Buildings

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The construction menu, with Farm selected

Buildings are essential to getting your city up and running. Every building can be built using either logs, lumber, stones, metal, vulcium or magmium. Some buildings may even allow you to build additional levels depending on the material used. Logs will generally only allow you to build one or two levels, lumber will allow you to build up to four levels, stone up to 8 and so on, ending with vulcium which allows you to build up to 32 levels high.

To increase the amount of levels you wish to build, simply scroll the mouse wheel or + and - keys before placing the building and a number on your mouse pointer will show how many levels will be built. Should you choose to build only a single level of a building at first, it can be expanded later on up to the maximum allowed by the construction material chosen by simply placing another of the same type of building on top of it.

Before constructing a building, you are able to see what materials are required to construct it, as well as which commodity said building can produce. You may also choose which commodity the building should start producing, or if it should actually produce anything at all. Note that factories and other resource-gathering buildings set to do nothing are useless, and as such they should always be producing something.

Construction Rules

Buildings construction is governed by different build rules, depending on the role of the building. The building codes window shows the build rule for every building. The building codes window is accessed from the Construction window and from the Help menu while in the designer.

The term alien denotes any city that belongs to an empire that is not yours.

Civilian

Cannot be built on worlds claimed by an alien empire. Cannot be built in the police jurisdiction of an alien city.

Military Headquarters

Can only be built on worlds claimed by your empire.

Military

Can only be built on worlds with empire military headquarters.

Capitol

Cannot be built on worlds claimed by an alien empire. Cannot be built in the police jurisdiction of an existing city.

Police

Can be built in the police jurisdiction of an empire city. Can be built where an empire capitol building is in its jurisdiction.

City

Can only be built in the police jurisdiction of an empire city.

Building Destruction

Buildings can be damaged and destroyed. Military buildings have 10x the armor factors of civilian buildings made of the same building material. Hit points are based on primary construction material and the amount of that material used to construct the building. Other ancillary materials do not contribute to hit points. Spot a building to see its hit points. You must spot the actual building, not the ground at the building site.

Buildings that use no primary construction material are indestructible. i.e. Town Square, Military Flags, Mines, Logging Camps. These buildings will not report any hit points when spotted. Citizen population works to repair buildings when the city is no longer under attack. That is about 15 minutes after the last building was damaged or citizen was injured. Building repairs do not take materials, just time.

Buildings that are destroyed will appear as an imprint of the building outline on the ground, just like when it is first built, except the ground isn't textured like a construction zone.

Destroyed buildings retain information about their undestroyed condition, including all manufacturing processes. Citizens do not perform construction or manufacturing jobs at destroyed buildings. Destroyed buildings are not counted when tallying city facilities so they will not show up on the city report of buildings. Destroyed buildings do not contribute homes, jobs or fire fighting potential.

Citizens do perform construction and manufacturing jobs at damaged buildings. Buildings operate at their full potential until destroyed. The first bit of repairs conducted on a destroyed building causes it to no longer be destroyed, just heavily damaged. Damaged buildings cannot have additional levels constructed onto them. The damage must be repaired first. There is no way for a player to repair a damaged building. Damage is only repaired by citizens.

Fire

Buildings can catch fire when attacked. Probability of catching fire is based on the construction material, weapon effect, and damage inflicted in the hit. Heat/fire and electric weapon effects have a higher probability of lighting a fire. Hits have a higher probability of causing a fire as the amount of damage increases.

Once lit, a building will burn itself to the ground unless the fire is extinguished. All available Fire Stations attempt to extinguish fires. Every Fire Station level is counted. Up to 4 levels of Fire Station will be committed to fight each active fire. One citizen is needed to operate each Fire Station level to fight fires. This does not take people away from other jobs; it just limits the available Fire Station levels to the current population of the city.

Fire fighters fight fires even when the city is under attack.

Buildings continue to manufacture things and perform construction when burning.

Repairs are not performed on burning buildings. The fire must be extinguished first.

There is no way for a player to put out a burning building. Fires are only fought by citizens using Fire Stations.

Jobs utilization

The section has been moved to it's own page for better readability.

