10-03-2004 18:19									#1
	Hidden specials in the ocean Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Playing a little bit with the cheating possibilies of the game, I found out that there are also hidden specials in the ocean!.
Depending on the fish-or-whale type of the specials, you will get jungle, swamp, iron - every possible special when you create a piece of land in the ocean on the right tile (see also Scouse Gits' thread Making the most of Specials ).
The game is always surprising - I think, most of you didn't know that, too.

	10-03-2004 19:11									#2
	Put an end to popups!

All maritime specials out of reach of land are routinely removed by the game - this means that if - in extremis - you are forced out to sea in a trireme the sight of a maritime whale heralds land within reach.

Stu

	10-03-2004 20:17									#3
	Re: Hidden specials in the ocean Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

The pattern covers the entire map, land AND sea. This is not new; however, my game does not allow me to "create a piece of land in the ocean." That I did not know.

Monk

	10-03-2004 23:43									#4
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@Bloody Monk
Use the cheat menu - change terrain.

	11-03-2004 21:56									#5
	Full PM-box? Change here!

IMHO....

Cheating is bad for you...and for the game.

Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should.

Monk

	11-03-2004 22:21									#6
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Not that I'd ever see any reason to do this, I'm curious. When you're referring to hidden ocean specials, are you talking about places where there should be a special within reach of land, but there isn't one? Or are you talking about the places out at sea where there should be a special, but there isn't one because it's too far away from land?

	12-03-2004 18:11									#7
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@deebest
I'm talking about places out at sea where there should be a special, but there isn't one because it's too far away from land.

	12-03-2004 18:17									#8
	Tired of ads?

By the way, I used the cheat menu to learn more about terraforming.

	19-03-2004 16:32									#9
	Suffering from ads?

using the rules.txt, you can make it so that ocean squares can be transformed. I haven't actually tried this myself, but if it works, you could put an engineer on a ship and unload to wake it, then do its work, like you did to railroad ocean squares back in civ1