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Brando wrote:
> 
> P. Schaaf <sch...@u.washington.edu> wrote in article
> <Pine.OSF.3.96.970703...@saul7.u.washington.edu>...
> > Do the Gems EVER run out?  I'm doing the single player game and the last
> > game I did had gems that never ran out the whole time.  I ended up with
> > over half of my area earmarked (sorry Tyson) for treasure rooms.  BTW,

No, they don't. However, I've been in situations where I was mining gems
and *still* running out of cash, because I couldn't mine them fast
enough. (The gems in question were accessible from only one side, which
was facing a longish river of lava. My imps spent more time running back
and forth from the nearest possible treasure room than they did mining.)

> > does having larger libraries, workshops, etc... speed up R&D on spells,
> > bridges, and so forth?  In that same mission, I had built out to
> encompass
> > all of the buildable terraign and had to sit there doing nothing for
> about
> > 20 minutes before I discovered the damned bridge :(  I was about ready to
> > give up.
> 
> I think so.  It is definately dependant on how many people you have
> researching.  If I have nothing more to do, I usually cast a haste spell on
> my researching creatures...

According to the docs, everyone performing a task such as research or
training takes up one square of dungeon space, and the efficiency of the
square depends primarily on what's around it. A library square that's
completely surrounded by library squares is more effective than one on
the edge of the room. For that reason alone, you should build rooms
somewhat bigger than necessary.

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