Topic: New Port Buildings

Thank you both for your comments and observations.

PkK wrote: I disagree a bit about the piles: I think they should be wood for all tribes: Such piles are driven into the ground. Stone is much more likely to break when attempting to do that. AFAIK wood was used exclusively for such purposes until the late 19th / early 20th century, when concrete piles became feasible (either premade from reinforced concrete, for soft ground only - even those are more likely to break than wooden ones - or the concrete is poured into a steel piepe that was rammed into the ground before). However wood rots when exposed to varying tide, and thus both water and air. Therefore, often used wood piles that always remained underwater and supported stone pillars above were used. However these upper stone pillars were AFAIK much wider, more like those we see in stone bridges. Philipp

Point well taken regarding the use of wood piles. I thought I would set the empire apart from the other tribes with the use of a different material. AFAIK the Romans are credited with the first use of hydraulic cement and that persuaded me to make them masonry pillars (not marble ).

However, if it is too much an affront to one's sensibilities, they are easily changed to a wood material. With just a couple days before the feature freeze, my first priority is a build sequence for the Atlantean port. If time allows once that is complete, I will address the Empire's piles.

Thanks again for your continued support.
Cheers!

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I think I can find a good solution for the Empire port piles that will please everyone. We will just have to see.

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The build cost is listed as follows: trunk=3 planks=3 stone=4 diamond=1 quartz=1 spidercloth=3 gold=2

I would like to show how each item in the list plays a part in the construction.

How would the diamond, quartz, gold and spidercloth be utilized? The quartz and possibly diamond for the window "crystalglass" perhaps.

Any ideas?

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You're misunderstood me, PkK
I was asking to not have them as marble columns.
Wood is fine with me. Oak probably....
Background is, that I am known to complain about "too much marble needed" for the Empire, whenever I can
So this was a sort of joke.

Being no programmer, I apologize for all my suggestions that imply undue workload and for other misjudgements due to lack of expertise or relevant skills.
I am on Win32, have no means to compile, and rely on prefabricated distributions (Thanks to Tino).

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Chuck,
Hard question, nobody knows what is is.
My assumption, "clay reinforced with spidersilk"?

I guess planks look better than logs... and give a smoother surface.

Being no programmer, I apologize for all my suggestions that imply undue workload and for other misjudgements due to lack of expertise or relevant skills.
I am on Win32, have no means to compile, and rely on prefabricated distributions (Thanks to Tino).

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