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Reply #270 on: July 19, 2022, 04:39:19 PM
Yep still 88% off  :biggrin: :biggrin:



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Reply #271 on: July 20, 2022, 08:39:57 AM
Whoa, only $7.20!  Guess I'll have to create an account there then.   :)

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Reply #272 on: August 16, 2022, 05:19:16 AM
We're off - setting sail for new lands in Anno 1800



The docks and first housing settlement



Homes to the minions - the furthest brick fancy ones have just been upgraded



What you might call the industrial zone - sheep farms for wool and cloth makers, potato fields and distilleries for schnapps





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Reply #273 on: August 16, 2022, 06:29:56 AM
Are there any maps in this series that are real world shapes and locations? That about the only thing that has put me off the games….

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Reply #274 on: August 16, 2022, 07:13:58 AM
I don’t think so - but I think the scale would be far too small for you to recognise anywhere anyway considering it has to be undeveloped open land to start playing on



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Reply #275 on: August 16, 2022, 12:44:13 PM
Mutton , Schnapps, and wool underwear.  You're off to a great start, UCG.  :bigthumb:

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Reply #276 on: August 16, 2022, 06:57:45 PM
We're off - setting sail for new lands in Anno 1800



The docks and first housing settlement



Homes to the minions - the furthest brick fancy ones have just been upgraded



What you might call the industrial zone - sheep farms for wool and cloth makers, potato fields and distilleries for schnapps




??? ANYBODY still has NES/SNES 'Video Cartridge Games'? SHOULD this 'inquiry' become 'placed' into "Console Games"?



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Reply #277 on: August 22, 2022, 09:17:33 PM
Potato farm looked a bit griddy and generic so i created a little farm community instead



Towns growing - church and fire station added - only needed fire station once so far  :-[



Sail makers up and ruunning - using excess cotton from sheep farms and prepping for our own sail boats to trade



Speaking of which - this guy buys soap and potatoes for the prison - have a decent trade going with him for spuds



next up is grabbing a few of the empty islands, and starting the wheat and sausage production for the workers - the farmers are happy with fish






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Reply #278 on: August 22, 2022, 11:31:19 PM
Better make that soap the non-slippery kind because in prison you definitely don't want to drop it in the shower.  :notme:  That looks like an interesting little game. I thought it was supposed to be very hard?

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Reply #279 on: August 23, 2022, 12:56:42 AM
I found it hard - but then I'm not great at these kinds of games anyway.

I think I thought the maps were really small too...not an awful lot of wiggle room.



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Reply #280 on: August 27, 2022, 12:23:17 PM
The farming community is established - did the same as the potato fields - instead of looking all square and sim city i built random roads and houses and put the fields around them



From a small industrial/support network.........



To a bigger one....... the piggy industry is established along with bread - bacon sandwiches to be exported soon



So great are my achievements the workers come out for a street party and festival - most of them dont know their houses are on fire by the docks  :Loser:



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Reply #281 on: August 27, 2022, 03:36:26 PM
Nice screenshots, geek:bigthumb:  So why were their houses on fire? 



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Reply #282 on: August 27, 2022, 03:44:56 PM
its an in game limiter - theres no official reason given other than houses and businesses too close together - if you hover over a fire station it gives you the fire risk in their patch - the best thing to do is just pop in another fire station

weirdly the last 3 game starts after a save - a fire always breaks out when the game boots up - easily containable



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Reply #283 on: August 27, 2022, 07:32:30 PM
Found the Jedi Temple.  8) 








its an in game limiter - theres no official reason given other than houses and businesses too close together - if you hover over a fire station it gives you the fire risk in their patch - the best thing to do is just pop in another fire station

weirdly the last 3 game starts after a save - a fire always breaks out when the game boots up - easily containable

Odd.  ???  Well at least you know it's coming -- not the worst of bugs (if that's what it is). 



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Reply #284 on: August 28, 2022, 05:53:51 AM
That’s brilliant - didn’t know the Jedi temple was a thing