Resources in the Game, facts only

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Gramphos
This was found on another mapscreen from Bonusweb. (quite old art according to Dan. It was the full screen of one of the CGW-screens back then.)

You beauty, you found it! Where was the screenshot?

[Provost Harrison]

I don't think this is an aluminium resource, just because I can't think of what it would be used for. I suppose it could be used for aircraft, but still, the air transporter didn't require aluminium to build, so I think it is porcelain/pot which is a luxury commodity, or it may well be aluminium, but as a bonus resource...

[Akron]

What is this? It looks like chocolate donuts.

Can't be coal though, we already know what that looks like.

[java4me]

Originally posted by Akron
What is this? It looks like chocolate donuts.

Can't be coal though, we already know what that looks like.

That might be rubber...It looks like tires!!!

[Harlan]

The "donuts" are definitely rubber. How else are you gonna picture rubber but with tires? Rubber trees don't look much different from any other trees.

Man, it would be really sweet if aluminum is a resource. Up until this point, that was the most important strategic resource IMHO Civ3 was missing.

In response to Provost's question, what good would is aluminum, it is very useful. My aviaton knowledge focuses on the WW2 era, and I can say that at least for that era, aluminum was the most important resource for building all types of airplanes. Much more important than rubber for tires, since you need so much more of it. AFAIK, its still very key today.

So that would be a welcome sign that Firaxis knows what they're doing.

[Provost Harrison]

Yeah, but the aircraft we have seen in the game do not require aluminium to produce, this is what I mean...

[Akron]

But I thought we already determined that rubber looks like someone's brain...

Go look on the first page.

I guess the "brain" pic could be something else.

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Akron
But I thought we already determined that rubber looks like someone's brain...

Go look on the first page.

I guess the "brain" pic could be something else.

I guess it is the same pic, but that yours is higher resolution, I'll change to it in the next update (not today, I've a have test tomorrow All ancient culture, but thanks to the Trivia I believe I know more then I need to know.)

[Akron]

Wow! I looked at the rubber on the first page more closely and its the same as mine. I guess my resolution is too small, so it really did look like a brain. Weird. But now i know it is rubber.

[Rege]

Isn't this thread supposed to post the resources AND theire effects in the game? For ex: Silk makes ONE citizen content ?

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Rege
Isn't this thread supposed to post the resources AND theire effects in the game? For ex: Silk makes ONE citizen content ?

Yes it is, but n the luxerus it seems to be one per resource of that type. But I don't know exactly how to read it.

[Gramphos]

List updated

The list is updated again. Let's focus on finding what all resources effects are as that hasn't been discussed mush.

I've changed the list to a table format. The layout will be improved until next update, but till then you will have to live with it as is

[Akron]

Originally posted by Rege
Isn't this thread supposed to post the resources AND theire effects in the game? For ex: Silk makes ONE citizen content ?

No, how many happy faces you get depends on the number of different luxury resources you have, not on which specific ones you have. So diamonds and silk actually have the same value.

[Sandman]

Just a thought.

Could that white stuff which has been labelled saltpeter actually be nitrates?

Nitrates could be needed for artillery type units and for agricultural improvements, if there are such things.

It could just be salt, of course, but salt doesn't seem very luxurious compared to the other luxuries.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Sandman
Just a thought.

Could that white stuff which has been labelled saltpeter actually be nitrates?

Nitrates could be needed for artillery type units and for agricultural improvements, if there are such things.

It could just be salt, of course, but salt doesn't seem very luxurious compared to the other luxuries.

Erm, saltpetre is potassium nitrate actually. Until the Haber process was discovered they also used guano to gain nitrate and ammonia essential in the source of explosives. But saltpetre is the major component in manufacturing gunpowder, the other components, charcoal and sulphur are much more easily attainable.

I am sure it isn't a luxury as well, as I have seen a screenshot where the 'mystery white powder' has been listed under resources.