Re: Atmospheric conditions - what impact do they have?
 

The only harsh or deadly conditions I see are on asteroids. In my current game I am building ships to convert them to planets now so I will soon see if the conditions of that planet are directly related to the condition of the asteroid.

Re: Atmospheric conditions - what impact do they have?
 

Does better weather really help increasing the reproduction rate??

I would think that if the weather is bad outside, most people would prefer staying indoor. And they would try to do things to keep each other warm... :-)

So, I conclude that bad weather condition should result in higher reproduction rate. Someone better modify it to reflect the reality ;-)

Re: Atmospheric conditions - what impact do they have?
 

Well I converted a lot of asteroids to planets and the conditions of the planet that resulted was much better than the condition of the asteroid before. I guess that makes sense if you create a planet it should have better conditions that the asteroid it came from.

Also I found a problem wih the stellar manipulation devices. They all say they use a lot of supplies (4000 for the one that makes medium planets) but no supplies were used up when I created the planets. Ha maybe it only uses supplies when you create a planet while in combat http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif.

Re: Atmospheric conditions - what impact do they have?
 

I also was wondering about the supply (or lack thereof) usage. I'm about 2 turns away from finishing my first planet creating ship but I do have storm creating/destroying ships and they don't appear to use any supplies. IIRC they should use 1000. Has anyone mentioned this to MM?

[This message has been edited by General Hawkwing (edited 10 January 2001).]

Re: Atmospheric conditions - what impact do they have?
 

I have seen harsh conditions on my planets... usually after the computer's intelligence attacks set off bombs in my planet to ruin the conditions... I have noticed however that the astroid's conditions and the planet created from it have nothing to do with one another... it seems totally random.

Re: Atmospheric conditions - what impact do they have?
 

Managed to build my planet creator ship and created 2 planets with it. One was unpleasant, other was optimal! Did not see supplies drop by required amount. This bug needs to be addressed.
Anyone know if MM is aware of it, otherwise I'll send them a note. Just don't want to stuff the mailbox since they just got back.