CivCity Rome General FAQ
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CivCity Rome
General FAQ
Version 0.70
by
deadgreg (T. Gregory Drummond)
Initial Release: April 2007
CONTENTS OF THIS FAQ
This FAQ is organized according to a basic chapter/section/topic design.  Only
chapters and sections are listed in the ToC, below.
1.  INTRODUCTION
1.1
About This FAQ
1.2
Terms of Use
1.3
Regarding the Author
1.4
Disclaimer
2.  GAME DETAILS
2.1
Minimum System Requirements
2.2
Recommended System Requirements
2.3
Game Interface
2.4
In-Game Menu
2.5
Ratings and Reports
3.  INFRASTRUCTURE
3.1
Storage
3.2
Housing
3.3
Transportation
3.4
Water
4.  FARMS AND COMMERCE
4.1
Raw Materials and Food
4.2
Production
4.3
Trade within the Empire
5.  SECURITY
5.1
Fires and Riots
5.2
Strategic Defense
6.  RESEARCH
6.1
Alphabet
6.2
Mysticism
6.3
Mathematics
6.4
Animal Husbandry
6.5
Exploration
6.6
Tool Making
7.  CITY MANAGEMENT
7.1
City Happiness and Population
7.2
Finances and Economy
7.3
Temples and Religion
7.4
City Entertainment
7.5
Civic Services
7.6
Grandeur and Wonders
8.  CAREER CAMPAIGN
8.1
Peaceful Missions
8.2
Military Missions
9.  SINGLE MISSIONS
9.1
Free-Build Scenarios
9.2
Military Service
9.3
Imperial Service
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1.   INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents information on this FAQ, its terms of use, and its
author.  Use of this document constitutes agreement with all stipulations
below.  There is no information relevant to game play here, so feel free to
skip it.
1.1  About This FAQ
This is a general FAQ, written for the PC CD-ROM retail software edition of
CivCity Rome (update version 1.1), a city builder game that takes conceptual
inspiration from the popular Civilization series from Sid Meyers, though no
knowledge of Civilization is needed to play CivCity Rome.  City builder games
are common to say the least, and CCR employs many of the usual elements.  Here
the main difference lies in the game interface, particularly the visual
representation of quantitative information.  In english, that means one can
see whether a particular granary has any olives stored there simply by looking
at it, for instance.  This greatly facilitates the often troublesome process
of assessing the operation of a particular area in your city.
I asked it, and this FAQ makes no claim of being accurate, precise, complete,
or even very good looking, and has no plans of making such a claim in the
immediate future.  It does claim, however, to be the first FAQ on CivCity Rome
ever read by the author, which still isn't saying very much.  If you should
happen come in contact with some of the more vacuous sections of this
document, do not be alarmed!  Useful information is, as we speak, flying
through the night to join our struggle against the great void.  Be patient,
and check back later.
CivCity Rome is Copyright 2006 Take-Two Interactive Software and its
subsidiaries.  All rights reserved.  Developed by Firefly Studios.
1.2  Terms of Use
This document is copyright to Thomas Gregory Drummond (a.k.a. deadgreg), 10
March 2007, California, USA.  All rights reserved except as noted in the
disclaimer below.  This document is free for private use and shared use
amongst free-access gamer sites, with the restrictions noted in this section
(and references therein).  Any excerpts, quotations, or citations of this
document must reference this document and include the author's name.  This
document must not be modified for presentation in any way without the author's
prior written consent, except for direct font format conversions with no
change of text, neither insertions nor deletions nor substitutions.  Sale of
this information is expressly forbidden.
1.3  Regarding the Author
First, I apologize for submitting an incomplete FAQ.  I am aware of how truly
angering a blank section can be sometimes.  I felt a quasi-modo was warranted
in this case by the dearth of available practical information on the mechanics
and landscape of the game.  Thus, I have tried especially to include a portion
of general information and advice that can be applied to many scenarios.
Version 1.0 of this FAQ is nearly complete, and I promise to post it soon.  In
the meantime, I hope version 0.70 helps your game play in some small way.
If you should feel the need to contact me, don't... or at least never in
anger.  If there is confusing language in this document, or if you find
something egregiously wrong, please do let me know straight away by email at
the address below.  I will try to make changes as appropriate.  If you have
specific questions you would like answered, please use the related GameFaqs
message board.  Thank you for your support.
banderwocky@gmail.com
1.4  Disclaimer
This general FAQ is not authorized or endorsed by the creators or publishers
of CivCity Rome, nor by GameFaqs or similar free-post sites.  The contents of
this document were researched and developed solely by the author, except where
noted.  This document is based upon CivCity Rome update version 1.1 of the
retail PC CD-ROM software edition and inclusions.  This FAQ is intended for
guidance and informational purposes only; it is not accurate or complete.
This document was created with Microsoft Word 2003 using 9 pt. Courier New
font.
2.   PLAY THE GAME
Don't Panic  (imagine large, friendly letters).
Simulation strategy games typically require you to continually parse several
pieces of changing information.  This chapter presents an overview of basic
information that is fundamental to installation and operation of the software,
as well as navigation of the game and its menus.
