Re: overcrowded and malnourished cows; unable to build shrine

From: KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:20:39 -0500

Martin Crim wrote:
>
> From: Martin Crim <MCrim_at_...>
>
> I have 2 questions.
>
> 1. On the tula screen, oftentimes if I pass the mouse over the cows the
> line at the bottom reads "these n cows are overcrowded and malnourished."
> Yet on the agriculture screen, the ring members say we have more pasturage
> than we need. What gives? If the cows are not producing as well as they
> could, shouldn't an advisor tell me to expand the pastures? If not, then
> why the message that appears just on the tula screen?

Wow. I've never seen it do that. I think you have to expand the pastures manually as croplands automatically (I suspect) encroach on them. Clearing land for more farms and pastures has to be done manually as it impacts on a bunch of other things like hunters, annoyed foxes, small spirits and guys named Harrek (okay, I'm joking about the last)  

> 2. Having sacrificed for Humakt's blessings and having a Humakti on the
> ring, I was nonetheless unable to build a Humakt shrine. I thought perhaps
> that it was too cold, being dark season, for construction. But the same
> held true in Storm Season. The button stubbornly remained unlit, and
> provided no explanation. Usually if you can't build/expand a temple, the
> message will be "you don't have enough worshipers/sacrifice for blessings
> before building a shrine/you can't afford it, you busted stickpicker, you."
> What gives?
>
> --Martin
>

There's only a certain number of shrines/temples/GTemples depending on (in descending order) your population, your allies, whether or not you are in a tribe (and how big it is your trade links, ) and how friendly your neighbors are.

Are you sure you had the blessings? I've never seen this particular problem. I presume Humakt was not mad at you (or you'd have said so, I think) Make friends with your neighbors (get a few more allies) and see what happens.

This seems odd... might be a bug? Had there been any odd events lately?

Jeff

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