GalCiv2: spending question

There's something strange in respect to spending that I've noticed. The
manual seems to say that if I set spending to 100% I will be using all my
production and research capacity. But it seems that setting spending to
100% only gives you ???

I've started a new game with custom race that has no production or research
bonuses. At the start I have 24mp and 24tp. I immediately set spending
(Industrial Capacity:) to 100% and start to build something social and
something military. I also set military to 0%, social to 50% and research
to 50%. This gives me 24 bc of spending (+1 bc for maintenance). Production
is 13 (I assume 12 + 10% capital bonus) and research is 12, so it looks
that they're exactly at 50% of capacity. Interesting that if I don't set
any social production, the social spendings are still charged (but I
believe that is known issue).

Than I buy 2 factories, bringing mp to 40. With 50% social, 50% research
I'm getting (before bonuses) 20 social production and 12 research (exactly
half of my capacities).

So it appears that there's a research spending rate which is {spending-
industrial capacity}*{spending distribution-research rate} and social and
military rates which are {spending-industrial capacity}*{spending
distribution-social/military rate}. I'm not sure why industrial capacity
spending affects research rate, but apparently it does. Somehow (from the
manual?) I would expect just 3 sliders: research spending rate which is
between 0-100% (of research capacity) and independent from other sliders
and social and military sliders which are also between 0-100% (of
manufacturing capacity), but constrained by condition that their total <=
100%.

In my test game I got tile with 100% resource bonus, so now I buy factory
there and set social to 100%. Now my social spendings are 67 and production
is 72, so I'm getting 5 free hammers:
I have 20% bonus from civilization, 10% bonus from the capital and I have
that +100% tile with a factory.
The base capacity is either 48 or 56 (depending to what 100% bonus is
applied). If it is 48, than the total production would be 48*1.3=62.4. If
it is 56, then it would be 56*1.3=72.8. That looks more like the right
answer. Perhaps, the tile bonus is applied to the base manufacturing
capacity (though I can't find it reflected anywhere in the game). Then 20%
bonus is applied and rounded (or floored) 56*0.2 = 11.2 -> 11. 10% bonus is
applied to 56 and floored 56*0.1 = 5.6 -> 5. Then the total spending is 56
+ 11 = 67 and the total production is 56 + 11 + 5 = 72.

Alex.

alexti <QQalextiQQ DeleteThis @videotron.few.useless.chars.ca> wrote:
>
> I've started a new game with custom race that has no production or research
> bonuses. At the start I have 24mp and 24tp. I immediately set spending
> (Industrial Capacity:) to 100% and start to build something social and
> something military. I also set military to 0%, social to 50% and research
> to 50%. This gives me 24 bc of spending (+1 bc for maintenance). Production
> is 13 (I assume 12 + 10% capital bonus) and research is 12, so it looks
> that they're exactly at 50% of capacity.

You set social production and research at 50% each and you're surprised
they're each producing at 50% capacity?

> Interesting that if I don't set
> any social production, the social spendings are still charged (but I
> believe that is known issue).

It is. I don't like it either, because it encourages micromanagement
and building useless stuff. At least, it was in GalCiv1, but I understand
it hasn't changed in Galciv2.

> So it appears that there's a research spending rate which is {spending-
> industrial capacity}*{spending distribution-research rate} and social and
> military rates which are {spending-industrial capacity}*{spending
> distribution-social/military rate}. I'm not sure why industrial capacity
> spending affects research rate, but apparently it does.

Because it's partially a resource management game. You have to choose if
you prioritise research, social production or military production. You've
got limited capacity, a limited number of workers to work on those projects,
that sort of thing.


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