culture & charicteristic traits

[se5a]

is there any diference between these?
if so how do they work?
if not then why have them at all?

sorry if this has already been asked, couldent find anything in the FAQ and didnt see anything when I did a (quick) search eather.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

culture is free, aside from trade-offs. they are added together.

most of them are a percentage increase; 120% research if your planet normally produces 500 will give you 600. maintanence is a direct percentage; normally it is 25%. if you have 120% maintanence, then you pay 5% maintanence. aggressiveness and defensiveness are added to your chance to hit in ship combat or subtracted from your enemies, depending. 80% chance, 20% def.=60% chance. environmental resistance increases happiness and reproduction a little and is useless except for some free points strategies, which other people can explain. reproduction is added; 110% reproduction with 15% normally on a planet will give you 25%. happiness can give you a production bonus, but troops make your people happy to. and you don't pay maintenence on troops, i think.

hi. welcome to the forums. be prepared for more help than you need.

[ August 28, 2003, 11:37: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[General Woundwort]

"Culture" stands for the sociological traits a particular empire has. All empires have one - if you don't specifically select one in the game set-up, you end up with "neutral" by default. They're "free" points, in a sense, but they're usually a mix of advantages and disadvantages. In the unmodded game, they're not exactly evenly balanced. One of the list members here, Jourin, came up with a balanced culture file (you can find it on this thread.)

[Atrocities]

Here is a balanced one I made up for the AST mod a while back. Cultures

To view the it just click HERE

[tesco samoa]

i aways thought that bezerkers should take a hit in the maintence department and repair department... due to frenzy....

[se5a]

so in the unmoded game I could select say, artisans, take 10 pnts of the happieness charicteristic which would give me 250 more racial points to use whereever and I would still have an avarage happienes?