TV, Radio, Newspaper, food

[Caribbean King]

I meant to post this in my last thread mainly because I don't like to flood, but is it possible to place more than the max. amount of TV., Radio stations, and newpaper buildings in the game while in editor.  I say this because I found myself in need of some more educated female jobs, and I don't like to surpress my people.  Also If I have more than one tv station for example that all play the same thing will my game crash?

FOOD- If my economy difficulty is set to low will my farmers take in more food?  I heard once that the lower the difficulty the more money you make and the more food is produced.  If that's the case then I don't need the farmer trait because I don't really see much of a difference with that trait anyway.

Thanks in advance

[TeamStar]

I meant to post this in my last thread mainly because I don't like to flood, but is it possible to place more than the max. amount of TV., Radio stations, and newspaper buildings in the game while in editor.  I say this because I found myself in need of some more educated female jobs, and I don't like to surpress my people.  Also If I have more than one tv station for example that all play the same thing will my game crash?

It's possible to place multiple newspapers/tv/radio station via the editor + 'rapido' cheat, but there are some limitations.
Take the newspaper for instance: you can place as many newspapers as you want but you are still limited to 5 'playing' options. When you place newspaper #6, you lose control of what it's 'playing' and you can't force the others to play all the same thing either.

FOOD- If my economy difficulty is set to low will my farmers take in more food?  I heard once that the lower the difficulty the more money you make and the more food is produced.  If that's the case then I don't need the farmer trait because I don't really see much of a difference with that trait anyway.

I think that when you lower the economy difficulty you get more of everything -- more production rate, more food rate, more tourists and so on. But if you're pacient and lucky enough to wait for Coconut Kid, you'll get a in-depth explanation on food, with links and all.

[Coconut Kid]

... I don't like to flood, ...

It would really be better for you to "flood" the board with sensible threads than to cram many very different topics into one thread. Since the thread title set by the first post is the one that shows in the index/list for the board, having the topic wander all over makes the thread useless for other people.

... is it possible to place more than the maximum number of ... buildings in the game while in editor. ...

I think TeamStar gave you an excellent, specific answer. I will only expand on it a bit. Being in editor mode inactivates ALL restrictions / requirements on placing buildings. For example, you may place a building which requires electricty without having an Electric Power Plant -- and so forth for all the various requirements. The difficulty is that when you start playing again, buildings which don't have the requirements in place (or exceed allowed numbers), simply don't work or introduce erratic results - including crashes.

... If my economy difficulty is set to low will my farmers take in more food? ...

Yes, but probably not a great deal more.

http://tropico.strategyplanet.gamespy.com/cafe/index.php?topic=9134.msg186992#msg186992

"According to one comment in the code, the effect on any one aspect of the game is intentionally slight. That's consistent with the rest of the game, but it might be especially true with this setting. There is no easy way to assess its impact and compare it to other game settings."

The Farmer Trait is known to cause Farmers to work 50% faster; there is no quantification for the change in economic difficulty. There is only a presumption that Harvest from farming and fishing is greater on the easier levels of economic difficulty.

Generally, don't jump to conclusions.