Can I Upgrade Weapon Platforms?

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by couslee:
Finally an answer. Been looking for hours on the forums to find this question/answer.

I grant you, the forum is big. But that is a very common question -- see sig link.

[couslee]

Thanks for the Top 20 link. I have it bookmarked now.

Another issue I found, and this may be only in the demo (my CD is not here yet), is the apparent penalty for building a space yard. For the purpose of this topic, I am referring to the facility you build on the planet, not the ship component.

In my current demo game, my race setting are such that a planet without a space yard has a construction ability of 2000. My homeworld tho only has an ability of 3600. I feel this is wrong. I have the construction ability increased to 125% (+25% construction) AND the primary trait the also increases construction by 25%. A space yard is suppose to provide you with 2000 construction per turn, but I am only seeing a 1600 increase. not only is it less than the stated 2k, but my racial traits seem to have been ingored as well. Can someone explain this?
(remember, this is the demo Version. If it is not this way in the full Version, plz say so. thx)

[ January 05, 2003, 14:54: Message edited by: couslee ]

[Suicide Junkie]

For a planet, you only get the base rate if you don't have a spaceyard.

So when building a level one spaceyard, you are effectively buying only the ability to build ships.

The 3600 build rate would be from the following:
2k for the yard, +80% for bonuses = 3600

(25%(H.I.)+25%(SY skill)+30%(population) = 80% bonus)

[Gryphin]

Suicide Junkie,
Am I correct in inferring that a Level II or III shipyard will increase build rate for
everything built there except facilities? Now that I think about it, yes it does.

Is there a mod that will increase the build rate of facilities? Somehow I doubt it.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
Suicide Junkie,
Am I correct in inferring that a Level II or III shipyard will increase build rate for
everything built there except facilities? Now that I think about it, yes it does.

Is there a mod that will increase the build rate of facilities? Somehow I doubt it.

A little unclear on what you are asking Gryph. Space Yard contruction rate applies to everything built on that planet, including facilities. The determining factor of how long it takes to build a facility is how many resources it takes to build it, just like a ship or a unit. Ships and facilities however can only ever be built one at a time. SO even if the Space Yard rate is enough to build two in one turn you will only get one. That's hardcoded.

Is that what you were asking?

Geoschmo

[Gryphin]

Geo, Thanks, that is ecxatly what I was asking.
Oh, and now that I think of it, that explains why I have seen some planets take 13 turns to build a facilty and others ony 10.

[ January 05, 2003, 17:27: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

[Krsqk]

I think the initial confusion was whether the base rate and the SY facility rate were added.