obsolete strategic resources

[jimmi]

Surely after certain advances, some strategic resources should no longer be needed to build units/improvements - saltpeter is no longer needed after a certain point - but coal is still needed for railroads, surely this is unnecessary after the discovery of electricity?

I know this is changeable in the editor but I kinda like things to be official. In the next patch then?

 

[OneInTen]

You still need coal to make the steel for the rails, even if you're running electric trains on them.

 

[jimmi]

Nope, coal doesn't feature anywhere in the raw ingredients of steel manufacture - unless you mean fuel - in which case use oil, which seems more plentiful in civ3 than coal.

At the least it should be an 'either/or' situation.

 

[OneInTen]

http://www.steel.org.uk/makstla.html

According to that link, it claims coal is used to make steel.

 

[ReallyNiceGuy]

This guy knows his stuff...

 

[BigBirdZ28]

lol

IM IMPRESSED !

 

[jimmi]

must...not...lose...lost...argument

Technically coal isn't needed, it's just some form of carbon that's necessary - in this case coke - but you could use pencil leads (graphite) or trees if you really wanted/needed to (such as in this case in civ3 where coal is unavailable).