As with the Civilization series, CivCity Rome uses a complex feedback system
with random outside influences to model to the operational environment of your
city.  Thus, it can sometimes be quite challenging (or impossible) to track
down and repair the source(s) of certain crippling problems in the city, such
as insufficient rations, insufficient funds, etc.  In this case, I refer the
reader the first paragraph of this section.  It can be shown mathematically
that a dynamic system with enough influences must naturally fluctuate, no
matter how well it is controlled.  If city doesn't do exactly what you want,
it doesn't necessarily mean you're doing anything wrong.  Thus, it is helpful
to focus on long-term trends and ignore short-term fluctuations.  The Denarii
accumulated in your city coffers is a very significant trend.
2.1  System Requirements
2.1.1  Minimum Requirements
The minimum system requirements are as follows:
-- Windows 2000/XP
-- 1.6 GHz processor
-- 512 MB RAM
-- CD-ROM drive
-- 64 MB video card (nVidia GeForce3/ATI Radeon 8500 or better)
-- 2.5 GB uncompressed HD space
-- DirectX 7 compatible sound card
-- DirtectX 9.0c (included)
2.1.2  Recommended Requirements
The recommended system specifications are the same as above, except as
follows:
-- 2.0 GHz processor
-- 128 MB video card w/DirectX 8 support (pixel and vertex shaders)
The system specs I typically use are:
-- Windows XP SP2
-- Sony Vaio PCV-RS720G package
-- 2.992 GHz processor (Pentium 4)
-- 1.5 GB RAM
-- ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256 MB video card and digital LCD monitor
2.3  Game Interface
This section includes information on hotkeys, the game info bar, building
categories, the building interface, and the citizen interface.  Many
navigation functions are common across a number of game types, so I will not
belabor the description of basic controls such as mouse wheel zoom, etc.  I
will point out the minimap function: click a location on the minimap to scroll
instantly to the corresponding location in your city.  Roll the mouse wheel
while hovering over the minimap to zoom in and out.  Most tool buttons and
links in CivCity Rome include information pop-ups:  hover over an icon to view
more information on the function of that tool or target of that link.
2.3.1  Hotkeys
There are a number of available hotkeys that greatly facilitate game play.
Note that in the current version, keys R and F should control only zoom, but
the F key also cycles through game speeds (low/med/high).  It is a glitch, so
it is best to avoid use of the F key (use the mouse wheel to zoom).  Game
speed may also be set by navigating to In-Game Menu-> Settings.  The
screenshot command should be Alt+Q, but I have yet to find the destination
folder for these or to confirm that the Alt+Q command has any function
whatever.  Any ideas?
Game Play Hotkeys
- Pause game ---------- P
- Scroll map ---------- S, W, A, D (or cursor keys)
- Zoom ---------------- R, F, or mouse wheel
- Rotate map ---------- Q, E
- Rotate buildings ---- R, or mouse wheel
- Interface panel ----- Alt+F
- Game speed ---------- F, R (cycle), or +, - (on keypad)
- Game menu ----------- ESC
Construction Hotkeys
- Road ---------------- 1
- Shack --------------- 2
- Well ---------------- 3
- Butcher shop -------- 4
- Tunic shop ---------- 5
- Warehouse ----------- 6
- Granary ------------- 7
- Watchtower ---------- 8
- Fire watch ---------- 9
- Delete -------------- 0
2.3.2  Information Bar
The intelligence portal for your city is located along the top of the game
screen.  This Information Bar contains four indicators that allow you to
assess the present condition of your city at glance.  On the left end is the
In-Game Menu button.  To the right are indicators for Civilization Rating,
Denarii, Research Progress, Population, and Happiness.  The Reports button and
the Empire Map button appear on the right end of the bar.  Click on any
indicator to bring up the related report.  Use the In-Game Menu button to
bring up, you guessed it, the In-Game Menu.  Similarly, the Reports and Empire
Map buttons bring up the Reports Menu and the Empire Map.
2.3.3  Building Bar
This is the portal to all construction menus for your city.  It is located
along the left side of the game screen.  Menus are organized by type of
construction:  Infrastructure, Farms & Fishing, Commerce, Entertainment, Civic
Services, Security, or Beautification.  At the bottom of the bar is the Delete
tool.  The various construction tools are tabulated below with the appropriate
menu.  As with most tools and links in CivCity Rome, hover over any icon to
open an information pop-up.
