May 27, 2002, 16:17
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Warlord
Local Time: 21:24
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Georgia, USA
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Puzzled about gold right outside my city
When the game started I saw there was gold right outside of my city - maybe by one square. So I had a worker build a road to it, and then had him mine it. NOTHING HAPPENED.
So I went back and wanted to build a colony there - and there was no choice for the worker to build it.
And all the while I get these ghastly warnings, "The treasury is dangerously low."
Usually when I build a road to a resource or build a colony, I get a message of congratulations that everybody is happy and things are better. But not today.
And then when my city boundaries seemed to expand to include the gold, I still could not do anything. And when I double clicked on the city for the city display, it did not include the new boundaries in the city.
Puzzled.
sboog  
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May 27, 2002, 16:19
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Chieftain
Local Time: 19:24
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The gold isn't a resource or luxery really, all it does is lets a a city get more gold from that square. Go into your city view and move a worker to the square with the gold, you should notice that there is far more gold being generated than normal.
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May 27, 2002, 16:22
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Warlord
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But it seemed to be one square OUTSIDE my city.
sboog
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May 27, 2002, 16:27
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Emperor
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Gold is not a strategic or luxury resource. It is a bonus resource that provides more commerce income to the square which contains it. Therefore, you can't build a colony there, neither the gold will appear as a resource on your trade advisor screen. For this same reason, mining it won't net you more production or something like that, just increased commerce when you build a road on that square (in conjunction with the bonus effect, of course).
EDIT: Damn, PP73 beat me to it.
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May 27, 2002, 17:07
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Warlord
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So are you saying that if gold is outside my city limits, I should just forget about it?
sboog 
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May 27, 2002, 17:17
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Local Time: 20:24
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Location: ACK!! PPHHHHTTBBBTTTT!!!
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Yes forget about it.
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May 27, 2002, 17:34
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Chieftain
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Or better yet, build another city that has it inside its borders, its there so you might as well make use of it.....
Sorry 'bout that Alexnm 
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May 27, 2002, 17:38
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Warlord
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I even had my worker mine it. What a loss.
sboog
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May 27, 2002, 18:44
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Emperor
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PP73: no problemo.
sboog: well, you only lost it if the tile is outside your city radius. Otherwise, since gold is usually found on hills, you at least get more shields.
BTW, I think that gold could appear also in rivers...
Doh! Rivers do not cross tiles anymore; they're on the tile border, so I see how it would be tricky to implement this... perhaps not... I think I need some sleep.
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May 27, 2002, 19:55
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Deity
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besides, it's not very wise to mine mountains so
early in the ( i.e. despotism)
even roads... if you can avoid these, go around!!
( not a 100% rule i know, works in most cases though, i feel)
^have fun^
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May 27, 2002, 23:11
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Settler
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build a city on the mines, you get normal food and production but you get the gold bonus...
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