Terrain improvements & resources

[Geedee241]

Certain resources will only appear on certain terrain types, and some only later in the game history. So, if you modify the terrain with your workers, could you loose a future resource? For example, can irrigating a desert tile in ancient times cause you to loose an oil resource that would otherwise have been there, or clearing jungle prevent a rubber resource appearing later in the game?
I'm always a bit nervous at land improvements. Need I be?

Geedee

 

[Zakharov]

There is no need to worry. Resource placement is determined at the start of the game, so clearing a jungle will not cause a rubber resource to disappear. Irrigation and mining certainly do not have an effect on resources.

The only thing that can alter resource position is having it connected. In this case, there is a small chance that certain strategic resources can be 'used up' and move to somewhere else in the world.

 

[Geedee241]

Thanks for the quick reply - I'm off now then to do a bit of doubt-free terraforming!

Geedee