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  I feel I am missing something in the fundamental "city building" aspect of this game.
  
  I seem to always need a lot more food, where the city can grow.
  
  Help?

  Aug 23, 2010 5:29pm PDT
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  I feel I am missing something in the fundamental "city building" aspect of this game. I seem to always n... : Nation
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    These vid tutorials were linked in MD.. http://forums.elementalgame.com/391280 watched one so far.. : loboca
    • these are helpful but brad's voice irritates the shit out of me and he doesn't seem like he knows the ... : valael
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    Cities have levels As the level of a city increases the amount of free space you have increases You inc... : Modulus
    • Finding a 'Farmer' NPC is usually a good thing and worth the gold investment - 20% boost to farm producti... : trOmblyj
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  You can only build farms on fertile land. The fertile land tile needs to be in the boarder of a city. Cl... : Modulus
  • Ya, I'm going to have to check on my next game whether you could build it without researching anything. : loboca
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  Gah, ok, they don't tell you, but you click on the farmland and choose to build the farm. I swear it wasn... : loboca
  • it might not have been. If you click on the fertile land tile, it should tell you if you need to research... : Modulus
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    Oh, so it's not in the city anymore? That probably applys to mines and such too & was what I was missing... : Nation
    • yup, they changed how you build on resource tiles since the beta. : Modulus
    • Oshit. I'm glad I read this post before I played again. : famine101
• select fertile land and at bottom right click on the hammer icon to build it : devpaul
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  anyone figured out how to unload transports? do they only unload at docks? : stgulik
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    I haven't played with transport ships since the beta, but in the beta you needed to land at beaches in or... : Modulus
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      hrm, guess I am missing something. I have the boat stuck up on the beach, but can't seem to get anyone ou... : stgulik
      • ship are buggy as hell for me; in the campaign I landed my force on the beach for some action and when I ... : devpaul
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  Man, the current version is some fucking broke-ass shit. Kind of regretting my purchase. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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    What problems are you encountering? : JohnnyRey
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      Well, the end of each game for me so far has been ether death (due to changes I did not understand) or th... : Nation
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        looks like this last time the game was taking up over 1gb of ram ... that normal for games of this type? : Nation
        • No, they all still run in 640k. : trOmblyj
        • i get some CTDs and "out of memory" errors once in a while : devpaul
    • Things don't seem complete. There is little to no linkage of what affects what. The game just doesn't fee... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Hmm, don't know if its any consolation, for me, it seemed broken, but I'm slowly getting used to it. It's... : loboca
    • I'm gonna have to second this. The more I get into it the better it gets. There's definenitely a bit of : capt tripps
  • :( : project13
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  Just got the game - Holy fucking shit this game is awesome. Yes there is zero documentation and there... : JohnnyRey
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    Oh man, check out the stuff your character can buy from town shops... sweeeet. : loboca
    • lol I know....my guy is decked out : JohnnyRey
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      have u created units yet? it's fucking awesome : trOmblyj
      • Oh yes. A team of warg riding spear wielders are rocking. Oh, and 3 ogres is a nice group too. : loboca
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  You do not need to research anything to make a farm. Just click on the farm and click build. (has to be w... : JohnnyRey
  • Ya, slowly getting the hang of it, thanks. : loboca
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  Oh, here's the thread! I've been posting in the other one. I'll move what I said here: Played all ... : trOmblyj
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    Pre-Day 0 Patch live right now, refresh your Impulse list and Update Changelog: http://forums.elemental... : trOmblyj
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      Good, scrolling on the tactical map.. thought that was a pretty major oversight. : loboca
      • Oh and there is a manual now. PDF : loboca
  • good to hear about the patch, tks : devpaul
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    How do you build additional cities? : Nation
    • train a Pioneer and find a nice spot... profit : devpaul
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      build a pioneer. you should watch those tutorial vids I linked they explain lots. : trOmblyj
      • Yeah, before the next go at it I'll watch & get at least the 0 patch. : Nation
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      Pioneer units have the ability to found cities. : loboca
      • Really must refresh more.. : loboca
    • make sure you follow up founding your new city with a merchant and caravan to connect them - roads give g... : trOmblyj
• i'll check it out : hirosushima
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  Hmm. Applied the Day 0 patch (or whatever that update was) and now it wants my e-mail and activation code... : Vincent Grayson
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    when i had that issue, my serial was already in impulse, I just had to add my email right click - vi... : valael
    • Yeah, I figured that out right after I posted. : Vincent Grayson
• I'm playing the campaign, and I was following some footprints, and found some guy who says he needs a boo... : famine101
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  Lots of complaints on the Stardock forums. I'd wait for a few patches before buying. I'm not too keen o... : herradura99
  • I pre-ordered. Not even that hyped, but a few friends are doing day-1 multiplayer which should be hilario... : node