I'm playing Civ 3 gold. I have established a city on a different continent in order to obtain saltpeter. My city sits directly atop the saltpeter. I have a harbor in the city. I have a harbor on my main continent. I have navigation. I have sent 6 ships to and back from the new city but my continental cities do not have access to the saltpeter. Can anyone tell me what the problem is?
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- Thread starter bobo968
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First thing that comes to mind (since I've done it myself!) is - did you trade the saltpeter to anyone? I did that once, thinking I'd help an ally - but it was my only saltpeter!
Another thing to check is the road route from your (domestic) harbour to your capital. Is the road intact, and does it pass through any other civ's squares? If you're at war with another civ, trade can't pass through theirs.
Sorry if these are simple-minded things you've thought of already!
Another thing to check is the road route from your (domestic) harbour to your capital. Is the road intact, and does it pass through any other civ's squares? If you're at war with another civ, trade can't pass through theirs.
Sorry if these are simple-minded things you've thought of already!
You do not need a road as long as you have access via harbors or airports. You need to have a harbor on the land where the capitol is located and it needs to be on the network, read roads. If you are at war or there are barb ships they may block the access by sea.
Rodrig0
Monarch
If the sea squares in the city in the foreign continent are inside the area of influence of another civ with which you are at war, the route will be blocked too.
Fiddlin Nero
Prince
I'm trying to remember if Navigation gives you trade over ocean tiles? if not, check to see if you have a route via coastal and sea tiles.
EvilConqueror
Warlord
Yeah, Navigation and Magnetism allow you trade over ocean squares.
bobo, can you post a save? Probably easier to pinpoint the issue that way.
