95b.02 - Trading extreme environment tech bug

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I played through a quick game the other night, and in the process I received the aquatic colonization tech from another race in a trade. I noticed after that that the aquatic planet I wanted still had a red icon on it. "Hmm," I thought, "maybe it's just a display bug." I moved a colonizer over to it, and nope, couldn't colonize.

A while later, I researched the advanced aquatic tech, and the planet went yellow. I colonized it and played out the rest of the game with a 50% penalty on the planet. When looking at the tech tree viewer, I noticed that the first aquatic tech was missing any icon on the bottom, in the place that would usually be showing the +50% bonus. So by trading for the tech, I actually crippled my ability to colonize aquatic worlds! That's a bit of a bug there, so consider it reported.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
A while later, I researched the advanced aquatic tech, and the planet went yellow. I colonized it and played out the rest of the game with a 50% penalty on the planet. When looking at the tech tree viewer, I noticed that the first aquatic tech was missing any icon on the bottom, in the place that would usually be showing the +50% bonus. So by trading for the tech, I actually crippled my ability to colonize aquatic worlds! That's a bit of a bug there, so consider it reported.
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I've noticed that techs you trade for don't list the ability bonuses for them on the tech screen right after you trade them. However, they seem to appear properly after you load a saved game. Try loading a saved game after you traded for the tech...
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Are you guys talking about TA?
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
95b.02 is a beta build number and we are in the "Beta Reports" forum. So, yes it's TA.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If you have a save that demonstrates this problem, please zip it up and send it to [email protected] with your debug.err, a description of the problem, and a link back to this thread.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sorry, I don't have a save but I've seen the same problem, and not just with that tech. I once got all the Invasion Techs from a minor race and my soldier skills were still in the basement. I'm afraid to trade for any tech that gives and increase instead of a new item. The extreme col tech is just an easy one to spot. I have the latest update as of the date of this post downloaded. I'll try my next game to set this situation up and get the files to this link. Paul G.