unwanted razing

boz15 · January 6, 2003, 18:17

When I take capture a city, sometimes the city is automatically razed and sometimes it isn't. I would appreciate help if anyone knows how to fix it.

CerberusIV · January 6, 2003, 18:25

Cities with no culture are automatically razed when you capture them.

It is meant to be that way and there is no fix.

Wittlich · January 6, 2003, 20:21

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Originally posted by CerberusIV
Cities with no culture are automatically razed when you capture them.

Actually, if the city has no culture AND only a population of 1, it will be automatically razed.

I have taken over many population 2 (and above) cities with zero culture. But all population 1 with zero culture have been automatically razed.

So if I want a city, I wait until it's at least a population 2 before I attack it.

CerberusIV · January 7, 2003, 05:28

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Originally posted by Wittlich

Actually, if the city has no culture AND only a population of 1, it will be automatically razed.

Correct (and what I meant to say). I have just managed to partially avoid this in the very early game. I found myself sharing a small continent with the Germans and decided to get rid of them. They hadn't built any temples so only their capital city had accumulated any culture.

I hit Berlin first and it did not get razed. The next city was size 1 and no culture so was razed. Altogether I captured four out of six german cities, mostly size 1, because I hit the capital city, displaced the palace so a few points of culture built up in the new capital and then hit the new capital.

ZargonX · January 7, 2003, 13:32

Yes, following the capital around is a good way to make sure smaller cities you want don't get razed. Very thoughtful of the AI to move the new palace just down the road, in most cases.

FNBrown · January 7, 2003, 13:35

An excellent strategy... hadn't really thought of that before... although most of the time, I can't stand the way the AI places most of their cities, and I'm content with seeing them razed anyway.

Fried-Psitalon · January 9, 2003, 10:53

This makes sense if you think about it; a size 1 city with no culture? Undeveloped, you're just talking about a bunch of sheds and huts, depending on the tech level. If you managed to build factory/aquaduct/etc in a size one city, the invaders would probably look around, assume plague had struck or there was a curse, and burn it down anyhow....