Work Boats will not work

[tootallbob]

I have been noticing a problem with my work boats. I will land on fish and clams with a work boat and they will not go to work on them. I can wait and there is not fish net or no boat formed with the clams. Why is this happening?

 

[bakshi]

Could you post a screenshot? just hit the prnt screen button. Also try putting them on automate. It makes them go to any fishing tiles in your border and fish. You also could have also already used a work boat on the tile already.

 

[EsaKo]

Did you use your work boat? Simply moving in the tile isn't enough.

 

[Bluetooth]

I believe you don't see the fish net unless a citizen is working on the tile. Go to the city screen and click on the tile and see if that helps.

 

[Thain Esh Kelch]

You have to press the work button, before it starts working..

You can also set workboats to move and work automatically in the preferences.

 

[Ataxerxes]

After you move the workboat onto the Fish, Clam, Crab tile, click on the workboat. One of the options will be to "work" the tile. This destroys the workboat.

Civ doesn't work like some other games, where if you move the workboat onto the tile, it works the tile automatically.

If the option to use the workboat to create a fishing boat doesn't appear, post a screenie.

 

[Baldyr]

You've got many answers already, but just to clear things up a bit:

1. You have to use the Workboat before the tile improvement is created. I believe this would be called a "mission" and would be available among the unit order icons at the bottom of the interface once the unit is activated and on top of the resource tile.

2. The graphics for special resources at sea are twofold: First there's a small boat graphic on the tile, and then there is the fishing net you were referring to. You only get both graphical elements if you both have the improvement ("net") and if a city is working the tile. If you only have the improvement but no city is working the tile, then you only get the boat - not the net. And if a city is working the tile but there is no improvement: also no net - only the boat.

Does this make any sense to you? Try it yourself with a coastal city with an ocean resource within reach/range. Change around your city's workforce and the net graphic should appear and disappear depending on if a citizen is working the tile for the moment. (Provided that you ever built the improvement in the first place, see above.)

 

[Bucephalus]

Is the resource within your cultural borders?

 

[Deckhand]

what they said ^

 

[naterator]

Turning on the tile yield display (ctrl+y) can help you tell if has been improved or not.