Strategic Resources

[Silverdawn]

Attached is the stats bar UI from some of the screenshots (like this one http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/62125...ation-v-20100615032239690.html?page=mediaFull)

The strategic resources are listed there with the following being visible:

Iron Horses Oil Aluminum?

In the E3 demo, I also saw a yellow nuclear icon at the end of the list which almost certainly is Uranium.

1) This confirms oil as a strategic resource
2) Do you think the fourth one is aluminum?
3) I haven't seen copper in anything so far. No longer in the game?

I expect the numbers next to them are the number of units you have available to build with those resources. Seems to make more practical sense than the number of those resources you own.

 

[CTH]

copper could have been replaced by iron

 

[GeoModder]

The fourth icon looks aluminium to me. Or else, perhaps steel. But that's unlikely.
From what I've seen of the techscreen sofar, copper isn't in the game. At least, Bronze Working doesn't seem to show an icon for a resource, while Iron Working shows the Iron icon.

 

[Tylerryan79]

What's the point of having bronze working, without copper? Bronze is mainly copper.

 

[Sciguy001]

There probably is copper, hasn't been a civ game without it.

 

[bjbrains]

Copper seems like it has to be in (since there is bronze working). Perhaps that civilization has no access to copper and no units that require it, so it simply doesn't show up on the UI (Which fits with the UI streamlining).

 

[need my speed]

Well, that would be stupid and new players would start wondering why some civilizations appear to have access to a resource others don't have access too.

And as far as I know, copper hasn't been in Civilizations 3, so...

 

[Schuesseled]

Well, that would be stupid and new players would start wondering why some civilizations appear to have access to a resource others don't have access too.

And as far as I know, copper hasn't been in Civilizations 3, so...

Some civs will certainly have resources that others don't. This is the nature of the game.

 

[Mercade]

Copper seems like it has to be in (since there is bronze working). Perhaps that civilization has no access to copper and no units that require it, so it simply doesn't show up on the UI (Which fits with the UI streamlining).

The tech tree doesn't show copper for bronze working at all.

The 1st icon is unclear to me, but possibly a combat unit; it seems like a helmet. Then there's barracks, Colossus and wood chopping. For iron working it cleary shows iron as resource as rightmost icon. First probably is a swordsman; not entirely sure about the middle two.

 

[bjbrains]

The tech tree doesn't show copper for bronze working at all.

The 1st icon is unclear to me, but possibly a combat unit; it seems like a helmet. Then there's barracks, Colossus and wood chopping. For iron working it cleary shows iron as resource as rightmost icon. First probably is a swordsman; not entirely sure about the middle two.

Hmm, you may be right. That'll be an interesting balancing fix (In civ 4, No copper and no horse meant no early warfare). Should make for a cool change.

 

[need my speed]

Some civs will certainly have resources that others don't. This is the nature of the game.

Yeah, but I meant that it would seem that for example China can never have access to, say, bananas, because the icon isn't on their tech tree and bananas don't show up, can't be used, etcetera. Of course, that isn't true, but if it was removed from the tech tree and all that, just because the game knows you don't have that resource at the moment, it would seem that it is true.

Confusing? Probably.

 

[Silverdawn]

The 1st icon is unclear to me, but possibly a combat unit; it seems like a helmet. Then there's barracks, Colossus and wood chopping. For iron working it cleary shows iron as resource as rightmost icon. First probably is a swordsman; not entirely sure about the middle two.

As there is also an axe on mining. Chop at a faster rate? Or chop jungles similar to Civ 4?

 

[Ambassador]

Aluminium this early? I'd rather guessed its SALPETER which was used for gun powder. We had this in Civ3 if I remember correctly.

 

[Ultimate_Waffle]

There probably is copper, hasn't been a civ game without it.

There hasn't been a Civilization game without Spain either, but this game won't have Spain this time.

 

[Silverdawn]

The screenshots that have a bar like the one I cropped are from 1700, 1740 and 1940. Can't tell what the status of the techs are.

 

[Wezqu]

Well not quite sure if I see this right but in one of the pictures there seems to be stone as a resource or it might be razed city.

 

[Esckey]

Isn't there a tech tier that we haven't seen yet? Maybe Copper is in one of those techs

 

[Silverdawn]

Isn't there a tech tier that we haven't seen yet? Maybe Copper is in one of those techs

There is one ancient tech level before the one with pottery, but it only had one tech. Agriculture would be the mostly likely tech as that is typically viewed as what allowed hunter gatherers to settle down and start investing their time into other pursuits.

 

[J-man]

I wonder how rare uranium is. Now you can build only a limited supply of units with a strategic resource. It could make for some interesting situations.

 

[Lillefix]

There hasn't been a Civilization game without Spain either, but this game won't have Spain this time.

Civ1 has no Spain actually, but you're point still stands. Copper is obviously not in the game. But it doesn't look like there'll more strategic resources than 5. Those 4 and uranium.