Empty Facilities

[Mart]

Originally posted by Cataphract887
mart did you try overflow numbers?

googlei might have been giving it massive values like 65000's area for example.that often rounds over to positive numbers (for ec income)

I haven't played with it yet, but soon.

[GeoModder]

Ah, but by the time satellites come around no sane player should still be ICSing.
Not cost-effective IMO.

[Mart]

Becuse you no longer value that free-worker anymore? And facilities cost in each base... Right, ICS is for the start of the game.
However, you might make many bases with no facilities in them, for just pure bonus of these satellites. A tile can have only this much nutrients or minerals or energy. You have enough satellites and that base tile gets free stuff from satellites. better than a borehole.

[GeoModder]

Perhaps, but by that time the average (not huge) map is already filled with bases. No room for more, except perhaps seabases which brings its own vulnerabilities in regard to opposing factions.

[binTravkin]

Becuse you no longer value that free-worker anymore? And facilities cost in each base... Right, ICS is for the start of the game.
However, you might make many bases with no facilities in them, for just pure bonus of these satellites. A tile can have only this much nutrients or minerals or energy. You have enough satellites and that base tile gets free stuff from satellites. better than a borehole.

I think I know at least one player who had tried it and had it work with great success (I mean ICSing all until you get to sats and even after that)..

[Chaos Theory]

In one game, I used Sikander spacing with Zak (so VW leads to drone-free new bases), and filled in the gaps when I got satellites. With pop booming, my strength soared ridiculously.

[Mart]

Originally posted by Cataphract887
mart did you try overflow numbers?

Actually I tried simple negative maintenance.
And it seems to work with no problems in SMAX.
My recent attempt is:
Central Exchange, maint.: -50 EC
Each AI gets it in HQ base. Might be a bit too strong at the beginning of the game, but I will see as the tests progress.

it shows weird on the F3 screen:
--50