TA 1.96.027 - Yor mining starbase module missing

Didn't see this elsewhere in a search... saw that in 1.92 these might have been added as new.

The problem is that after researching Collective Manufacturing I, II, or even III, the Yor cannot build the indicated starbase module: Collective Mining I, II, III.  They can build Mining Barracks and Battlestations, but even with both of those, no Collective Mining available.

I think I tracked down the problem: in StarbaseModules.xml, MiningCenter is listed as a pre-requisite for Collective Mining I, II, and III.  But of course MiningCenter requires the tech Xeno Engineering which the Yor cannot research themselves.  Trading for this tech and building a Mining Center does make Collective Mining available.

Was this intentional? Or should the pre-req for Collective Mining be switched to MiningBarracks instead of MiningCenter?


PS - if you edit the xml file manually (which I did), the change does not occur in the game you're playing - does it work only if you start a new game?
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Reply #1 Top
Actually, Yor can research Xeno Engineering and gain access to MiningCenter.
Look tech tree more closely.
Reply #2 Top
You may need to scroll up in the research screen. I personally have made the mistake of assuming that the technology the cursor was sitting on at the top of the screen was the simplest/quickest technology available, when in fact there were others up above that I needed to scroll up to see.