Problems with irrigation

[Holm]

I just got the game civilizationIII and when I irrigate a tile, nothing happends.
The tile canges look to an irrigatitet tile but it dosent give one more food,it is for exampel a grasstile that should give 3 food after irrigation but it still gives 2 food. Anyone know why?

 

[grs]

Yes, you are is despotism and every tile producing more than 2 food, shields, or commerce produces one less (2 instead of 3 food in your example).

 

[Holm]

But before i irrigatet it gave 2 and after allso 2.

 

[Holm]

Now I understand any tile produsing more than 2 food is vasted in despotism
Thank you very much

 

[grs]

again: is depotism any tile producing more than 2 food, shields or commerce pruduces one less.

grassland before irrigation = 2 food
grassland with irrigation = 3 food - 1 food (see above) = 2 food.

 

[Turner]

Now I understand any tile produsing more than 2 food is vasted in despotism
Thank you very much

That's not exactly accurate. Under despotism, any tile that produces two shields, food, or commerce will produce one less. So if you're on a cow, and it produces three food, it will produce two under despotism. But if you irrigate it, it will produce three (three default + one irrigated - one despotism penalty = 3).

 

[Chieftess]

The general rule is that, any tile + resource that goes over 3, it's ok to irragate. (i.e., plains gives 1 food, and wines give 1 food = grassland. So, there's no use irragating it. However, cattle gives 2 food, so the total is 3. Irragate that tile, and the total is 4, but it gets bumped down to 1).

 

[mrtn]

...However, cattle gives 2 food, so the total is 3. Irragate that tile, and the total is 4, but it gets bumped down to 1).

Bumped down with one...