Support Station
The Support Station is a building in the LEGO Rock Raiders video game.
Game information
LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows)
In the Windows version of LEGO Rock Raiders, the Support Station is considered an advanced building.[1] It costs 3 Energy Crystals and 15 pieces of Ore (or 3 Building Studs) to construct one Support Station.[2] It takes one Energy Crystal to power it.[3] Its layout consists of two blocks in a 1×2 configuration, with one solid block for the building base and one entrance block below that.[4]
Once it has been constructed and powered, the Support Station begins to clean the cavern air. One Support Station supplies enough air for ten Rock Raiders.[2][3] Additionally, hungry Rock Raiders will automatocally stop what they are doing and go to eat at the Support Station.[5] However, it is not required for feeding Rock Raiders, as the player can simply select Rock Raiders and click "Feed Rock Raider" in their Actions Menu to make them eat.[6]
The Support Station is also important for using vehicles. Nearly all vehicles require it to be constructed or upgraded before they can be transported. Without a Support Station, the Teleport Pad can only be used to teleport down Rock Raiders. The Rapid Rider is the only vehicle that does not require the Support Station (though the other aquatic vehicle, the Cargo Carrier, does).[7][8] The Support Station is also where Rock Raiders go to be trained as Drivers in order to use any land-based vehicles.[2]
The Support Station has the following dependency in order to be constructed:[2][8]
- Rock Raider
- Tool Store (Level 1)
- Teleport Pad (Level 1)
- Power Station (Level 1)
The Support Station can be upgraded twice:[3]
- Upgrading it to Level 1 allows the Mining Laser and Super Teleport to be constructed.[8] It is also one of the upgrades required for transporting the Small Mobile Laser Cutter and Tunnel Scout, along with a Level 2 Teleport Pad.[9][10]
- Upgrading it to Level 2 is required before the Super Teleport can transport any large vehicles.[8][11]
Technical details
In the game's configuration file, the
Support Station is defined as Barracks[3] under BuildingTypes {}.[12] Its files are located in the Buildings\Barracks folder in LegoRR0.wad, and its animations are controlled by Barracks.ae.[4]
The Support Station's air purification function is defined by its OxygenCoef property, which is set to 10.0.[3] Rock Raiders have an OxygenCoef value of -1.0,[13] which means that ten Rock Raiders to drain as much air as one Support Station produces.
For each Support Station constructed, an additional ten Rock Raiders can be teleported down beyond the default nine. Additionally, in missions with a limited air supply, the Support Station will begin resupplying any used air for up to ten Rock Raiders per Support Station. The speed at which the air is resupplied is based on both each mission's individual air supply (based on the mission's OxygenRate code) and the amount of Rock Raiders and Support Stations in the mission. The more Rock Raiders there are, the slower the Support Stations will clean the air. If there are exactly as many Rock Raiders as can be supported by the current amount of Support Stations, the air supply will remain steady. If there are more Rock Raiders than the amount of Support Stations can support, the air supply will start draining again.
Pre-release
The game's instruction manual lists a different upgrade tree for the Support Station than its functional one. The manual lists that upgrading it to Level 1 unlocks the Geological Center, Upgrade Station, and Ore Refinery, and that upgrading it to Level 2 unlocks the Mining Laser and Super Teleport.[2] In-game, the former three are unlocked by a Level 1 Power Station alongside the Support Station, while the latter two require only a Level 1 Support Station.[8] Despite the Super Teleport's changed dependency, all large vehicles still require a Level 2 Support Station to be transported, making the Super Teleport non-functional until then.[8][11]
PlayStation game
References
- ↑ Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows). LEGO Media International. Tutorial Mission "6. Constructing Advanced Buildings". File path:
Rock Raiders\LegoRR1.wad\Levels\TutorialLevels\BuildTuto_02\B02.txt. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Instruction Manual, p. 65.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Main Lego Config File, lines 2787–2804.
Barracks {}section. - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows). LEGO Media International. Barracks AE file. File path:
Rock Raiders\LegoRR0.wad\Buildings\Barracks\Barracks.ae. - ↑ Instruction Manual, p. 58.
- ↑ Instruction Manual, pp. 28–29.
- ↑ Instruction Manual, p. 71.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Main Lego Config File, lines 3237–3265.
Dependencies {}section. - ↑ Instruction Manual, p. 76.
- ↑ Instruction Manual, p. 77.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Instruction Manual, pp. 79–82.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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Sources
- Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). Main Lego Config File. LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows). LEGO Media International. File path:
Rock Raiders\LegoRR1.wad\Lego.cfg. - McPhail, Jim (13 December 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders Instruction Manual (UK FRONT, BACK, I/F & I/B COVER). LEGO Media International. Serial no. IB2G-ROC3 2299598.
