Why reduced resources for building?

[Grandpa Kim]

David, if the construction rate was reduced to 98%, it would still be "average" (I think) and would give you the 1960 build rate you were getting. Does this make sense with all the other variations you are seeing?

Oh yeah! Look at any planet with a space yard, click on abilities and it will tell you exactly what changes have been made, if any, to the construction rate.

Kim

[Puke]

in the system view, when you are looking at a planets details, one of the buttions will show you all the production modifiers for racial traits, population, facilities, and happyness that are being applied to the planet.

[DavidG]

Heh. Been so long that click that 'abilities' button that I forgot it was there. That's the answer though -2% ship yard rate. Seems a bit strange that bulding a ship yard would actually reduce your build rate. But oh well. Inerestingly one planet said "+20% production from population happines" which was not reflected in the planets build rate. Although I supose that could be because the population on the planet is alien.

Thanks for the help.

[Captain Kwok]

That's the answer though -2% ship yard rate. Seems a bit strange that bulding a ship yard would actually reduce your build rate.

Maybe it's all the extra crap they need in the factory to build ships?

[Fyron]

IIRC the bonus to production might be the bonus to resource production. I don't think that the SY bonus from happiness applies unless the planet has a SY on it.

[Grandpa Kim]

Construction and production are two different things: Construction is the building of ships, units and facilities and is affected only by your initial race bonuses, level of shipyard and population. Production is the output of your facilities-- minerals, organics, radioactives, research and intelligence-- and is affected by your race bonuses, planets resource percentages, population AND happiness. A high happiness has no effect on construction.

Kim