Not enough living space

[Knochen]

I keep getting the message "Not enough living space". But I have designated many zones that are not being built on. What could be the reason for this?

[returning143]

They might be too far away from the workers. It used to be they needed to be one tile or so away at most, but when they changed the shapes of territories from standard polygons to nonsense abstract shapes I am not sure what the actual distance is any longer.

[lembos-hauser]

Too far away from work.
Too uneven.
Maybe your buildings just get upgraded, until this is finished, you will get this message, because for the building time one house is missing.
Or a bug. Then unassign and reassign housing areas.

[fendrin]

Do your living zones have access to water?

[lembos-hauser]

Originally posted by fendrin:

Do your living zones have access to water?

No need for that.

[Knochen]

Originally posted by fendrin:

Do your living zones have access to water?

Yes

[fendrin]

Originally posted by lembos-hauser:

Originally posted by fendrin:

Do your living zones have access to water?

No need for that.

Sure.
People need to get water from a fountain.
Having a fountain in the near makes a place attractive for new builders.

[fendrin]

Originally posted by Knochen:

Originally posted by fendrin:

Do your living zones have access to water?

Yes

Okay, so a fountain is not far away.
You can also make a place more attractive by building market stalls and adding decoration nearby.

[lembos-hauser]

Originally posted by fendrin:

Originally posted by lembos-hauser:

No need for that.

Sure.
People need to get water from a fountain.
Having a fountain in the near makes a place attractive for new builders.

I played until 40 people without realizing I don't have a fountain, so no, water is not the reason the area is not habitated.

[fendrin]

Originally posted by lembos-hauser:

Originally posted by fendrin:

Sure.
People need to get water from a fountain.
Having a fountain in the near makes a place attractive for new builders.

I played until 40 people without realizing I don't have a fountain, so no, water is not the reason the area is not habitated.

Access to water makes a zone more attractive and thus more likely to be build on.
In the early game the settlers are more tolerant to missing needs, later a long way to the next fountain or market place can be the reason for people not using a habitation zone.
Trust me.

[lembos-hauser]

Originally posted by fendrin:

Originally posted by lembos-hauser:

I played until 40 people without realizing I don't have a fountain, so no, water is not the reason the area is not habitated.

Access to water makes a zone more attractive and thus more likely to be build on.
In the early game the settlers are more tolerant to missing needs, later a long way to the next fountain or market place can be the reason for people not using a habitation zone.
Trust me.

I will trust you!

[Teque]

Also, if your housing is not upgraded for the promoted workers, they will not be happy.

[28rommel]

Originally posted by fendrin:

Originally posted by lembos-hauser:

I played until 40 people without realizing I don't have a fountain, so no, water is not the reason the area is not habitated.

Access to water makes a zone more attractive and thus more likely to be build on.
In the early game the settlers are more tolerant to missing needs, later a long way to the next fountain or market place can be the reason for people not using a habitation zone.
Trust me.

If this is true, I never noticed this. Interesting.

[lembos-hauser]

Originally posted by 28rommel:

Originally posted by fendrin:

Access to water makes a zone more attractive and thus more likely to be build on.
In the early game the settlers are more tolerant to missing needs, later a long way to the next fountain or market place can be the reason for people not using a habitation zone.
Trust me.

If this is true, I never noticed this. Interesting.

Me too but to be honest, later in game a well doesn't cost that much so I will just spam them around