Why does the production change?

[Dalixam]

Whenever a city is done producing a unit, it automatically switch to something else. Why? I don't want it to do that and I find it extremely annoying that I have to enter the city screen and select what I want to produce all the time.

I've even tried that it changed the unit while it still was in production. I change it back, which lasts a few turns, but then it's suddenly changed back.

Why does it do this and is there any way to make it stop?

 

[Patchmaster]

I can't say defnitively that this works, but I've noticed if I queue up several of the unit I want the city to produce it will get the idea that I want to keep producing that unit. The thing I can't quite figure out is when some cities complete building something a dialog pops up suggesting what to build next, but other cities just quietly pick something else to build. When building military units it looks like they're trying to balance out your force among offensive, defensive, and bombardment units. As for picking the next improvement or wonder, I have no idea what they're trying to do.

 

[shirleyrocks]

If you build a military unit, the city will 'quietly' start building something else afterwards. If you build an improvement, the city will ask you what you want to build next.

Right click on a city and bring up your governor. There, you can give that city (or all cities) a better idea of the types of things you would like them to build.

 

[Dalixam]

Great! Thank you both for the info.