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Peter posted 03-17-99 04:27 PM ET
if the sea rises very often on higher hills which have forest before and/or where a former stands they loss their forest and the former is away.
Tha'ts not logic. If the sea lievel rises and in the Rocky Mountains is forest, the forest is still there and the cars are still there, too. The *sea* rises and not the land falls.
I hate such unlogic things in strategic games.

axe posted 03-17-99 04:44 PM ET
Sure the forest is still there...Drowning and totally usless to the cities, whatever. So what's the point of showing it? You want them to show corral in the ocean too? Or clouds in the more rainy areas of the world? No, that's pointless...As is tree's sitting at the bottom of a lake/sea..
ViVicdi posted 03-17-99 04:59 PM ET
Forest can't move, so it dies.
Vehicles should, however, automatically be moved out of the way.
Peter posted 03-17-99 05:02 PM ET
No, grr. Once more:
there is a hill, middle 3600 m, next field 1900 m, 3rd field 800 m, 4rth field 160 m.
All have forest. On the 2nd (900 m) a former is.
Now the sea rises up.
and the 4rth field goes down unter water. So far o.k., BUT the 3rd field AND the 2nd field leave their forest AND the former on 1900m high is killed.
AND THAT IS WRONG!!!!
Dvorak posted 03-17-99 05:28 PM ET
By 'leave their forest', you aren't saying that the forest is left there, are you? Or are you saying that the forest HAS left, ie is gone, destroyed, missing in action, etc.
By stating that it's not logical, you're assuming that it's deliberate. Several things could be true however. It might be a bug, or you may have misconstrued what actually happened to the former. As for the forest, it's hard to say. Maybe Planet just doesn't like you?
Peter posted 03-17-99 06:13 PM ET
I had a game with a recource field insite a city's area where I build a mine. I set there 6 formers to rise the level. The field was indicated with 980 m (or so). The city 2 fields beside with 90 m. Sea rises (message was 330 m). I lost all 6 formers and the mine, but it was NOT under water.
I took 12 formers, build a new mine and levelled up new within 1 move. The sea rises again, I lost the 12 formers and the mine again, but now that field was still NOT under water. As that happens for the 3rd time 2 moves later, I finished the game and erased it. Makes no sense, makes no fun to fight against unlogic.
If I like to play roulette I'll go into a casino. If I like to play strategy, I expect logic.

ViVicdi posted 03-17-99 11:35 PM ET
I'm sorry, I misunderstood. It looks like you've found a bug.
"Even though the sea level rises only enough to flood 0-333m territory, it destroys ground objects on any territory < 2000m."
Is that the jist of it?
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Author	Topic: I hate unlogic
Peter	posted 03-17-99 04:27 PM ET if the sea rises very often on higher hills which have forest before and/or where a former stands they loss their forest and the former is away. Tha'ts not logic. If the sea lievel rises and in the Rocky Mountains is forest, the forest is still there and the cars are still there, too. The sea rises and not the land falls. I hate such unlogic things in strategic games.
axe	posted 03-17-99 04:44 PM ET Sure the forest is still there...Drowning and totally usless to the cities, whatever. So what's the point of showing it? You want them to show corral in the ocean too? Or clouds in the more rainy areas of the world? No, that's pointless...As is tree's sitting at the bottom of a lake/sea..
ViVicdi	posted 03-17-99 04:59 PM ET Forest can't move, so it dies. Vehicles should, however, automatically be moved out of the way.
Peter	posted 03-17-99 05:02 PM ET No, grr. Once more: there is a hill, middle 3600 m, next field 1900 m, 3rd field 800 m, 4rth field 160 m. All have forest. On the 2nd (900 m) a former is. Now the sea rises up. and the 4rth field goes down unter water. So far o.k., BUT the 3rd field AND the 2nd field leave their forest AND the former on 1900m high is killed. AND THAT IS WRONG!!!!
Dvorak	posted 03-17-99 05:28 PM ET By 'leave their forest', you aren't saying that the forest is left there, are you? Or are you saying that the forest HAS left, ie is gone, destroyed, missing in action, etc. By stating that it's not logical, you're assuming that it's deliberate. Several things could be true however. It might be a bug, or you may have misconstrued what actually happened to the former. As for the forest, it's hard to say. Maybe Planet just doesn't like you?
Peter	posted 03-17-99 06:13 PM ET I had a game with a recource field insite a city's area where I build a mine. I set there 6 formers to rise the level. The field was indicated with 980 m (or so). The city 2 fields beside with 90 m. Sea rises (message was 330 m). I lost all 6 formers and the mine, but it was NOT under water. I took 12 formers, build a new mine and levelled up new within 1 move. The sea rises again, I lost the 12 formers and the mine again, but now that field was still NOT under water. As that happens for the 3rd time 2 moves later, I finished the game and erased it. Makes no sense, makes no fun to fight against unlogic. If I like to play roulette I'll go into a casino. If I like to play strategy, I expect logic.
ViVicdi	posted 03-17-99 11:35 PM ET I'm sorry, I misunderstood. It looks like you've found a bug. "Even though the sea level rises only enough to flood 0-333m territory, it destroys ground objects on any territory < 2000m." Is that the jist of it?