What is going on with this city? "Donated" city not growing.

[ciceroo]

Hey,

I hope this is not a known problem. I did a quick search, but couldn't find anything related.

In this game I got Shanghai from peace negotiations. Sweet, I thought, but this bloody godforsaken place is not growing, which is obviously quite annoying. It's "home" tile/hex should deliver 3 food and the worked tile 2. However, the city is stagnating as only the 2 food from the worked tile are regarded. This was the case when the city was a puppet and is still the case after annexation. Is there anything I can do or is it a bug?

See screenshot (It's German, but the issue should be visible)



Cheers

 

[Oohforf]

Your city has run out of food. Plant some more farms, and the city will continue to grow.

 

[ciceroo]

... yeah, I can see that. But why doesn't it work it's own tile? Normally it's supposed to produce 5 food (3 on the city tile and 2 on the worked tile).

Please at last have a look at the screenshot before indicating "rtfm". I'm not new to civ

 

[alpha wolf 64]

i've seen this with many captured cities. they go into gold production mode and many will never grow at all if there is a good gold tile nearby. it must be using specialists.

 

[Save_Ferris]

Ever wonder why donated cities are donated?

 

[Camikaze]

It appears to be a confirmed bug.

 

[ciceroo]

Camikaze: Thank you, that is pretty much the same phenomenon I'm experiencing. I tried everything and ended up burning the place to the ground, losing 4 or 5 tiles of expansion... If anyone is curious, I can provide the savegame file.

Looking at the date of the original post, I really wonder how this went unnoticed for 6-7 patches.

Save_Ferris: I'm pretty sure it was okay when China had it. It's probably some Downfall-styled scorched earth policy.