Table 2.3.3
- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -
-- Infrastructure --
Town Center, Shack, Warehouse, Granary, Road, Stone Bridge, Transport Jetty,
Well, Aqueduct, Cistern, Stone Camp, Wood Camp, Iron Mine, Marble Quarry
-- Farms & Fishing --
Flax Farm, Olive Farm, Grape Farm, Fruit Farm, Wheat Farm, Date Farm, Goat
Farm, Goose Farm, Fishing Jetty, Small Boatyard
-- Commerce --
Mill, Carpenter's Shop, Winery, Cabinet Maker, Butcher Shop, Bakery, Fruit
Stand, Fish Monger, Date Stand, Goose Shop, Tunic Shop, Olive Press, Barber,
Tailor Shop, Glass Blower, Dress Maker, Flower Shop
-- Entertainment --
Taverna, Musician School, Piazza, Actor School, Theatre, Gladiator Schools
(Retarius, Murmillo, Thracian), Small Amphitheatre, Large Amphitheatre, Animal
Holding Stations (Ostrich, Crocodile, Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Giraffe), Horse
Trainer, Chariot Maker, Chariot Trainer, Circus
-- Civic Services --
Street Cleaner Depot, Doctor's Office, Hospital, Grammaticus, Library,
Bathhouse, Spa, Small Temples (Mercury, Diana, Mithras), Large Temples
(Jupiter, Mars, Venus), Trade Market, Trade Dock, Large Boatyard, Slave
Station, Senate
-- Security –
Military Fort, Sword Maker, Javelin Maker, Watch Tower, Fire Watch, Stone
Wall, Stone Tower, City Gate
-- Beautification --
Gardens (Bushes, Trees, Flowers), Fountains, Statues, Monuments, Wonders
- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -
2.3.3a
Placement of new buildings and installations is accomplished directly through
the Building Bar.  Click an icon in the Building Bar to open the related
construction menu.  The menu will contain a placard representing each facility
available in that menu.  Click the desired facility placard and mouse over to
the game screen window.  Point to an open space of sufficient size and click
again to place the selected facility.  Before placing, the orientation of a
facility can be changed by rolling the mouse wheel.  There is no "undo"
function: a mis-placed structure must be deleted.
Certain buildings and installations have additional restrictions on where they
may be placed.  Such facilities include aqueducts, cisterns, work camps,
bridges, jetties, boatyards, and trade docks.  Please see the relevant
sections of chapters 3 and 4 for more information on the placement of these
facilities.
2.3.4  Building Interface
Click on any building to bring up the building interface.  The information and
controls in the building interface vary quite a lot depending on the type of
structure chosen.  For further discussion of storage building interface, see
section 3.1.  For further discussion of trade facility interface, see section
4.3.  For a discussion of housing interface, see section 3.2.
For civic buildings like temples, baths, the town center, etc., the building
interface will display red arching arrows that point to the citizen or
citizens employed there.  The interface panel along the bottom will show
portraits of the employees on the lower left side.  In any building interface,
click on a portrait to bring up the citizen interface for that employee.  In
the case of the town center, information on city unemployment will be given in
the interface panel.
For places of employment that produce goods, such as farms and shops, the
building interface will show red arrows pointing to the citizen or citizens
employed there.  The interface panel along the bottom will show portraits of
the employees on the lower left side.  Farms and civilian shops will typically
show a number next to the production icon (meat, linen, olives, etc.) at the
top of the panel, but military shops such as javelin and sword makers will
not.  If present, this number indicates how many produced items are in
currently stock.
For shops and places that require some raw material, the building interface
will show a large yellow highlight disk that indicates the range its employees
can travel to find a source of the needed material.  Incidentally, you can see
how much of the raw material has been collected by zooming in close to the
shop's location.
2.3.5  Citizen Interface
Click on any citizen to bring up the citizen interface.  Three arching arrows
will appear above the citizen.  The green arrow points to his/her habitation,
the red arrow points to his place of employment, and the blue arrow points to
his current destination.  The green home arrow and red work arrow locations
tend not to change very often, but the blue arrow jumps around depending on
what that citizen is doing at the time.  In the case of wives, her red arrow
will point to the rown center, but the other arrows act normally.  Children
have no red work arrow.  There is an interface for vagrants, but it contains
no information or controls.
Along the bottom of the screen is the interface panel.  In the upper right
corner of the panel is a button with a red arching arrow.  This control allows
you to change the citizen's place of employment, which is useful if he works
very far away or you are going to delete his current job.  Simply click the
"change jobs" button, then click on a new place of employment in the city.  If
all jobs at the new location are taken, one of the current employees will be
fired to make room (unhoused employees will be fired before housed employees).
The left side of the interface panel shows a location legend for the three
arrows.  Click on any of these three boxes (green=home; red=work; blue=
destination) to bring up the building interface for that location.
2.4  In-Game Menu
Use the ESC shortcut key or click the menu button in the upper left-hand
corner of the game screen to access the In-Game Menu.  The headings in this
menu are Load, Save, Mission Briefing, Tutorial, Game Help, Settings, Exit,
and Resume Game.  Hover over any heading to view an information pop-up.
2.4.1  Load, Save, Exit, Resume Game
These headings allow you to access common game functions.  With these you can
Load a previously saved game, Save the current game, Exit the game without
saving, or Resume the current game.
2.4.2  Mission Briefing
Click this button to access the introductory briefing for the current mission.
The Mission Briefing is organized under three topics: Objectives & Mission
Briefing, New Concepts, and Helpful Hints.  Click the related tab on the left
to view a topic.  The Objectives & Briefing page is essential to set up a
mission, but it is recommended to refer to the Helpful Hints, too.  Once the
mission is underweigh, it may be useful to refer back to New Concepts, where
you can find some useful information on the construction and operation of new
facilities being introduced.
2.4.3  Turorial
Click this button to show the in-game tutorial panel.  Click the x button on
the tutorial panel to hide it.  The tutorial panel is very helpful if you are
learning the game, but it can be fairly annoying if not muted.  The mute
button is located in the lower left corner of the tutorial panel.
