Sharing resources

[jrexchandler]

Hello again all,

I've just started playing Civ IV, and I've never played any of the other Civ games, so bear with me if my questions seem really stupid.

Also, I'm at work and can't look up/try this to see what happens, and some of the common terminology is beyond me so my searching didn't turn up a complete answer.

Here's a scenario:

I found London which has a stone resource with a road and a quarry. I found York which has cows with road and a pasture.

If I build a road between London and York, York get the stone and London get the cows? Will stone-based wonders built in York get the bonus? Will London get the health bonus from the cows?

Thanks again,

Rex

 

[LiberiGlacialis]

As long as cities in your civilization are connected somehow (road, shared river, whatever) to your capital, they gain the benefits of all resources connected to your capital (via either direct [road] or indirect [other cities] means). For instance, London would get the extra health from the cows in your example when it gets hooked up with York. It retains the fast build of stone-basted Wonders as well.

 

[CLST]

All cities get access to all resources as long as they're connected to your capitalllllll.

 

[CLST]

You cannot though bypass your capital. For example if York and Coventry are off away from your capital and not connected to it, then you can't make a road between york and Coventry and have a resource in York be used in Coventry, even though York will have access to it.

That is how I remember it working, if anyone cares to check?

 

[Polobo]

The other oddity that I've recently learned is that if a resource exists on an island/continent that you have cultural control over (offshore island) you must still place a city on that same landmass in order to harvest the resource for your empire (you must also have the ability to trade over water between that city and your capital - directly or otherwise).

 

[UncleJJ]

The other oddity that I've recently learned is that if a resource exists on an island/continent that you have cultural control over (offshore island) you must still place a city on that same landmass in order to harvest the resource for your empire (you must also have the ability to trade over water between that city and your capital - directly or otherwise).

If I understand what you're saying then an offshore island inside your cultural border can be connected by a fort (on the coast) instead of a city. Simply mining/farming a resource does not connect to the trade network. You need something that has "access" to the sea lanes for trade to take place and that used to be a city. Now, in BtS, a fort counts as a city for that purpose.