#[Building placement tooltip] Tell why can't build on certain tile

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arctic lava
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It would be amazing if in the tooltip when you try to build a building that it would tell you why you can't build a building on that tile when you mouseover it. Like on the image, I can't build on the circled tile, but I have no clue why.

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ember wagon
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I’m running into this issue myself as well 😢

wanton arch
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you must place buildings next to city districts

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But yes, tooltips would be nice 😄

drifting grove
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Tooltips are a must, nit just a nice to have

shell hatch
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Yeah, need a tooltip for that.

ember wagon
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@wanton arch like all new buildings basically, must be built by buildings / districts / quarters? That’s really cool that I never knew, but I’m still confused why OP couldn’t place one by the red circle, when it seems like both tiles are districts? (They look like urban tiles, not rural)

ripe wyvern
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I agree with the tooltip idea, but read that building text. It says that you to build only on a tile that has a natural happiness yield. The one you have only has science.

ember wagon
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@ripe wyvern ur misreading the image, the science yield on the left is highlighted in green, meaning it’s valid

He’s curious why he can’t place it on the red, on the right, where there is indeed happiness yield

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Also, the science is what he gains, not what’s naturally yielded

ripe wyvern
ember wagon
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@arctic lava

I think I found it out,

I just read the civpedia, and it says “unique improvements are built through the queue, on top regular improvements

So I think the lands needs to be improved, then you can build a unique improvement on it

I hope the DEV team updates the UI to tell people this 😭

arctic lava
ember wagon
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Whats awesome about unique improvements though, is that you still get to keep ur bonuses, so like if u have a granary

And build a unique improvement on a farm, u still get the +1, as if it was still a farm

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Also the icon is different

Notice how the step pyramid icon in ur screenshot is a diamond, not a circle like normal buildings

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This is also how u can tell, as per a thread I found in this discord 😭

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UI team & Civpedia team need to do a better job on teaching us this lol