04/24/2006
Building Construction: Building construction now maxes out at 25 buildings that can be built per zone at any given time. You will STILL be able to queue up as many building as you'd like, but only 25 of them will build at a time. With the click of one button (provided on the Empire Data page whenever buildings finish or by viewing the Buildings page in that zone) you will roll your queue up to the next ones queued to be built. This should give empires time to see other empires encroaching on their SOI and respond by either A. Attacking, B. Hiring a merc, C. building their own cities to defend their SOI or D. allowing the city to be encroached upon. I suppose you could use diplomacy and work out a deal with the offending empire, but who uses diplomacy? Buildings currently under contruction will complete normally, but new ones will be queued.
Towers are now put in your armoury instead of scrapped when a zone is purchased from you.
While Garrison Limits count the 4x4 area around your selected zone, SOI can reach far beyond that radius if unopposed by enemy cities.
Fixed a visual bug that made it appear that you could claim active mines though actually trying to claim them wouldn't have worked.
Water Zones: For the next 1 week you will be able to claim water zones within your SOI for $10 million, 1/10th the normal price. This will allow players with islands or near coastal areas to claim zones around their cities if they so choose. Zones claimed in this manner will NOT be buildable.
SOI zone purchasing is not a temporary feature, it is permanent.
Purchasing zones now costs $1 million, but only nets $200k for the original owner. We had considered other options but decided this was the best for now.
SOI Zone Purchasing: You may now buy non-city zones within your SOI for $1 million. The $1 million is paid directly to the empire you are buying the zone from. Towers in the zone are scrapped, with the parts being delivered to the owner's salvage zone. Non-towers are moved to the owner's primary salvage zone, or largest zone if they do not have a primary salvage zone flagged. You may purchase zones from any empire that you are NOT at war with and share an adjacent zone with.
Note: People will notice that their SOI, especially around a cluster of large cities, will stretch for quite a distance unless opposed by enemy cities. Proximity is the single most important factor in determining SOI, so border towns are an extremely effective way of preventing someone elses SOI from encroaching on your turf.
To purchase a zone in your SOI, click the zone and then click Terrain Info. If you are able, the option will appear.
Updating SOI: SOI is only updated if the zone in question has been clicked on since SOI was implemented. If you think your zone garrison limits are not as high as they should be, simply click the zones around your turf and you will update the SOI and thus the Garrison Limits.
While Garrison Limits are NOT in effect, you can view them for any zone you own on the map. MANY people have not yet updated their SOI properly, and thus are seeing improper Garrison Limits (*cough*...Xibious...*cough* *cough*). If you believe that your SOI may have changed, perhap because you built or destroyed a city, enlarged or shrunk an existing one, or conquered new cities, you will need to click the zones in question to update the SOI. EACH ZONE MUST BE CLICKED INDIVIDUALLY. A little tedious but we have sped it up.
Sped up the zone claiming process significantly.
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