probally old news, but

reds4ever · May 20, 2001, 20:40

i've just found out that if you send a naval unit into an isthmuth with a city on it, all the land units on the vessel stay in the city and the ship can keep travelling through the isthmuth to the ocean to the other side.

like i say i know this is probally old news but could somebody tell me how to spell isshtmut, isthmuth, a strip of land that connects two others.

finbar · May 20, 2001, 20:54

Close. Isthmus. But ithmuth would be right for someone with a lithp.

That aside, I don't know what sort of naval vessel you're using, because my units always disembark of their own accord in those sorts of cities. And it's a real pain in the arse.

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Ming · May 21, 2001, 08:03

Whenever a ship goes into any city, all units become active. You must put them back to sleep/board next ship before moving the ship out of the city if you wish them to stay on board.

finbar · May 21, 2001, 10:19

That's my experience too. That's why I'd like to know what vessel reds4ever is using.

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Lefty Scaevola · May 21, 2001, 13:22

If you move the ship in manualy or set the city as its destination the land units disimbark. It the ship on automatic path goes through the city, the units remain on board.

rah · May 21, 2001, 13:43

LOL, yeah I use goto commands on my ships all the time. hahahahahhahahaha

"Captain, we seem to be taking on water, I thought we were heading east but we seem to be heading west straight out to sea."

RAH
Thanks, that made my day.

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Marquis de Sodaq · May 21, 2001, 13:44

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Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola on 05-21-2001 01:22 PM
If you move the ship in manualy or set the city as its destination the land units disimbark. It the ship on automatic path goes through the city, the units remain on board.

I gave up automatic "go to" orders long ago, cuz any ship I sent to the other side of the isthmus would try to go around the continent. Do they actually go thru the city now?

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reds4ever · May 21, 2001, 21:33

the point i was making was that i didn't know that a ship could travel through an isthmus (cheers Finbar!) and emerge the other side, which looking back is common sense but.....

Jarouik · May 22, 2001, 04:56

Quote:

Originally posted by finbar
That's my experience too. That's why I'd like to know what vessel reds4ever is using.

I think he too said the units stay in the city, which is the case with any vessel...