Zero Zero Zero

[PeterD]

I've just checked all the TDM AI's that played
against me (turn 150) and they all had similar
problems.

From a couple to a couple of dozen "never" in
the production menu. All had zero population.

I guess the only way to avoid plagues is to setup
your race to be immune to them at the start of the
game.

I'll try that next game and report back.

[PvK]

Ok, maybe I mis-remembered about the plagues causing empty colonies... so perhaps it's the other events and intel strikes that remove population without removing the colony.

Those should all generate log Messages, though... but perhaps one of them doesn't?

PvK

[Will]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
If all the people on the planet die from a plague or some other event, you do not lose the facilities. The planet goes dormant like you are describing. Only if the population is killed in combat are the facilities also destroyed and the colony erased.

I'm not sure about this. I remember losing all population on a planet, but the damage wasn't enough to destroy all the facilities, so the colony remained.