Many in depth questions regarding riots. Please help!

[javaslinger]

Well still riots plague my systems. Is choosing neutral for your race type a really bad move? It seems to be... I'm only in two alliances. Actually now one...

I've tried Urban pacification centers. I have one in each system up to level III. They are supposed to affect the whole system correct?

I've planeted military ships over the rioting worlds. Do they have to be a certain number, type or strength?

Finally I landed troops on some worlds. How many do you need? I used about 35 troops per planet.

All of this had very, very minimal effect. How long does it take for these things to work???

Also, if I am being intelled, will I know it? Will there be a message stating someone has incited riots? Or will the riots just happen as they have?

I am about to die in my first PBEM game, which was a BLast! I would like to thank Chris Payne of Park-n-Puke Trailer Parks for being a great ally! And also Scott Barie for hosting a very fun game!

I would say the most frustrating thing by far was these riots! What effect will having another player colonizing part of a system with you have regarding riots? What if he is an ally? The two systems hardest hit by riots are ones where he and I have shared the systems.

thansk for the info in advance,

Ken

[disabled]

Well, I've known the population to riot due to declaring wars or holding treaties with people of opposite thought.

Check your political relations. And, if required, use transports to air-lift he population out for a few turns.

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[Phoenix-D]

Neutrals are a pain. Check out the Happyness file, it's in your data directerory. The ONLY thing that makes them happy is the passage of time and new non/nonagrression treaties.

Phoenix-D

[BeeDee10]

Not quite the only thing; having troops on your planet also helps. From the happiness file for neutral happiness type:

New Treaty Non Intercourse := -100
New Treaty None := -100
Our Troops on Planet := -2

(negative values increase happiness).

This is the same happiness increase from troops as for the Peaceful happiness type which I usually use, and I find that a good squad of troops can do wonders.

[Puke]

yeah, and thats a per troop per turn bonus, so if you have 20 light troops with nothing but a cockpit (i call em riot police) thats 40 points of happyness. every turn that they are there. over a year, thats 400 points.

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[Q]

To choose "neutral" as happiness type is just suicidal! Your population gets even angry about new colonies. Neutral is a bad description of this happiness type, xenophobic would be much more appropriate.
If you want to use this happiness type you should modify it.