Anno 2070

Teaf · 5 Dec 2011 at 11:17

oxygene said:
Right, the second your ark says you can buy the tech blueprints you get the option to buy a sub. Go back to your ark and look at the top left of its ui and you'll see an option to buy a sub right where the 'unlock tech' button was.

Aha, knew there must have been a way around it, thanks for that

On another random note, just found the fast forward button \o/

oxygene · 5 Dec 2011 at 11:18

flibby said:
Aha, knew there must have been a way around it, thanks for that On another random note, just found the fast forward button \o/

Yeah isnt it handy

If you hold down numpad + it works as well. I keep trying to do it in mp when waiting for ships :/

CaptainRAVE · 5 Dec 2011 at 11:32

oxygene said:
Another quick note that was mentioned a while back. We dont have access to stone pier blocks through the menu. Although a purely cosmetic thing a lot of people like them. You can get them by using the dropper tool on an npcs dock areas, they usually have them built.

That would be good if I had NPC docks on my map - I just have their arks, ships etc

flibby said:
Okay a little stuck... started a new continuous game, but only had the Eco and Tycoon NPC vendor arks in the area this time, whereas last time I had those two plus the Tech ark guy. So I set up and reach engineers in my city and get it all sorted, then start on my Tech area so I can start looking into 3d projectors... then it hits me.

I have no carbon to make a submarine to start an underwater warehouse, and to make carbon you need oil. I don't have tycoon tech until executives therefore I need an oil platform which requires an underwater warehouse. Last time I just bought carbon from the Tech ark to get me going, but this time I don't have him on... basically to make carbon, I need carbon

Just trade what you need i.e. buy them from the NPCs. I don't remember having a problem getting carbon, but maybe I got some through a quest without realising, thereby kickstarting the whole thing.

HummuH1 · 5 Dec 2011 at 11:40

flibby said:
Okay a little stuck... started a new continuous game, but only had the Eco and Tycoon NPC vendor arks in the area this time, whereas last time I had those two plus the Tech ark guy. So I set up and reach engineers in my city and get it all sorted, then start on my Tech area so I can start looking into 3d projectors... then it hits me.

I have no carbon to make a submarine to start an underwater warehouse, and to make carbon you need oil. I don't have tycoon tech until executives therefore I need an oil platform which requires an underwater warehouse. Last time I just bought carbon from the Tech ark to get me going, but this time I don't have him on... basically to make carbon, I need carbon

If you've unlocked Tech buildings etc at your Ark you can order a submarine from there. You only need Tools and Building Block thingies to build an underwater warehouse.

EDIT: too late

Teaf · 5 Dec 2011 at 13:29

Thanks both anyway

Ended up starting a different map anyway, the island that I was on and the placement of others coupled with their fertility wasn't great, so picked another that was more suitable. Already bought my Ocean Glider on the new map so back to where I was. Just me also or is the Ocean Glider vastly better than the Commando Ship? as soon as I got it I just destroyed my Commando.

CaptainRAVE · 5 Dec 2011 at 15:49

flibby said:
Thanks both anyway

Ended up starting a different map anyway, the island that I was on and the placement of others coupled with their fertility wasn't great, so picked another that was more suitable. Already bought my Ocean Glider on the new map so back to where I was. Just me also or is the Ocean Glider vastly better than the Commando Ship? as soon as I got it I just destroyed my Commando.

The ocean glider doesn't have any weapons though, does it?

Can't login at the moment

Teaf · 5 Dec 2011 at 17:22

CaptainRAVE said:
The ocean glider doesn't have any weapons though, does it?

Can't login at the moment

Ah yeah forgot about no guns, only been playing peaceful continuous so barely any hostiles

Also yeah the Ubisoft servers have been playing up this afternoon, was down for a while... not sure if scheduled.

oxygene · 5 Dec 2011 at 17:24

flibby said:
Ah yeah forgot about no guns, only been playing peaceful continuous so barely any hostiles Also yeah the Ubisoft servers have been playing up this afternoon, was down for a while... not sure if scheduled.

See this is what pees me off. I had that a few times recently. Most noticably when I went to play mp with a friend. I mean seriously if you're going to insist on always on internet for 90% of the features, at least have multiple backup servers!

CaptainRAVE · 5 Dec 2011 at 17:28

flibby said:
Ah yeah forgot about no guns, only been playing peaceful continuous so barely any hostiles Also yeah the Ubisoft servers have been playing up this afternoon, was down for a while... not sure if scheduled.

