mocachild

thanks for the replies! Sole Soul, that makes me feel better. it's good to know that it won't affect things much. thanks Tolmekian and Neilo. also thanks to Gaunathor for the idea of a major event. that's probably what it was. i'm going to play a new game and see what happens with that one.

well, i did receive a big notice that the altarians had built something that is wowing all worlds and making everyone love their culture. on the next turn the altarians social influence exploded across the entire galaxy absolutely taking over the galaxy with influence. so it may have been an event and not just the building....since this is my first game, i have no idea. and my populations aren't huge on those planets but they are mid size atm

alright one more question to go with the cultural exchange one. i was taking over the galaxy with influence had a bunch of cultural exchange centers built, Earth (i'm playing the humans obviously) had 121 ip. and i had 4-5 other planets up in the 20's (they were still newly colonized). i was at 60 percent or so towards an influence victory. then the small one planet Altarians built a social matrix and next turn they owned almost the whole galaxy with their influ

Hey all, Forgive me if i'm posting this in the wrong section. i'm not often on forums. anyways, my question is this: i have a colony that has 9ip i put two Cultural Exchange Centers on it and have not seen any increase in my influence number on the planet. what am i missing? this is only my very first game so i'm trying to understand the mechanics. thanks for your time.