Tips & Tricks

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by admin (04/07/2008)

Check out Tips & Tricks for the latest from Sandlot Games, Westward:

  • Each Farm can support about 10 people.

  • Trading Posts are especially useful on maps with few resources.

  • A mix of Gunslingers and Deputies is more effective than one or the other alone.

  • Ranches use Wood and Water, but each Citizen working there produces more Food than a Citizen at a Farm.

  • When a character is selected, if you hold down the Shift key and then left-click on the map, the character will move to that location.

  • Focusing all your lawmen on a single Bandit at a time wins battles quickly.

  • Exploring as much of the map as possible is always a good idea.

  • Many advanced buildings bring Gold into your town.

  • Pressing the "TAB" key will cycle through all the units that you control

  • Combat units will not fight while moving.

  • Your combat units will automatically begin firing at bandits when in range.

  • Bandits will only follow you so far until they give up.

  • If a bandit is attacking one of your combat units and another of your combat units is in range they will automatically start attacking the bandit.

  • Trading posts are great for buying much needed food during a drought or famine.

  • Many buildings drop wood, food, or gold when destroyed.

  • You can scroll the view using the arrow keys.

  • Click and drag the left mouse button to lasso-select a group of characters.

  • Visit Trading Posts to exchange one kind of resource for another.

  • Only Citizens can take jobs at your buildings.

  • You need at least one Ranch before you can build a Sheriff's Office.

  • A Settler or Citizen has to walk to a construction site to build most buildings.

  • A Plague can wipe out your entire Food supply, but does not affect production.

  • Drought will slow the rate at which your town gathers Water.

  • Famine dramatically slows the rate at which Food is harvested.

  • Unlike Lumber Camps, Lumber Mills can gather Wood from any forested area.

  • Sheriffs and Deputies can throw Drunks in jail to sober them up.

  • Drunks will reform if they are taken to a Church.

  • Water Towers are more expensive than Wells, but hold a lot more Water.

  • You don't need to provide Food, Water or housing for Gunslingers.

  • Lasso-selecting a character will usually stop them in their tracks.

Got tips & tricks of your own or questions? Comment below.