Planetary or Civilization Bonue - how do I know?

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So this has been probably discussed many times before and suggested as improvement for GCiv3 or 2.0 or so., but it is driving me nuts that I cannot differentiate between planetary and civilization wide boni from achievements or trade goods. Is there a way at all??

Thx!

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Well all planetary boni (and econ starbase bonus as well) are listed in your colony display under details. All Civ wide bonus are listed under Stats & Graphs in the Civilization manager but AFAIK there's no way to distinguish between how much is from resource mining, tech, super project, galactic achievement, racial ability or even from various anomalies. It's just all lumped together in one rather large percentage.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

you could check the XML. planetary vs. civ-wide bonuses have different tags.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

What is the XML? And which tags do you mean? Thx!

 

Oh, and: dear programmers, that's really poor...my appologies. :-(

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

when people say 'the XML' with refernece to GC2, they're usually referring to a number of the files located in the Data/English (or other language) folder. if you're unfamiliar with modding this game, then this might not be the easiest way to figure it out.

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Here's a general overview that should help (If I'm wrong about these rules, please tell me):

  • Normal Buildings only give Planetary Bonuses. The Cathedral of Valor is the sole exception, but I believe it isn't even properly working anyway :)
  • Trade Goods are ALWAYS Galactic-Wide bonuses. Always.
  • Most Galactic Achievements are Galactic-Wide. Many Galactic Achievements are worded oddly or unclear about what type of bonus it is (Restraunt of Eternity is Galactic-Wide...), though.
  • Many Super Projects give Galactic-Wide bonuses. All the "Capital" Super Projects are Planetary Bonuses, though. Super Projects are generally pretty clear about the scope of their effect.
  • If it says "Bonus" it's probably Planetary. IE: "Research" is Galactic-Wide, but "Research Bonus" is Planetary. However, "Social Production Bonus" is Galactic Wide, not Planetary...
  • "Economy" is Planetary, "Economics" is Galactic.

However, in the XML (Data/English/PlanetaryImprovements.xml is the one you want to look at) you want to look for <AbilityType> and <AbilityAmount> tags (The Mind Control Center is missing a <AbilityType> tag, but it defaults to 0 (Economics). You can look here to find out what each ability is numbered). If those two tags are listed, then the bonus is Galactic-Wide. An improvement can only have ONE set of these tags (I believe), so it is giving out mutliple bonuses, only one of them is Galactic-Wide.

Otherwise, the bonus is Planetary (Note: Prestige is Planetary Influence, Resistance is Planetary Loyalty).

Hope that helps.