Building help

[Scorpinock]

Every time I log off for a few hours, I come back and cant build anything because i never have any energy. I have lvl 3 metal, lvl 4 crystals, lvl 1 gas, lvl 5 solar, what am I doing wrong??

[Sabret00th]

the low level of solar, i think.....your mines are draining the power produced by it build some more levels of the Solar Plant

[Scorpinock]

QUOTE(Sabret00th @ Oct 24 2007, 03:06 PM) the low level of solar, i think.....your mines are draining the power produced by it build some more levels of the Solar Plant

Thanx, Im finally able to build science, my energy is staying steady at 60 now lol, so Im also going to research energy systems

[Insomniac]

Btw, Energy systems give you bonus income on metal/crystals/gas (i'm under the impression you are going to research them for extra energy - they won't help you).

Energy is different than the other resources. There is no way to store the energy, the steady 60 you see is the amount of energy you have after draining from the mines. You do need this to be enough for starting new building (if the building states 50 energy to start building and you have 60 - you can build it, if you have less than 50 - you cannot start building. After the building is completed those 50 energy is drained from the steady 60 you had and it will be steady 10 until you build more solar panels) and to be positive for starting any research.