Forum Challenge #1: Most People Inside a Market Radius

rkelly17 · June 05, 2014, 10:37:01 AM

Regarding @slink's statement, "And in answer to a question posted on the Shining Rock board, no, new couples cannot by themselves push out one of s separated couple who are jointly occupying two houses. You have to manage them yourself." I built a house with several eligible singles who could have paired up, but the couple and kids from the nearest house split up and the male and one kid moved into the empty house. I'd never seen that before. I marked the house for destruction, the male and kid moved back in to the family cabin and when I restored the house a new couple moved in. I had thought that couple only split when there were too many houses, but apparently not. As I said, this is the only time I've ever seen this.

mariesalias · June 05, 2014, 12:01:25 PM

@slink Your town is looking good! Very efficient with house placement! You are going to be able to get a lot of people in your radius.

I did see your post in the other forum. I was going by information I had read; I am glad to know how it really works now.

@rkelly19 I have had varying success with getting hunetrs to start producing food quickly. So much so that I hold off on them now for a little bit if I can build a fishing dock instead. I noticed with this town though that hunter cabins that were further out then others were doing just as well as the closer ones in the forestry hubs. With the fishing docks, the farther away ones produce less, which I expected as workers have further to walk.

solarscreen · June 05, 2014, 07:32:26 PM

I'm a bit behind on this challenge but it looks like we only have a few competitors. I know some of you may not be posting until you are ready to post your village for consideration though.

Looks like we will extend this until Sunday night so everyone put a little more time into it. I promise next challenge you will get some time to to do your best!

So here is where I am so far:

RedKetchup · June 05, 2014, 09:00:22 PM

i started late compared to people (yesterday)

i m posting a screenshot from very start (when i placed my market)
http://dwraith.webs.com/Screenshot17.jpg

and then the one i just made.
http://dwraith.webs.com/Screenshot18.jpg

i am at 460 citizens now at year 35

RedKetchup · June 05, 2014, 09:04:47 PM

doing a 2nd post in a row just to put my actual screenshot at 460 citizens in attachment

(sorry for that double post ^^)

RedKetchup · June 06, 2014, 02:09:04 AM

850 Citizens, 273 houses thats the best i can do with this challenge on this map !!!

this is my screenshot
http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh636/redketchup2/Screenshot24_zpsaf68f968.png
i will do another post right after for my .sav

i was hoping to get to 900 and get the 900 achieve but doesnt seems to go higher than 850. as soon i get some new born... some are dying from old age ^^

RedKetchup · June 06, 2014, 02:11:01 AM

this is my save

good luck to everyone !

mariesalias · June 06, 2014, 02:55:32 AM

@RedKetchup That is impressive! All stone, so neatly and efficiently placed! And all those fields. You did a great job!

@solarscreen I think your town is looking the most picturesque so far! I look forward to seeing it filled.

The more I look at other people's towns, the more mine looks like a complete mess!! o.0 You guys are too good.

solarscreen · June 06, 2014, 04:52:19 AM

WOW!

@RedKetchup goes for the early knockout with a tremendous post to intimidate everyone else on the board!

I only have 700 more people to go...

I'm not giving in though. We still have time!

Bobbi · June 06, 2014, 07:19:41 AM

@RedKetchup, great job!
Is it confirmed that the new deadline is Sunday night? If it is still tonight, I will not be able to compete. Did not have time to play much last night, got home too late. Tonight I go straight from work to dinner with my sister and will not be home until after the deadline, which is 8PM my time.

However, on the bright side, even if I cannot compete I will have learned a lot about a completely different play style.
Normally I play at 2 speed, sometimes 5 for a little while if nothing going on. Had to play this one at 10 to have any chance whatsoever of getting done on time.
I normally never cram things together. I normally do not depend on a trading empire. Everything was very different from my normal play style. So it was really fun trying.

solarscreen · June 06, 2014, 07:28:26 AM

Looks like several would like to extend this until Sunday night so we will go with that. Sure, this gives people a chance to exceed @RedKetchup since he has already posted his entry, however, he is certainly free to tweak over the weekend and repost before the thread is locked too!

RedKetchup · June 06, 2014, 08:00:09 AM

nothing much i can do

i let the game run at 10x for many many years and it stays very stable. food goes between 80k and 102k .... firelogs stays around 6k... population between 840 and 850. i cannot add any house within the market circle. unfortunatly i have a little hill inside my radius which cut me 6 houses placements.

made 9 screenchots to show all around

i'm going to focus on my Valley of Death, Ketchup's version ^^

salamander · June 06, 2014, 08:17:22 AM

Nice job, @RedKetchup.

But, just be aware: it's possible The Big Chihuahua takes losing about as well as a Wookie.

Bobbi · June 06, 2014, 08:25:11 AM

Super fab! I hope "life" does not intrude too much so that I can finish this weekend!

solarscreen · June 06, 2014, 06:27:16 PM

Here's my entry:

Veron - Autumn of Year 57
483 Citizens 133 Homes

I really hindered myself with a river through the near middle and a hill to the north and south but I worked out pretty good anyway.

I have attached my final screen cap along with a save game file. 1.0.2 standalone with the 1.0.3 beta files copied in.

Sunday night is it! Work hard!

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Forum Challenge #1: Most People Inside a Market Radius