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Wiles

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Human traders in the new version
« on: October 30, 2007, 12:01:00 pm »
How do I need to build my road in the new version? Does it need to exit at a certain side of the map? Can It have turns?
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Name Lips

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Re: Human traders in the new version
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2007, 12:08:00 pm »
Three units wide, uninturrupted, from your depot to any edge of the map. It can have turns.

I don't think the wagons can manage stairs. Maybe ramps, but I haven't tested.

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Arven

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Re: Human traders in the new version
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2007, 02:03:00 pm »
I'm wondering if they can go down stairs as well...
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Re: Human traders in the new version
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2007, 03:05:00 pm »
I recall today saying roads were useless in this version... but that was quite a while ago they might be fixed now.

Is there any way to tell if the depot has caravan access? I built a road, but you don't get the +'s going offscreen to tell you so I don't know if it works or not.

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Wiles

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Re: Human traders in the new version
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2007, 03:14:00 pm »
Press "D" and it will tell you if it is accesible
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Re: Human traders in the new version
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2007, 04:05:00 pm »
ah thanks, and no you don't need a road anymore by the way.

I don't know if building one will make them come from that way or not.

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Re: Human traders in the new version
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2007, 05:23:00 pm »
Not sure if everyone has already noticed this, but...

If you are playing on a heavily forested map, build that road.

My first human caravan arrived with two wagons. D told me that my depot was perfectly accessible.
In this case, "accessible" means that the wagons make an attempt at finding a 3-tile wide path from the edge of the map to your depot around those damned trees, which, at the rate the wagons move, takes forever.

It took so long that the merchants packed their goods and left before the last wagon had reached my depot. I was never able to trade with them, as they were "still unloading".

[ October 30, 2007: Message edited by: Shoy ]

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