College idle? and: where did all the guns go? :)

[cduke]

I've encountered the following issue: schools, colleges and the like are always displayed idle. Can I task them somehow? I did not find any items I could research or build there.

 

Oh - one more thing: It has now happened twice, that the debriefing screen shows items (like the Uzi SMG), which are not shown in my equipment screen later on - like they never went into my storage. Eg. - I found the Uzi and some 9mm ammo, but only the ammo was stored afterwards. I could see in my ornance facility that I had some 9mm ammo in store.

 

Best regards and TIA

cduke

[TangTom]

I've encountered the following issue: schools, colleges and the like are always displayed idle. Can I task them somehow? I did not find any items I could research or build there.

 

Oh - one more thing: It has now happened twice, that the debriefing screen shows items (like the Uzi SMG), which are not shown in my equipment screen later on - like they never went into my storage. Eg. - I found the Uzi and some 9mm ammo, but only the ammo was stored afterwards. I could see in my ornance facility that I had some 9mm ammo in store.

 

Best regards and TIA

cduke

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hmmm .... in my opinion .... School and college are provide u a knowledge support , aren't they ?

and that there task .. not to research or manufacture something ...

 

and about debriefing ... I've seen this before too ,i think maybe it's a bug ..

[cduke]

hmmm .... in my opinion ....  School and college are provide u a knowledge support , aren't they ?

and that there task .. not to research or manufacture something ...

 

I just wondered - if they are listed as idle they could also be something else than idle - imho.

 

regards cduke

[Dog Soldier]

They do so much more than sitting idle.

 

1.They let you build advanced buildings later in the game. Some of them require a high amount of knowledge at the base before you can construct them.

2. Resource income :

 

Standard income British Isles: 32 LT - 29 Alien

+ 1 College : 41 LT - 37 Alien

+ 2 College : 54 LT - 49 Alien

So you see that investing some of that precious base space into knowledge buildings really pays off.

[Avenger]

Here are the effects of knowledge on production from my game. The country has 2 resource provinces, both alien tech producing 61 units per hour. The base has 3 slots. KL = Knowledge Level

 

KL.............Production...Increase.......Inc/KL

0....................61...............0................0

2....................69...............8................4

4....................79..............18...............4.5

6....................92..............31...............5

8...................104.............43...............5.5

10.................118.............57...............5.7

12.................133.............72................6

 

So as you can see Colleges are doing something!!

[Paranoid Jack]

I was wondering this also. But had noticed the increase in production once the knowledge buildings are complete.

 

I now have more knowledge buildings than all others combined. So I shut down all un-needed tracks and my resources are shooting up like crazy. Only linking bases needed (not vacant ones).

 

Still don't think I am as advanced as I need to be but the mother-ship is still more than nine days out. While I kick the crap out of the Cult.

[cduke]

Wow - thanks for all the detailed answers! I was hoping that I could keep my workers dumb and refused to build schools

 

Thanks guys!

cduke