Squalor in Rome: Total War

[Zethër]

Hey people!

I just started a thread because now I'm playing Rome: Total War and I have a question that I can't answer for myself...
In Rome: Total War, how can I reduce (or even prevent at all) squalor in a settlement?
I still don't figure it out how squalor is caused, and what may lead to squalor.
Does population growth or overall population in a settlement causes that? And how to prevent it?
If anyone knows why squalor is caused, I'll be glad to see an answer.

-Zethër

[ReluctantSamurai]

This question is best asked in the RTW Forum:bow:

I suspect a mod will soon move it there....:2thumbsup:

[Ludens]

In Rome: Total War, how can I reduce (or even prevent at all) squalor in a settlement?
I still don't figure it out how squalor is caused, and what may lead to squalor.
Does population growth or overall population in a settlement causes that? And how to prevent it?

We actually have a thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php/37586-Squalor) on this in the R:TW Game Mechanics forum (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php/88-Game-Mechanics). Short version: squalor is related to city size, and can be combatted by upgrading the government building (as well as traits/ancillaries of the governor). Health-related buildings do NOT affect squalor directly, though they counter its effects.

[Kassatka]

Squalor really pisses me off. It completely prevents me from playing normally at high difficulty levels, and even at medium difficulty level, I often have to cheat and add buildings that improve public order. I am glad that this problem was solved in Remaster by means of new campaign settings. It is very disappointing that in addition to the new mechanics of squalor, there is also a new mechanic for distributing slaves among settlements, when slaves are distributed evenly across all settlements, and not just among those in which the governor sits. I would like to play with the new squalor mechanic in Remaster, but with the old slave distribution mechanic.

[ReluctantSamurai]

Squalor really pisses me off. It completely prevents me from playing normally at high difficulty levels, and even at medium difficulty level, I often have to cheat and add buildings that improve public order.

It's not that hard to control:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php/132292-Really-need-help-in-the-game%21%21%21

Post #22 has screenshots to show how well ZPG works. That's vanilla RTW---no modifications, and no keyboard cheats. Can be done with nearly any faction with a 95+% rate of success. Best part is, once ZPG is attained, no governor is required---saving your general from acquiring all those nasty traits that come from fat-and-lazy city living...~D

There's also this:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php/37586-Squalor