Unable to Place Spies - ToA 1.96

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Here is my first Year Zero Victory:
Level: Suicide
Galaxy Size: Tiny
Me: Altarians
AI: Thalans
Completed: May 15
Score: 25200
I colonized one planet and had to capture two planets.

In this game I was not able to place any spies on the Thalan planets.
Was this a bug or do you need to research Xeno Comm. and Universal Translator?
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
How were you not able to place spies? Did you get a dialog box telling you so, or after selecting a spy o place was it unresponsive when clicking on the planet?
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
How were you not able to place spies? Did you get a dialog box telling you so, or after selecting a spy o place was it unresponsive when clicking on the planet?
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I can bring up the planet screen either by:
(1) selecting the planet and then clicking SPY, or
(2) from the Espionage window select place agent and then select a planet
but then the Place Agent button is greyed out so I can only click DONE.

I tried researching Xeno Comm. and Universal Translator but that had no effect.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Was this happening for all buildings on the planet? If not, which particular building type were you trying to place the agent on - some do not allow agents.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Did you click on any of the buildings for that matter? The button would be greyed out if no building was selected.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
No bug, user error on my part. :LOL: It has been so long since I've placed a spy (usually I just keep one spy handy so I can look at an AI planet) that I forgot how to place one. I thought I needed to click on the Place Agent button and then the spy cursor would appear, rather than that button doing the commit.