Careful though, if you accept quests then some require at least a little fire power

oxygene said:
See this is what pees me off. I had that a few times recently. Most noticably when I went to play mp with a friend. I mean seriously if you're going to insist on always on internet for 90% of the features, at least have multiple backup servers!

Yeah, bugs me a little too. I like the online features, but they really need to sort their servers.

Teaf · 5 Dec 2011 at 17:33

oxygene said:
See this is what pees me off. I had that a few times recently. Most noticably when I went to play mp with a friend. I mean seriously if you're going to insist on always on internet for 90% of the features, at least have multiple backup servers!

It is really annoying yeah, although doubley so for multiplayer (granted I don't play but I can imagine it being so). Plus with Ark storage and slottable items going through Ubisoft I'd imagine you lose access to those? although I never checked when it went down, just came to mind right now. I'm guessing adding/removing items to/from the Ark also goes through Ubisoft even when you're online as the lag when adding/removing is nasty. As you say, they really should have back up servers.

CaptainRAVE said:
Careful though, if you accept quests then some require at least a little fire power

Aye, although most of time with 2x 30% speed boosts you can just run around the enemy ship as they are really slow. Never found any other vehicle upgrades worth using yet most of them aren't great.

oxygene · 5 Dec 2011 at 17:36

flibby;20726182Plus with Ark storage and slottable items going through Ubisoft I'd imagine you lose access to those?[/QUOTE said:
Yup completely. So if I have an ark item which boosts one of my power plants, or increases storage capacity, those would then affect my game a lot if the servers died and my ark stopped being accessable...

CaptainRAVE · 5 Dec 2011 at 18:34

Does post processing make this game look worse? I have it on maximum, but the game looks a little to grainy. The screenshots in the reviews look much better than what I am seeing.

oxygene · 5 Dec 2011 at 19:19

CaptainRAVE said:
Does post processing make this game look worse? I have it on maximum, but the game looks a little to grainy. The screenshots in the reviews look much better than what I am seeing.

I turned it off and hated it. I use it on low.

CaptainRAVE · 5 Dec 2011 at 19:39

oxygene said:
I turned it off and hated it. I use it on low.

Same, I didn't like it off either - too cartoony. Might try it on low next.

CaptainRAVE · 5 Dec 2011 at 22:19

Frustrating that this has been offline all evening

Teaf · 5 Dec 2011 at 22:52

CaptainRAVE said:
Frustrating that this has been offline all evening

Yeah

I've managed to get in though, I just left it going... although the Ark takes ages to get anything out of but it's bonuses are still working, and multiplexer will be pretty much impossible.

Teaf · 6 Dec 2011 at 09:44

Any clues as to what these do: "Toll Ware <item>", "Levies Duties on trade at the Warehouse above a certain quantity of goods". In this case it's "5t Service Bots" and starting at 20t.

oxygene · 6 Dec 2011 at 09:45

flibby said:
Any clues as to what these do: "Toll Ware <item>", "Levies Duties on trade at the Warehouse above a certain quantity of goods". In this case it's "5t Service Bots" and starting at 20t.

Indeed, they are awesome. Socket it in your warehouse and for every 20 of anything you sell, even building blocks, you will be gifted 5 bots. Basically if you sell them you make loads more money on top, or it can boost your production.

CaptainRAVE · 6 Dec 2011 at 09:51

flibby said:
Any clues as to what these do: "Toll Ware <item>", "Levies Duties on trade at the Warehouse above a certain quantity of goods". In this case it's "5t Service Bots" and starting at 20t.

How do I get that?

Metal converters are an insane way to make money. One of my underwater island black smokers went out and left a uranium deposit (unlimited too)...that stuff sells for a small fortune!

Teaf · 6 Dec 2011 at 10:20

oxygene said:
Indeed, they are awesome. Socket it in your warehouse and for every 20 of anything you sell, even building blocks, you will be gifted 5 bots. Basically if you sell them you make loads more money on top, or it can boost your production.

Hmm.. still a bit confused about them. So if I have say Island B making bots for Island A, and there's a ship in between, when that boat carries 20t or more of bots from B to A it'll turn into 25 bots if the item is socked at A? Basically just looking to increase production with it if that's possible, as I'm kinda rolling in money at the moment

hard to spend it other than spamming item refresh at the NPC Arks

CaptainRAVE said:
How do I get that?

Metal converters are an insane way to make money. One of my underwater island black smokers went out and left a uranium deposit (unlimited too)...that stuff sells for a small fortune!

Just got it randomly from a quest, but I do see them cropping up at one of the NPC Arks from time to time, granted this is the first time I've seen one for bots.