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[[ | [[File:Moo2 ColonyBuildMenu.png|thumb|Order production through the Build Menu.]] | ||
Producing things quickly is almost always desirable, and there are situations in which it's particularly important: | Producing things quickly is almost always desirable, and there are situations in which it's particularly important: | ||
*Early in the game, especially if you are not playing as a high-production race. Getting colonies going is particularly important. | *Early in the game, especially if you are not playing as a high-production race. Getting colonies going is particularly important. | ||
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==Buying things== | ==Buying things== | ||
[[ | [[File:Moo2ColonyList400.png|thumb|right|The Colony List is the best screen in which to buy things.]] | ||
''MOO II'' allows you to buy things, so that construction is completed when you click the "Turn" button. The Colony List is the best screen in which to buy things: | ''MOO II'' allows you to buy things, so that construction is completed when you click the "Turn" button. The Colony List is the best screen in which to buy things: | ||
*Using it encourages you to look first at everything you need to consider before committing yourself to a specific purchase, including what else you might want to buy instead. | *Using it encourages you to look first at everything you need to consider before committing yourself to a specific purchase, including what else you might want to buy instead. | ||
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First of all, don't buy if the bottom right box in the Colony List shows negative Income and your Reserve is under 200 BC - that sounds like a lot in the early game, but fast building means a fast rise in the total maintenance cost of your buildings, which will make the budget deficit worse; 200 BC can vanish very fast. | First of all, don't buy if the bottom right box in the Colony List shows negative Income and your Reserve is under 200 BC - that sounds like a lot in the early game, but fast building means a fast rise in the total maintenance cost of your buildings, which will make the budget deficit worse; 200 BC can vanish very fast. | ||
There are a few situations where that rule can be interpreted flexibly. The most common one is where your deficit is entirely caused by [[ | There are a few situations where that rule can be interpreted flexibly. The most common one is where your deficit is entirely caused by [[../Freight training|moving colonists around]] and your budget will return to surplus when they arrive. | ||
But if you're not 100% sure, don't buy yet: you might want to move other colonists next turn, so the deficit might not be so temporary; and the purchase will be cheaper on the next turn (see below). | But if you're not 100% sure, don't buy yet: you might want to move other colonists next turn, so the deficit might not be so temporary; and the purchase will be cheaper on the next turn (see below). | ||
If your finances are in good shape, the best time to buy is usually when the thing is 50% complete - another advantage of using the Colony List is that just looking at it every turn soon gives you a good feel for how long things take to build. Buying something that is at least 50% complete costs 2BC per outstanding PP; but buying things earlier gives you a much worse ratio, and buying things you've just ordered (no turns of production completed) costs 4 BC per PP - not even a [[ | If your finances are in good shape, the best time to buy is usually when the thing is 50% complete - another advantage of using the Colony List is that just looking at it every turn soon gives you a good feel for how long things take to build. Buying something that is at least 50% complete costs 2BC per outstanding PP; but buying things earlier gives you a much worse ratio, and buying things you've just ordered (no turns of production completed) costs 4 BC per PP - not even a [[../Some effective race designs|DemoCash race]] can afford to do this often. | ||
When you click the "Buy" button, you'll see a dialog box that asks "Do you want to buy X production for Y BC?" If Y exceeds 2X, the item is less than 50% complete. | When you click the "Buy" button, you'll see a dialog box that asks "Do you want to buy X production for Y BC?" If Y exceeds 2X, the item is less than 50% complete. | ||
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The general rule is: look at the sequence of things that have to be built in order to get to where you want to be; if there's a mixture of cheap and expensive items in the sequence, buy the cheapest item early rather than an expensive one at 50% complete. | The general rule is: look at the sequence of things that have to be built in order to get to where you want to be; if there's a mixture of cheap and expensive items in the sequence, buy the cheapest item early rather than an expensive one at 50% complete. | ||
The Automated Factory example illustrates another important principle: arrange the sequence so that cheap items which boost production are early in the sequence and buy these early. When you're planning new colonies, you have to keep the sequence in your head. Once a colony is built you can use its [ | The Automated Factory example illustrates another important principle: arrange the sequence so that cheap items which boost production are early in the sequence and buy these early. When you're planning new colonies, you have to keep the sequence in your head. Once a colony is built you can use its [[:File:Moo2_ColonyBuildMenu.png|Build Menu]] to maintain the sequence of items. The Colony List allows the player to access any colony's Build Menu by clicking the colony's "Building" box (the "hand" cursor is about do this in the example above). | ||
Automated Factories are almost always the best candidates for early buying. | Automated Factories are almost always the best candidates for early buying. | ||
===Getting the money to buy things=== | ===Getting the money to buy things=== | ||
This is important in the early game, when you have so little cash and so much to build. It becomes important again when you start invading, but that will be covered later. [[ | This is important in the early game, when you have so little cash and so much to build. It becomes important again when you start invading, but that will be covered later. [[../Money matters|Money matters]] gives some tips about fund-raising. | ||
==Stockpiling production== | ==Stockpiling production== | ||
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**Troop Transports (100 PP; 1 CP) will be required if you're preparing to invade, but they cost command points so it's best build them at several research / farming colonies just before your main shipyard colonies deliver the warships. So Trade Goods is preferable until the final few turns of the build-up. | **Troop Transports (100 PP; 1 CP) will be required if you're preparing to invade, but they cost command points so it's best build them at several research / farming colonies just before your main shipyard colonies deliver the warships. So Trade Goods is preferable until the final few turns of the build-up. | ||
**Spies (100 PP; maintenance 2 BC) are sometimes a good alternative, especially for colonies that are so far away from planets you want to invade that you don't want to build Transports there; but maintaining lots of Spies is expensive. | **Spies (100 PP; maintenance 2 BC) are sometimes a good alternative, especially for colonies that are so far away from planets you want to invade that you don't want to build Transports there; but maintaining lots of Spies is expensive. | ||
**Freighters (50 PP) are often a good idea: they have no running cost while not in use, and you'll need them when you start invading (see [[ | **Freighters (50 PP) are often a good idea: they have no running cost while not in use, and you'll need them when you start invading (see [[../Freight training|Freight training]]). | ||
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