workers leaving my country

temacc · February 12, 2002, 10:31

I've being playing as france and am half way thru the game and most of my workers that have been automated are moving up the continent and into russian territory but they dont' seem to be doing anything while there is pollution and land to be cleared and mined in my own territory. Anyone know what they are doing and why??

Shadow_Cougar · February 12, 2002, 11:32

Probably building a trade network of roads, but maybe they just got tired of your sissy booze and wanted to get plastered on some Vodka. If you have a trade network, you can trade luxuries for your people.

Use the pollution command (shift P) to dedicate workers to pollution. You can automate your workers in lots of ways (clear jungles only (shift J) to fit what you want to do. Check the manual (118?) for the list of commands.

Thrawn05 · February 12, 2002, 12:48

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Originally posted by temacc
I've being playing as france and am half way thru the game and most of my workers that have been automated are moving up the continent and into russian territory but they dont' seem to be doing anything while there is pollution and land to be cleared and mined in my own territory. Anyone know what they are doing and why??

There are a couple of reasons for this.

1: The russians have "split" your territory (IOW: the workers are going through the russians and into your other cities)

2: There is a river up there, and are making a irragation chain from the closest river, which is in russian territory.

Harovan · February 12, 2002, 13:20

I'd like to add an idea to the split thing:

If you have split land areas at the same continent, automated workers try to connect them by roads and railroads, even if that means that they build roads/RRs on another civ's territory.

The Vodka thing is also great!

temacc · February 13, 2002, 13:11

My country wasn't split and there were already a half dozen roads connection me and the russians and my land had full irragition as well. The workers just seemed to move into russian plains and move around really not doing anything.

Blaupanzer · February 13, 2002, 16:08

So, take them off automation, and bring them home. The automate worker algorithms can produce surrealistic results. When they do, get the workers, bring them home, and start them on something useful.

Allemand · February 13, 2002, 16:15

Maybe it was a "workers convention" - they were celebrating.

Willem · February 13, 2002, 23:14

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Originally posted by Allemand
Maybe it was a "workers convention" - they were celebrating.

No, no, quite obviously they were getting advice on how to form a labour union.

Shadow_Cougar · February 14, 2002, 10:32

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Originally posted by temacc
The workers just seemed to move into russian plains and move around really not doing anything.

See, I was right, they were drunk.

They had to be to be messing with the Russian women...

Bru|seR · February 14, 2002, 12:25

LAN? :P