2.4.4  Game Help
Coming soon!
2.4.5  Settings
Coming soon!
2.5  Ratings and Reports
To help judge the health and reputation of your city, intelligence is conveyed
through city ratings and detailed reports.  The vital statistics appear in the
Information Bar, along the top of the game screen.  On the left end is the In-
Game Menu button.  From there to the right are indicators for Civilization
Rating, Denarii, Research Progress, Population, and Happiness.  Just to right
of the happiness indicator is the Reports button (it looks like a scroll),
followed by the Empire Map button on the far right.  Selected reports can be
accessed directly by clicking the relevant indicator in the Information Bar.
Click on the View Reports button to bring up the complete set of seven tabbed
reports.
These vital stats are the keys to your city's success.  Control them, and you
control your city's destiny.  Balancing the dynamic interplay of these factors
is the essence of CivCity Rome.  A complete description of every factor that
comprises each of your city's ratings would require a FAQ unto itself, but I
will endeavor here to be brief.  The completion of chapter 7 will provide the
needed complement to this material.
2.5.1  Reports Menu
The Reports Menu contains seven tabbed reports that may be viewed one at a
time: Civilization Rating, Happiness and Immigration, Finances, Population,
Families, Senate Requests, and Military.  To select a particular report, click
the appropriate tab along the left side of the stack of reports.  To close the
Reports Menu and return to the game screen, right-click anywhere on the menu
or click the View Reports button again.  The game is paused(??) while the
Reports Menu is open.
2.5.1a
In top-down order, the first report details your Civilization Rating (column
icon).  This report presents a stacked column graph representing the relative
contributions to the overall Civ Rating from the four categories of
Entertainment (red), Religion (green), Civic Services (blue), and Splendor
(yellow).  Each of these categories accounts for one quarter of your overall
Civ Rating.  Click on one of these four icons to bring up a more detailed
report of the several factors contributing to that category.
Note that Civilization Rating is not the same as Empire Rating.  For
information on the Empire Rating, see section 2.5.2.
2.5.1b
The second report is for Happiness and Immigration (happy face icon).  This
report presents a table of factors that affect city happiness and the people's
current feelings about each one.  Most cannot be adjusted manually, but Wages,
Work Time, and Rations can be set to achieve a desired affect (provided you
have enough food, Denarii, etc.).  The other factors include City Foundation,
Unemployment, Housed Workers, Wonders, External Events, and Research.  See
section 7.1 for more on city happiness and population.
2.5.1c
The third report is for Finances.  This report presents a breakdown of profit
and loss for the current and previous years.  Outlays for the current year are
listed on the left side, and income is listed on the right with the net
profit/loss at the bottom.  If it is too early in the year, no information
will appear in this table.  To see profit/loss information for previous years,
click the left arrow button on the bar along the top of the Finances report.
A graph that tracks city finances over time appears along the bottom of the
report.  See section 7.2 for more on city finances.
2.5.1d
The fourth report is for Population.  This report presents a pie graph
representing the relative portions of housed citizens (blue), unhoused
citizens (green), and vagrants (red).  The population breakdown is shown to
the left of the pie graph.  It is best to house at least half of your employed
citizens in order to maximize the happiness effect of housed workers.
2.5.1e
The fifth report is for Families.  It presents a table of households that can
be sorted and viewed according to name, type of house, length of time in the
city, or wealth.  More information can be viewed by selecting a family and
pressing the "Detail" button.  You can zoom directly to the selected household
by pressing the "Go To" button.  See sections 3.2.2 and 2.3.5 for more on
housing and citizen interface, respectively.
2.5.1f
The next report is for Requests from the Senate.  It lists the unfulfilled
requests the Senate has made of you.  Click a request line to select it.  The
name of the requesting city appears on the left side, with the item and
quantity requested to the right.  Continuing across the line we find the
amount of time (months) left to fulfill the request and the Empire Points at
stake (gain/loss).  Once enough of the requested item has been collected in
your city storage facilities, click the donkey cart icon on the bottom right
to dispatch the selected request.
If requested goods are dispatched within the time allotted, the stated number
of Empire Points will be added to your total, and the request will drop from
the list.  If time expires before the good are dispatched, the request will
drop from the list, and you will be penalized the stated number of Empire
Points.  See section 2.5.2 for more on your city's Empire Rating.
2.5.1g
The final report is Military statistics.  It presents a breakdown of your
Legionary forces including the number in each cohort and its type, each
legion's location (in the city or in the Empire).  At the bottom of the report
is the total numbers of soldiers and enemies killed in combat within the city.
These tallies do not include soldiers or enemies killed in the Empire.  See
section 5.2 for an expanded discussion of Legionary forces.
2.5.2  Empire Rating
Are you a 90-lb imperial weakling?  Do people kick the edicts of Caesar in
your face?  Or are you the BMIE (big man in the empire)?  This is the purpose
of your city's Empire Rating.  To view your Empire Rating, click the Empire
Map button in the upper right corner of the game screen.  The Empire Rating is
shown in the wreath at the top of the Empire Map.  All commercial and marshal
actions performed in the Empire are seen as being for the benefit of Rome.
