-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "DIE SIEDLER" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -------------------- -> HINTS AND TIPS <- -------------------- Brought to you by : DYONIC/TBC Contents : 1) Description of Houses 2) What are they for ? 3) Explanation of Circular Courses 4) Getting Started 5) Some hints -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -1- DESCRIPTION OF HOUSES When clicking on a site to start building, you will get a chart with all possible houses that can be built there. The houses can be divided into 4 different types. -Small houses -Workshops -Castles/Farms -Mines Chart of small houses : *************************************************** * * * Stone-Mason Knight * * * * * * Woodcutter Forester Fisher * * * * * * Windmill Flag Carpenter * * * *************************************************** Chart of Workshops *************************************************** * * * Butcher Smith * * (weapons) * * * * Foundry Sawingmill * * * * * * Bakery Goldsmith * * * *************************************************** Chart of Castles/Farms *************************************************** * * * Toolshop Farm * * * * * * Castle Pig-Farm * * * * * * Tower Small Castle * * * *************************************************** Chart of Mines *************************************************** * * * Granite-mine Coalmine * * * * * * Ironmine Goldmine * * * *************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -2- WHAT ARE THEY FOR ? -Small houses 1) Stone-Mason; This little dude sets out to find stones in the landscape. when he finds them (large grey boulders) he starts cutting them into little pieces, which can be used for building purposes. 2) Knight ; Your frontiers are set by little things that look like small mushrooms. You cannot build beyond these frontiers. If you build this house, a knight will come to live in it and your frontiers will move away further. (payment in gold). 3) Woodcutter ; This dude will start looking for trees which he will cut and trim. The trunks are then transported into your palace. 4) Forester ; You cannot go on cutting trees can you? This guy plants new ones for you. 5) Fisher ; Obvious, when built near water, he will get his fishing- rod and have a nice day. The fish that is caught will be transported into your palace. 6) Windmill ; The corn (produced by your farm(s)) is grinded here, and then transported back to your palace. 7) Flag ; Goods are transported between them. 8) Carpenter ; He will make boats from the planks that are brought to him. -Workshops 1) Butcher ; He produces meat when pigs (from pigfarm)are brought to him. 2) Smith ; This one makes weapons from steel beams. (needs coal for his fire). 3) Foundry ; Makes steel beams from iron ore. (coal needed). 4) Sawingmill ; Cuts trunks (woodcutter) into planks. 5) Bakery ; When flour is taken to this guy, he will bake some bread for you. 6) Goldsmith ; He makes gold bars from the gold (from mines) you bring to him. -Castles/Farms 1) Toolshop ; Tools are made here. (wooden planks and steel beams needed). 2) Farm ; This farm produces corn. 3) Castle ; I have no idea what exactly it is for, because the game always crashes after building it????? (ECS version on an A-1200, can't help it). 4) Pig-Farm ; Difficult this one. 5) Tower ; Same as knight but more powerful. 6) Sm. Castle ; Same as tower but more powerful. -Mines 1) Granite-mine ; The stones you get from this mine can be used for building. 2) Coalmine ; Coal is used as fuel. 3) Iron-mine ; Iron is used as a resource for steel and also used for the making of tools. 4) Goldmine ; Gold (when returning from the goldsmith) is used to pay your knights. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3- EXPLANATION OF CIRCULAR COURSES There are two circular courses in the game; food and tools --------- 1) FOOD : --------- CORN======>PIG-FARM (food)====(pigs)====>BUTCHER==>MEAT } (farm) ==>WINDMILL (flour)=============>BAKER====>BREAD } Food for } Mines FISH==============================================>FISH } (fisher) ------- 2)TOOLS ------- GOLDMINE=====>GOLDSMITH (bars)====================>KNIGHTS (payment) COALMINE==(fuel)===^ = ==============(fuel)======================>} } SMITH (weapons) IRON-MINE====>FOUNDRY (beams)=====================>} = ===============================>} TOOLSHOP WOODCUTTER===>SAWINGMILL (planks)=================>} = ====================>CARPENTER (boats) = ====================>} } CONSTRUCTION GRANITE-MINE===> STONE ===========================>} STONE-MASON=======^ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -4- GETTING STARTED At first you will have to find a suitable location for your palace; I would advise a place near some mountains (there has to be gold!) and with lots of trees (planks for building material). If possible (not necessary), not too far away from water (fish are easiest to collect). Once you have found a good place for your palace, place a woodcutter and a stone-mason. The next thing i would build, would be a sawingmill. You will now get some more building material (stones and planks). The next thing to build is a goldmine and a coalmine; after construction is completed, build a goldsmith to convert the gold found into gold bars (using the coal as fuel for the goldsmith's fire). Once you start collec- ting some gold bars, place a knight or 2 near your borders, to move your frontiers further away, thus allowing you to build more and more. Next thing to do is provide food for the people working in your mines; build a pig-farm and a normal farm. The corn will be used as food for the pigs, the rest will be brought to your palace. The pig-farm is useless if you haven't got a butcher, so build one! You need a windmill to grind the corn (flour). Once this is done, you must build a bakery to make some bread. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -5- SOME HINTS - Leave some room for farms (cornfields need a lot of space) - Wait a while before starting making boats and tools; these activities cost a lot of steel and planks, which you will need as building mate- rial. (better to build houses, than tools). - Keep a balance between cutting and planting trees. - Resources will eventually run out (mines) - Try to put knights as near as possible to your frontiers. (for maximum effect). - Build buildings in same production chain close together. (corn/flour/bakery) (corn/pig-farm/butcher) ************************************************************************** This doc-file was typed by DYONIC (Dnc), of TBC The Beer Connection : more than just a name. ************************************************************************* End of file