Old World Quick Questions and answers (and FAQ)

[PiR]

Yes, that part was clear to me.
But for roads as long as you see yellow tiles touching one another, you're sure they're connected. For rivers, I understand even though you may see 2 blue tiles touching each other, it does not mean they're connected (they're not if not sharing the same river).

Also, the real cost of specialists, imo, is if you have several Poets or Philosophers or the like - with three Elder Poets, turning a citizen into a specialist will cost you 3 civics/turn.

I may love quaries too much, but I rarely miss civics as much as I could use more orders.

If you properly plan that out (a circular 7 hexes, with the Garrison, Stronghold and Citadel on the outside and not adjacent to each other), you actually get a total of 0.9 extra orders from adjacencies, spread across 4 Barracks and Ranges.

Thanks for the tip, I usually get 0.8 by doing a more "linear" layout:

But even in the circular layout you mention, most barracks/ranges bring no more than 0.2 order individually. That's like a 20 turn ROI on orders alone, not even counting the resource spend (stone/wood). Whether NOT building a specialist is a 0-turn ROI for orders.

This game is very good at making us think about tradeoffs.

 

[PiR]

Does anyone know what the red circle means?

Is it just the circle of the heirs, but without any number for the spouses, so it does not bear meaning?

 

[Solver]

I think it means they're in the succession line somewhere, but not in the top 4.

 

[PiR]

Funny, it has disappeared now. It must have disappeared at some point during the game without me noticing.

I didn't know spouses could be heir. I guess it's because they're loyal.

Spoiler :

It's the case at turn 1 though, so anyone can reproduce it:

Spoiler :

 

[PiR]

I initially bought the game on Epic Games but now I have it on Steam.
Can I uninstall it from Epic? I feel like I'm wasting 7GB on C:\Program Files\Epic Games\OldWorld for nothing?

 

[Shirotora Kenshin]

I initially bought the game on Epic Games but now I have it on Steam.
Can I uninstall it from Epic? I feel like I'm wasting 7GB on C:\Program Files\Epic Games\OldWorld for nothing?

Same situation for me ~three years ago, i then uninstalled it from Epic without any impact to the Steam copy. Not sure about the achievements, i read something here a while ago that the achievements will or will not be there then. I don‘t see any reason why problems could occur?

 

[PiR]

Yes the achievements are stored in "My Games" so when you first launched it on Steam, you immediately acquired all achievements previously acquired on Epic.
I guess it's the same for all configuration files and savegames, as I don't see any impact after uninstalling from Epic.

 

[Dale]

Uninstalling Epic is safe. Doesn't impact any of your settings.

 

[PiR]

How can I make a boat on the south part of the city?

We used to be able to choose where it would spawn, no?

 

[Dale]

Build a harbour where you want the ships to spawn.

 

[FluffybunnyMohawk]

If the oceans were disconnected, you would have a submenu for the Trireme production allowing you one option for each ocean, with the spawn point highlighted in white. It seems in this case this is one connected ocean, in which case it will always spawn as close to the city site tile as possible, unless as Dale notes you build a Harbor which overrides this.

 

[PiR]

Thanks I didn't think they were connected.

 

[PiR]

For a few turns, I have been unable to marry my heir:

But now I have a proposal from a tribe and I feel obliged to accept it.

What was blocking me from marrying my heir to a family?

If it was a lack of civics, the menu should still appear?

 

[topsecret]

For a few turns, I have been unable to marry my heir:
View attachment 741233

But now I have a proposal from a tribe and I feel obliged to accept it.

View attachment 741232

What was blocking me from marrying my heir to a family?

If it was a lack of civics, the menu should still appear?

He's your nephew, not your descendant.

 

[PiR]

You mean I can only decide marriage for my direct blood line?

 

[topsecret]

You mean I can only decide marriage for my direct blood line?

As far as I am aware, yes