Alpha Centauri 2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire => The Theory of Everything => Topic started by: Yitzi on December 25, 2012, 11:22:17 PM

Title: Did you know...
Post by: Yitzi on December 25, 2012, 11:22:17 PM

1. When calculating ecodamage, tectonic missiles are treated the same as planet busters.
2. AI factions ignore all atrocities (and tectonic missiles) when calculating ecodamage.

Title: Re: Did you know...
Post by: Green1 on December 26, 2012, 02:24:08 PM

Interesting. I wonder what the reasoning behind that is.

Come to think of it, I have never seen the AI build tectonic missiles. Any of you guys?

Title: Re: Did you know...
Post by: Yitzi on December 27, 2012, 02:47:26 AM

3. When calculating the benefits of satellites, a base without an aerospace complex has the total number of satellites halved, rather than having the final benefit halved.  Thus, if the number of satellites is at least twice the size of the base, there is no penalty for not having an aerospace complex (other than being unable to build satellites, of course.)
4. Minerals from Nessus Mining Stations do not count for ecodamage, but percentage boosts applied to those minerals (by Genejack factory, Robotic Assembly Plant, etc.) do count for ecodamage.
5. There is a bug in which if a base does not have an aerospace complex, Nessus Mining Stations can reduce its ecodamage.  (Specifically, the minerals lost due to not having an aerospace complex reduce its ground-based minerals, not its "from orbit" minerals, so a size 8 base with 8 Nessus mining stations and no aerospace complex would get 4 minerals that do not produce ecodamage and 4 of its existing minerals would also not produce ecodamage.)

Title: Re: Did you know...
Post by: Kirov on December 27, 2012, 06:13:52 PM

Interesting stuff, thanks! Usually I don't remember that tectonic and fungal missiles even exist, let alone use them. :) So how does the fungal one behave eco-damage wise?

Useful info about satellites!  ;b; IIRC, the bonus from Bulk Matter Transmitter does count for ecodamage entirely, right? So it probably affects mins from NMS like the other min-boosting facs?

Title: Re: Did you know...
Post by: Yitzi on December 27, 2012, 06:19:06 PM

Quote from: Kirov on December 27, 2012, 06:13:52 PM

Interesting stuff, thanks! Usually I don't remember that tectonic and fungal missiles even exist, let alone use them. :) So how does the fungal one behave eco-damage wise?

No effect whatsoever...it's like Planet doesn't mind when you spread fungus all over the place.

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Useful info about satellites!  ;b; IIRC, the bonus from Bulk Matter Transmitter does count for ecodamage entirely, right? So it probably affects mins from NMS like the other min-boosting facs?

Indeed.

Title: Re: Did you know...
Post by: Yitzi on January 09, 2013, 03:30:53 PM

6. If (due to forests) your terraforming ecodamage is negative, that result is added to your mineral ecodamage, essentially reducing ecodamage from minerals.

Title: Re: Did you know...
Post by: testdummy653 on January 22, 2013, 04:11:04 AM

Probe Teams can free captured faction leaders.

Title: Re: Did you know...
Post by: Green1 on January 22, 2013, 11:55:22 AM

If you put more than 2 alien factions in, they are still always at war with each other?

I learned that playing here with an unfinished AAR with you guys.