Do you consider ICS to be a problem?

[Archaic]

Originally posted by #endgame
You can't do that in SMAC, but you can pack them in as close as possible and you get 1x1 ICS:
Base - Space - Base.

There's two possible base-space-base layouts. I assume it's the ultra dense style

BXBXB
XXXXX
BXBXB
XXXXX
BXBXB

rather than the looser "Sikander style" that I use

BXXXB
XXXXX
XXBXX
XXXXX
BXXXB

[Mead]

My 2 cents, I think others have hit on it too.

ICS is powerful in that it gives you a lot more turn advantage (you can plant those bases much quicker), makes the most of the land you have availible, and eases defensive efforts.

There should be no firm rule that says you must follow a certain pattern such as:

XOXOXO
OOOOOO
XOXOXO

You try to pack them in as close as reasonable, making good use of you specials and rivers, and taking into consideration the obstacles such as rockies and fungus that are not economically practical to prepare for a base site.

If following ICS, you should try to pack em in closely, but should not blindly follow some arcane spacing plan.


Mead

PS

The same goes for your borehole placement plan.

[Ka Plewy]

Originally posted by Mead
[...]
There should be no firm rule that says you must follow a certain pattern such as:

XOXOXO
OOOOOO
XOXOXO
[...]

Yes, there is a firm rule, it's maximal borehole placement, since you can't drill them next to each other.

[Mead]

Originally posted by Ka Plewy

Yes, there is a firm rule, it's maximal borehole placement, since you can't drill them next to each other.

True, but sometimes it's better to get the boreholes built faster rather than worrying about maximum placement. Plus sometimes if you were to hold to the rigid place system, you would end up placing the boreholes right on top of a nut bonus, or avoid placing the borehole on an energy or min bonus.

Usually, if I'm very serious about borehole maximization I'll worry more about getting my boreholes started before I raise the land, extending the coastline.

Mead

PS

The guidlines are helpful, but are merely guidelines that require some variation, depending upon the Planet you encounter.

[Senethro]

Originally posted by Mead
If following ICS, you should try to pack em in closely, but should not blindly follow some arcane spacing plan.

With enough formers (150), anything is possible The only problem is what you do with them after you've put down the soil enrichers.

[binTravkin]

The only problem is what you do with them after you've put down the soil enrichers.

You start rising land to avoid sinking!

[#endgame]

I tried raising land to get the most out of my crawlers.




Destroyed the freshwater sea and my trawler fleet.

[binTravkin]

[Sikander]

Originally posted by binTravkin

Yea that is funny. The Freshwater Sea is perhaps Planet's most vulnerable landmark.

[Mead]

Originally posted by Sikander


Yea that is funny. The Freshwater Sea is perhaps Planet's most vulnerable landmark.

Once, I teraformed on (or adjacent to) the Manifold Nexus. I think I might have put a borhole there.

Anyway, I lost the benefits from having the Nexus. I think I might have destroyed it.

Since then, I have not built anything to close to the Nexus.


Mead

[binTravkin]

Once, I teraformed on (or adjacent to) the Manifold Nexus. I think I might have put a borhole there.

Anyway, I lost the benefits from having the Nexus. I think I might have destroyed it.

Since then, I have not built anything to close to the Nexus.


Mead

I have built a hole in the center of Nexus in one PBEM game, but still have the benefits IIRC.

[Kataphraktoi]

i had a base+borehole and some other stuff all over the nexus,but didnt harm it.just dont raise\lower land near landmarks

[Sebed]

raise/lower quakes and floods are the only things able to destroy benefits of landmarks...

[Net Warrior]

Placing a sensor on the the Manifold Nexus will destroy it, as will flooding.

[Mead]

Originally posted by Net Warrior
Placing a sensor on the the Manifold Nexus will destroy it, as will flooding.

Makes sense. I was not sure what I built there, but I was pretty sure it took away the benefits of the nexus.

It probably was a sensor. It's more likely that I would put one there than a borehole.

Why does the sensor destroy it? Sensors also destroy solar and condensors too (but not soil enrichers?). Sensors look cool when you combine them on the same sqaure as an airfield.



Mead