Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[henrebotha]

I'm sure this is a question of epic stupidity, but where do I see the total number of beakers produced per turn? I know you can open the city screen to see how many beakers each city produces, but is there no simple way to see a grand total?

 

[Roland Johansen]

I'm sure this is a question of epic stupidity, but where do I see the total number of beakers produced per turn? I know you can open the city screen to see how many beakers each city produces, but is there no simple way to see a grand total?

The financial advisor (F2) has these statistics.

 

[Dresden]

It's also the number listed next to the tech slider on the main screen:

In that screenshot, my civ is generating 208 total beakers per turn.

 

[Supr49er]

Welcome to the Forums Vardarkand henrebotha.

 

[Lord Parkin]

It's also the number listed next to the tech slider on the main screen:

In that screenshot, my civ is generating 208 total beakers per turn.

I believe that list of numbers is only in the BTS expansion pack though, not Warlords or the original game. I'm assuming henrebotha doesn't have BTS, or else he probably would have noticed that list too.

 

[Dresden]

You never know; I fail to notice lots of seemingly obvious things. Thanks for the correction, though. I've (obviously) forgotten most of the small detail differences between the versions.

 

[Citytube]

I don't understand how the lightbulbs work. When you lightbulb a great person, does it always give you the cheapest tech you have left unresearched, or is there some relationship to the part of the tech tree it chooses and the type of GP? I know the Oracle gives you any one you want that is "next" anywhere in your tech tree.

 

[Dresden]

Great People have tech "preferences" based on their type. They will give you (possibly only part of) their highest preference tech that is currently researchable. For a full list of the techs and further details see the Great People Tech Preference Strategy Article

 

[Tman65]

Is there anyway to tell which (enemy) city has built the Apollo Program? I can't ever see it on the screen...am I not looking hard enough?

 

[Supr49er]

I don't understand how the lightbulbs work. When you lightbulb a great person, does it always give you the cheapest tech you have left unresearched, or is there some relationship to the part of the tech tree it chooses and the type of GP? I know the Oracle gives you any one you want that is "next" anywhere in your tech tree.

If you mouse over the lightbulb order, it will tell you what you will get.

Welcome to the Forums Citytube.

 

[Gwynnja]

Is there anyway to tell which (enemy) city has built the Apollo Program? I can't ever see it on the screen...am I not looking hard enough?

I don't think you can see the apollo program the way you can see a building. It's a national project, similar to the manhattan project or the internet, so once a civ has it it can't be destroyed.

 

[Tman65]

Ah. So the only way to stop a civ from launching once completes it (the Apollo Program) is to kill the civ or win in some manner before they can launch.

 

[Lord Parkin]

Ah. So the only way to stop a civ from launching once completes it (the Apollo Program) is to kill the civ or win in some manner before they can launch.

In the BTS expansion, you can use spy missions to destroy spaceship parts before launch. After the launch and before they win the game, you can destroy the enemy capital to destroy their spaceship. (In earlier versions, the game is over as soon as the spaceship is launched; in BTS you still have a few turns after the launch before the game is over.)

 

[henrebotha]

Okay I seriously can not figure this out: what is the difference between food (as gained from working tiles) and health (as gained from buildings such as the aqueduct)? I can't figure out for sure whether they're the same thing, or whether health only serves to counteract unhealth but does not simply add more food to a city/make it grow faster.

 

[CCRunner]

Food is what the city uses to grow. That is what you get from working farms and whatnot. Health is only there to combat unhealth. Every you have over the cap causes -1 , which slows your growth.

 

[henrebotha]

And another thing: how does one save a replay of a game? I'd love to do this so I can analyse my games a bit better.

 

[Lord Parkin]

And another thing: how does one save a replay of a game? I'd love to do this so I can analyse my games a bit better.

They're automatically saved for you. Check out My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Replays in your default drive.

 

[bramirez]

Hello you all, one of the things it is hard for me is to keep track of the events that are happening through out the map. For example I am fighting some other civ, and while I am checking my orders and towns, I get attacked and can't actually see where the battle was taking place until it was too late. IS there an option where you go to the event place while it is happening. It would be great... Thanks

 

[JujuLautre]

If you are playing single player and are talking about the battles that happen during your intra-turn, then just open the log (button in the top left corner), look for the battles in it, and click on the message. It will show you the place where it happened.

 

[bramirez]

If you are playing single player and are talking about the battles that happen during your intra-turn, then just open the log (button in the top left corner), look for the battles in it, and click on the message. It will show you the place where it happened.

Cool, didn't know that, but can you actually seem them happening?