function runProduction($t) //$time/ticks
    {
        //run the cycles that are output only
        $this->runOutputCycles($t);

        //go over all the province buildings
        foreach ($this->buildings->getBuildings() as $building)
        {
            //if we have a cycle
            if(isset($this->cycles->ageCycles[$building->name]))
            {
                $building_cycles = $this->cycles->ageCycles[$building->name];
                foreach($building_cycles as $single_cycle)
                {
                    $in  = (isset($single_cycle['in']) AND !empty($single_cycle['in'])) ? $single_cycle['in'] : array();
                    $out = isset($single_cycle['out']) ? $single_cycle['out'] : array() ;

                    if(count($in) == 0)
                        continue; //skip if there's no input, we've already done the pure output ones

                    $stop_cycle = false;
                    foreach($in as $cycle_resource)
                    {
                       $resourceAmount = $this->run_cycle($building,$cycle_resource,$t);
                       if($this->resources->hasEnough($cycle_resource->resourceID,$resourceAmount))
                       {
                              $this->resources->spend($cycle_resource->resourceID,$resourceAmount);
                       }
                       else
                       {
                        $stop_cycle = true;
                        break;
                       }
                    }


                    if(!$stop_cycle)
                    foreach($out as $cycle_resource)
                    {
                        $resourceAmount = $this->run_cycle($building,$cycle_resource,$t);
                        $this->resources->gather($cycle_resource->resourceID,$resourceAmount);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }