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Title: Transfer energy over several tiles
Post by: Rady on June 14, 2010, 01:36:59 PM
Hi all,

does someone knows about this detail: is it possible to transfer energy or water over more than one tile? In my current region I placed a power plant in tile A. From this tile I do have a neighbour connection to tile B, and a neighbor contract has been signed. So tile B receives energy from tile A. However, I cannot establish a trade contract for energy between tile B and C, despite there is an neighbour connection. When opening the budget menu, there's no "energy" trade proposal (in neither of both tiles)

So - is it impossble, or what kind of reasons might prevent me from beeing able to set up an trade contract?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Transfer energy over several tiles
Post by: xxdita on June 14, 2010, 01:54:45 PM
I'm quite certain that it's possible. You just have to make sure that City B is buying more power/water than it needs, then you should be able to sell off the excess to City C.
Title: Re: Transfer energy over several tiles
Post by: Rady on June 14, 2010, 10:09:09 PM
Fine, thanks ... does it normally take some time for the trade contract to become available? Because tile B im speaking of is lilerally using no energy at all right now - it just has the power line running through from tile A to C. So in tile B im buying as much energy as possible from tile A (1.000 MWh) and using none.
And, thinking of the "enough energy" topic - is there a certain surplus that needs to exists in order to make trade contracts available? Since the initial "offer" from tile A to B was 1.000 MWh - is that the amount of surplus energy that needs to exist for an energy contract to be available?
Title: Re: Transfer energy over several tiles
Post by: SC4BOY on June 14, 2010, 11:00:21 PM
seems to me you cannot have zero residents, so you will need something there .. sorry if my memory is wrong.. :)
Title: Re: Transfer energy over several tiles
Post by: thingfishs on June 14, 2010, 11:32:53 PM
Quote from: Rady on June 14, 2010, 10:09:09 PM
Fine, thanks ... does it normally take some time for the trade contract to become available?

In my experience it does. Just run it on cheetah for a few months to be sure.
Title: Re: Transfer energy over several tiles
Post by: Rady on June 15, 2010, 03:14:36 AM
Thanks to all of you, gonna give it a try as soon as possible!