Get rid of crowdiness in Civilization IV

decmatt · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:08

Hi

Just got covilization iv and most of my citys are unhappy because they are to crowded, how do I make cits less crowded?

Thanks

Lagmeister · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:55

Nuke them from orbit!

DJammyRasta · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:55

not sure how to stop them being crowded im afraid... i mainly just poured on the positive buildings until the good outweighed the bad

sargatanas · 19 Jun 2006 at 17:43

There is a building, i cant remember which one it is, you can build it in one of your cities, and if you do, it eliminates all happiness in the city. Put that in your most notorious city and youll be laughing.

Gigi · 19 Jun 2006 at 21:40

Build things such as small wonders, oracles, temples etc, they help keep unhappiness down, sometimes you can have a level 2 or 3 city and people feel "crowded" just part of the game i think ;p

Civ4 is a class game though

William · 19 Jun 2006 at 21:47

You can't, be careful in early game not to jump straight into bulding farms on flood plains, so your population doesn't boom out of control for technology. Always build on rivers so you can get waterwheels and state property later on and reap the benefts. Also the rivers give a health bonus. The absolute pimp of a city would be:

On a hill (defensive)
Coastal for the (economic benefit)
Has a river adjacent on both sides of the hill the hill but floodplains are more than 1 tile away. (health and defense)
Forests adjacent for chop rushing (don't chop the last forest tile adjacent for health bonus)
Hills preferabley one with a metal ore for fat production bonus.

You rarely get that lucky but those are the things you are looking for.

J1nxy · 19 Jun 2006 at 22:55

Try building settelers and then more citys...

hr18 · 20 Jun 2006 at 05:10

is it me or did they make nuclear weapons rubbish in civ4?

locutus12 · 20 Jun 2006 at 05:14

hr18 said:
is it me or did they make nuclear weapons rubbish in civ4?

its not you, they are pants.

nin9abadga · 20 Jun 2006 at 08:48

control your (population) growth, build happiness buildings, switch civics if necessary, hook up all those happiness resources and make sure your cities are linked. if that fails kill a few with slavery

(although it makes them dead unhappy in the long run).

nin9a

Ugley_Matt · 20 Jun 2006 at 13:45

Still havent bought this yet....I like to be able to sleep at night

modo77 · 20 Jun 2006 at 14:21

hr18 said:
is it me or did they make nuclear weapons rubbish in civ4?

? why do you think they are rubbish. Aside from the fact it looks outstanding when you detonate them, it still does the same damage as civ3

DJammyRasta · 20 Jun 2006 at 14:33

Ugley_Matt said:
Still havent bought this yet....I like to be able to sleep at night

Sleeping is for chumps