Ok, I feel a little silly here. For some reason I seem to think that I can build some kind of resource extractor for glassteel and titanium hexes, but the game is not letting me.



Is there a tech I'm missing?

I may be wrong, but I don't think you need tech but I do know the resource needs to exist with the borders around the city(not just in any of your territories). You click on the extractor in the build selection at the city and then you have to click on where the resource is located. I never found it super obvious either. Hope that helps.

K__ wrote:
Ok, I feel a little silly here. For some reason I seem to think that I can build some kind of resource extractor for glassteel and titanium hexes, but the game is not letting me.



Is there a tech I'm missing?

Similar issue where I had the option to build the building in a region, but didnt seem to have the resource. Though the exact opposite in another region where I counldn't build the building but had the resource. Was for glasssteel too. I noticed like the watchtowers when you click on a regions city little icons pop up showing you where available 'out of city' building can be constructed, but ya no option.

You must have discovered the needed tile.

For instance, if you have a titanium resrouce, th eoption to buil dit will appear, but if you don't have discovered the hex you won't be able to place it on map. You need to explore.

You need the following to extract resources:



1. The resource must be in a region you possess.

2. You must have researched the tech that allows you to build the relevant extractor (the Vaulters my have it unlocked for Tier 1 strategic resources as part of their opening battery of techs, but I can't remember now).

3. You must have explored the hex where the resource is located, i.e. it can't be in the unexplored fog in your region.

4. You can order the building of the extractor added to your city's build queue two different ways: method 1: select the city, locate the resource icon floating in the city management screen and click it; method 2: select the extractor (glassteel mine, for example) from the various building options and then select which resource node to build it on in the city management screen, which may require some scrolling around.

5. There appears to be an additional bug whereby if you have already built a city borough on a hex and subsequently enter a new age revealing a strategic resource beneath said hex, the game seems to auto-install an extractor on the hex.

Thanks for all the replies.



I figured it out. Until you have Alchemist's Furnace researched, you can't build the extractors. It seems like I skipped over that tech when T2 opened up.