Don't understand food

[Brachra]

Everything else is pretty self explanatory. Build Logging camp? +Wood/Time
Build stone mine? +wood/Time
Build Barn/chickens/whatever? Food staying in the negative.

[wcbarney]

Build your food buildings, and then you have to wait a month before the food is actually generated and posted in your world-view resource listings. You should be able to enter your town, build your food buildings, recruit chickens, and then wait there until some food has accumulated; unfortunately, that feature is temporarily broken.

[Brachra]

Originally posted by wcbarney:

Build your food buildings, and then you have to wait a month before the food is actually generated and posted in your world-view resource listings. You should be able to enter your town, build your food buildings, recruit chickens, and then wait there until some food has accumulated; unfortunately, that feature is temporarily broken.

Thank you!

[richw-50]

why after taking all of Ireland and building barns and hunting lodges in every hamlet and city does all food suddenly go to zero? and it dont recover

[wcbarney]

Originally posted by richw-50:

why after taking all of Ireland and building barns and hunting lodges in every hamlet and city does all food suddenly go to zero? and it dont recover

Barns are not sufficient to generate food; you have to recruit some livestock also -- cows are best, but chickens will do if that's all you have available. I believe that hunting lodges are seasonal, but haven't played for awhile so I'm not sure of this. If you are able to enter one of your towns or cities then do so -- the food will generate while you are there; otherwise you have to wait until the end of the month for all your resources to be posted in the world-view resource listings.

[richw-50]

have cows and chickens aplenty

[Lady Tee]

Originally posted by richw-50:

have cows and chickens aplenty

To have a better food supply you will want to capture a few hamlets and make sure you have a Hunters Lodges leveled and a Forager Hut leveled with a Barn with chickens or cows and keep livestock in your world map armies as well and the food drain should be less. ( The Hunters Lodge Build and the Foragers Hut build can only be used in the Hamlets and are not available in the large Cities)

[wcbarney]

Originally posted by richw-50:

why after taking all of Ireland and building barns and hunting lodges in every hamlet and city does all food suddenly go to zero? and it dont recover

In the world-map view you can see all your resources listed. The display will show the current amount, plus the amount that is added (or subtracted) each month.

Originally posted by richw-50:

have cows and chickens aplenty

If your food suddenly went to zero and stayed there, then you simply aren't producing enough food. In that case you need way more chickens and cows. Mills are also very good at producing food, better when they are at level 5. Hunting lodges and foraging huts will produce food OK, but are seasonal so they only work part time.