Mechanics is a skill with up to seven levels. You can attain 1 level of skill at each school for the cost of tuition. Mechanics is only available after mine automation and brick automation research are both completed. According to information, mechanics skill will allow an individial to attempt to "tune" automated buildings to produce material more efficiently. The higher your skill, the more likely you are able to tune a building. However, the skill is coded in such a way that one person shouldn't be able to tune all their buildings perfectly. Assistance from another person with mechanics skill (even level 1) may be able to tune a building you failed to tune yourself.
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