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Building
Building structures is absolutely vital in Warzone - from Factories to build units, to Research Centers for researching new technology.Building can be done with units with Trucks as turrets and Combat Engineers.
Screenshots
1: Selecting a structure to build
2: Selecting an area to build the structure
Building
Building a Structure
To build, you need to select Build on the Command Panel, and this will bring up two rows of icons on the bottom of the screen, between the Command Panel and the Radar. These each represent one unit, either a truck or a Combat Engineer, that is able to build. Clicking the bottom row of icons will zoom the camera to the unit. The top row of icons will pull up a bar on the left side of the screen (diagram 1). The two columns of icons represent the structures you can build. Click a structure on the columns to select it for building. You can hold the mouse over an icon to see the structureÕs name.
Selecting a location
When you select a structure, it closes the two menus (like clicking the middle button). A white square will appear in the world. This is where your structure will be placed. Move the square by moving the mouse. Click to place the build site for the structure. If the square is red, the structure cannot be placed. To build ÔwallsÕ (when building defenses) you can click and drag the box to draw a wall.
Oil Derricks
Oil derricks can only be built on Oil Pools which arenÕt on fire. Fires on Oil Pools will burn out over time. Oil derricks are built automatically if a truck is selected and you left-click an Oil Pool.The unit you selected to build the structure will move to build the structure.
If you open the Build menu again, the unitÕs status will be shown in the Fast Find bar. If there is a structure without a bar in the Fast Find top row above a unit, the unit is moving to the build site. If there is a green bar, it is accumulating power for building. If there is a yellow bar, it is building the site.
Repairing
You can assign a unit to repair a structure by selecting it and left-clicking a building.
Demolishing
Demolishing a building is nearly as simple as building one. Select ÔDemolish StructureÕ in the Structure menu and click a building to demolish. The unit will move to the building and destroy it, giving you half the power used in building the structure. Demolish Structure will always be available, from start of game to end.
Teamwork
You can assign extra trucks/cyborgs to a building to build it faster. Simply select a unit and left-click a structure, and the unit will move to the building and start helping construction.Hardcrete and Tank Traps
You may wonder what the Hardcrete and Tank Traps do. Well, they do nothing. They just sit there and keep your units and enemy units from passing through.
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Commentary
Anonymous wrote on Sep 14, 2011:
Its so frustrating that simply building a wall, or finding information on how to do it, is seemingly completely lacking. Of four players, three of who I've introduced to game, no one has figured out how to actually build walls. Yes, you can place the damn thing, but actually turning them proves to be impossible. We're all sure its super easy, but finding information right up there with knowledge of the gods.
Anonymous wrote on Oct 28, 2011:
Click and drag, or shift and click.
Anonymous wrote on Nov 25, 2011:
What I want to know is if you can build 4 walls around a structure, without having to tell it to build each wall individually. Like draw a square and have it build a square wall
Coffearobusta wrote on Dec 20, 2011:
Regarding building walls: Yes, placing just one wall might produce a wall icon turned 90 degrees from the direction you want, but place a second wall in the tile next to the first and both wall icons will line up the right way. Think of it this way, first build places a starting point and second build (next to first) determines direction.
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