Thus, your Empire Rating is the tally of Rome's reward to you for accomplished
service to the Empire.  Imperial-political relationships are beyond the grasp
of your simple people, so the Empire Rating has no effect on city happiness or
population.
Empire points can only be lost by failing to fulfill a request from the
Senate, but they main be gained in several ways.  Once you complete the
research of Exploration (section 6.5), 10 points will be added to your Empire
Rating.  You can also gain points in multiples of 5 by opening trade routes,
building roads along trade routes, capturing enemy encampments, or fulfilling
requests from the Senate.  In some game scenarios, a certain Empire Rating
must be achieved for success.  See sections 8.1 and 9.3 for more on game
scenarios with Empire Rating requirements.
3.   INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING
3.1  Storage Facilities
There are two types of structures for the storage of goods, the warehouse and
the granary.  A warehouse is a repository for commodities, whereas a granary
is for the storage of food items, but otherwise they function identically.
Each storage structure is provided with a donkey cart that will deliver goods
to other storage structures of the same type.  The donkey cart has a nearly
unlimited range, which is handy for distant resource installations.  Donkey
carts cannot retrieve goods, only deliver them.  Warehouses and granaries
function automatically and do not employ citizens.
3.1.1  Usage of Warehouses and Granaries
Click on a storage structure, let's say a warehouse, to bring up the building
interface (see section 2.3.4).  A red arching arrow will point to the
currently selected destination warehouse, if any.  On the left side of the
panel along the bottom of the screen is the "send goods" icon (looks like a
donkey cart).  Click this button to bring up the delivery menu, where you can
choose the goods to send over the excess amount.  First select a destination
warehouse;  the red destination arrow will point to the chosen warehouse.  Now
select a material to be delivered.  Any item may be selected, but if that item
is not in stock at that warehouse, no action will result.  With an item
selected, choose the excess amount, the number over which to send surplus
items to another facility.  Right-click on the city map to exit the building
interface.
To illustrate the "excess amount" function, let's say you have a warehouse set
to deliver wood to another warehouse down the way, and the excess amount
selected is 20.  If the delivering warehouse has 16 wood planks in stock,
nothing will happen.  If enough wood arrives to make 30 in stock, the surplus
will be carted away continually until there are 20 or fewer wood planks left.
The donkey cart will also stop if the destination warehouse is full.  If you
notice a donkey cart has fallen idle while delivering one good, then one of
these stop conditions likely exists.
3.1.2  Items Stored according to Structure
The items that each structure will store are tabulated below.  Raw goat and
raw fish cannot be stored in a warehouse or granary.
Warehouse Items –----- Granary Items
-- Beds ----------------- Bread
-- Dresses -------------- Dates
-- Flour ---------------- Fruit
-- Flowers -------------- Geese
-- Glassware ------------ Grapes
-- Linen ---------------- Meat
-- Marble --------------- Olives
-- Olive oil ------------ Wine
-- Recliner
-- Stone
-- Toga
-- Tunic
-- Wheat
-- Wood
3.2  Housing
Your city's primary source of revenue (Denarii) is the tax paid by each housed
worker, though neither an unhoused worker nor an unoccupied house will
generate tax revenue.  The tax paid by each household depends on its stature;
e.g., a lowly Shack pays only 2 Denarii per month, whereas a lovely Villa pays
more than 50 times that amount.  Click on any housing unit to bring up the
housing interface, which contains useful information about that household (see
section 3.2.2).  See section 7.2 for an expanded discussion of city finances
and economy.
Housing also affects city happiness.  If too great a portion of your citizens
are unhoused, there will be additional unhappiness in the city until you
alleviate this situation (see section 2.5.1).
The placement of housing becomes a critical factor as you develop cities of
greater size and sophistication that ultimately affects the overall
productivity of your citizens.  If a significant portion of your citizens are
housed far away from their respective workplaces, then they will spend more
time traveling and less time working and upgrading their households.  An acute
case of far-travelers can cripple an entire segment of your economy, but this
usually becomes a factor only with very large or excessively spread-out
cities.
3.2.1  Housing Types and Upgrade Requirements
The Shack is the most basic form of housing, and all households start out as
shacks (with some scenario exceptions).  To upgrade to a greater stature, a
household must acquire certain goods.  The complete series of housing levels,
from Shack to Palace, is presented below in order of ascending stature.  Each
dwelling requires access to certain resources in order to upgrade, and each
level of housing requires all the provisions of the lower statures.  A small
Hut needs only one resource to maintain itself, whereas a Palace requires 28!
Citizens will only travel a certain distance from their dwelling to gather
provisions, but this radius will increase with stature, as indicated by the
green disk in the housing interface (see below).
The dominant motivation to provide resources for improved housing is the
dramatic increase in tax revenue with stature (see table below).  A small
Hovel pays as much as 6 Shacks; a small Domus pays as much as 5 small Hovels!
You can become very rich very fast with a well-provisioned city.
