Artisan Archive

Ok, I just picked up artisan due to the new changes in Ranger (nobody else had hard wood so it's do-it-yourself time) and I'm getting VERY annoyed that after I get a good concentration of the wood I can't place the harvester. It keeps telling me you can't build here. Is there some special requirement for putting down a harvester. Does the land have to be flat? I know I"m not close to any city.

The "You can't build here" message is one that is given when you are too close to a city.
You must be over 1024m (I believe thats the range) from a city in order to build.

Ground does have to be flat to build but even on uneven ground you should get the overhead view for placing a structure.
If you were unable to place in that area all the "placement" areas would be shaded red.

There was also a problem earlier on that would return an error message "You cannot place a structure in your current state."
If you are getting that message, it is because the server thinks your character is moving, as you must be stationary in order to place structures.

I would suggest moving slightly farther from the city you are close to and trying again.

Good Luck.

Thanks for the reply, someone told me I was to close to an Imperial base that wasn't on the map and that was why it wouldn't place. One last question, how much power do you have to put in it to get it to last for x amount of time?

I put 850 cr/650 pw in my personal mineral extractor each day, I'd assume the flora farms are much the same level of maintenance.

My suggestion is to look at the status window, see what the 'rate' is, put in 2 or 3 times that amount and see how much time that got you, and calculate from there. Why those rates can't be based on 1hr is beyond me.

All personal Harvesters take 720 maint/600 Power per day. Double for Mediums (which produce 2x the resources. Tripply for Heavies (which produce 3.5x the resources).

All power generators (Wind Mills, Solar Arrays, & Fusion Generators) are 1440 maint per day. (No power, obviously.)