Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[Lord Emsworth]

If a tile would produce 3 or more shields, commerce or food under for example monarchy, it yields one less under despotism (and anarchy).

Most common example is irrigated grassland. A monarchy would receive 3 food. Despotism just 2. If you have an irrigated grassland cow, then a monarchy would receive 5 food. Despotism merely 4.

The same goes for hills. A mined hill gives 3 shields if you are a monarchy. Despotism gets 2. If there is iron on the mined hill, then it is 4 vs 3.

 

[splunge the 2nd]

Thanks. Just making sure.

 

[AnthonyIII]

Guys, I just downloaded a from the SG-thread just to play around for a bit and I've never seen some of the buttons below the worker and the warrior. There seem to be much more options on what to do than in my normal game. I have C3C via Steam. The Buttons "Abc" "Go to city etc". Is this something I can set up myself in preferences or is this another version of the game?

 

[creamcheese]

Guys, I just downloaded a from the SG-thread just to play around for a bit and I've never seen some of the buttons below the worker and the warrior. There seem to be much more options on what to do than in my normal game. I have C3C via Steam. The Buttons "Abc" "Go to city etc". Is this something I can set up myself in preferences or is this another version of the game?

Go to preferences, enable advanced unit buttons.

 

[Takhisis]

In case you don't know how to do it, just click Ctrl+P. Remember to SAVE the preferences!

 

[AnthonyIII]

Thanks guys!

 

[Arska]

Normally if any of the squares adjacent to a city has irrigation, all those squares can be irrigated. What if the city is on terrain other than grassland or plains, like hills? Does the irrigation linking still happen?

 

[Aabraxan]

Yes, it does.

 

[phareux]

I was just wondering if there was a way to control your population?

 

[Spoonwood]

Control your food intake.

 

[Lord Emsworth]

Normally if any of the squares adjacent to a city has irrigation, all those squares can be irrigated. What if the city is on terrain other than grassland or plains, like hills? Does the irrigation linking still happen?

Conquests: Yes
Vanilla/PTW: No

 

[PaperBeetle]

Cities carry water through hills in the most recent PtW patch, I'm sure?

 

[darski]

I am also sure that I used water-through-hills in my Vanilla days. I should check some old pics to see if i can demonstrate it though. I remember looking for tiles to make it so.

 

[Takhisis]

I was just wondering if there was a way to control your population?

Control your food intake.

Arbitrarily reassign your citizens to less productive tiles, shift them to shields and/or gold, or use them as city specialists. Tax gatherers and scientists are always a nice boost.

 

[Arska]

I can report that a city links irrigation just by being next to a river - with all other game rules, it makes sense to me.

 

[scratchthepitch]

Didn't cities provide an irrigation connection in Civ2 also? It's been many years since I played, but I seem to remember this was so.

 

[rhikdavis]

pls delete

 

[darski]

the most obvious source is that your city is not connected to the capitol or the iron is not hooked up. In city radius is not enough.

 

[Aabraxan]

Is there a road on it? (That's what darski means when she says "hooked up.")

 

[rhikdavis]

Is there a road on it? (That's what darski means when she says "hooked up.")

Yah, I found the problem...seems I lost my primary source and the other one was involved in an ongoing trade...I had to start a war to free it up.