It will become clear that one citizen only has time to collect a small number
of these resources in his off-time, so he has a glass ceiling on his
household's stature (no matter how much off-time he gets).  This is where
family life comes into the game.  When a citizen moves out of the Hut and into
a spacious Hovel, he will long for a wife and a place to get hitched.  With
access to a temple and a bed, the citizen can upgrade to a medium Hovel and
set up house with his new wife.  With time and stability, nature will run its
course, and the couple will have a child.  These new citizens added to the
household are counted as being employed by the city, since they serve the
household and households compose the city (and your tax base).  On rare
occasion, a citizen will gain access to everything required to upgrade his
house to an Insulae, but he will not have a wife yet.  It is recommended not
to upgrade such a citizen's dwelling to an Insulae until he should manage to
get married.
Sometimes an area of town becomes over-populated, and basic needs become
scarce.  The stature of a dwelling that cannot meet its requirements will
regress.  Country housing (Huts and Hovels) will regress all the way back to
shacks, if allowed.  City housing (Insula, Domi, Villas, Palaces) have
different shapes and will only regress within its type, then it becomes
dilapidated.  See section 4.1 for more on resource development.
Habitation -------- Resource(s) needed before Upgrade ----- Tax Revenue
- Shack ------------- water --------------------------------- 2
- S Hut ------------- meat ---------------------------------- 3
- M Hut ------------- tunics -------------------------------- 6
- L Hut ------------- olive oil ----------------------------- 9
- S Hovel ----------- beds, temple -------------------------- 12
- M Hovel ----------- bread, entertainment ------------------ 15
- L Hovel ----------- bath, piped water --------------------- 22
- S Insulae --------- grammaticus --------------------------- 30
- M Insulae --------- fruit, surgery ------------------------ 37
- L Insulae --------- hospital, slaves(1) ------------------- 45
- S Domus ----------- togas, library ------------------------ 60
- M Domus ----------- wine, glassware, spa ------------------ 75
- L Domus ----------- dates, recliners, barber, slaves(2) --- 90
- Villa-------------- Senate, dresses, flowers, geese ------- 105
- Palace------------- n/a ----------------------------------- 135
3.2.2  Housing Interface and the Needs Table
Click on any housing unit to bring up the housing interface.  The green
highlight disk indicates the range its occupants can travel in search of
provisions.  The red arching arrows will point to each occupant's current
location.  The panel along the bottom of the screen shows the Needs Table and
the family portraits.  Click on any portrait to switch to the citizen
interface.  See section 2.3 for more on the citizen interface.
The needs shown on the panel's left side are fulfilled, and those on the right
side are not.  Once a requirement is fulfilled, the indicator for that need
moves from the right side to the left side of the panel and gets a full bar.
As time passes, the bar next to each indicator on the left will slowly
deplete, indicating how long until that need must be fulfilled again.
If an indicator bar goes all the way to zero, that item will shift back to the
right side of the panel with the other unfulfilled needs.  If the house has
run out of a provision required to maintain its stature, the house will enter
a crisis: a red downward arrow will flash above it, and a full red bar will
appear on the right edge of the panel.  The red bar will deplete over time.
If the need remains unfulfilled when the red bar is gone, the house will
regress or become dilapidated.
On the other hand, if a newly fulfilled need was enough for an upgrade in
housing stature, a green upward arrow will flash above the house, a green bar
will fill on the right edge of the panel, and the house will upgrade
instantly, with exceptions.  Any time the next level of housing has a
different footprint than the current one, your direct intervention is
required.  In the Housing Interface, click the green "upgrade" button on the
right above the full green bar to manually upgrade and place the household.
3.3  Transportation
The vast majority of movement in the city takes place on roads and highways
you've constructed, but a portion may take place over transport jetty, stone
bridge, or dirt path.  Citizens and donkeys travel at different speeds on
different surfaces.  Roads and highways are the fastest way for citizens to
move about the city.  If no road leads to a location, a citizen will walk
there cross-country, forming a dirt path.  Of course, a dirt path costs
nothing but the feet of citizen.
3.3.1  Roads and Highways
There are three types of roadway surface that allow citizens to travel at
increasing speeds.  Initially only roads can be built, but after Engineering
has been researched, all roads will upgrade to smooth roads.  Once the Wheel
has been researched, smooth roads will upgrade to highways.  Roads cost 4
Denarii per block, and any subsequent upgrade is free with the cost of the
required research.
3.3.2  Transport Jetty
The slowest way to get anywhere is by transport jetty.  A pair of transport
jetties may be built to automatically ferry citizens up to a four at a time
from one place on the river to another.  The two jetties may lie along the
same side or on opposite sides of the river, but they always work in
monogamous pairs.  Transport jetties do not block other vessels on the water,
and they employ no citizens.  It will appear that there is a person operating
the jetty, but this is merely a visual representation, like the donkey cart.
Transport jetties are the most economical way to cross a river, costing much
less than a stone bridge.
Citizens may deliver or retrieve goods by transport jetty as usual.  A donkey
cart may use the transport jetty, but no passengers may ride with it.  The
result is very long delivery times and the blockage of commence routes.  It is
best to avoid such situations, if possible.
3.3.3  Stone Bridge
A stone bridge may be built across a river to allow citizens to move from one
side to the other.  Stones bridges block the passage of any vessels on the
river, but they allow citizens to cross a river much faster than a transport
jetty.  Stone bridges are notably more expensive to construct, requiring stone
and Denarii.  Note that in most Career Campaign scenarios, the requirement for
stone is lifted.
