Ring/Sphere World

Hunkpapa · #1 April 29th, 2003, 04:24 PM

I am 1.2 yrs form completing all my components for my first Ringworld. I read the FAQ for Newbies and my question is not answered, any input would be appreciated.

I have 8 populated worlds around the star I am building my ringworld on, will those planets be destroyed with the completion of the ringworld or will they continue to function normally?

If I am a rock/oxygen race the ringworld will also be rock/oxygen correct?

Thank you for your input.

Slick · #2 April 29th, 2003, 04:58 PM

Your planets will be unharmed, and as a side benefit will now be impervious to star destroying ships in that system.

Yes, the atmosphere type of your new ringworld will be the same as your population - in this case rock/oxygen.

Congratulations on your first ringworld.

Slick.

dogscoff · #3 April 29th, 2003, 05:16 PM

however, if you have any un-planetted asteroid fields in the system, you'd better use them before the ringworld is built because (unless you have multiple stars in the system) the planet-builder component will stop working in that system once the ringworld is completed.

Gwaihir · #4 April 30th, 2003, 01:41 AM

Also, solar panels, solar sails (IIRC), and solar collection arrays or whatever those resource-generating crystalline thingies are will also stop working.

JLS · #5 April 30th, 2003, 01:43 AM

Yea, but look at the Planet you will be getting

Although you could consider to make them in a nearby Asteroid System after you colonized it or mined it (or not).

or purge a Nebula or Black hole, Place a new Sun and put the Ring world there.

[ April 30, 2003, 00:50: Message edited by: JLS ]

Gwaihir · #6 April 30th, 2003, 01:58 AM

Wait, you don't get planets when you use a sun-maker? how sad. :-(

Dingocat85 · #7 April 30th, 2003, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by Slick:
Your planets will be unharmed, and as a side benefit will now be impervious to star destroying ships in that system.

Has anyone ever tried using a planet-destroying bomb (Tectonic Bomb, I believe it's called), on a ringworld? Do you get Asteroids, your old sun back, maybe Asteroids orbiting a sun?

Quote:

Originally posted by dogscoff:
however, if you have any un-planetted asteroid fields in the system, you'd better use them before the ringworld is built because (unless you have multiple stars in the system) the planet-builder component will stop working in that system once the ringworld is completed.

Quote:

Originally posted by Gwaihir:
Also, solar panels, solar sails (IIRC), and solar collection arrays or whatever those resource-generating crystalline thingies are will also stop working.

...couldn't you just build another sun, in the same system where you you build the ringworld?

Ruatha · #8 April 30th, 2003, 11:00 PM

Planet boms don't work on Ring/Sphere worlds as it's not really a planet.
And there is still a sun in the system so you can't make another one, you can only make a sun if there is no sun already in the system.

Taera · #9 May 1st, 2003, 12:29 AM

re: destroying ringworld or sphereworld - you actually can do it but you need to mod a new component into the game with appropriate settings. When it is destroyed, i think someone said you get a single asteroid field and thats it. not sure tho.

Q · #10 May 1st, 2003, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Taera:
re: destroying ringworld or sphereworld - you actually can do it but you need to mod a new component into the game with appropriate settings. When it is destroyed, i think someone said you get a single asteroid field and thats it. not sure tho.

You are absolutely right: you get a huge asteroid field.