Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[Gaius Julii]

I have played a few game as Rome now and every this happens, where my cities dont change with the Ages. They dont change at when i hit Middle Age and change to Middle Age when i hit Industrial Age and so on. I have read the trading for Techs that lead to a new age might do this so i avoid that but it still happens. Any ideas or help would help. This does nothing to make game play bad its just anoining.

 

[SuerChaJ]

I'm pretty sure the cities ONLY change when you get to the Industrial Ages. Could be wrong, but I don't think there's a change from Ancient to Middle Ages or from Industrial to Modern Ages.

 

[vmxa]

Looking in the art for cities I see three size depictions. I see 4 era depictions.

 

[Gaius Julii]

My cities look like pic 001 and AI cities like pic 000. Both pics are of Industrial Age civs but why the difference. Are they supose to like that or do i have a bug?

 

[vmxa]

They are not both cities. In one they are cities, in the other they are metros. Towns, city, metro each have a unique depiction. No bug, no mystery.

 

[Lord Emsworth]

My cities look like pic 001 and AI cities like pic 000. Both pics are of Industrial Age civs but why the difference. Are they supose to like that or do i have a bug?

They are not both cities. In one they are cities, in the other they are metros. Towns, city, metro each have a unique depiction. No bug, no mystery.

And not only that. They are also from different cultural groups. Rome is Mediterranean, and the Aztecs are American.

 

[Gaius Julii]

Thank you for the clarification. It just looked to me that AI had more moderen looking cities. Good to know its not a bug, thanks again.

 

[cheeseburger]

how much food is required for a city to gain 1 population?
how much food is consumed by each citizen?

 

[ChaosArbiter]

Each citizen needs 2 food/turn to keep from going into starvation. Not sure about how much is needed for growth, I think it starts at 20 or so ... pretty sure it increases (probably with city size), although I'm not sure.

 

[madviking]

From what I've seen...
Size 1-6: 20 food/person
Size 7-12: 40 food/person
Size >13: 60 food/person

These are halved with a granary.

 

[cheeseburger]

thanks.

also, is regent the level where the human stops getting bonuses (everything is even), and then monarch is when the AI starts getting bonuses?

 

[vmxa]

Yup Regent is the even steven level. BTW the granary does not cut in half exactly. It does once the granary is full. The food box for a town needs 20 to grow. If you build a granary, it will be empty, unless you time it perfect.

So it will need 10 food to fill, but after that it is always full. Then each growth needs half as much food as normal, because it start with a full granary.

 

[cheeseburger]

what happens to the granary when i build a settler or a worker? does it empty?

 

[Aabraxan]

Yes. The top half of the food bin empties.

 

[vmxa]

If you go to the city view, after you build a granary, you see the food box is not in two parts. The bottom part is the granary. It fills once and stays full. The upper half empties after each worker or settler.

 

[del62]

The top half of the food does not change, you just take 2 or 1 pop off.

The extra food you are making is added and you lose 2 pop for a settler.

If you are making 5 food extra per turn and you need 5 food to grow then it will seem the top half is emptied but you will have gained 1 population (if your city can grow on the food box filling)

If it cant go above six and you have a city size six then it will not grow but your city will go down to 4 or 5 depending on settler / worker produced but food box will be completely full.

Note on growth if you need 4 to grow but are producing 5 food the 1 extra food will not be added on growth,

 

[EMan]

The top half of the food does not change, you just take 2 or 1 pop off...

Exception: If you downsize from Metro to City (viz. Pop from 14/13 to 12/11), or from City to Town (viz. from 8/7 to 6/5), the top half of the Food Box will empty.

 

[Hellfiredoom]

Inca declared war on me, so I quickly set up embassies with their neighbors and MA'ed them against Inca. However, for some reason I don't get the "alliance against Inca" option in the Maya's trade box. I double-checked and do indeed have an embassy setup with Maya, and it's too early in the game for MPPs (I'm tech lead and currently researching Invention).

So my question is, is there some reason the Maya won't MA against the Inca? Like is there some game setting where they are culturally linked or sumtin? Thx in advance!

 

[vmxa]

Does Smoke know the tech to be able to form an alliance?

 

[Hellfiredoom]

Everyone is in the Middle Ages tech wise, so he had Writing at the time.

I checked back with the Maya about 20 turns later and we can now form the alliance so I'm not sure what happened. The only difference is that I'm no longer at war with the Inca. Weird...