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I've always thought the easy fix to the last problem would be to allow cities to be set to "auto" mode, and let the AI decide what to make. You can already get

• jandrese 6y ago
  The Advisor is kind of lousy at deciding what to build though. This is also why I don't let workers automate, because they'll chop down my jungles before I have a chance to research Universities.
  • ptmcc 6y ago
    I've always wanted a really simple scripting or rules engine tools for my workers to automate them. Just a simple if-then block like: if (floodplains) { build farm } if (forest) { build lumbermill } if (jungle) { do nothing } It wouldn't be perfect, but is obviously some sort of crappy version built-in to them that often does not do what I want, to the point that automating workers is counter-productive. Or I'd love to be able to plot out a road/rail tile by tile and queue it up. Or heck, just a general worker queue would be an improvement even if manual.
    • jandrese 6y ago
      if (jungle) { build tradingpost } For building roads you can use the route-to mode which works fairly well. The only caveat is that you can't tell the worker to build roads (because they're cheaper) if you have researched railroads, even if the city has a harbor so it already has the production bonus. Or it's a city state and you're only building it for the diplomacy boost.
      • joelwilliamson 6y ago
        Civ3 and Alpha Centauri both have separate Build Road To... and Build Railroad (or Magtube) To... automation modes.