Notes on rev 4909

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Zireael
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Notes on rev 4909

#1 Post by Zireael »

- Is there a way to build outpost ships? I researched practically all Growth techs and nothing came up. And I can't colonize hostile planets with colony ships, so I'm guessing I need outpost ships to see how outposts work now...

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Re: Notes on rev 4909

#2 Post by Geoff the Medio »

I removed environmental encapsulation from preunlocked techs. If that unlocked outpost ships, then no.

Until someone updates the content, find a hostile planet and colonize it with a colony ship, then wait a few turns until it depopulates, and you'll have a 0 population colony still under your control.

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Re: Notes on rev 4909

#3 Post by Zireael »

Well, I cannot colonize hostile planets with colony ships... that's the problem.

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Re: Notes on rev 4909

#4 Post by Geoff the Medio »

Works for me...
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Re: Notes on rev 4909

#5 Post by Zireael »

It doesn't work for asteroids nor gas giants. Did not think to check other hostile planets...

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#6 Post by Geoff the Medio »

Zireael wrote:It doesn't work for asteroids nor gas giants. Did not think to check other hostile planets...
Gas giants and asteroids are not hostile (for humans); they are uninhabitable.

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Re: Notes on rev 4909

#7 Post by Zireael »

Does that mean we can't make outposts on uninhabitable planets?

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#8 Post by Vezzra »

Zireael wrote:Does that mean we can't make outposts on uninhabitable planets?
You need to research the proper techs, at least for asteroids that should be possible. This has also been possible for gas giants in earlier revisions, but I think I remember that that has been removed. Maybe it has only been discussed...

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#9 Post by Geoff the Medio »

Zireael wrote:Does that mean we can't make outposts on uninhabitable planets?
At present yes. I think the UI will only show the colonize button for hostile or better planets. You could make an outpost with another species of ship that considers that planet hostile or better though, or invade with ground troops regardless of the ship's species. This probably doesn't make much sense in practice, though.

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