Cities won't grow bigger than 6 pop points

[Mike11072100]

For some reason none of my cities will grow past 6 pop points. A few days ago they would grow normally, but in my more recent games once they get to 6 it says the next pop growth will be in 9999 turns. Anyone know how to fix it (BTW I've got the newest patch, 1.21 I believe it is)?

One other thing - how do you build scouts?

[The Pioneer]

You have to build a Aqueduct in order for your cities to grow beyond 6 and a Hospital to grow beyond 12.

[Mike11072100]

LOL. Now that is funny. At first I thought it was 8 (like civ 2), then I had some cities growing to 12 without me building anything (damn autobuild, or maybe good autobuild).

Now for the second thing. Scouts? Don't appear in the production menu - how do you build em?

[Willem]

Originally posted by Mike11072100
LOL. Now that is funny. At first I thought it was 8 (like civ 2), then I had some cities growing to 12 without me building anything (damn autobuild, or maybe good autobuild).

You don't need an Aqueduct if your city is next to a river or a fresh water lake.

Now for the second thing. Scouts? Don't appear in the production menu - how do you build em?

You can only build Scouts if you are an Expansionist civ.

If all else fails, read the manual.

[zulu9812]

I don't think Scouts are actually buildable. Expansionist civs get a free scout at the start of the game, in addition to a settler and a worker.

[Lucilla]

Scouts can be built, but only by expansionist civs.

[zulu9812]

You're right: I'd changed Greece to be expansionist but hadn't added them to the builder list for scouts...