Improvement placement

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Suppose I have 4 tiles available on a planet, all of which I am going to put research enhancing improvements on. One of the tiles has a +300% research bonus. If I put 3 xeno labs on the other tiles and my technological capital on the bonus tile, would that then mean that my technological capital would provide a 400% bonus increase to research on that planet (as it provides a 100% increase to research on a non bonus tile) OR would that meant that I just wasted a bonus tile because the tile only enhances research and the tech capital doesnt provide an inherent research itself. Same question for a research consoidation center. And Political capitals w/morale bonuses, and Mfg capitals with industry bonuses.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Bonus tiles only count for buildings that actually produce the item in question. Placing your technology capital on a research bonus is a waste of the bonus. Same goes for all other capital type buildings.

The way a bonus works is it increases the amount of production of the building by that amount. A 100% manufacturing bonus behaves in game terms as if you had 2 factories on that square. However you only pay BCs on half the second factory. So if you produce 8 MP/SP with a factory on a 100% tile bonus that one factory actually produces 16 total but you are charged for only 4 of the 8 bonus units. Clear as mud?

Capital buildings and other such production enhancers only increase the amount of units you actually produce. To my knowledge they do not increase any bonus amounts you may get from a tile. Of course I could be wrong and I'm sure someone will correct me if I am .
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
And Political capitals w/morale bonuses


I don't know the answer to this one. The political capital and galactic resort and secret police center all look like they give the same type of morale bonus as the regular morale improvements. So maybe they do get boosted by the morale bonus tile.

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Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Political capital, galactic resort, secret police center, and any trade goods that effect morale do not gain bonus from a bonus tile. Again their modifiers are applied either at the planet they are built or on an empire wide scale.

Of course I'm not 100% sure on that and Kyro will most likely clear it up if I'm wrong .
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The research bonus tiles do stack with the tech capitals, though, in the sense that you can build a lab on the bonus tile--which quadruples the research--and then you can build the tech capital--which gives you 2X * 4X = 8X.