User Guide

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When your city matures into a fine metropolis that
offers the best of goods, services and, most important-
ly, education, some citizens become scribes. Scribes do
not work, but they do pay a lot in taxes. You can
watch them going about your city, pursuing leisure.
When some of your working folk become scribes, the
demand for goods may increase, but your pool of
available workers
decreases . If immigrants don’t pour
into your city to take the newly vacant positions, take
steps to lure more immigrants.
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can set a second, then a third, and so on.
You can prioritize the labor force in any order you
wish. You can only have one top priority, though, and
when you choose a new one, your other priorities are
adjusted accordingly. Note that when you set priori-
ties, other employment sectors can suffer from severe
labor shortages.
Your Overseer of Commerce can also help solve a labor
shortage by shutting down industries. Check the city’s
Storage Yards and Granaries for good candidates for
temporary work stoppage. If you notice that the city
has a glut of a particular supply, shut that industry
down for a while. That industry’s employees will find
work in other employment sectors and help to reduce
the labor shortage.
To temporarily shut down an industry, visit the
Overseer of Commerce and click on the industry you
wish to shut down. On the screen that pops up, a but-
ton reading “Industry is On” appears. Click the button
until it reads “Industry is Off” to shut it down. To turn
an industry back on, click the button until it reads
“Industry is On.” When an industry has been shut
down, it will appear in yellow on the Overseer of
Commerce’s screen.
Keep an eye on the Storage Yards while industries are
shut down to make sure the city doesn’t run out of
any goods it needs. Also be careful when shutting
down a raw material producer. If the city runs out of
a raw material, manufacturers that require the item
won’t be able to turn out any new goods, and their
employees will sit idle unless you specifically shut
down their industry, too.
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