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How do I transport Terraformer Installations?
« on: February 01, 2014, 12:47:09 PM »
I built some on Earth that I want to transport to Luna, but how do I do that?
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Re: How do I transport Terraformer Installations?
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2014, 12:53:14 PM »
You can transport it either with your freighters by giving them the command to Earth->"Load Terraformer" and Luna -> "Unload Terraformer" or by creating a supply of terraformers on Earth and a demand of terraformers on Luna in the Civilians / Ind Status Tab of the Population and Production screen and let the civvies haul it for you.
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Re: How do I transport Terraformer Installations?
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2014, 12:59:30 PM »
I have the option "Load Terraforming Installation Components", but not "Load Terraforming Installations".    When I try to use "Load Terraforming Installation Components" the TF stalls saying it can't complete the order .  .  .  . 

My Transports are std 1 Cargo, 50,000 ton ships .  .  .   copied straight from one of Steve's AAR's .  .  .   they have moved everything else .  .  .   Clearly I am missing something here . . . .    thanks for the help.
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Re: How do I transport Terraformer Installations?
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2014, 01:32:49 PM »
A terraforming installation has, according to the Wiki, a mass of 125,000 tons, while regular installations only have 25,000 tons.  On the same page it says that it will automatically be broken down if a ship without enough cargo space tries to transport it.  If that doesn't work your only bet is probably to rely on civilian freighters.
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Re: How do I transport Terraformer Installations?
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2014, 01:35:41 PM »
Quote from: Cheet4h link=topic=6766. msg69343#msg69343 date=1391283169
A terraforming installation has, according to the Wiki, a mass of 125,000 tons, while regular installations only have 25,000 tons.   On the same page it says that it will automatically be broken down if a ship without enough cargo space tries to transport it.   If that doesn't work your only bet is probably to rely on civilian freighters. 

Ah, so maybe I need to try 5 transports in a TF . . . 

THANKS!!!  This should get me in the right direction.
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Re: How do I transport Terraformer Installations?
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2014, 02:03:19 PM »
Works if I use a TF of 5 . . .  THANKS for the help.
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Re: How do I transport Terraformer Installations?
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2014, 05:48:29 PM »
You should have been able to load .2 terraforming installation components on each load, you coukd have even used small cargo holds and loaded .04 per load if you really needed to, so I'm not sure what the problem was.
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Re: How do I transport Terraformer Installations?
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2014, 09:39:53 PM »
I've been getting some random errors . . .  maybe that's why.   For me, enough to get past this point.   I'm almost 20 years into a game . . .
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Re: How do I transport Terraformer Installations?
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2014, 11:27:56 PM »
Is it possible your cargo holds were already full? I make that mistake sometimes, maybe you cleared an order on repeat after the ships had already loaded up their holds.
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Re: How do I transport Terraformer Installations?
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2014, 08:56:21 PM »
Possible.   I've done that before.   I've moved on in the game and don't have a save for that point so . . .   
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