3.4  Water
Water is the most basic need of your citizens, and every house of every level
requires it.  Lower level houses are content to retrieve water from a well,
but your citizens will eventually demand piped water (see section 3.2.1).
A well can be placed anywhere there is open land.  It will employ one citizen.
Citizens will only travel a certain distance from their dwelling to retrieve
water from a well (see section 3.2).  Wells will be prolific in the early
stages of city development.  They have a 2x4 footprint with one road strip on
the long side (similar to a shop).  Eventually, wells are not enough.
3.4.1  Aqueducts and Cisterns
Your citizens will require a bath and piped water in their homes before they
will move into sophisticated city housing (the small Insulae).  The bath
itself also requires piped water.  Piped water is provided by a nearby cistern
in the city.  The cistern in turn requires a nearby aqueduct to feed it.  The
aqueduct in turn requires a fresh water source to feed it.  Such refinements
don't come cheap, so research Mosaic Working to build aqueducts and cisterns
for free.
An aqueduct must start in a fresh water source (not the sea) and extend onto
land.  Select the build tool and click and drag to place a section of
aqueduct.  A working aqueduct will have water on top.  A new section can be
added to an existing one by clicking on the end of the existing section and
dragging to lay a new section.  Roads may be built underneath an aqueduct,
through the arches.  In order to function, a cistern must be placed within
about 6 spaces of the end of a section of working aqueduct.  A working cistern
will be full of water.
Unlike wells, which must fall within a house's gathering range (green disk) to
be useful, a cistern provides water to all houses within a certain radius of
the cistern.  Click a working cistern to bring up a yellow highlight disk that
indicates the water delivery range.  Houses outside the delivery range cannot
get water from a cistern.  See section 2.3.3 for more information on the
construction of aqueducts and cisterns.
4.  FARMS AND COMMERCE
More coming soon!
4.1  Raw Materials and Food
Many raw materials and food stuffs are requisite for the production of other
items in the city, both structures and goods.  Indeed, nearly all of the
consumables you will need in your city require an existing and adequate supply
of raw materials or food stuffs.  The few exceptions include glassware, floral
bouquets, well water, and slaves.
See section 2.3.3 for more information on the facilities needed to produce raw
materials and food stuffs.
4.2  Commercial Production
City production and commerce is largely oriented toward consumer goods and the
preparation of food.  This makes sense, since our goal is always to provide
for improved houses.  With only a handful of exceptions, though, every shop
requires a supply of some raw material or food stuff before it can generate a
product.  The exceptions are glass blowers, flower shops, wells, barbers, and
slave stations.  The requirements of available commercial production
facilities are tabulated below.  See section 5.2 for more on military
production.  See section 4.3 for more on trade facilities.
Facility  -------------  Supplied By
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Aqueduct  -------------  Stone Camp
- Wood Camp -------------  Trees
- Stone Camp  -----------  Stone
- Iron Mine  ------------  Iron
- Marble Quarry  --------  Marble
- Cistern  --------------  Aqueduct
- Stone Bridge  ---------  Stone Camp
- Carpenter  ------------  Wood Camp
- Mill  -----------------  Wheat Farm
- Winery  ---------------  Grape Farm
- Cabinet Maker  --------  Wood Camp
- Butcher  --------------  Goat Farm
- Bakery  ---------------  Mill
- Fruit Stand  ----------  Fruit Farm
- Fish Monger  ----------  Fishing Jetty
- Fishing Jetty  --------  Small Boatyard
- Small Boatyard  -------  Wood Camp
- Date Stand  -----------  Date Farm
- Goose Shop  -----------  Goose Farm
- Tunic Shop  -----------  Flax Farm
- Olive Press  ----------  Olive Farm
- Tailor  ---------------  Flax Farm
- Dress Maker  ----------  Flax Farm
- Javelin Maker  --------  Wood Camp
- Sword Maker  ----------  Iron Mine
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Note that in most Career Campaign scenarios, stone is required only for the
construction of Wonders, and marble is not required at all.  In Single Mission
scenarios, however, all pre-requisites are enforced.
4.3  Trade within the Empire
Raw materials and manufactured goods may be bought or sold by other cities in
the Empire in certain scenarios.  Whether a trade city is accessed by land or
by sea, certain foundations must be laid before trade can commence.  In
general, you must have a working trade relationship with a friendly city and a
supply of or need for particular goods.  No trade is possible with enemy
encampments or captured enemy encampments.
4.3.1  Trade Routes
Click the button in the upper right-hand corner of the game screen (it looks
like a map of the central Mediterranean) to access the Empire Map.  Scroll
around the Empire Map using the arrow keys or mousing to a screen edge to see
nearby neutral cities and enemy encampments (see section 5.2).  Click any
neutral city to bring up its Trade Menu, which lists the goods bought and sold
by that city.  The number next to each item is its value in Denarii.  Trade
cities will not buy or sell goods not listed on their Trade Menu.  There must
be an open trade route between cities for trade to occur.  If there is a
dotted path between your city and one you want to trade with, then there is
already an open trade route.
