Rotating Planet Question

[heydiho]

I'm curious; when people select the planet and it rotates slowly (which looks very cool, mind you) and you select building que's, etc. Does it show small teeny-tiny houses and building as the planet rotates in the seperate quadrants of the planet the more your population increases and the more stuff you build on the planet? S

So for example if you build some chemical factory in an industrial DEA/quadrant does it show a teeny-tiny building (or several buildings)? Could someone elaborate in lots of detail on this for me, please and thanks .

[Main_Brain]

'I think you play too much Sims ;=)

[heydiho]

lol, no no no. I like all types of games but it's the little things that entice me. I GOTSTA know what it looks like while you are building things on your planet. I'm pretty sure that after a planetary bombing the craters and the such from the bombs stay on the planet. I've only seen a few screenshots, but was hoping for some clarity from a beta tester or something.

[Sarxis]

You want lights on the night-side of the planet, is that it?

[heydiho]

Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba
You want lights on the night-side of the planet, is that it?

Re-read my original post, bud.

[Bernie Rubber]

To answer your question:

No.

Why?

They originally had it partially done, but as your planet grew, all the planets started looking like a big boring gray thing. So, they decided to just have a circle around the planet representing how built up it is, as it looked much better, and was more informative.

Remember though, you're talking about a planet viewed from orbit. That's a long way up.

[Darkrenown]

Well the more developed the planet gets the more cities you can see on it. Eventually they join up into a corusant type sprawl. But you can't make out seperate buildings.

[heydiho]

Originally posted by Darkrenown
Well the more developed the planet gets the more cities you can see on it. Eventually they join up into a corusant type sprawl. But you can't make out seperate buildings.

Ah, that's cool too. As long as SOME change occurs while I'm populating a planet (or destroying one). Thanks, man.

[RolandtheMad]

I thought that was what was cut? I believe there is nothing now except a little circle around the planet that indicates..something..

[Bernie Rubber]

You'd be right roland. It has been cut.. and I'm actually happy, because it was supposed to have been really hard to distinguish if a planet was all built up. It also looks more cool with all the variation.. IMO.

[heydiho]

Originally posted by Bernie Rubber
You'd be right roland. It has been cut.. and I'm actually happy, because it was supposed to have been really hard to distinguish if a planet was all built up. It also looks more cool with all the variation.. IMO.

Oooookay, sooo the showing of the populating increasing on the planet visually is .. out?

[Bernie Rubber]

Not entirely. When you have a small picture of a colony, like when you're choosing from a menu, the planet has a ring around it, where the amount the ring is gray represents how developed it is. There are other ways to find out too, but not having actually played the game, I don't know any specifics. But, as I said, it looks good the way it is, and probably better when you have the seperate layers of clouds, the slow spin of the planet, all the movement screenies don't show.

[RolandtheMad]

Originally posted by Bernie Rubber .. and I'm actually happy, because it was supposed to have been really hard to distinguish if a planet was all built up. It also looks more cool with all the variation.. IMO.

Perhaps they could have kept both the circle around the planet & the graphical representation. Variation is nice but most big cities look the same, and I think urban planets would too.

Also I think that there should`ve been some irreversable climate change with this hyper urban sprawl. No more fields, all food grown in bio domes and whatnot.. no more natural weather systems.. change indeed. :P

[Bernie Rubber]

Maybe, but wouldn't both be redundant? And for any more features, this game is supposed to be amazing, but with a vertical learning curve. I think features like that would shove the game well into what the Elephant was. Can you imagine a game needing a 1,200 page manual? Good, until you try to play it.

[gunnergoz]

Life has no manual, but we play it every day and learn the rules as we go.

Damn if I can find the re-start button, though...