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Rollo asked me a question about upgrading old games to 2.4.2 that brought up something I hadn't considered much, but is a bit of an issue for upgrading old games.

That is, when I fixed the way components upgrade, I had to make identical copies of some components, and make the old Versions part of the unattainable "Inaccessible Technology" tree. This means that existing and under-construction items will function normally when a game is upgraded to a later Version of Proportions, but designs that use the "old" components will show up as too advanced to build. In general this is not a problem.

However there is one case where it can have a non-superficial effect: If ships and bases with old components get damaged, they won't be able to repair those components that have been adjusted, unless they get retrofitted with the new identical Versions.

So, this is just to let everyone know about the unintended side-effect, if they're in ongoing games that have upgraded.

PvK