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Craig McPherson posted 05-19-99 10:55 PM ET
I've only played one full game of Alpha Centauri so far (although it lasted about 85 hours), and I noticed some strange behavior when trying to contruct Mag Tubes. When I first got Monopole Magnets, I noticed that the Mag Tube options on all of my Terraform menues were greyed out. Not too long later, I noticed that they were no longer greyed out, and I built Mag Tubes between all of my bases. Once I began expanding (DIE Miriam), I tried to build some more mag tubes, but I found that they were again greyed out. I couldn't find anything in the manual or help files about requirements for mag tubes other than Monopole Magnets, and I know I never lost any technology. In fact, some of my formers on auto built mag tubes on their own, but I had no luck trying to order mag tubes from the terraform menu or with the mag tube hotkey. Is there any particular reason for this?
Rackam posted 05-20-99 10:58 AM ET
Have you tried the keyboard shortcut? I've found when doing a lot of terraforming the keyboard is much faster.
~Rackam
JAMstillAM posted 05-20-99 12:02 PM ET
Craig,
Were you attempting to build mag tubes on tiles that did not yet have roads built on them?
JAMiAM
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Author	Topic: Quick Mag Tube question
Craig McPherson	posted 05-19-99 10:55 PM ET I've only played one full game of Alpha Centauri so far (although it lasted about 85 hours), and I noticed some strange behavior when trying to contruct Mag Tubes. When I first got Monopole Magnets, I noticed that the Mag Tube options on all of my Terraform menues were greyed out. Not too long later, I noticed that they were no longer greyed out, and I built Mag Tubes between all of my bases. Once I began expanding (DIE Miriam), I tried to build some more mag tubes, but I found that they were again greyed out. I couldn't find anything in the manual or help files about requirements for mag tubes other than Monopole Magnets, and I know I never lost any technology. In fact, some of my formers on auto built mag tubes on their own, but I had no luck trying to order mag tubes from the terraform menu or with the mag tube hotkey. Is there any particular reason for this?
Rackam	posted 05-20-99 10:58 AM ET Have you tried the keyboard shortcut? I've found when doing a lot of terraforming the keyboard is much faster. ~Rackam
JAMstillAM	posted 05-20-99 12:02 PM ET Craig, Were you attempting to build mag tubes on tiles that did not yet have roads built on them? JAMiAM