Removing Tile Improvements?

[Bandobras Took]

Is there a way to remove Tile Improvements? I can't seem to find a way to get rid of a Xenomass Well in recently-conquered enemy territory.

 

[bkwrm79]

I'm trying to figure this out as well, in part so I can reap maximum benefits from resource-spawning satellites.

 

[KrikkitTwo]

No
You can only replace them with other improvements

 

[Browd]

Once you start building a different improvement, the existing improvement is destroyed. If you want no improvement on that tile, build another improvement for one turn and then move your worker on to another tile.

 

[GeoModder]

I suppose that method doesn't work on hexes with resources on it. For instance, no way you can start a mine to replace the existing Floatstone quary with.

 

[KrikkitTwo]

Once you start building a different improvement, the existing improvement is destroyed. If you want no improvement on that tile, build another improvement for one turn and then move your worker on to another tile.

I don't think that works for the Orbital Fabricator/Weather Controller though.

 

[Magma_Dragoon]

I'm trying to figure this out as well, in part so I can reap maximum benefits from resource-spawning satellites.

partially constructed improvements count as improvements btw

 

[Rakshasa72]

This is one of the problems with the Orbital Fabricator/Weather Controller. They come too late in the game and take too long to work to be truly useful. I mainly use the Fabricators to get more oil for satellites. Since you don't improve ocean tiles normally without resources.

 

[bkwrm79]

That's disappointing, but I appreciate the answers! At least now I know I'm not missing something obvious.

 

[WaffleWaffe]

That's disappointing, but I appreciate the answers! At least now I know I'm not missing something obvious.

It is disappointing indeed. The ability to remove improvements YOU OWN should have been in the game. I understand that removing other peoples improvements can't be done, you can only pillage which I'm totally fine with for balance reasons. Firaxis is getting ing lazy and unless they smarten up I'm not going to buy their lazy ass, ancient buggy code games any more. I don't think they beta tested this game at all. I don't think the devs have played a full game of their own game either.

 

[bhavv]

I agree we should be allowed to remove improvements, and also remove resources, which I think a terrascape will do.

This game has nothing on Smacs terraforming, all the way in the future on another planet, and we still cant terraform the land or even remove farms.

 

[Roxlimn]

That approach was tried in SMAC. The reason why it hasn't resurfaced since in any Civ game ever is because terraforming is ridiculously OP and quite beyond the capacities of any AI. The AI's bad enough as it is. It doesn't need you throwing up mountains in the face of its armies to stymie it even further.