Proportions mod Version 2.2 released

[PvK]

Well that can't currently be done (unless you hack the mod between turns), though I asked Malfador if he might consider doing it (his request list is still pretty huge at this point though).

The thing Oleg was talking about and I was responding to, was using the "Upgrade Facilities" command (not just the "Upgrade" button for a specific colony, which gives some [but not enough] choices), which automatically goes and gives all possible upgrade orders. The few times I tried to use that, it did all kinds of things I didn't want, even in the unmodded game, and I spent more time undoing upgrades I didn't want, than it could have saved me.

PvK

[RabidFan]

Rats, I was hoping there was some undocumented way to do this that you had discovered...

Is it on purpose that I cannot upgrade a Colony(GAS/ICE/ROCK) to a minor city?

[wr8th]

Re: Upgrading facilities

Although it involves micromanagement on the planetary scale, I rather do it by individual planet (typically starting with those farthest from the frontier and staggered during wartime (if I even do it at all at that point)).

I find that the global "upgrade facility" is more trouble than it's worth.

Does getting up at 5AM to play a couple rounds constitute addiction? Sounds of a 3-pack-a-day smoker and SEIV player: "I can kick this whenever I want!"

[PvK]

quote:

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Originally posted by RabidFan:
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Is it on purpose that I cannot upgrade a Colony(GAS/ICE/ROCK) to a minor city?

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Yes. You can upgrade a settlement to a community, but then the next thing is to build a Minor City from scratch (actually, it's more efficient to first build a bunch of simple facilities quickly to take advantage of the unused space, and then [maybe a good construction yard and then] work on cities).

Originally they were going to be upgradable to cities, but currently there is a problem in the way upgrades work in SE4 that would mess this up (you could upgrade from a cheap settlement to a Megalopolis and end up essentially getting Megalopolis [or other city type] for half the cost).

PvK

[oleg]

Originally posted by PvK:
and in general I think only genocidal races should exterminate millions of civillians.
PvK

Dresden, February 13th, 1945.

[TerranC]

Originally posted by olegresden, February 13th, 1945.

Huh?

[ 10 May 2002, 00:57: Message edited by: TerranC ]

[PvK]

Is that a suggestion that the Terrans should be categorized as genocidal?