Can't Irrigate

[yin26]

Alright. Perhaps I am confused. When I think of 'coast' I think of salt water. Am I missing something?

[ElitePersian]

ok when i try to attach the image it says the picture must be no bigger than 600 X 0

what does that mean? pixels?

[Mannamagnus]

Ok, in the game im playing now, i have a lake beside a coastal city, about 10 squares vertically, and 3 squares horizontally, yet my worker cant irrigate. whats wrong here?

What you describe is a sea. If memory serves me correctly a lake is only one square large.

[ElitePersian]

Originally posted by Mannamagnus



What you describe is a sea. If memory serves me correctly a lake is only one square large.

So you're saying that i can only irrigate from rivers and one-square lakes? not from the the coast?

[Grunthex]

Originally posted by Mannamagnus



What you describe is a sea. If memory serves me correctly a lake is only one square large.

That's definitely not how Civ looks at it. In my last game, I had perhaps a 30 square lake surrounded by land. My guess (guess!) is that if any of the water touches the poles, it's ocean. If it doesn't, it's lake.

[Mannamagnus]

That's definitely not how Civ looks at it. In my last game, I had perhaps a 30 square lake surrounded by land. My guess (guess!) is that if any of the water touches the poles, it's ocean. If it doesn't, it's lake.

If you were able to irrigate around that 30 square lake I must have been wrong. I checked the manual and it said nothing constructive about lakes.
Though if you look at a 30 square lake and compare it to the toal size of the world map it would be larger than many seas.

[Dis]

I'm pretty sure that is an inland ocean

lakes have a different appearance. I have one in my game

I may be wrong, but I think a lake square really is a coast square that is not connected to a sea or ocean square.

[yin26]

Good Lord!

Once again, from the dictionary:

coast (kst)
n.

Land next to the sea; the seashore.
Coast The Pacific Coast of the United States.

Now kindly re-read, starting from Imran's post. Enjoy.

[yin26]

Now from the dictionary of Yin, previously posted:

Alright. Perhaps I am confused. When I think of 'coast' I think of salt water. Am I missing something?

LOL!

[ChrisShaffer]

Originally posted by Dissident
I may be wrong, but I think a lake square really is a coast square that is not connected to a sea or ocean square.

That seems logical, but in the Civilopedia and the manual, "Coast" produces 1/0/2 while "Lake" produces 2/0/2. In the game, both types of terrain are reported with the name "Coast."

However, from my tests, if a Coast is reported as producing 2/0/2 then you can use it to irrigate.

[Bflo Jack]

Do I dare throw out there that the Great Salt Lake is not connected to the poles yet is salt water? Should I? NAAAAAWWWWWW!


-Jack

[zeh]

Originally posted by yin26
Now from the dictionary of Yin, previously posted:
LOL!

I know you´ll flame me for this question, but i REALLY want to know what LOL means...

[Wittlich]

LOL = Laugh Out Loud

[zeh]

Originally posted by Wittlich
LOL = Laugh Out Loud

thanx man!!