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How To Build Caravans?

June 13, 2010 4:14:49 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

How do you build caravans? I've discovered the tech but can't figure out how to build them.

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Reply #1 June 13, 2010 4:21:30 PM
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You have to have a command post in a city, then go to the city with the command post and click the "training" tab.  Caravan should be listed after clicking the Train Unit icon.

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Reply #2 June 13, 2010 4:43:00 PM
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Better yet, what do Caravans do?

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Reply #3 June 13, 2010 8:45:37 PM
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You send them to another city, and when they arrive they will start going back and forth, trading. They're like the freighters in GalCiv2. When they've traded back and forth a couple of times a path is formed, and a little after that a road is formed.

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Reply #4 June 14, 2010 6:05:17 AM
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Quoting Zamul,
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You send them to another city, and when they arrive they will start going back and forth, trading. They're like the freighters in GalCiv2. When they've traded back and forth a couple of times a path is formed, and a little after that a road is formed.

Call me crazy, wouldn't that make a TON of sense to put that into the unit background information, so the players don't have to guess? 

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Reply #5 June 14, 2010 8:56:07 AM
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Well it won't let me send it to cities belonging to other nations like gal civ, so I assume it allows for trade between your cities?

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Reply #6 June 14, 2010 9:44:26 AM
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Quoting Zamul,
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They're like the freighters in GalCiv2.

Oh, duh.  I should have guessed that's how they worked.  "Can't brain today, I have the dumb."

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Reply #7 June 14, 2010 12:42:27 PM
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Quoting Slainangel52,
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Well it won't let me send it to cities belonging to other nations like gal civ, so I assume it allows for trade between your cities?

Presumably that'll be something you can enable later, once diplomacy is in.

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Reply #8 June 15, 2010 4:48:01 AM
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Quoting Gorstagg,
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Quoting Zamul,
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You send them to another city, and when they arrive they will start going back and forth, trading. They're like the freighters in GalCiv2. When they've traded back and forth a couple of times a path is formed, and a little after that a road is formed.


Call me crazy, wouldn't that make a TON of sense to put that into the unit background information, so the players don't have to guess? 

Beta, not everything is in there. Not only that but tutorials will also take care of this.

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Reply #9 June 20, 2010 9:15:33 PM
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DO Caravans actually do anything yet?  Have built a bunch and seem to get no increase in Gilder.

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Reply #10 June 20, 2010 10:12:30 PM
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Quoting meowbie-bAEby,
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DO Caravans actually do anything yet?  Have built a bunch and seem to get no increase in Gilder.

If you click on a caravan in route it says how much they're carrying. But yes, on the kingdom screen it doesn't show any trade income.

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Reply #11 August 28, 2010 3:29:04 PM
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Okay...I seem to be extra special dumb with this game...what tech is it to get the caravan????

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Reply #12 August 28, 2010 3:36:27 PM
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Quoting Slainangel52,
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Well it won't let me send it to cities belonging to other nations like gal civ, so I assume it allows for trade between your cities?

 

You can send caravans to cities of other nations, I have many times.  Sometimes the other leaders contact me and request I send a caravan so we can begin trading... 

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Reply #13 August 28, 2010 3:36:51 PM
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Its easy.....

Just click on the building people icon.

 

If you want to build any kind of fighter or woker then jsut click on that icon.. if you want to build any buildings then click on that icon...

Click on the city you want to build or train.. and then hit the button.

 

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Reply #14 August 28, 2010 3:38:20 PM
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Quoting Weidbrewer,
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Okay...I seem to be extra special dumb with this game...what tech is it to get the caravan????

Cant remember 100% but I think its the Diplomacy or adventure reasearch one where u get.

If I was in the game right now I could tell ya, but im not.

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Reply #15 August 28, 2010 3:54:03 PM
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Quoting katalist,
reply 14

Quoting Weidbrewer, reply 11Okay...I seem to be extra special dumb with this game...what tech is it to get the caravan????
Cant remember 100% but I think its the Diplomacy or adventure reasearch one where u get.

If I was in the game right now I could tell ya, but im not.

Seriously?  Wow.  And here I've been researching all kind of civilization techs...you know, 'cause that would make sense and all....

 

 

*checks*  

 

And, yep, there it is.  Thanks!

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Reply #16 August 28, 2010 4:24:30 PM
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Quoting Weidbrewer,
reply 15

Quoting katalist, reply 14
Quoting Weidbrewer, reply 11Okay...I seem to be extra special dumb with this game...what tech is it to get the caravan????
Cant remember 100% but I think its the Diplomacy or adventure reasearch one where u get.

If I was in the game right now I could tell ya, but im not.
Seriously?  Wow.  And here I've been researching all kind of civilization techs...you know, 'cause that would make sense and all....

 

 

*checks*  

 

And, yep, there it is.  Thanks!

No problem bud, glad i could help

The first day on this game I was so lost haha. Couldnt figure out where anything was, but now I think I pretty much know where everything is that I need, its a good feeling hehe.


Good luck in your games bud

I found that doing a mix of all the research is a godo way to learn what stuff you get and what ones you might want in future games. Each category has some good ones htough no doubt.

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