Upgrading spaceports

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WCG
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Upgrading spaceports

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How do I upgrade a small spaceport to a medium or large one? I can't find any way to do that. (This is in Distant Worlds: Shadows, if that matters.)

On my home planet, the AI automatically changed my initial small spaceport into a large one, so I know it's possible. But now I want to do the same at my first colony planet, and I can't find that option anywhere.

Help, please?

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Fetrik
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RE: Upgrading spaceports

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Click the spaceport and i belive the options are to the bottom right. I Think you may also need to have researched the appropriate size increase for ships and stations.
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Select it and ctrl-right click. That menu has the retrofit option needed. The ctrl-right click is the general solution for most things.
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You only need select the Spaceport and rightclick on it, or in empty space.
It's really strange that you have to do this though; you can't retrofit in it's own screen or under any other kind of selection.
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Thanks, Guys. I could have sworn I'd tried that, but I guess not, because the option showed up this time.

Much appreciated,

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RE: Upgrading spaceports

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ORIGINAL: Plant

You only need select the Spaceport and rightclick on it, or in empty space.
It's really strange that you have to do this though; you can't retrofit in it's own screen or under any other kind of selection.

You know, it's kind of funny, but after posting this question, I needed to do this again, but I couldn't remember what the answer was. I knew you'd told me how to do it. I knew that I'd done it before. But I searched all over the game, trying to remember how.

Eventually, I remembered about selecting the spaceport and right-clicking on it. I do that all the time when it comes to ships, but it just doesn't occur to me with bases. At any rate, it's not intuitive, not for me.

But at least I remembered before I had to come here and read your reply again - or post the question a second time. Now that would have been embarrassing! :)

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