Two quick questions from a new gamer

Just bought the ultimate edition from Steam sale

Hi, i've just bought the game and im enjoying sussing out how to play it.

I just wanted to ask about two things though.

1. When i zoom out the universe map and it changes to the tactical view, i can see the symbols for meteor anomalies that are not visible on the universe map.

Is this a bug or are the meteors so small they cannot be seen?

2. In my current game (i've started with the campaign) i've just researched 'planetary improvements'.

On the research complete screen it states i have gained the following new abilities - Social Prod: +10, Industrial Prod: +10, Research: +10.

How are these numbers added to to my civilization? Does it get added to the stats for each of my planets?

Also, after reading a couple of posts in the forum it seems that TA was released prematurely and has quite a few shortcomings. This is still the one that i want to play so can you tell me what mod i should use to 'fix it'?

Can you run more than one mod simultaneously?

Currently i'm playing through the campaigns before i tackle the main game. If i was to install a mod to fix TA, would this affect my current campaign (the first one)

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qrtxian

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1. When i zoom out the universe map and it changes to the tactical view, i can still see the symbols for the anomalies that i have already surveyed and they are no longer on the universe map.

Is this a bug or do the symbols remain for a reason?

I'm pretty sure this is a bug, although it's not one that I've ever encountered.

As for the mod questions, in order:

There are two major mods I know of that have been released to fix TA. Tolmekian's mod is probably the closer to giving you the game as it was meant to be played, without bugs, while MarvinKosh's mod makes more changes in an effort to optimize things. I can't say for sure which is "better", particularly since I use my own homebrew and have never actually played either. It might be worth trying both and seeing which you prefer.
No, you cannot run multiple mods simultaneously. You'll have to manually merge them yourself.
Mods do affect the campaigns, but not previously saved games. You'd have to start from scratch. That said, the campaigns - or at least the TA campaign - may be better played unmodded.

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Thanks for the info on the Mods, it helped a lot.

As for the invisible anomalies i will wait and see if they persist in the next chapter of the campaign.

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