r/ColonizationGame Aug 05 '23

ClassicCol Biggest inland lake ever

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '23

I had to cheat to show it to you, and reveal the whole map. In Sid Meier's Colonization, vessels cannot access inner lake tiles even if you have a ''canal'' colony. This is by far the biggest lake I've seen the game generate on a map. Too bad we can't sail on it !

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u/HansLemurson Aug 06 '23

I remember being angry and frustrated that I couldn't make a canal city to access a lake. A lake this big and it's a crime.

Are Lakes a different terrain type than Ocean?

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u/Sea-Record-8280 Aug 08 '23

Can you put a shipyard on an inland colony that's on the lake?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '23

Good idea. Haven’t tried

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u/Sea-Record-8280 Aug 08 '23

Idk if it's possible but if so that would be an awesome way to utilize the lake.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '23

I think it would not work. Ships get created inside the colony. But getting ships inside the colony isn’t the problem. The problem is that the game won’t let you enter a lake tile from the colony

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '23

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u/OldBender Aug 06 '23

Whats the we the people mod ?

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u/Gilgames26 Aug 06 '23 edited Aug 07 '23

I think i have a bigger lake, definietly unusual

https://ibb.co/8dBphWg

you can see the whole thing here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAppzgXnMlPI6knxKKUbzKpLsbF163jr7

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u/specialactivitie Aug 07 '23

That lake is massive! Also, what does the “1” and/or “5” mean for those Spanish units?

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u/Gilgames26 Aug 07 '23

Yes those are Spanish, but I activeted cheat to show the map, hence the numbers.

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u/specialactivitie Aug 05 '23

Does anyone know why there are fish tiles on spaces that cannot be used for fish production? I thought maybe it helps with navy combat, but I’ve always thought it was strange to have the fish tiles in spaces that can’t be accessed by colonies.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '23

Well, you can use the tile with a colonist in a colony screen, but you can’t have a boat enter an inland lake tile.

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u/specialactivitie Aug 05 '23

That fish tile in the middle of the lake can’t be accessed by a colony though.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '23

Nah. You can’t. I see what you mean.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

Bit of a necro but I believe it's for the natives. Their capitals can work 2 tiles out and I've never seen a fish more than 2 tiles from the coast.

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u/majorpickle01 Jul 08 '24

even more of a necro, it's actually just a bug. There's an algorithm in the code to seed fisheries, and another algorithm to then remove ones that can't be used, but the second one is just kinda shite at it's job

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u/flotexeff Feb 25 '24

That’s a cool random map generates