Where are the Towers?

[VladTepes]

Civlopedia lists Towers as being a terrain feature allowing extra LOS, but I have not yet seen even one.

 

[Silverkiss]

It´s Sentry Tower, and they appear randomly trough the map. Whenever a unit is in the same tile as the tower, it gain a promotion (I think the name is Lookout) that increases its line of sight (by 2 or 3 I think). The bonus is cumulative whit other Sentry promotions, so its nice to put a unit whit Sentry I for example on the tower and get a huge line of sight.

 

[VladTepes]

OK, right, got that, but I have not found one on any map I've played in ffh2.

 

[Chalid]

They are mostly in deserts. What type of map do you usually play?

 

[Sureshot]

I find them in tundra a lot too.

 

[VladTepes]

Ah, that explains it. I play Smartmap with deserts and tundra off. I guess I'll turn them back on next game now that I know I can terraform / Genesis....

 

[darkedone02]

if you want to spawn a sentry tower, then operate the world editor and add one in.

 

[Silverkiss]

Thats cheating.... u.u

 

[Jono]

So is using Smartmap ^^

 

[Sureshot]

Smartmap isn't cheating O_o
just found out about it today, it makes great maps for FFH2
the best is top connected to bottom, and sides connected... its like a donut shaped world (though not really, the actualy 3d shape may not even exist)

 

[Jono]

Well, it's cheating when you remove all deserts and tundra (for me atleast)...

 

[BeefontheBone]

What do you mean the actual 3D shape might not even exist? It's a torus, like a doughnut or bagel shape (the ones with the hole in the middle, of course) and you can do it in vanilla in 1.61 - Sirian altered a couple of things to allow wrapping N/S, E/W or both.

 

[SchpailsMan]

Well, it's cheating when you remove all deserts and tundra (for me atleast)...

Removing deserts and toundra is not cheating... it's self-destructive No more incense (or very few), deer, fur, whales, no more "empty spaces" you know even the computer will avoid settling in, no more flood plains, less of those resources that are often found in deserts (including gold), no more Dovellio defensive bonus (even if it doesn't work that well)... really, you want deserts and toundra.

 

[Jono]

You kinda screw the Doviello and Malakim over like that... "/

 

[VladTepes]

You kinda screw the Doviello and Malakim over like that... "/

I wasn't aware of the "terraforming" abilities. Deserts and Tundra before was an annoyance.