List of Buildings

For a full list of all buildings. See the Category:Buildings page.

Image	Name	Max Levels	Log Level/Max Hits	Lumber Level/Max Hits	Stone Level/Max Hits	Metal Level/Max Hits	Magmium Level/Max Hits	Vulcium Level/Max Hits
	Aircraft Factory	1	48750 48750	32500 32500	65000 65000	97500 97500	130000 130000	162500 162500
	Airport Repair Shop	2	13125 26250	8750 17500	17500 35000	26250 52500	35000 70000	43750 87500
	Airport Terminal	1	28125 28125	18750 18750	37500 37500	56250 56250	75000 75000	93750 93750
	Apartment	32	7500 240000	5000 160000	10000 320000	15000 480000	20000 640000	25000 800000
	Arena	1	18750 18750	12500 12500	25000 25000	37500 37500	50000 50000	62500 62500
	Armorer	8	22500 180000	15000 120000	30000 240000	45000 360000	60000 480000	75000 600000
	Bakery	8	9375 75000	6250 50000	12500 100000	18750 150000	25000 200000	31250 250000
	Bank	32	11250 360000	7500 240000	15000 480000	22500 720000	30000 960000	37500 1200000
	Biodome	1	7500 7500	5000 5000	10000 10000	15000 15000	20000 20000	25000 25000
	Brewery	8	18750 150000	12500 100000	25000 200000	37500 300000	50000 400000	62500 500000
	Broker	32	15000 480000	10000 320000	20000 640000	30000 960000	40000 1280000	50000 1600000
	Cantina	32	5625 180000	3750 120000	7500 240000	11250 360000	15000 480000	18750 600000
	Capitol	32	15000 480000	10000 320000	20000 640000	30000 960000	40000 1280000	50000 1600000
	Carpenter	8	9375 75000	6250 50000	12500 100000	18750 150000	25000 200000	31250 250000
	Casino	32	15000 480000	10000 320000	20000 640000	30000 960000	40000 1280000	50000 1600000
	Church	32	4500 144000	3000 96000	6000 192000	9000 288000	12000 384000	15000 480000
	Clothing Factory	8	22500 180000	15000 120000	30000 240000	45000 360000	60000 480000	75000 600000
	Coal Power Plant	4	46875 187500	31250 125000	62500 250000	93750 375000	125000 500000	156250 625000
	Computer Factory	8	48750 390000	32500 260000	65000 520000	97500 780000	130000 1040000	162500 1300000
	Condominium	32	7500 240000	5000 160000	10000 320000	15000 480000	20000 640000	25000 800000
	Dairy	8	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
	Design Studio	16	11250 180000	7500 120000	15000 240000	22500 360000	30000 480000	37500 600000
	Distillery	8	18750 150000	12500 100000	25000 200000	37500 300000	50000 400000	62500 500000
	Electronics Factory	8	48750 390000	32500 260000	65000 520000	97500 780000	130000 1040000	162500 1300000
	Explosives Factory	8	48750 390000	32500 260000	65000 520000	97500 780000	130000 1040000	162500 1300000
	Farm	2	11250 22500	7500 15000	15000 30000	22500 45000	30000 60000	37500 75000
	Fire Station	4	9375 37500	6250 25000	12500 50000	18750 75000	25000 100000	31250 125000
	Gasoline Power Plant	4	45000 180000	30000 120000	60000 240000	90000 360000	120000 480000	150000 600000
	Grist Mill	8	22500 180000	15000 120000	30000 240000	45000 360000	60000 480000	75000 600000
	Grocery	32	5625 180000	3750 120000	7500 240000	11250 360000	15000 480000	18750 600000
	Hangar	1	37500 37500	25000 25000	50000 50000	75000 75000	100000 100000	125000 125000
	Hospital	32	15000 480000	10000 320000	20000 640000	30000 960000	40000 1280000	50000 1600000
	House	4	3750 15000	2500 10000	5000 20000	7500 30000	10000 40000	12500 50000
	Hydroelectric Power Plant	4	52500 210000	35000 140000	70000 280000	105000 420000	140000 560000	175000 700000
	Hydrogen Power Plant	4	50625 202500	33750 135000	67500 270000	101250 405000	135000 540000	168750 675000
	Jeweler	8	5625 45000	3750 30000	7500 60000	11250 90000	15000 120000	18750 150000
