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mael posted 06-03-99 02:28 AM ET
of energy etc... a base have..
the little round bluish,greenish thing u see when u click on a base. I notice some base have more of those to distribute around.
Sorry i am new to the game
MichaeltheGreat posted 06-03-99 04:22 AM ET
Curious - what country is the .sg in your email.
The "little round thing" I think you're refering to is supposed to be a green apple, as a symbol for food - resources are represented by blue gems, and energy by little "suns".
Squares with the resource symbols on them produce 2 extra, and the different types of terrain, plus certain technologies determine how much food, resources and energy you get from the land. Rivers are very important, since the always give you extra energy, and terraforming the land gives you extra food, resources or energy, depending on what you construct. Later on when you get more advanced technologies, you can build orbital improvements that increase food, resources and energy for every base in your faction.
The best way is just to experiment - move workers around in your bases to get an idea of the different production levels from the land, build different improvements and try different terraforming approaches, and see what changes. Hope this helps and have fun!
mael posted 06-03-99 09:16 PM ET
.sg is singapore
yah actually what i wanted to ask was what determine the number of energy,nutrient
and resources, certain bases have more of these to distribute (ie, i guess it means more workers to ditribute?)
another question after terraforming into say a mine? do i need to send a worker into the mine square?
Thanks for any help
MichaeltheGreat posted 06-04-99 01:37 AM ET
Unless you use a supply crawler to convoy resources from another square, you only get resources in the city from the workers on those squares. So you need to place them on the squares you want to draw resources from.
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Author	Topic: What determines the number ....?
mael	posted 06-03-99 02:28 AM ET of energy etc... a base have.. the little round bluish,greenish thing u see when u click on a base. I notice some base have more of those to distribute around. Sorry i am new to the game
MichaeltheGreat	posted 06-03-99 04:22 AM ET Curious - what country is the .sg in your email. The "little round thing" I think you're refering to is supposed to be a green apple, as a symbol for food - resources are represented by blue gems, and energy by little "suns". Squares with the resource symbols on them produce 2 extra, and the different types of terrain, plus certain technologies determine how much food, resources and energy you get from the land. Rivers are very important, since the always give you extra energy, and terraforming the land gives you extra food, resources or energy, depending on what you construct. Later on when you get more advanced technologies, you can build orbital improvements that increase food, resources and energy for every base in your faction. The best way is just to experiment - move workers around in your bases to get an idea of the different production levels from the land, build different improvements and try different terraforming approaches, and see what changes. Hope this helps and have fun!
mael	posted 06-03-99 09:16 PM ET .sg is singapore yah actually what i wanted to ask was what determine the number of energy,nutrient and resources, certain bases have more of these to distribute (ie, i guess it means more workers to ditribute?) another question after terraforming into say a mine? do i need to send a worker into the mine square? Thanks for any help
MichaeltheGreat	posted 06-04-99 01:37 AM ET Unless you use a supply crawler to convoy resources from another square, you only get resources in the city from the workers on those squares. So you need to place them on the squares you want to draw resources from.