Blog - Resource Gathering

tkobo · Post by **tkobo** » May 15 2007

Sounds like good news on the facility issues, multi-facilities should solve some issues if it works out right.

Legend · Post by **Legend** » May 15 2007

tkobo wrote:Sounds like good news on the facility issues, multi-facilities should solve some issues if it works out right.

... Any issues in particular? We are still designing how it all works together so if you have certain thoughts, let me know.

-- Daxon

red · Post by **red** » May 15 2007

How does having multiple facilities on a hex look...?

tkobo · Post by **tkobo** » May 15 2007

1)Map clutter: which this could go along way to helping.

2)Better placement of faciltites:So if a hex has killer water production stats AND killer oil production stats, i might not have to make a choice between the two .IF i can effectively have a single facility that handles both.

3)Map carry over: which although youve said is covered under the "one map world design", it cant hurt to cover it again another way.

4)Map scale : in which one type of facility is said to take like up to 35k in space.

off the top of my head.

Post by **Balthagor** » May 15 2007

red wrote:How does having multiple facilities on a hex look...?

It doesn't yet, we're still working on the standards and as mentioned in the blog George still needs to make the mapeditor able to place components.

Draken · Post by **Draken** » May 15 2007

It is an interesting concept....

Will we be able to target individual facilities?

Post by **Balthagor** » May 15 2007

Current design says yes. Some components may however not be known initailly, we are considering a possible component that looks like "generic industry/military" building until a player has... investigated... further

Gotta watch how much I give away as one design idea often links into other areas

tkobo · Post by **tkobo** » May 15 2007

oooooo- do i sense a sort of hidden indentity or fog of war like effect pertaining to facilities ?
Where we might actually have to recon an area to know for sure what facilities are what facilities ?

Coooooool

Lightbringer · Post by **Lightbringer** » May 15 2007

Hmmmmmm... Could be realistic to accidentally blow up the wrong part of the complex sometimes too. It happens.

Draken · Post by **Draken** » May 15 2007

tkobo wrote:oooooo- do i sense a sort of hidden indentity or fog of war like effect pertaining to facilities ?
Where we might actually have to recon an area to know for sure what facilities are what facilities ?

Coooooool

YES ! Please say it is included...

Post by **Balthagor** » May 15 2007

Draken wrote:...YES ! Please say it is included...

Can't say till we finish designing the standards

I hope to blog about this in about a month from now.

Feltan · Post by **Feltan** » May 15 2007

Lightbringer wrote:Hmmmmmm... Could be realistic to accidentally blow up the wrong part of the complex sometimes too. It happens.

Why am I thinking of an asprin factory in the same hex as a chemical warfare factory?

Regards,
Feltan

Noble713 · Post by **Noble713** » May 15 2007

blog wrote:Further complicating this fact is the demand and cost relationships.

Ohhhh, that reminds me, I have some big questions about the fundamentals of the game's economic model, but since this thread seems focused on the aspects of mapping and industry I'll just put them in the Economics thread I started in the general forum a while back.

BigStone · Post by **BigStone** » May 16 2007

This is a old wish .... will there be some possibilities to discover (explore) new recources ... ?

Post by **Balthagor** » May 16 2007

BigStone wrote:...will there be some possibilities to discover (explore) new recources ... ?

Not according to our current designs/plans.