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Taera
June 22nd, 2003, 08:16 AM
Make research and intilligence facilities much more potent but make it only "one per planet".
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narf poit chez BOOM
June 22nd, 2003, 08:28 AM
that's not so crazy.
Fyron
June 22nd, 2003, 11:33 AM
The only way to make a facility one per planet is to add in some SY ability. There is no one per planet restriction like there is a one per vehicle restriction for components.
General Woundwort
June 22nd, 2003, 12:35 PM
Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
The only way to make a facility one per planet is to add in some SY ability. There is no one per planet restriction like there is a one per vehicle restriction for components.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmmm... sounds like another tweak to add to the SEV request file.

So, until then... what if you could make a component have an SY capacity, but with no print-out line for it (i.e. it doesn't specifically tell you it's a SY), and an impossibly high resource requirement to make sure you can't build ships with it?

[ June 22, 2003, 23:10: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]
Taera
June 22nd, 2003, 10:01 PM
or give it a 10/10/10 construction - "can build prototypes" ability? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif could make for interesting management decisions - "to build or to research"
Suicide Junkie
June 23rd, 2003, 12:49 AM
Problem is, that would kill all further production of any type on the planet, including facilities and units.
Fyron
June 23rd, 2003, 03:54 AM
That, and the AI treats all SYs identically. It does not realize that it will not be able to build a ship there in a reasonable amount of time, but it will still try to do so.
Taera
June 23rd, 2003, 07:01 PM
you should be, i was surprised when others told me you cant.
Scipio
June 24th, 2003, 01:15 AM
Can`t you jusdt make it: Only one per planet effective? Like this Computers or Shrines?
Loser
June 25th, 2003, 02:21 PM
Originally posted by Scipio:
Can`t you jusdt make it: Only one per planet effective? Like this Computers or Shrines?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I believe those Abilities, not the Facilities, are especially one-per-planet.
Taera
June 25th, 2003, 06:33 PM
then make them all be a 0% shrine http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
this, of course, would mess AI up. ohwell...

Hey, how about giving the research some % bonuses to production? even more complicated micromanagement http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif