Blue Circles and Sentience
LunaJupi:
Some n00by questions...
Sometimes when I go to a planet, there's a random blue circle on it (sometimes a few). Looks like the same circle that appears when placing a Colony Incedi-Pack. I was thinking it may have been a marker indicating that a colony was there, but got destroyed. But it always seems to be in the same place on every planet. What is it?
Also...
What's the point of abducting sentient beings? Is there anything you can do with them? I abducted some Tribal Sentient creatures and put them on another planet, but they just got eaten by the animals. When I place them near one of my colonies, they automatically move inside and join my creatures, though I haven't noticed if they're there permanently or not.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: LunaJupi on 2008 October 07, 06:01:22
Sometimes when I go to a planet, there's a random blue circle on it (sometimes a few). Looks like the same circle that appears when placing a Colony Incedi-Pack. I was thinking it may have been a marker indicating that a colony was there, but got destroyed. But it always seems to be in the same place on every planet. What is it?
This is a bug. For some reason the game will somehow manage to remember where a blue circle was to be drawn, and it will persist across save/restarts. There is no apparent way to get rid of it, but other than looking really ugly, it doesn't appear to do anything.
Quote from: LunaJupi on 2008 October 07, 06:01:22
What's the point of abducting sentient beings? Is there anything you can do with them? I abducted some Tribal Sentient creatures and put them on another planet, but they just got eaten by the animals. When I place them near one of my colonies, they automatically move inside and join my creatures, though I haven't noticed if they're there permanently or not.
Sometimes they're wanted as part of a quest, but otherwise it serves no purpose.
SpaceDoll:
If we're establishing a noob question thread, how about this one: On the map of my home planet, the geysers are all grey like when they are unclaimed. From space, the planet label thing says something like 4/23 for spice. Does this mean only 4 of my geysers are producing? Are my geysers unclaimed?
Dopp:
Spice collection in the Space stage doesn't work in the same way as in Civ stage. Instead of establishing mining rigs over geysers that automatically produce spice, cities build vehicles to harvest the spice directly without having to 'claim' the geysers (they go to the geysers and fill up balloons with spice). You don't need to worry about it at all, everything is automated. Turning that spice into money, however, is not automatic. The planet display shows you how much spice has been collected and the maximum storage capacity of the planet (it should be 5 for every city/colony on the planet, I don't know how you got 23). So 4/23 means the planet can hold 23 units of spice maximum and currently has 4 units in storage. Since your ship is the ONLY ship in your entire interstellar empire, it is up to you to take that spice and trade it to other empires/colonies for money. Stupid system.
SpaceDoll:
I pretty much pulled 23 out of my ass, thanks. I haven't played since yesterday, and that's about how long my memory lasts, I guess. Thanks for the clarification, Dopp; that's one less thing I have to worry about while I'm out there getting my ass kicked.
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