Henipatra
Pleb
posted 05-29-18 11:08 ET (US)
I noticed in a (fairly new) housing loop that the water carrier suddenly turned around and headed back to the Water Supply the way he came. Normally, he would just continue around the loop but he didn't.
Apparently, he can only carry so much water -- and when that's exhausted, he goes back. There were a lot of crude huts on his route, and so his load was used up quickly.
The next time he goes around the loop, more houses will be watered, so sooner or later I expect him to make it all the way around.
No question or request for help here, just something I noticed.
Henipatra
Brugle
HG Alumnus
posted 06-02-18 10:53
ET (US)
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Long ago I read (perhaps in the Pharaoh manual) that the water carrier worked like that, but I think that was wrong. Today I built a 52-tile loop where, once the water supply is built, the water carrier should go around the loop in the same direction on every walk. I had 795 people living in crude huts which would get supplied with water before the water carrier went halfway around and 365 more people living in crude huts which would get supplied with water if the water carrier completed the loop. I built the water supply and the water carrier went around the loop on his first walk, supplying all of the crude huts with water.
My guess is that your water carrier does not go around the loop on every walk, and his first walk was one where he didn't go around the loop. If that is not the case, I'd appreciate it if you'd send a saved game to the address in my profile (mentioning Pharaoh in the email subject) which shows the water carrier running out of water and prematurely returning to the water supply.
Henipatra
Pleb
posted 06-02-18 14:07
ET (US)
2 / 3
I don't remember if it was his first walk but I do remember I built a LOT of new housing sites before this happened. There were therefore a LOT of crude huts, all wanting water. I suppose it's like Bazaar traders -- they only have so much they can carry, and after that's gone, they return to their workplaces by the shortest way possible.
With Bazaars you can easily tell how much they have available for distribution; with Water Carriers there are no metrics available. But the amount they can carry is enough so they can go around the loop in virtually all cases. It was just this one time (and it was one time) he didn't make it.
On his next trip, he made it all the way around and everybody got a six-month supply of water.
Henipatra