Fox Mccloud
Deity
I hate it! Whenever the Computer take a city, they burn it down. Is there a way I can make it so they capture the cities?
Why does the Computers burn down cities
- Thread starter Fox Mccloud
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Well, if the city is pop 1 and has no culture, it's automatically razed.
Make sure your city is generating culture, and you have more than 1 pop is in, and the city won't be razed.
Make sure your city is generating culture, and you have more than 1 pop is in, and the city won't be razed.
Fox Mccloud
Deity
Turner, Than why when I was playing the World War II in the Pacific Conquest, the Japanese always razed the Chinese cities? I'm playing Conquest, btw.
:shrug: I dunno. never played that scenario. but generally i've seen the AI only raze when the conditions I posted happen. I don't think I've ever seen the AI not keep a captured city.
Fox, they are burning your cities because it angers and frustrates you. Couldn't you figure that out?!
They might also do so if they are well beyond their OCN or the city was very valuable to you (especially a large city).
They might also do so if they are well beyond their OCN or the city was very valuable to you (especially a large city).
Khan_Asparuh
Just a Bulgarian Eddie
Hi, all,
AI rarely razes cities, IMO. I think it does it when the overlap is too big, when you've really pissed it off (Nationalist AW or many previous razes).
If not, even if it obviously cant keep the city (in the middle of a huge empire, with 25 foreign citizens), it does.
AI rarely razes cities, IMO. I think it does it when the overlap is too big, when you've really pissed it off (Nationalist AW or many previous razes).
If not, even if it obviously cant keep the city (in the middle of a huge empire, with 25 foreign citizens), it does.
tR1cKy
taking over the world
I think the AS try to decide if it's convenient for them to keep the city or not, and then choose what they think it's the better course of action. Many factor may influence their decision, such as: OCN limit, position, chance to not have it flip back, AS attitude toward you & so on.
Pentium
Digital Matter
They sometimes capture my capital in modern times, and sometimes burn the outern cities with little culture. It's mostly OCN.
gunkulator
Emperor
My guess is the AI automatically razes any city that it figures it will lose quickly. When they do that, they also tend to disband all of the slaves too.
For the AI, razing is almost always better. They don't handle resistance well. They don't starve down citizens. They won't rush barracks/walls/harbors/airports etc. in highly corrupt cities.
For the AI, razing is almost always better. They don't handle resistance well. They don't starve down citizens. They won't rush barracks/walls/harbors/airports etc. in highly corrupt cities.
Good point about the culture disparity. That could well be a large factor.
Fox Mccloud
Deity
Ok, well here's an Idea for civ4: Make an option so that they never raze cities...
sadu
Warlord
Razing cities is all good. Sure, it's upsetting in the early game when they raze a freshly settled city you have spent 30 turns planning, but you can do the same to them.
What upsets me more is losing 90% of my improvements when AI captures a big city and I capture it back a turn or so later. That can instantly turn a productive city into a useless city, and it takes a looooong time to recover.
What upsets me more is losing 90% of my improvements when AI captures a big city and I capture it back a turn or so later. That can instantly turn a productive city into a useless city, and it takes a looooong time to recover.
