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Greetings all,

Using the Civ2Civ3 ruleset, how do you build an airstrip/airbase? I've had teams of Engineers on a location but they can't build it. They can build a Fort (I think it's a Fort...) but they can't build any kind of air facility. I've tried selecting the option from the pop- up menu and by directly typing "E" on the keyboard -- nothing sees to work. I do have Radio technology.

I've tried building an airstrip/base within a city's zone of control and also outside. It does not seem to make a difference.

Also, how do you upgrade to a Fortress? I can't seem to do that, either. I imagine you first build a Fort, then build a Fortress on top of it? Are they visually the same? That might explain things.

Any help would be appreciated!

Civothy wrote:Also, how do you upgrade to a Fortress? I can't seem to do that, either. I imagine you first build a Fort, then build a Fortress on top of it? Are they visually the same? That might explain things.

In Freeciv client they do look the same. And middle-clicking on the tile should tell you exactly what is there.

As for airbase, my answer is: I don't have a clue. But maybe, just maybe - an idea off the top of my head - it is also a two-stage construction and you need to build a pre-fort first.

But someone will surly give more reliable information. This is just an attempt at prodding at he answer.

This is what regular (non-web) client help has to say about civ2civ3 ruleset bases.

This seems like a bugin Freeciv-web related to this specific ruleset.

I've been playing around with this, and this is what I've discovered:

You cannot build an Airstrip or Airbase. Commands from the pop- up menu or direct keyboard entry do not work.

You can build a Fort, and following on that, a Fortress. However, when you build a Fort there is no visual indication of a Fort being on a particular tile. In other words, if you build a Fort and then move your construction unit off that tile, there will be no indication that a Fort exists there -- however if you get Tile Info on the location it will tell you there is a Fort present.

When you build a Fortress, it leaves a visual indication of the Fortress. It looks exactly like a Fortification from the standard Freeciv ruleset.

When you build a Fort with a unit, the little icon that appears near the unit to show it is building is different from what you see when building a Fortress. I like this, and when you build a Fortress the little icon appears the same as from other rulesets.

That's about all I've figured out. I guess not that many people build Airstrips, or we would have found this earlier.

It's true. I also could not build an airstrip/airbase under Civ2Civ3 ruleset. Tried many different things, adjacent to a city, far from city, next to a city with airbase, on plains, grasslands, desert, transforming fort/fortress, etc. neither worked for me. You are not the only one who is facing this problem.