[0.804][Bug][Gameplay] building on resources

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Can't build on resources out of influence (as I would expect) but buildings are available to build per the menu.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Even when you're in the area of influence this can happen. Was wondering why I couldn't build my Scenic View building but it was showing as buildable. A few turns later, I could build it.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting DrGuppie, reply 1
Even when you're in the area of influence this can happen. Was wondering why I couldn't build my Scenic View building but it was showing as buildable. A few turns later, I could build it.
End of DrGuppie's quote

Did you have a building in an adjacent tile before/after you were able to build on Scenic View?

I had this problem with a Gold Deposit that was 2 tiles from the nearest building.  After building a hut adjacent to the deposit, I was able to build the deposit (inside city borders both times, and all listed requirements met both times).

It might be an unintended(?) side effect of:

+  Changed citybuilding so that you can no longer destroy an improvement that would
   make your city non-contiguous.  This shoud fix all of our city weirdness,
   including broken walls.
End of quote

https://forums.elementalgame.com/385460

If you can no longer destroy buildings that would make a city non-continguous, does that mean that you can no longer create buildings that would have the same effect (or are they allowed but considered outside of city walls)?

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting letterboxart, reply 2

I had this problem with a Gold Deposit that was 2 tiles from the nearest building.  After building a hut adjacent to the deposit, I was able to build the deposit (inside city borders both times, and all listed requirements met both times).
End of letterboxart's quote

I have now found myself unable to build refugee camps, gem mines, gold mines, shards and oasies - all seemingly at random.

Sometime they became build-able when I had buildings in adjacent tiles, sometimes when a city levelled up (although on these improvements I thought there were no level restrictions), other times never.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

It's quite annoying, I used the spell "beautifull land" to have a big garden to harvest, it's on the build menu but when i click on it i have no possibilty to place it. same problem with other ressources but it seems to be random.

Sometimes ressource becomes available for building when the city level up. I don't know if there is a problem with the city zone of influence because the ressource is always inside it. I always asked myself if a ressource  need to be inside the city wall or  inside the city zone.

 

edit: i was not sure of the spell name, sorry, it's not  beautifull land, it's garden or garden something don't remember exactly, well you see what spell i'm talking about.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Cyrilstoudmann, reply 4
It's quite annoying, I used the spell "beautifull land" to have a big garden to harvest, it's on the build menu but when i click on it i have no possibilty to place it. same problem with other ressources but it seems to be random.

Sometimes ressource becomes available for building when the city level up. I don't know if there is a problem with the city zone of influence because the ressource is always inside it. I always asked myself if a ressource  need to be inside the city wall or  inside the city zone.
End of Cyrilstoudmann's quote

Beautify land doesn't make wild gardens, I don't think.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

As far as I can tell, your cities influence must surpass the resorce you wish to build on by one extra space..

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting sjwt, reply 6
As far as I can tell, your cities influence must surpass the resorce you wish to build on by one extra space..
End of sjwt's quote

You might be on to somehting here - this is why I was able to build on an oasis once my city levelled up.