How can I tell if racial bonuses are really working?
 

One thing I notice is that if I bump up, say, my race's ship defence ability (10 percent, 15 percent, whatever) it never does show up in-game under the racial abilities when you right-click a ship to view its stats. It of course shows bonuses from on-board items such as ECM and some of the other racial bonuses but not such things as attack or defence bonuses (by race).

Should I just take it on faith that these bonuses are indeed active during combat?

Re: How can I tell if racial bonuses are really working?
 

No. It should show them under the "Abilities" tab for your ship, as "Racial Trait: +3% to Ship Attack" etc.

PvK

Re: How can I tell if racial bonuses are really working?
 

That's just it--the abilities I supposedly have don't show in that tab. (Does it have anything to do with the fact I'm playing a TDM game vs. computer opponents?)

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Re: How can I tell if racial bonuses are really working?
 

It shouldn't. Post the savegame file?

Phoenix-D

Re: How can I tell if racial bonuses are really working?
 

Sounds to me like you really don't have the abilities you think you bought, for whatever reason.

PvK

Re: How can I tell if racial bonuses are really working?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You could check what your values actually are by saving your empire, then editing that .emp file in Game Setup/Players.

Re: How can I tell if racial bonuses are really working?
 

How do I open one of these emp files?

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Re: How can I tell if racial bonuses are really working?
 

Hmm, I would but it says file uploading isn't allowed here. If you have an e-mail address I can send it to you personally and you can have a look for me.

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Re: How can I tell if racial bonuses are really working?
 

Go to the main Intel Forums page, then go in the first forum (Mods/Scenarios Uploads). You can upload files in there.

You can only view the empire files from in-game. Load up SE4, then start a game, and hit Add Existing under the Player tab, instead of Add New. Select the Empire File you want to view.

Re: How can I tell if racial bonuses are really working?
 

Thanks. So I checked the saved empire and sure enough it shows the 25 percent ship defence bonus I chose for characteristics. But that number sure doesn't show up in the abilities tab for a ship when I click it.

What gives?

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