Borehole questions
bry...@truman.edu
and energy. On one place on my planet I seem to have an
invisible borehole. The computer lists it as part of the
terrain but the borehole picture is not visible. Are
these boreholes ones that have not been built by me? Or is
it a bug (or a feature)?
Also I've noticed that you can build a farm on top of a borehole
but not vice versa. However, the farm seems to be worthless in
terms of producing food. Any thing I am missing here?
Thanks,
Bryce Jones
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Arak Koba
too- they seem worthless.
Jon F. Zeigler
>and energy. On one place on my planet I seem to have an
>invisible borehole. The computer lists it as part of the
>terrain but the borehole picture is not visible. Are
>these boreholes ones that have not been built by me? Or is
>it a bug (or a feature)?
I've noticed that sometimes, when the elevation changes
around a borehole (earthquake, former activity) the borehole
graphic is obscured. Might this be what happened?
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(Jon F. Zeigler) writes:
>I've noticed that sometimes, when the elevation changes
>around a borehole (earthquake, former activity) the borehole
>graphic is obscured. Might this be what happened?
>
>
>
Try turning off the 3-D view of terrain. Many improvements on the reverse
slopes can be hard to see.
Mark Kolkin
built a borehole on a slope (what IS the SMAC definition of a "slope",
anyhow?) and then built a farm on the borehole. I can still see the
borehole, and the farm doesn't do anything, but this is all pretty weird.
Mark - "I like round squishy things."
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<bry...@truman.edu> wrote in message news:96c57e$6h2$1...@news.netmar.com...
> Obviously boreholes are one of the best sources of minerals
> and energy. On one place on my planet I seem to have an
> invisible borehole. The computer lists it as part of the
> terrain but the borehole picture is not visible. Are
> these boreholes ones that have not been built by me? Or is
> it a bug (or a feature)?
>
> Also I've noticed that you can build a farm on top of a borehole
> but not vice versa. However, the farm seems to be worthless in
> terms of producing food. Any thing I am missing here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bryce Jones
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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David Johnston
> Yeah...actually the weird thing is, in the game I'm currently playing I
> built a borehole on a slope (what IS the SMAC definition of a "slope",
> anyhow?)
A slope is any square adjacent to another square that is in a different solar
cell
production bracket.
Mark Kolkin
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Ben Murphy
<rgo...@telusplanet.net> wrote:
>A slope is any square adjacent to another square that is in a different solar
>cell
>production bracket.
>
>
According to the manual, a slope is any square which has a square with
a lower elevation adjacent to it.
David Johnston
I should have said, "is in a lower solar cell production bracket". Small
differences
in elevation don't count.
AcK!
wrote:
>> >A slope is any square adjacent to another square that is in a different solar
>> >cell
>> >production bracket.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> According to the manual, a slope is any square which has a square with
>> a lower elevation adjacent to it.
>
>I should have said, "is in a lower solar cell production bracket". Small
>differences
>in elevation don't count.
Wait, so if there's a higher production bracket you can build, or no?
And does this count in all eight directions, or only up, down, left, right?
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David Johnston
> On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 04:07:30 GMT, David Johnston <rgo...@telusplanet.net>
> wrote:
>
> >> >A slope is any square adjacent to another square that is in a different solar
> >> >cell
> >> >production bracket.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> According to the manual, a slope is any square which has a square with
> >> a lower elevation adjacent to it.
> >
> >I should have said, "is in a lower solar cell production bracket". Small
> >differences
> >in elevation don't count.
>
> Wait, so if there's a higher production bracket you can build, or no?
Yes.
>
>
> And does this count in all eight directions, or only up, down, left, right?
In all eight directions. Most of the time (unless you start raising terrain) , that
means you can only build a borehole below 1000 feet because a square below 1000 feet
can never be on a slope (water squares not counting.)
Stephen Keegan
>In all eight directions. Most of the time (unless you start raising terrain) , that
>means you can only build a borehole below 1000 feet because a square below 1000 feet
>can never be on a slope (water squares not counting.)
What does happen when you start raising terrain? Does that wipe out
boreholes and/or other improvements?
Stephen Keegan
David Johnston
No. It should...but no. It does have a nasty habit of making your terrain drier and
rockier which can render farms useless but that's it.
Philip Benz
> What does happen when you start raising terrain? Does that wipe out
> boreholes and/or other improvements?
>
No, though it does seem to invalidate certain special terrain types
like jungle and volcano squares. And you get the left side that's lush
and verdant, the right side all dry and unproductive. Sometimes rocks
spring up, but you can always mash them down.
Cheers, --- Phil
AcK!
wrote:
Actually, I recall tectonic missiles wiping out the borehole cluster...
TTYL
... Better living through denial.
AcK!
wrote:
>>>> >In all eight directions. Most of the time (unless you start raising terrain) , that
>>>> >means you can only build a borehole below 1000 feet because a square below 1000 feet
>>>> >can never be on a slope (water squares not counting.)
>>>>
>>>> What does happen when you start raising terrain? Does that wipe out
>>>> boreholes and/or other improvements?
>>>
>>>No. It should...but no. It does have a nasty habit of making your terrain drier and
>>>rockier which can render farms useless but that's it.
>>
>>Actually, I recall tectonic missiles wiping out the borehole cluster...
>
>That's a totally different issue about which I know nothing.
Ah yes - how easy it is to forget about what's in SMACx and what isn't...
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David Johnston
>On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 07:14:52 GMT, David Johnston <rgo...@telusplanet.net>
>wrote:
>
>>> >In all eight directions. Most of the time (unless you start raising terrain) , that
>>> >means you can only build a borehole below 1000 feet because a square below 1000 feet
>>> >can never be on a slope (water squares not counting.)
>>>
>>> What does happen when you start raising terrain? Does that wipe out
>>> boreholes and/or other improvements?
>>
>>No. It should...but no. It does have a nasty habit of making your terrain drier and
>>rockier which can render farms useless but that's it.
>
>Actually, I recall tectonic missiles wiping out the borehole cluster...
That's a totally different issue about which I know nothing.