I'm trying to optimize my block design. In the past, I've always relied at least partially on random entertainment walkers, but as that's easiest to do when the entertainment venue is incorporated in the road structure of the housing block, that of course has the ability to screw up other service walkers.
So I've been trying out some things in sandbox mode. What I can't figure out though, is which venue a destination entertainment walker chooses to perform. I've found this thread:http://caesar3.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/caeforumscgi/display.cgi?action=ct&f=2,3458,,all about entertainment walkers, but all it says that they either choose the venue that's closest, OR the one that has been without performers for the longest time. I know for a fact it's not the first one. As it is an old thread, I'm guessing someone in the meantime has discovered for sure what is what. Can anyone here enlighten me? From my own observations, they mostly seem to go go to the same venue every time they spawn, but I'm not sure if that's a stable phenomenon?
I mean: it's easy enough to build a housing block that relies on destination entertainment walkers for coverage, but I find it's not always as easy to then build a second - connected - block, as sometimes they suddenly develop a preference for another venue. The same of course happens when I build more venues to boost entertainment score.
Also: I've observed mostly dancers, as there are generally less of them so I find them easier to track. (And jugglers aren't a problem anyway of course). I sometimes see dancers spawn several tiles away from a dance school or pavilion. Am I seeing that right? Where exactly do they spawn?
So I've been trying out some things in sandbox mode. What I can't figure out though, is which venue a destination entertainment walker chooses to perform. I've found this thread:
I mean: it's easy enough to build a housing block that relies on destination entertainment walkers for coverage, but I find it's not always as easy to then build a second - connected - block, as sometimes they suddenly develop a preference for another venue. The same of course happens when I build more venues to boost entertainment score.
Also: I've observed mostly dancers, as there are generally less of them so I find them easier to track. (And jugglers aren't a problem anyway of course). I sometimes see dancers spawn several tiles away from a dance school or pavilion. Am I seeing that right? Where exactly do they spawn?