Problem with Clean-Mineral Strategy

[Brett Moan]

Hi I'm new to the forum, But I've been playing SMAC & SMACX like an addict my entire life. I've also been browsing these forums the last couple weeks.

I recently read about the the strategy to keep Eco-damage down by Forcing a Pop, Building tree farms/Centauri Preserves, and then Recycling them just to build them again.

I've encountered a problem no one else seems to have; when I scrap my Centauri preserves or Tree Farms my Clean Minerals Number goes back down...

Has anyone else noticed this or know why this might be happening?

[Petek]

Does this happen when scrapping both TFs and CPs? I can see ecodamage increasing when scrapping a TF (since building one decreases ecodamage, irrespective of its effect on the clean mineral limit), and that might make it appear that the clean mineral limit decreased. I have scrapped CPs, and this works as expected (ecodamage doesn't increase, nor does the clean mineral limit decrease). If you have a save file that illustrates the effect that you observed for CPs, please post it here.

Slightly off-topic, but it probably isn't a good idea to scrap TFs. You'll lose growth while rebuilding it.

Petek

[BlackCat]

Slightly off-topic, but it probably isn't a good idea to scrap TFs. You'll lose growth while rebuilding it.

Petek

And energy.

[Brett Moan]

Sorry..

Sorry everybody I jumped to conclusions.

When i scrapped a CP/TF at a base THAT base's ecodamage would go up by 3-5, but if scrapped all CP's then I had no such problem.

Anyway i guess this thread could be deleted...

[GooglyBoogly]

You never know, someone else might have a similar 'problem' - better to just lock it.