quote:Originally posted by galaxi

And yes, they colonize too. Either that, or their planet just generates colos out of thin air, because they get about 50 a day spread randomly across the 3 production lines.


I don't think they colonize (although if you stripped off all the colos the game might be helping them out a bit). I believe the 50 a day you are seeing is an inherent trait of all populated planets. If the planet has colonists, it will gain and lose colonists on a daily basis based on the type and class of planet.

Class L planets for example generate a lot of colonists, while class H planets kill a lot of colos. I think this is meant to simulate the living conditions on the planet based upon how inhabitable the game believes the planet to be.

quote:Originally posted by galaxi

Hahaha, another cool trick with gold aliens is to let them trade for you. =) I invaded their planet, turned off the cannon and stripped the colos, and then left it there for a day as an experiment to see how much would regenerate. I came back the next day and the aliens had (of course) reclaimed their planet and put 1.2 mil in the citadel for me. =) They also dropped a few ftrs on the planet, so I had to reinvade (cost me less than 1k ftrs), but they never replenished the planetary shields, nor turned the cannon back on.

I have all the aliens in the game trading for me now 24/7 =) Every couple days I drop in and pick-up the cash.

And yes, they colonize too. Either that, or their planet just generates colos out of thin air, because they get about 50 a day spread randomly across the 3 production lines.

galaxi




1.2 mil? I've come back to 400+ mil with my aliens... though its probably due to their being overly active....

quote:Originally posted by Survey_Says

quote:Originally posted by galaxi

And yes, they colonize too. Either that, or their planet just generates colos out of thin air, because they get about 50 a day spread randomly across the 3 production lines.


I don't think they colonize (although if you stripped off all the colos the game might be helping them out a bit). I believe the 50 a day you are seeing is an inherent trait of all populated planets. If the planet has colonists, it will gain and lose colonists on a daily basis based on the type and class of planet.

Class L planets for example generate a lot of colonists, while class H planets kill a lot of colos. I think this is meant to simulate the living conditions on the planet based upon how inhabitable the game believes the planet to be.

All of the stock planets ultimately generate colonists, just some at faster rates than others. There are two settings in tedit that affect this, habitability and hazard. You can gold edit planets that generate colos quickly or lose them quickly. It ends up being a % of the colos already on there, but it varies from day to day.