Terraforming Facility

[balto]

What does this do? Does it only help if you have been bombed or wracked by plague? Or does this enhance any planet that has it no matter what shape it is in?

[Bingeling]

I think it is a cure for disaster struck planets that have a lower quality than max. I am not 100% sure, though

[ehsumrell1]

ORIGINAL: balto

What does this do? Does it only help if you have been bombed or wracked by plague? Or does this enhance any planet that has it no matter what shape it is in?

It does give a percentage boost to any planet it is built on, irregardless of disasters.

[J HG T]

You sure ehsumrell1?
I build terraformer on planet of 18% quality hoping that it would boost it to the magical 50%, but nothing seemed to happen. The terraformers definetly work when fixing damage from disasters and bombing from what I saw.

[the1sean]

ORIGINAL: J HG T

You sure ehsumrell1?
I build terraformer on planet of 18% quality hoping that it would boost it to the magical 50%, but nothing seemed to happen. The terraformers definetly work when fixing damage from disasters and bombing from what I saw.

I think that's all they are supposed to do.

[J HG T]

My mistake then. Apologies.

[ehsumrell1]

ORIGINAL: J HG T

You sure ehsumrell1?
I build terraformer on planet of 18% quality hoping that it would boost it to the magical 50%, but nothing seemed to happen. The terraformers definetly work when fixing damage from disasters and bombing from what I saw.

Actually, I can only speak on planets of 50% or more quality. I've never colonized any planets below
50% before (except once in ROTS that had Loros Fruit - of course). It does improve there.

I'll find a low quality planet to colonize and test that today!

[the1sean]

ORIGINAL: J HG T

My mistake then. Apologies.

No need to apologize! I look forward to hearing about ehsumrell's results to confirm.

[Kruos]

It works very well on damaged worlds.

Actually, I can only speak on planets of 50% or more quality. I've never colonized any planets below
50% before (except once in ROTS that had Loros Fruit - of course). It does improve there.

Just tested one of this nice new facilities on my super-developped home world : nothing happen. No boost, the planet quality stay at 85%. Are you sure that it boosts the planet quality? It would be a nice addition to its original purpose, but alas it seems that it does not work like that in my games (I play with the beta patch).

[dejagore]

Same here. Home planet stays at 84%. No change after few ingame years.

[ehsumrell1]

ORIGINAL: the1sean

ORIGINAL: J HG T

My mistake then. Apologies.

No need to apologize! I look forward to hearing about ehsumrell's results to confirm.

From my recent test games it only seems to work on below quality and after bombardment/disaster
damage. I tweaked a couple planets' quality setting via the Game Editor and found no
substantial improvement. Maybe Erik or Elliot can chime in on this one. I think it's probable
that due to the effect some characters (Leaders, Governors) may have on a colony the facility
effect may be hard capped in the code when it comes to improving certain planets.
[:)]

[Canute0]

I never saw a quality improvment on my worlds (all 50+ quality).

[Bingeling]

Also, the AI is quick to suggest building one after a disaster, but only then. I figure the one that programmed that build response knows how the thing works