[R&F] Whales Production Value

[jtwood]

Hi,

I'm playing on iOS with R&F and noticed Whales have no production value.

In the 'Pedia, it shows that whales offer +1 gold, +1 amentiy, and +1 production under the Traits section. But I do not see the production yield indicator in game even after building Fishing Boats on the whales.

Is the 'Pedia just flat out wrong about this? Is it supposed to say +1 food instead of production?

Thanks

 

[Sostratus]

If we just take a look at our friendly game data:

<Row ResourceType="RESOURCE_WHALES" YieldType="YIELD_PRODUCTION" YieldChange="1"/>
<Row ResourceType="RESOURCE_WHALES" YieldType="YIELD_GOLD" YieldChange="1"/>

They should indeed be granting the tile +1,+1.
Now, this is base game data and may not reflect iOS code or that particular build, but I have never seen a change to whales production in patch notes. This sounds like a bug if you can reproduce that no whales on your maps are giving production. (Easy way to check is just start online speed info era settler, rush out a spaceport+earth satellite to reveal the map, and check for whales.)

 

[jtwood]

Here’s a screenshot. Long press says 2F and 1G. I can’t screenshot that because it disappears when I let my finger up.

Anything I’m missing?

 

[Sostratus]

Ah, my friend, you have mistaken the resource icon - those are in fact fish!
The Whales icon looks like this:

Happens to the best of us

 

[jtwood]

omg! I’m going to pretend the size of the phone screen is totally to blame.

Thanks!

 

[tetley]

Well now wait just a minute there, buster. Some of us design phone screens for a living.

 

[Disgustipated]

There's a reason I don't own a smart phone. They are an inferior product. Not only is the screen too small to be useful, but the sound quality is awful. Not to criticize your profession. Civ is a game I wouldn't be able to stand playing on a small screen.

 

[Kaan Boztepe]

kindred soul here, I cannot enjoy a civ game unless I play it on a 55" TV

 

[jtwood]

I didn’t really want to play on a phone, but life is such that I simply don’t have the ability to play on a regular setup. On the go too much. The phone approach is working alright so far - icon issues aside

Work is buying me a new phone in December. Considering getting my first oversized phone just because of Civ. Maybe I’ll end up with one of these better-designed phones tetley makes.

 

[criZp]

If you look away from the mouths then the civ 6 fish icon looks sorta like the civ 5 whales icon

 

[Tech Osen]

Whales (and dolphins) have horizontal tail fins, fish have vertical tail fins.

 

[Scaramanga]

Confusing fish for whales makes you a Jonah.

 

[Lord Lakely]

I look at the background colour. Bonus resources, such as fish have yellow backdrop. Luxuries have purple, strategic resources have a red one.


Happy to not be colourblind though. Most resource icons look weird or interchangeable from afar.

 

[Sostratus]

. Most resource icons look weird or interchangeable from afar.

It took me longer than I care to admit to realize that the icon for cows was actually a milk bottle.

 

[Lord Lakely]

It took me longer than I care to admit to realize that the icon for cows was actually a milk bottle.

The worst icon is Sheep imo. It looks like an unpicked wad of Cotton from afar. Like... why is the icon the head of a sheep from the FRONT? Why isn't it just a sack of wool (since the icon for livestock is a bottle of milk). Pick a bloody lane, Firaxis. argh.