Crops next to farms

[furrykef]

I can't believe I can't just find an answer to this question, but it doesn't seem to be anywhere, even in the manual...

I notice that the crops don't appear to grow on the farm proper but rather on the land next to the farms. Is this purely aesthetic, or will I harm my farms' output by building on top of the crops?

Kind of related: is it OK to cluster farms together, or should they be spaced out a bit?

EDIT: I'm mainly asking about Tropico 4, but it'd be nice to know for other Tropico games as well, since I have all of them.

[Arnagast]

The crops grow around the farm. The next question is where it gets hazey: do you place the farms directly on the green area or right next to the green area?. Personally i try and pick a patch thats not green and place the farm striaght on top and have the green all around.

You can place farms right next to eachother but i wouldn't imagine that would yeld the most crops and if a Tornado/twister hit that area you would lose a lot in one go or thats what you think would happen but the tonadoes do tend to be picky on what they pick up. I space mine out for another reason too and thats pollotion, farms give out a lot of pollotion so unless you can manage that pollotion in one area. Thats the joy of Tropico series, try and see or set yourself a challenge.

[Swixel]

Originally Posted by Arnagast

The crops grow around the farm. The next question is where it gets hazey: do you place the farms directly on the green area or right next to the green area?. Personally i try and pick a patch thats not green and place the farm striaght on top and have the green all around.

It's not hazy, never was ... people are just strange You place it so that you don't waste better pastures (where possible). easy

Originally Posted by Arnagast

You can place farms right next to eachother but i wouldn't imagine that would yeld the most crops and if a Tornado/twister hit that area you would lose a lot in one go or thats what you think would happen but the tonadoes do tend to be picky on what they pick up. I space mine out for another reason too and thats pollotion, farms give out a lot of pollotion so unless you can manage that pollotion in one area. Thats the joy of Tropico series, try and see or set yourself a challenge.

You can stack them next to one another, but you need to have the right amount of space to grow crops. Again, easy The trick is not putting the rows too close (if you're using rows), and to back-to-back the middle row if you know what you're doing/have the space.