Does the Iron Works Cause Pollution ?

[SorvinoBackhand]

Anyone know the answer to that ?

Thanks.

[pedrojedi]

I think yeah. It raises production. More production = more pollution.

[Konquest02]

I don't think so, but I think it should be tested.

However, NEVER restrict yourself from building the IW because it woudl create pollution. In fact, if you get a site, you might even consider moving the palace near it, if conditions allow it...

--Kon--

[trevor]

yes, 4, the most pollution in the game.

[Master Zen]

But look at the bright side, it makes cities with production of over 100 very possible.

Screw the pollution, build it!

BTW, remember that using Shift-P on a Worker automatically sends them to clean up a polluted square, this is really useful when 2 or 3 polluted squares appear per turn.

[Jaybe]

Originally posted by Master Zen
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BTW, remember that using Shift-P on a Worker automatically sends them to clean up a polluted square, this is really useful when 2 or 3 polluted squares appear per turn.

... and it is really frustrating when there is NO pollution. Then you have to stand them all down and Shift-P them again when pollution reappears.

[The Mad Monk]

Which is probably why I don't bother to automate at all.

[SorvinoBackhand]

Jaybe makes a good point. There should be a way to keep the workers automated on pollution cleanup even when you have none on a given turn. That way you wouldn't have to fortify all on one turn and re-command them the next.

I think this interface difficulty is kept in to 'encourage' you to build Mass Transit and the Recycling Plant.

[Mazarin]

I always use shift-a...this way my workers will clean pollution whenever it appears an will be railroading every tile when they don't have anything else to do.

[SorvinoBackhand]

And what do you do when all your tiles are railroaded and otherwise improved ?

[pedrojedi]

Wait for pollution to clean up, make watch tower, radar towers, field airports... wait for enemy terrain to be won so to get workers there and improve my (new) terrain...

Usually I use the slave workers to build up towers, field airports and radars... other times, I just use a mix of different nationality workers to put in a new-found city. Usually the city won't flip. Just as guarantee, I put equal number of every nationality worker in the population, and equal of mine workers as well.

You can use them to lure your opponents with your good intentions, giving some of them to the enemy, er, adversary civ, or returning the former slaves to the enem, ups, former-enemy.

[Master Zen]

Usually after I send some workers to clean pollution I lump them in the same square and Fortify All. Then when pollution returns I Wake All and send them to clean up

[aaglo]

Yes it does.

Before IW I was getting 48 shields and no pollution in that city. With IW it was producing 96 shields and 4 pollution.

[The Mad Monk]

If you open the editor, you can easily find out exactly what pollutes, and how much.

The thing I found surprising was the one pollution found on airports.

[bigfree1]

But what does that "one pollution" exactly mean? What are the actual chances that a city cotaining an improvement that produces "one pollution" to have a pollution blob suddenly show up on a city square? What are the numbers regarding pollution and it's distribution according to the games logistics?