pls explain the shield improvement again

[mardukes]

Sorry, I can't find my way back to the previously imparted wisdom.

What things add to the factory output?
Which step on each other?
What is the limit; when is there nothing else you can do to improve shield production?
Where is the civopedia information about these things wrong?

 

[Zelig]

Factories add 50% shields, Mfg. plants add 50% shields and any power plant (power plant, nuclear plant, hydro plant, solar plant) add 50% shields. These are all cumulative however only 1 type of power plant works at a time.

This is just from memory, and I'm not home at the moment, so I'm not positive it's 100% correct or what the civilopedia has wrong.

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

What things add to the factory output?

Logicly ,the tiles around youre city do.A normal grassland with shield icon on it will give you one shield.A forest tile will give you 2 shields.a hill that is mined will give you 3 shields.Extra shield if you railroad it.With an ofshore platform in city every sea tile will give you 1 shield.
Specials tiles might give you extra shields to ,like whale's ,and especially coal or iron ,wich when mined will give you lot's of shields. (very ussefull in the beginning of the game to build youre capitol near coal or iron ,to make it a supurb wonder building city)

Then the shield output of your tiles can be cummulated with improvement's like factory's or power plant's.King richards crusade also give's you 1 extra shield for every tile used by youre city.
Corruption might decrease youre shield output ,so building courthouses or changing to democracy might give you extra production to.

And afcourse ,unit support wil decrease youre production.in monarchy 3 unit's can be supported withought production losses ,in Republic only one i think (not sure anymore) ,anyhow that show's that it's very important to increase youre production in every city before changing from monarchy to republic if youre city's have lot's of unit's in it.

 

[mardukes]

Thanks, Duck but I meant the city improvements not the tiles.

 

[la fayette]

If 'no improvement' provides 100 shields rolleyes: )
then 'factory' provides 150,
factory + power plant provides 200
factory + power plant + manuf... provides 250

(don't forget to build Hoover Dam if you have - or intend to have - more than 3 factories )

 

[funxus]

A factory will add 50% (x 1,5)to production (including support and waste), and factory + powerplant (or HD, solarplant, nuclearplant or hydroplant) will add 100% (x 2) and factory + powerplant + MFG plant will add 150% (x 2,5).
Courthouses can decrease waste and will therefore also increase production.
So the 50 % is on the original production, which means that a factory adds 1/2 to the current production, powerplant adds 1/3 and MFG plant adds 1/4.