Volcano!

[Straybow]

I hate the random events so I always have them off.

[vyeh]

Terraform down

Originally posted by Aabraxan
Never seen Mt. Planet erupt, nor have I ever been able to build a base at the crater. It always tells me that you can't do that at a crater. Is that peculiar to SMAX, or is there some tech req'd?

If you terraform down on the crater, then you destroy the landmark status (therraforming up or down generally destroys a landmark status for the square) and then you can perform other terraforming actions. If the crater is rocky, you may also have to terraform level before building a base.

[xalien]

AFAIK you can't perform any terraforming actions on the crater. The best you can do is to lower the adjacent square to remove the crater but you'll also lose one volcano-bonus tile.

[vyeh]

You can use the combo road-farm-solar or road-farm-mine to construct a road in the crater (then you have to cancel the former's order after the road is constructed). I think I used the combo road-farm-solar to construct a solar constructer (I have a saved game with a solar collector in the mouth of the volcano).

You're right that the terraform down does not work on the crater and that you would have to lower an adjacent square.