How do you build a...

[Dude]

cloaking facility?

Version 1.91 says in its history file,

4. Note - Spaceyards will not work on cloaked planets or ships.
5. Fixed - Cloaked planets were allowing you to add multiple spaceyards to them.
6. Fixed - A planet that was damaged and lost its cloaking facility would not decloak.
7. Fixed - A planet that scrapped its cloaking facility would not decloak.

And I'm like, "how do you build a cloaking facility on a planet?"

If anyone can help, it would be much apperciated.

[Fyron]

You have to mod one into the game first. There are none in the stock game.

[gregebowman]

Speaking of building things, how do you go about building a ring or sphere world? I've only done it once before, and that was a couple of years ago. I've forgotten how to do it.

[ March 15, 2004, 14:51: Message edited by: gregebowman ]

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by gregebowman:
Speaking of building things, how do you go about building a ring or sphere world? I've only done it once before, and that was a couple of years ago. I've forgotten how to do it.

I believe it is posted in the FAQ how to do it.

[Power Man]

How to build a ring or sphere world. In the Un Modded game.
First you need to study for the required tecks.

You need to get way up in Stellar Manipulation to get the Cable, Plate, and Ring world ship components.
The Sphere world component is, I think the Last level.

You also have to study Star Base construction to the end as well.

You will also need a fleet of ships with the Shipyard component ( I like to use a set of 11).

Design 3 types of the largest star base.
One with the Ring or Sphere World unit.
One with the Plate component.
One with the Cable component.

Pick a star, hopefully somewhere in your area, and start sending your construction ships there.

The first ship there should start the Ring or Sphere Star Base. This will take almost 3 Years to build.
The other ships should build the Plate and Cable Star bases. They take almost a Year to build.

For the Ring world you need a base with the Ring world unit. You need five bases Each of the Cable and Plate units.

For the Sphere world you need a base with the Sphere world unit. You need ten bases Each of the Cable and Plate units.

I usually mothball the Plate and Cable bases until the Ring or Cable base is done. I then Un-mothball them when ready.
Once all of the bases are done you select the Ring or cable base and give it the Construct Order.

All of the bases are then assembled into the Ring or Sphere world. It will have your Race's atmosphere and native planet type.

Just send a colony ship and Lots of People and you will have a nice new colony.
A Ring world has room for 100 facilities. It has like 150% of all resources. It holds Lots of population.
I forget what the Sphere world has. But I hope to find out soon.

Not I Just finished my first Ring world in my current game. I have a second one on the way. I am going to start a Sphere world soon, but the Last level of Stellar Manipulation is over 3 Million points!!!!

[gregebowman]

Thanks, Power Man. I know I had done it once, but that was a long time ago. My games usually don't Last this long before I'm either getting my behind handed back to me, or a new mod comes out and I lose interest in the old game. But I got the tech for the ring and sphere worlds in this current game I'm playing; I just didn't have level 3 in star bases. I forgot that part. I was trying to remember how to get those big components in place. I'll do the research on starbases tonight and hopefully get started on my ring world and sphere world I want to build.

[Renegade 13]

A Ringworld can hold:

- 100 facilities
- 32 Billion population
- 64 MT of Cargo Space

Sphereworld can hold:

- 200 facilities
- 64 Billion population
- 128 MT of Cargo Space

[Paul1980au]

Sphereworlds are very useful but only if you are bogged down in a advanced tech game with 100+ systems and are looking for a resource / population advantage.

[Atrocities]

I love ring and sphere worlds. I seldom if ever get the chance in my games to build them, but at least I love them.

[Paul1980au]

Yes sphereworlds are good - the only way i find to use is a pre map that setting em up - otherwise the other alternative is a really good run of luck with alien ruins - i once had a 255 map with 60 alien ruins close to me and i got a good run of stellar manipulation and got ringworld tech as a result - built em and quickly crushed the enemy.