29-08-2001 00:23									#1
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Does anyone know what all the random landmarks do? Like Upland Wastes, and Sea of Chiron, and whatever else. And the new ones in Alien Crossfire I am completely at a loss to understand. Can anyone help?

	29-08-2001 01:36									#2
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I don't know about smax, but in smac, you can use the ingame help-general-landmarks section to see what each landmark does. There are some that are functionless.

-Smack

	29-08-2001 17:22									#3
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Landmarks not listed in p.44 of the SMAC manual, or pp.15-16 of the Alien Crossfire manual, are good for "colour" only.

	30-08-2001 03:29									#4
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Landmarks are useful for way more than colour. The ones I can recall off the top of my head:

Sunny Mesa (high terrain suitable for energy collection)
Pholtus Ridge (+1 energy per square)
Garland Crater (+1 mineral per squre)
Freshwater Sea (+1 energy or nutrient per square (can't remember which)
Manifold Nexus (+1 Planet rating if inside your territory)
Borehole Cluster (3 pre build boreholes. May not add to eco-damage)
Geothermal Shallows (+1 energy per square and all coastal shelf)
Sargasso Sea (all fundus with pods at the center)
Unity Wreckage (bonus items in some squares if you are the first to move a unit into them)

Sorry Diva, I misread your post. I believe you are correct that the ones not documented are only for colour. I think there are some that can only be added throught the scenario editor too (somethingorother canyon).

	31-08-2001 18:06									#5
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Truly, while some landmarks are functionless, some will offer minimal benifits such as elevationfor solar-Sunny Messa(helpfull on a heavily eroided planet) or a protective ( and benificial ,if you have the right SP) fungal field as well as a slew of pods - New sargaso sea. Remember, I did say minimal. But for the most part, I've found much of the info in the data links, thanks to a sugestion by one of the wise ones