In the case of trade by land, a light-colored dotted path indicates that the
route is unimproved. If the path is green, there is a road between these
cities, and a trade mission will take less time. In the case of trade by sea,
only research can improve the rate of trade.
If no path exists, a new trade route must be established before goods may be
traded.  To establish a new trade route, click the city you want to trade with
to bring up the Trade Menu.  In the lower right-hand corner is a button to
establish a new trade route.  The cost to establish the route will be given
next to the button.  If a trade route is established, the same button will
allow you to upgrade the trade route to a road.  Click the "build road" button
to view the cost of this upgrade in Denarii.  Once a trade route is
established, an appropriate trade facility must be built.
4.3.2  Trade Facilities
If a particular trade route goes over land, a trade station must be built.
The trade station construction tool is found in the Civic Services build menu
(see section 2.3.3).  A mule train is created automatically to serve the trade
station.  If trade is to be conducted by sea, a trade dock must be built.  The
trade dock construction tool is found in the Civic Services build menu.  A
trade dock requires a large boatyard to build a ship for it before any trade
can be accomplished.  The large boatyard will, in turn, require wood.  A
boatyard will build a ship regardless whether a dock has been built yet.  In
all other ways, the trade station and the trade dock function identically.
Click on a trade facility to bring up the building interface.  On the left
side of the bottom panel are the portraits of the employees.  Click any
portrait to switch to the citizen interface.  On the right side of the
building interface panel is a rectangular placard representing the item being
bought or sold and the quantity in each trip.  To choose an item for trade,
click the placard to bring up a menu of available items, select an available
item, and then select the quantity to trade on each trip.  Trade facilities
must be managed to avoid dormant traders and misbehaving traders.
4.3.2a
It is helpful to lay out a few rules out here to help avoid unwanted dormant
traders.  1) Land versus Sea: A land-based Trade Station can only trade over
land-based trade routes.  The Trade Station can only trade items bought or
sold by a trade city accessible by land.  A water-based Trade Dock can only
trade appropriate items over water-based trade routes.  2) We Have No Bananas:
Only items stored in warehouses or granaries can be sold.  Your traders will
not presume to inform you that none of the item you want to sell is available;
they will simply remain dormant.  3) Looks like they got our carry-all, sir:
Wood planks and time are required to build a trade ship, and ships can't sail
past bridges or shallow water.  Mule trains cannot walk through walls or
across water.  The trade facility will not warn you that some glitch up the
line is keeping the trader from reaching (or leaving) the dock.  Traders must
be able to reach an anchor by water or an Empire flag by land to exit the
city.  4) Getting Lost: Once a trade facility has established trade along one
route, it will not switch to another route.  If you order it to buy or sell
goods to a different trade city, that trade facility will fall dormant.
Switching tasks without switching trade cities works perfectly fine, at least.
4.3.2b
Occasionally, your traders will seem to misbehave, or do other than what you
tell them.  Once an item is chosen for trade, the quantity to be bought or
sold each trip must be set before the facility will take action.  Values for
the quantity to trade range from 1 to 100, with zero being equal to "stop
trade".  Trade items will be taken from or delivered to your storage
facilities, as appropriate.  As with all things, traders are more efficient if
they are placed near a storage facility that accepts or provides the items
being traded.  Occasionally, a trade order cannot be fulfilled, requiring a
response by the trader or by you.
If your trader tries to buy a number of items from a nearby trade city and
your funds are not sufficient to cover the amount, the trader will buy as many
as you can afford at the time of the transaction and continue as normal.
Caution!  There is no warning when your traders drain your bank account, so
keep a close eye on your Denarii balance when running a trade deficit.  On the
other hand, if a trade city desires an item, that city will always buy as many
as you can deliver at the published rate (they never go broke).
If your trader is told to deliver a large number of some item and you do not
have a sufficient supply in the city, the trader will remain dormant until the
employees can collect the required amount.  If the trader is told to deliver a
small amount and you have plenty, the trader will take as many as the
employees can gather before the next trip, which may be more than you had
intended.  This sort of trader behavior is not usually a problem for a healthy
city – you can always make more, but there may be times when you need to limit
sales more tightly.
One method is to set the trade quantity to a low number, and the amount traded
will be limited by the time it takes to make a round-trip trade, although the
trade station will still accumulate goods in the meantime.  Alternately, you
can manually send one-time trade missions when the situation demands.
Instruct the trade station to sell a number of units, and keep an eye on it.
Anytime after the ship or mule train leaves the city (enters the empire) but
before it returns, instruct the trade station to stop trade.  The mission-in-
progress will be completed, and the station will fall idle.  Since the workers
stop collecting goods once you stop trade, it is best to stop trade soon after
the trader leaves the city.  This method is can be tedious if over-applied,
but it will allow you to control precisely the quantity of goods shipped from
your city.
5.  SECURITY
Coming Soon!
5.1  Fires and Riots
Over time, some housed citizens will eventually start rioting and destroying
buildings.  The tendency to riot is not dependent on the overall happiness in
the city, only on time and oversight.  In some areas, wild animals will emerge
from nearby forests and attack your citizens.  There is no way to prevent wild
animals from attacking.  Over time, certain buildings in the city will become
very dry and spontaneously catch fire.  The tendency for fires to start in the