Re: Computer abuse
Thanks Jeb, glad to be posting here. Been lurking for a long time, but a little while back I saw a post I absolutely had to reply to. Wasn't long to get registered.
Regarding the research, I should point out that the computers themselves are not quite cumulative. Let me try to outline it.
You have four research facilities level one. This is 2000 points per turn. Then, you get 1.2 times for your morale, and 1.2 for your race, and say 1.3 for your population. This makes out to be 3744 points. Now, we calculate for your culture, seperately from your racial bonus. 2000 * .05 * 1.2 * 1.3 = 102.5
Added together, you make 3847 points per turn. Now, lets add one computer, level 1. It will generate 10% of the total, which in this case is 385 points. Our total output is now 3847 + 385 = 4232. If we add a second computer, it will NOT generate ten percent of 4232, but rather will generate annother 385 points. Each additional computer will generate this 385 points. But if we added annother research facility, it would raise our baseline from 3847 to 4809. Each computer will then generate 10% of 4809, yeilding 481 each.
All my little helper app does is tell me how many computers to build to yeild the best possible ammount of research. I tell it how many facilities I am devoteing to research, and what my research point modifiers are, and how many people this world will someday hold, and it spits out how many of each level computer it would take to maximize my output. Used to do that by hand, let me tell you it sucked.
As an aside, the text files have a setting in them for maximum resources generated by a planet. In .99, it is set to half a million points. Not sure if this is actualy implemented though, I haven't paid attention. By the time my research worlds are filled to the brink, the game is either over by conquest, or over by demo time limit.
Probably a bit over long, but then I always am.
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