Peculiarity of culture flip

[Akka]

"Happiness" in Civ3 is actually a measure of productivity.

Disagree.
"happiness" in Civ3 is a measure of crowd stability. As the population becomes less happy, there is the threat of riots that's growing. Making people "happier" keep them happy enough for them not to revolt.

[Fitz]

What happens when you abandon the size one city? Does the unhappiness pass to another city, or dissapear? You might want to save before testing.

[Zachriel]

Originally posted by Akka le Vil
Disagree.
"happiness" in Civ3 is a measure of crowd stability. As the population becomes less happy, there is the threat of riots that's growing. Making people "happier" keep them happy enough for them not to revolt.

You are right! That is actually a more accurate description. Certainly, a contented population and a very happy population have the same productivity.

However, in the case of very unhappy populations, the result is low productivity (with lots of entertainers), or no productivity (in the case of revolt), so I chose to use a more limited definition relevant only to this situation.

Thanks for the clarification.