water to build ships, harbors, etc

 

[mercurycs]

does diagonal count?

 

[MusicLaunch]

yes... unless im misunderstanding it

 

[Falcon02]

to try to make things clear, Water must be on at least one of the 8 tiles immediately adjacent to the City. This includes the tiles Directly north, south, east, and west, which are attached only by a corner of each tile.

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

BTW Inland Seas do not count and you can't have a harbor if it is only connected to an inland sea.

 

[Sparrow3]

Inland seas do count. If you build within one square of the coast, just like building on outland seas. I have built cities on the shore of inland seas; built ships and sailed across to build cities on the opposite shore. In one game (v1.29f) as France I built a city (Tours) on the shore of what I later learned was a huge inland sea. I built a harbor, ships, The Colussus, and the Great Lighthouse in Tours. So unless there has been a change in a patch somewhere that I haven't heard about, you can sail the inland sea.

 

[The Last Conformist]

IIRC, an inland sea will only allow the production of ships and harbours if its 21+ tiles big, in which case if won't count as freshwater, and consequently not give any food bonus.

 

[Sparrow3]

I didn't know at what size a lake becomes a sea. 21 tiles; that is nice to know. Thanks!

 

[mercurycs]

Very helpful, thank you all for replying.

 

[Sarevok]

it has to touch a body of water.