Ridiculous Squalor.

[Legio IIX]

Hey guys, in my Scipii campaign Iam currently in the midst of some ridiculous squalor in all of my cities, particularly my Sicilian cities. Is this a common occurrence in Scipii campaigns? And is there a fix, other than the 'let it rebel, then exterminate populace' method? It's driving me nuts. The population growth for all my cities is around 6% which, in my current state is just unsustainable....
Thanks in advance.

[dude21862004]

Nope. The way squalor is calculate in Vanilla is messed up. There are some mods that focus only on squalor, I think.

[Equilibrius]

you can always mod your buildings to provide happiness and law bonuses.

[tudor93]

you can always mod your buildings to provide happiness and law bonuses.

or ... if you don't know how to mod, install this
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...hlight=squalor

or you can just try a mod, like dude21862004 said, the squalor is messed up in vanilla so all factions have problems with it

[sandman2575]

or ... if you don't know how to mod, install this
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...hlight=squalor

or you can just try a mod, like dude21862004 said, the squalor is messed up in vanilla so all factions have problems with it

Anyone know if it is necessary to mod the same file in the Barbarian Invasion expansion?

[Aymer de Valence]

Squalor is a MAJOR problem in Syracuse and all 3 of the cities in Egypt. Unfortunately, there is very little which can be done to keep it down once it becomes a problem

[Grimmy]

Hey guys, in my Scipii campaign Iam currently in the midst of some ridiculous squalor in all of my cities, particularly my Sicilian cities. Is this a common occurrence in Scipii campaigns? And is there a fix, other than the 'let it rebel, then exterminate populace' method? It's driving me nuts. The population growth for all my cities is around 6% which, in my current state is just unsustainable....
Thanks in advance.

Just out of curiosity, what level of farms did you build in the squalloring cities? 6% growth seems a bit much to me.

[Benneffect]

Just out of curiosity, what level of farms did you build in the squalloring cities? 6% growth seems a bit much to me.

I've seen 7.5% after exterminating near-fully developed roman cities. ( I was another roman faction, not sure if that culture makes a difference)

[Yojimbo]

Hey guys, in my Scipii campaign Iam currently in the midst of some ridiculous squalor in all of my cities, particularly my Sicilian cities. Is this a common occurrence in Scipii campaigns? And is there a fix, other than the 'let it rebel, then exterminate populace' method? It's driving me nuts. The population growth for all my cities is around 6% which, in my current state is just unsustainable....
Thanks in advance.

Nope. Squalor will eventually overtake your ability to remove it with buildings, just let it rebel. Its n ot really that unrealistic; enough people in a city will make it a dirty cesspit, baths or not.