User Guide

example, a Storage Yard can hold many more pieces of
pottery than it can blocks of stone. To ensure efficient
use of Storage Yard space, consider using Special Orders
(see below).
To find out exactly how much of each item is stored in
the Storage Yard, info-click on it. The screen that pops
up lists how much of each item the particular Storage
Yard has on hand and whether or not it can accept
more goods. If a Storage Yard can’t hold anymore of
a particular item, the item is displayed in yellow.
Storage Yards employ cart pushers to deliver raw mate-
rials to manufacturers that need them and to pick up
goods if they have been given special orders to do so.
Special Orders
You can give Storage Yards special orders to manage
the flow of goods through the city. These orders are
identical to the ones for the Granaries (described
above on page 82):
accept all/fill
don’t accept
get
empty
Use these orders to decide which items a Storage Yard
should and shouldn’t accept and to control the quan-
tities of each item. Special Orders can also prevent
unwanted goods from being delivered to the Storage
Yard.
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Bazaars are the last link in the chain of getting food
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Empty Food.
If you want a Granary to stop carry-
ing a particular food, click on the button until
“Empty Food” appears. The Granary’s cart pushers
will work to find another place for the food stuff
until the Granary’s stock of that particular item is
depleted.
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Once the city’s manufacturers have turned out their
products, they need a place to send them to be stored.
Storage Yards are the repository for all finished goods
and also provide a place for excess raw materials or
food. Storage Yards are also key to trade.
To build a Storage Yard, click
on the Storage and
Distribution Structures but-
ton on the Control Panel.
You will see Storage Yard in
the list that pops up. To
function properly, Storage
Yards need road access and labor.
Once the Storage Yard is operational, delivery men
from the city’s industries and food producers (if the
Storage Yard’s special orders are set to Accept food)
make their way to the Storage Yard to deposit their
loads. You can see the items stacked in the yard.
Each Storage Yard is divided into eight sections and can
hold up to eight different items. Each section can hold
only one type of item, but more than one section can
store the same item. The quantity of each item that
can be stored depends upon the item’s size. The larg-
er the item, the less of it a Storage Yard can store. For
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