Newbie needs help

Gandalph · #1 May 4th, 2002, 08:12 PM

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Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:
Just in case somebody is interested, a while ago I posted a map containing a sphere world and six
ringworlds. I hid these worlds (cloaked them) so that they were not usable until you had the necessary tech to find them. My objective was to keep them from play until later in the game.
Below is the link:

1019538206.zip

P.s. I hid a few other goodies around the map. See what you can find!

I played a game with this map and could not figure out why my ministered colony ships kept trying to colonize empty space. Now I know, the AI can see the planets, even though I cannot.

Taz-in-Space · #2 May 4th, 2002, 10:01 PM

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I played a game with this map and could not figure out why my ministered colony ships kept trying to colonize empty space. Now I know, the AI can see the planets, even though I cannot.

Hmmm, Didn't notice this effect since I rarely
set that minister on...

It makes me wonder what else the computer can see that we can't! I wonder if the computer would have seen it if I had just hidden it in a storm?

Let me know if you see anything else interesting!

PsychoTechFreak · #3 May 4th, 2002, 10:21 PM

A ring or spere world lets your star loose all its abilities. In a single star system e.g. you cannot build or destroy planets any more (annoying), you cannot use solar panels, create system nebulaes, use several crystalline facilities, nothing will be possible which needs a star in the system. Make sure to build planets out of your asteroids before finishing a sphere.