Nell2ThaIzzay
Chieftain
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2005
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Is there an easy way to check out where a particular resource might be on the map?
Here's the situation I'm in:
I just entered the Industrial Age, and the first thing I researched was Steam Power, so I could locate a source of coal. So as soon as I research it, I check my trade advisor (when I researched Gunpowder, I didn't think to check the map for saltpeter, but luckily a source appeared right where I already had a road and mine, so I had instant access to it), and there's no coal connected to any of my cities.
Coolness, no problem, but I'm just wondering if there is a way, w/o checking every single tile on the map, to get a location on where some coal might be. I've done a manual check, and I don't see any in my borders. I also have the entire world mapped out, due to being the first to get Magnetism, so I have plenty of ships searching the oceans, and I traded world maps with the Incans so I have a view of the whole world. In my scan, I haven't located a source of coal inside my borders or otherwise.
Now of course, it is very likely that it's there, and I just missed it. This is why I ask if there is a way to get a basic idea where it might be at, so I can decide if and where I'll need to go to war to get it.
And if it helps at all, I also attatched my current save file.
Now, in the meantime, I'm off to embark on my quest for coal. And I thank you in advance for your assistance to this dumb question
Here's the situation I'm in:
I just entered the Industrial Age, and the first thing I researched was Steam Power, so I could locate a source of coal. So as soon as I research it, I check my trade advisor (when I researched Gunpowder, I didn't think to check the map for saltpeter, but luckily a source appeared right where I already had a road and mine, so I had instant access to it), and there's no coal connected to any of my cities.
Coolness, no problem, but I'm just wondering if there is a way, w/o checking every single tile on the map, to get a location on where some coal might be. I've done a manual check, and I don't see any in my borders. I also have the entire world mapped out, due to being the first to get Magnetism, so I have plenty of ships searching the oceans, and I traded world maps with the Incans so I have a view of the whole world. In my scan, I haven't located a source of coal inside my borders or otherwise.
Now of course, it is very likely that it's there, and I just missed it. This is why I ask if there is a way to get a basic idea where it might be at, so I can decide if and where I'll need to go to war to get it.
And if it helps at all, I also attatched my current save file.
Now, in the meantime, I'm off to embark on my quest for coal. And I thank you in advance for your assistance to this dumb question
