What the *!@#$! does it take?

[MyOlde]

I have all the requisites to create Sid's Sushi but darned if I can figure out how. I have -- finally! -- the Great Merchant in my capital. I have 1 clam and 1 crab. I have researched Medicine. But I don't get to build it in the capital. So I moved the Merchant to the coastal city that has the clam -- still can't build it. I've looked at the Civilopedia entry ten times -- I'm going nuts. Why is it so hard to figure out?

[Ming]

By any chance does another civ already have it... or are you in State Property?
I will assume you have already researched Corporation as well as medicine

[DanQ]

Are you running an Economic civic other than State Property and -- also as Ming says -- has it already been founded by someone else?

[MyOlde]

Do I have to have state property?

Where do I look to see what the other civs have? (As you can tell, I'm quite new to BtS, which is a whole lot different from Civ 3 and predecessors.)

[Ming]

No... you don't have to have state property. I didn't make myself very clear. If you are in state property, corporations have no effect.

[snoopy369]

Requirements for a corporation include:
* The Corporation tech
* tech for the appropriate corp you wish to find
* Appropriate type of GP to build the building
* Resource to build the corp

Are you trying to "build" it with the build menu, or looking for the cute little icon on the Great Merchant's action bar?

[snoopy369]

Also, if you are trying to figure out if someone else has it, there is a corporation button in the upper right - select it and see if it's been founded or not (it will say when/where). The button looks like a briefcase.

[Ming]

To check to see if another civ has it... go to the corporate advisor screen (upper tool bar, there is a briefcase) There you can see what corporations have been founded.

[Ming]

Thanks Snoop... as always, your answers are good, and to the point

[Maniac]

You can't run Mercantilism either.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by DanQ
Do you have enough gold to found the corporation's headquarters, are you running an Economic civic other than State Property and -- also as Ming says -- has it already been founded by someone else?

Dan, it helps to have played the game before you give advice about it It costs nothing to found a corp HQ (I just did it on a worldbuilder start with 0 gp). Just the two techs, required resource, and the GP. (And not Merc or SP)

[DanQ]

Originally posted by snoopy369


Dan, it helps to have played the game before you give advice about it It costs nothing to found a corp HQ (I just did it on a worldbuilder start with 0 gp).

Whoops, pardon -- I was channeling setting up branches in other cities for some reason. I've edited my post accordingly.

[Lancer]

Do you really want to eat raw fish prepared by a fella named 'Sid'?

[MoonWolf]

Originally posted by Lancer
Do you really want to eat raw fish prepared by a fella named 'Sid'?

[MyOlde]

Thanks for the info, gents. You were right, Ming, someone else got to it before me. I didn't see the little briefcase.

Snoopy: I was assuming I'd find the cute little icon in the city's build selection. What is the GP's action bar?