How do resources help?

[shenfrey]

When i build units or buildings, it doesnt say you need 5 fish or whatever to make it. So how do resources help me?

[Magwill]

When i build units or buildings, it doesnt say you need 5 fish or whatever to make it. So how do resources help me?

They give you more production if you have a worker on that tile. If you have 2 in production from a hill, and you also have iron there together with the tech that allows you to utilize it (iron working in this case) you get even more production from that tile.

[shenfrey]

Ah ok, but i never seem to run out of production.. in fact when i build i forget about production. To me production is just how many turns, how vital is production and what excatly does it do for me? Because again, like i said i can just make wonders/building willy nilly, never run out of production.

[frank_littleff]

Ah ok, but i never seem to run out of production.. in fact when i build i forget about production. To me production is just how many turns, how vital is production and what excatly does it do for me? Because again, like i said i can just make wonders/building willy nilly, never run out of production.

it's not about running out of production, but the more you have the quicker things get made. So if you start with 2 food and 2 production, you will for example build a warrior in 5 turns, but if you had 4 production you'd build the warrior in 3 turns (a warrior takes 10 production to build, so 2 a turn = 5 turns, 4 a turn = 3 turns with 2 production left over).

As the game progresses it takes a lot more production to build things so trying to build a city wall (100 production) with only 2 production per turn would tie that city up for 50 tunrs... and that's a long time :)

Also, the more food you are harvesting each turn the faster your city grows, which gives you more people to work, etc.

:)

[shenfrey]

Ahh ok, thanks for that. you guys explain it alot better then the game does.

So what about culture? I dont know what im doing wrong, im just building warriors and and such but i keep getting moaned at because my borders are shrinking because of little culture. How do i get culture? I know wonders give you culture (Do all wonders?) but they take alot of turns and i dont really wanna make a wonder at the beginning of the game.

So how do i expand my borders? Thanks guys, your helping me ALOT

[Qpla]

You can build temples and later replace your temples with cathedrals. Temples produce +1 culture/population and cathedrals +2/population. Also some great people can be settled in cities to double culture generation. The borders expand quickly after you've built few temples.

I don't think all wonders produce culture but to name few examples, Shakespeare's theatre and Magna Carta are good sources of culture. (After building Magna Carta courthouses generate culture.)

Then there is the government called monarchy, which increses the culture produced by palaces (the first building in a capital).

Although when you pick up communism government, temples and cathedrals cease producing culture and that was a problem for me in the demo. What is the best way to generate culture with communism..?

[shenfrey]

You can build temples and later replace your temples with cathedrals. Temples produce +1 culture/population and cathedrals +2/population. Also some great people can be settled in cities to double culture generation. The borders expand quickly after you've built few temples.

I don't think all wonders produce culture but to name few examples, Shakespeare's theatre and Magna Carta are good sources of culture. (After building Magna Carta courthouses generate culture.)

Then there is the government called monarchy, which increses the culture produced by palaces (the first building in a capital).

Although when you pick up communism government, temples and cathedrals cease producing culture and that was a problem for me in the demo. What is the best way to generate culture with communism..?

Ok, but how do i make temples and cathedrals? Do i need to research a certain tech?

[Qpla]

Ok, but how do i make temples and cathedrals? Do i need to research a certain tech?

Temples can be built after researching ceremonial burial, which is a really early tech and if I remember right, cathedrals can be built after researching religion. Just build some temples in your cities and there you go, culture problem solved. :D

[jkwik35]

i also didnt know what the production thing was about. thanks for explaining it man:)