	Logging Camp	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Lumber Mill	8	22500 180000	15000 120000	30000 240000	45000 360000	60000 480000	75000 600000
	Machine Shop	8	37500 300000	25000 200000	50000 400000	75000 600000	100000 800000	125000 1000000
	Meat Processing Plant	8	22500 180000	15000 120000	30000 240000	45000 360000	60000 480000	75000 600000
	Military Flag	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Military Guard Tower	1	37500 37500	25000 25000	50000 50000	75000 75000	100000 100000	125000 125000
	Military Shield Generator	1	75000 75000	50000 50000	100000 100000	150000 150000	200000 200000	250000 250000
	Military Weapon System	1	82500 82500	55000 55000	110000 110000	165000 165000	220000 220000	275000 275000
	Mine	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Munitions Factory	8	48750 390000	32500 260000	65000 520000	97500 780000	130000 1040000	162500 1300000
	Natural Gas Power Plant	4	43125 172500	28750 115000	57500 230000	86250 345000	115000 460000	143750 575000
	Nuclear Power Plant	4	56250 225000	37500 150000	75000 300000	112500 450000	150000 600000	187500 750000
	Observatory	1	13125 13125	8750 8750	17500 17500	26250 26250	35000 35000	43750 43750
	Orchard	2	11250 22500	7500 15000	15000 30000	22500 45000	30000 60000	37500 75000
	Park	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Pharmaceutical Lab	8	22500 180000	15000 120000	30000 240000	45000 360000	60000 480000	75000 600000
	Plastics Factory	8	48750 390000	32500 260000	65000 520000	97500 780000	130000 1040000	162500 1300000
	Police Station	4	7500 30000	5000 20000	10000 40000	15000 60000	20000 80000	25000 100000
	Refinery	8	31875 255000	21250 170000	42500 340000	63750 510000	85000 680000	106250 850000
	Retail Store	32	7500 240000	5000 160000	10000 320000	15000 480000	20000 640000	25000 800000
	Road	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Rocket Motor Factory	8	48750 390000	32500 260000	65000 520000	97500 780000	130000 1040000	162500 1300000
	Ship Yard	1	67500 67500	45000 45000	90000 90000	135000 135000	180000 180000	225000 225000
	Smelter	8	33750 270000	22500 180000	45000 360000	67500 540000	90000 720000	112500 900000
	Solar Power Plant	4	33750 135000	22500 90000	45000 180000	67500 270000	90000 360000	112500 450000
	Spacecraft Factory	1	48750 48750	32500 32500	65000 65000	97500 97500	130000 130000	162500 162500
	Sugar Mill	8	22500 180000	15000 120000	30000 240000	45000 360000	60000 480000	75000 600000
	Textile Mill	8	22500 180000	15000 120000	30000 240000	45000 360000	60000 480000	75000 600000
	Town Square	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Treatment Plant	4	18750 75000	12500 50000	25000 100000	37500 150000	50000 200000	62500 250000
	University	8	11250 90000	7500 60000	15000 120000	22500 180000	30000 240000	37500 300000
	Vehicle Factory	1	48750 48750	32500 32500	65000 65000	97500 97500	130000 130000	162500 162500
	Warehouse	1	7500 7500	5000 5000	10000 10000	15000 15000	20000 20000	25000 25000
	Weapon Smith	8	22500 180000	15000 120000	30000 240000	45000 360000	60000 480000	75000 600000
	Well	2	3750 7500	2500 5000	5000 10000	7500 15000	10000 20000	12500 25000
	Wharf	1	31875 31875	21250 21250	42500 42500	63750 63750	85000 85000	106250 106250
	Wind Power Plant	4	28125 112500	18750 75000	37500 150000	56250 225000	75000 300000	93750 375000
	Winery	8	22500 180000	15000 120000	30000 240000	45000 360000	60000 480000	75000 600000
	Zoo	1	18750 18750	12500 12500	25000 25000	37500 37500	50000 50000	62500 62500