How to Mine Asteroids?/Effects of Storms?

James Sterrett · #1 November 19th, 2000, 03:18 AM

Sats are 50,000 per level; you get the first level for free. Researching the next two will take a total of 250,000 RPs.

LintMan · #2 November 19th, 2000, 06:55 AM

Hmmm. I had thought I needed to research construction tech before getting satellites, but I just checked and I was mistaken - you do start with Sat 1. But it doesn't cost 50K per level for me. Level 2 is 100K, but Level 3 costs 225K for me, not 150K.

Is it really 150K for Sat level 3 for you? I'm seeing the 225K the (default) medium tech cost setting.

Comar · #3 November 19th, 2000, 03:16 PM

Research cost will vary with how much you set it to be at the start of the game.

James Sterrett · #4 November 19th, 2000, 04:27 PM

Lintman: Thank you for blowing away good theory with bad empirical evidence. ;-)

I'd read through the data files, and somewhere they claimed that the cost N listed in the tech data files was the cost per level, with each level costing N*Level RPs. Because of a minor technical detail (I'd stopped sleeping because of SEIV, so my wife & I agreed to uninstall it for a time), I'm currently running on lots of notes I took before the uninstall.

I'm actually a bit annoyed; I've done a fair amount of calculation based on the tech formula above. Should have known I needed to double-check with the game itself.... 8/

LintMan · #5 November 19th, 2000, 07:22 PM

LOL! My wife would love to get me to uninstall this game, too! I'm resisting the idea so far, though!

James Sterrett · #6 November 20th, 2000, 05:58 AM

I'm actually hopefuly that eventually she'll play it - she's a gamer, and was a True MOO Addict for a while. So far, though, her attitude is that I can figure out how the thing works, then teach her what should have been in the docos. 8/

All of which is going quite slowly until we have a vacation and I can afford the lack of sleep. 8)