In Civ 4 the game sometimes converts my labourers to specialists automatically as referred to in the CivFanatics FAQ – how can I stop it from doing this?
Why aren't all my citizens working?
What do I have to do? If your city
does not have the same amount of tiles
being worked as its population, there
are two possibilities: the first is
that the game might have changed some
of the laborers into specialists, so
first check to see if you have any
that you weren't aware of.
The FAQ just suggests changing them back – I was wondering if it is possible to stop the game tinkering with my labourers like this in the first place?
Best Answer
You can turn it on and off in the City Menu, it is a button with an icon of a computer screen next to a citizen, called Citizen Automation.
For the most part, you don't want to turn that off and keep the city all laborers, unless you are willing to do the micromanagement yourself and emphasize on certain production or if you're interested in making specialized cities -- http://guides.gamepressure.com/sidmeierscivilization4/guide.asp?ID=613
Besides, they can't be all laborers, coz as soon as the number of citizens becomes larger than the number of the city tiles, you are forced to have specialists; it's the only way the city's economy stays afloat, let alone its population.