Making Energy Collectors

[Bud Backer]

When the command station is completed, the game automatically makes an energy collector. When the collector is destroyed, it's replaced fairly quickly without human intervention.

I wanted to make extra ones but the game will not allow me to. When I try to place it anywhere on a planet it remains red. So why is it even in the build menu?

[Lord Of Nothing]

Choice, I think. The auto-build option can be disabled- perhaps you want it in a different position for some reason, or REALLY tight economy means you don't want to build it now, etc. I admit I've never encountered such a situation myself, though.

[Kahuna]

The auto-build option can be disabled- perhaps you want it in a different position for some reason, or REALLY tight economy means you don't want to build it now

Well you can just pause the construction so it will cost no metal.
There's no reason to disable it.

[Kahuna]

I wanted to make extra ones but the game will not allow me to. When I try to place it anywhere on a planet it remains red. So why is it even in the build menu?

There's an Energy Collector auto build thing in the global controls menu (Press the CTRL button in the lower left corner).

[Bud Backer]

So what I'm getting here is that it exists as a build option in the rare case where one might disable auto-build?

[Aklyon]

Also, there used to be multiple levels of them to build, with varying efficiencies as you built more.

[Kahuna]

So what I'm getting here is that it exists as a build option in the rare case where one might disable auto-build?

Yes

[Bud Backer]

So what I'm getting here is that it exists as a build option in the rare case where one might disable auto-build?

Yes

Ok. Works for me. Thanks everyone!