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Perrin

August 20th, 2002, 06:20 PM

Ok I have not had the guts to try this...

Is there an adverse affect if a sphere world is built around the only sun in a system with populated worlds? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

I mean theoretically you are blocking all light from the Sun so do the planets become uninhabitable?

Edit: And what about ring worlds? same question.

[ August 20, 2002, 17:22: Message edited by: Perrin ]

Puke

August 20th, 2002, 06:30 PM

nah, through the miricales of high-tech translucent concrete, its alright.

no adverse effects.

geoschmo

August 20th, 2002, 06:34 PM

The only "adverse" effect is that you can no longer create planets out of the asteroid fields in the system. If you want to make planets out of asteroids you have to do that before you make the ring/sphereworld.

Geoschmo

Perrin

August 20th, 2002, 08:06 PM

Originally posted by Puke:
nah, through the miricales of high-tech translucent concreteROTFL

Arkcon

August 20th, 2002, 09:26 PM

Originally posted by Perrin:
Ok I have not had the guts to try this...

Is there an adverse affect if a sphere world is built around the only sun in a system with populated worlds? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

I mean theoretically you are blocking all light from the Sun so do the planets become uninhabitable?

Edit: And what about ring worlds? same question.Nah, the solid sphere still lets out practically all the sun's energy. It's just seriously red-shifted to the infared. Nothing a technologically advanced race can't handle. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Ed Kolis

August 20th, 2002, 09:54 PM

And if you destroy a sphereworld (or ringworld) the star doesn't come back, right? (Even though in the ringworld picture you can see a little star inside! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif )

geoschmo

August 20th, 2002, 10:21 PM

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
And if you destroy a sphereworld (or ringworld) the star doesn't come back, right? (Even though in the ringworld picture you can see a little star inside! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif )Correct. In the stock game you can't destroy a ring/sphereworld. If you mod the game to give you a big enough tectonic bomb to destroy one of these, the result is a huge asteroid field and no star. You can in fact make a huge planet out of the asteroids and create a star, make a ringworld out of the star, destroy it, repeat, repeat, repeat, (How many huge worlds do you want with your sphereworlds sir? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif )

Geo

capnq

August 21st, 2002, 12:08 AM

Say, this could be the explanation of that report of a system with planets, but no star.

Arkcon

August 21st, 2002, 02:36 PM

Originally posted by minipol:
i have never created a sphereworld before. i know there's some information in the faq about it. is there anothere place where i can find more info on how exactely one creates a sphere world or a ring world and what the difference between the two is, how to create a planet from asteroid fields (i didn't even know it was possible!)
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minipol

August 22nd, 2002, 01:15 AM

i have never created a sphereworld before. i know there's some information in the faq about it. is there anothere place where i can find more info on how exactely one creates a sphere world or a ring world and what the difference between the two is, how to create a planet from asteroid fields (i didn't even know it was possible!)
this game just keeps getting better and better!

Baron Grazic

August 22nd, 2002, 03:37 AM

Can you use a Star Destroyer if a sphere world is around the sun?

Fyron

August 22nd, 2002, 03:54 AM

You can only destroy stars with a star-destroying component. In game-terms, a ring or sphereworld is not a star; it is a planet. So, you cannot use a star-destroying component to destroy it.

[ August 22, 2002, 02:54: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Alpha Kodiak

August 22nd, 2002, 05:32 AM

Originally posted by capnq:
Say, this could be the explanation of that report of a system with planets, but no star.I tried this but you can't create a planet from asteroids unless there is already a star in the system.

Skulky

August 22nd, 2002, 06:09 AM

well otehr than starting like this a super tectonic bomb could've blown up the sphere after the planets were made.

minipol

August 22nd, 2002, 04:02 PM

what's the population of a ring world / sphere world? is it always the same or does this number vary?
also, i imagine since it's that big that you can place a lot of facilities there otherwise i wouldn't see a real advantage to build these.
(except for the protection of your sun)

geoschmo

August 22nd, 2002, 04:35 PM

Advantage to building a sphere/ringworld.
 Lot's of room for facilities 150% on all three resource values Room for lot's of people, so your production and construction facilities can get tremendous bonuses Lot's of cargo room for weapons platforms and fighters. Protects your star from star destroying weapons and events Cannot be blown up by planet destroying weapons(At leat in the stock game) Really, really cool to say you have built one http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Disadvantages
 Takes a lot of reasearch to get the tech needed Takes a lot of resources and time to build the neccesary ships/bases to construct one Usually by the time you get one, you don't need one anymore

minipol

August 22nd, 2002, 05:59 PM

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Advantage to building a sphere/ringworld.
 150% on all three resource values Room for lot's of people, so your production and construction facilities can get tremendous bonuses Lot's of cargo room for weapons platforms and fighters. Protects your star from star destroying weapons and events Cannot be blown up by planet destroying weapons(At leat in the stock game) Really, really cool to say you have built one http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Disadvantages
 Takes a lot of resources and time to build the neccesary ships/bases to construct one Usually by the time you get one, you don't need one anymorecool, i'm going to have to build me one in my home sector and show off :-)

capnq

August 22nd, 2002, 11:23 PM

Say, this could be the explanation of that report of a system with planets, but no star.
I tried this but you can't create a planet from asteroids unless there is already a star in the system.That's not what I meant. If someone build a sphereworld in a system with planets, and then the sphereworld was destroyed, the planets would still be there, but no star.

Except that would leave an asteroid field where the sphereworld was, so I guess that's not it.

[ August 22, 2002, 22:24: Message edited by: capnq ]