Coal, Hydro, Nuke plants any difference?

[Carnage04]

Does one give you more hammers than the other, or is it just a matter of reduced pollution?

Also, if I build the Three Gorges Dam, and I have the lightning bolt in my cities, doesn't this mean I am already using hydro power? It is still giving me the option to build a hydro plant in my cities. I thought the Three Gorges gave you one in each city.

Thanks in advance for the help,

J.

Well....at this point in the game whatever city you build the TGD in shouldn't be vulnerable....but if you finish it as the AI is ripping through a part of your empire and the dam is about to be taken....you at least have the option of building power plants in your other cities.

 

[jpinard]

The whole power plant thing is extremely confusing to me.

Why do you retain the option to build each kind of power plant after you're already powering your city? If you start with a coal plant, then build a hydro plant... why doesn't the game eliminate the coal plant if you don't receive more hammers? It's like the investment in better tech does nothing for you. And if you want electric right away, you're penalized for building coal to begin with?

Thanks Vivaldi - got it

 

[MestreLion]

The whole power plant thing is extremely confusing to me.

Why do you retain the option to build each kind of power plant after you're already powering your city? If you start with a coal plant, then build a hydro plant... why doesn't the game eliminate the coal plant if you don't receive more hammers? It's like the investment in better tech does nothing for you.

Actually, thats exatcly what the game do for you: if you build a coal first, and then you build a nuclear (or hydro), the coal plant is "deactivated", so you get no sickness. So one plant replaces the other.

And thats also the reason why the game lets you build a plant even if you already have power: so you can change the techonology to a cleaner (or safer) one.

But im not sure how the game chooses which plant will be the active one (if all 3 are present). Im sure that Hydro replaces Coal, and i guess Nuclear replaces Coal too (but im not sure). But will Hydro replace Nuclear, thus eliminating the risk of a meldown?

 

[Percy]

You still get +2 sick faces because of the Power, regardless of the source, though =/

 

[Matty R]

BuildingInfos. There, just search for 'nuclear' and scroll down until you see NukeExplosionRand. The default value for it is 2000. Set it to higher if you want less meltdowns.

Or 0 if you want to stop meltdowns altogether.

 

[MestreLion]

You still get +2 sick faces because of the Power, regardless of the source, though =/

At least not in Vanilla. Ive never built a Coal plant, as i always got for TGD. But the AI does, and when i capture cities with Coal plants, they are deactivated, meaning they show no sick faces. Am i mistaken somehow?

 

[Percy]

I don't know, i only play BtS. But i've heard that it's much harder on pollution than Vanilla, so maybe it's a BtS thing.

 

[6K Man]

I didn't see it mentioned that Coal Plants are also cheaper to build than Hydro/Nuke Plants. That's the deciding factor for me - 2 sickos can usually be managed.

 

[axident]

It should be noted, however, that the Three Gorges Dam technically builds a hydro power plant in each city on the continent (therefore power at no drawback), even if the city does not have a river next to it.

Exactly why it's good to build it. The non-believer heathens can continue to build coal plants or whatever in their non-river cities.

 

[Florian]

It should be noted, however, that the Three Gorges Dam technically builds a hydro power plant in each city on the continent (therefore power at no drawback), even if the city does not have a river next to it.

In BTS though, as Percy noted, you'll still get 2 unhealthiness simply for having power of any kind. So TGD gives power at no additional drawback.