posted 05-13-99 10:23 PM ET     

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OK, im new at this game so remember that i got some q's too!

1. How do i destroy land (ie i dont want land units crossing it)

2. How do i make bridges or land?

3. Ive discovered the mag-tube tech but when i try to build a mag-tube it wont let me! Ive been in a city and outside a city and whenever i go to the terreform menu the build mag tube is darkened (i cant use it)

posted 05-13-99 10:40 PM ET         

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1) You use the "lower terrain" command. Once the terrain altitude reaches below 0m, it turns into an ocean shelf square.

2) Do the reverse if you want to create a land bridge. Use the "raise terrain" command to make the bridge.

3) Mag-Tubes can only be built on top of an existing road square. This is also true for Soil Enricher [build Farm first].

posted 05-13-99 11:33 PM ET            

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An addition to Plato90's answers:

1.AFAIK, you can't use a land former to lower land below sea level. You need to have a sea former offshore lower the land, this will flood the neighboring area
(Something nasty to do to your enemies!)

posted 05-13-99 11:40 PM ET            

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Another addition

3)The Mag Tube didn't work before the patches. Download v3.0

posted 05-14-99 12:13 AM ET         

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I have used MagTubes before the ver3.0 patch. The problem was that the command remained grayed out even though you could perform the action. If you simply press the shortcut key "r", a Mag Tube was built. So the bug was a visual one, not a functional one.

And yes, you do need a sea former to sink land into the sea and a land former to raise land out of the ocean. Sorry I omitted that detail and thanks to Holywarrior for pointing that out.