Why can't I place an aqueduct here?

[RedRover57]

Trying to figure out why I can't place an aqueduct at pin A. It's adjacent to a city and a river. I must be missing something. I wanted it next to the campus, plus it's the only tile adjacent to my capital without a resource.

Edit: Sorry the tooltip is for the tile to the NE (stone).

 

[RedRover57]

I ended up building the Hanging Gardens there and the aqueduct on the bananas. Still have no idea why I couldn't build the aqueduct on pin A. It's not like it was a tile claimed by a close city and needed to be swapped.

 

[Myth and Legend]

Aqueducts are a waste of a district slot and hammers.

 

[MyOtherName]

Aqueducts are a waste of a district slot and hammers.

Good thing they don't take up a district slot.

(I wonder if they count for adjacency bonuses?)

 

[Myth and Legend]

Good thing they don't take up a district slot.

(I wonder if they count for adjacency bonuses?)

Even the tile is wasted on them.

 

[Ravellion]

Even the tile is wasted on them.

Not if you are not on fresh water. But in this case, yes, this is a bit of a waste.

The reason the aqueduct can't be built there is because the river is on the same side of the hex for the aqueduct to take water from as well as for the aqueduct to deliver water to.

 

[numaru7]

Not if you are not on fresh water. But in this case, yes, this is a bit of a waste.

The reason the aqueduct can't be built there is because the river is on the same side of the hex for the aqueduct to take water from as well as for the aqueduct to deliver water to.

Isn't then the same explanation for the bananas?

 

[Ravellion]

Isn't then the same explanation for the bananas?

No, because the aqueduct, if placed on the banana, can take water from the right most hex side (bordering the truffles), and deliver it to top right side (bordering the city, logically enough), which isn't the same.

 

[RedRover57]

That's very interesting if that is true. A hidden restriction not mentioned in the Civilopedia or tooltips AFAIK. Apparently the Hanging Gardens does not have that same restriction. Thanks!

Not sure why the aqueduct is considered a waste. Is there another way to get so much housing from one tile so early in the game?

 

[KrikkitTwo]

That's very interesting if that is true. A hidden restriction not mentioned in the Civilopedia or tooltips AFAIK. Apparently the Hanging Gardens does not have that same restriction. Thanks!

Not sure why the aqueduct is considered a waste. Is there another way to get so much housing from one tile so early in the game?

Its a waste because
1. you only get 2 housing if you already have fresh water
2. the tile is used up Permanently (so you can't replace it with a neighborhood later...unlike an improvement)

 

[RedRover57]

Its a waste because
1. you only get 2 housing if you already have fresh water
2. the tile is used up Permanently (so you can't replace it with a neighborhood later...unlike an improvement)

Makes sense, particularly since I realized that you get the Kongo unique version of the neighborhood quite early. It would have been better in my game to keep those bananas at least for a while.

 

[joncnunn]

Keep in mind, that in all the let's plays I've seen, cities are suffering from housing capacity limits (even those with fresh water / the ones without it much worse); and so they really can use as much things that boost housing capacity as possible just to avoid following into growing at only 25% normal rate.

 

[Thy_Spellcraft]

Not if you are not on fresh water. But in this case, yes, this is a bit of a waste.

The reason the aqueduct can't be built there is because the river is on the same side of the hex for the aqueduct to take water from as well as for the aqueduct to deliver water to.

As far as I know an aqueduct needs to get placed next to the City center...