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Terraforming Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:26 am
by 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?

RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:36 am
by Bingeling
I think it is a cure for disaster struck planets that have a lower quality than max. I am not 100% sure, though :)

RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:27 pm
by 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.

RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:49 pm
by 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.


RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:59 pm
by 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.

RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:08 pm
by J HG T
My mistake then. Apologies.

RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 5:31 pm
by 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!

RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:10 pm
by the1sean
ORIGINAL: J HG T

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

RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:18 pm
by 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).

RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:23 pm
by dejagore
Same here. Home planet stays at 84%. No change after few ingame years.

RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:28 pm
by 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.
[:)]

RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:47 pm
by Canute0
I never saw a quality improvment on my worlds (all 50+ quality).


RE: Terraforming Facility

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:17 pm
by 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 ;-)