1.04 Beta Bug - Race Ability Spam

[OberonDark]

With the new beta, patch, I colonized a planet of independent Kiadans. "Good", I think. The changes are applied gradually now. +4 and +2%. Next time I colonize a planet, I recieve a message, "You brought the Kiadans into your empire, +6 and +3%." "Ok." I think, the % went up because their population went up.

Bug: But now, every time I colonize any planet (even if it is previously uncolonized) , I receive a message about them [the Kiadans] "coming into my empire" and the bonuses they give me. This is a bit annoying now, I already know they're here. Shouldn't be too hard to fix, I would think.

Update: I just colonized a planet of Haakonish, and saw the bonuses they give me. That's normal. Seconds later I colonized an empty desert planet, and again saw the Haakonish bonuses. Apparently it shows the most recent race's bonus that you've colonized every time you colonize a planet.

[Erik Rutins]

Yes, it sends that out every time the bonus changes, I believe. We should probably just pop this up the first time the race joins your empire.

[BigWolfChris]

So it's not a bug, but rather an unforeseen by-product of the change with how race bonuses are applied I know previously you still got the messages, but the changes were less often, so weren't seen as a problem then?

[Erik Rutins]

That's correct.

[Fishman]

You used to get this message anytime the bonus had changed between the last time you colonized something and the new colony plop, but since it now changes every time, you'll see it as a side effect every time it plops. You should probably change it so that the message only pops when you max out the bonus, and change the text so that it doesn't imply that the action occurred as a direct result of what you just did, since the message text acts as if your current colonization is what caused it, even if it wasn't.

[Sliverine]

or you could just add some panel in yr empire screen showing your updated bonus and remove the intermediate popups?

[taltamir]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Yes, it sends that out every time the bonus changes, I believe. We should probably just pop this up the first time the race joins your empire.

it sends it out every time you colonize a planet with a race other then your main empire race... the distinction is thus: the bonus can stay the same... I have a large empire and I got a race that can colonize unusual planets. i sent massive amounts of colony ships for them... so i got a lot of those in rapid succession... I would get several notices saying 1%, then several saying 2%, then several saying 3%, and so on.