A Mistake in GooglyBoogly's Datalinks Update?

[Bailey]

Hello, guys!

I just wanted to report what seems to be a mistake in GooglyBoogly's mod (by the way it's very useful for a noob like me). The updated datalinks (advanced concepts, random events) state that "If the base is size 4 or less, or it is the only base of it's faction, or it is already under a random event time line (e.g. minerals boom for 10 years) – then there is no event". Well, I just got half of my empire destroyed by an asteroid (including the HQ) and all of my bases are size 4 or less. None of them could grow to size 5 during that turn either.

Another interesting thing is that when this happened I got the message saying something like "asteroid strikes near X", where X is the name of my HQ base. However, the center of the crater is where another base used to be, so its probably an error in the message.

[Petek]

Yes, GB's datalinks update is incorrect. The information on random events comes from the Prima Strategy Guide. However, at least two errors crept in. The Strategy Guide states:

If the picked base is less than Size 4, or if it is the only base of its faction, or if it is already under the effect of an on-going random event (for example, famine), then no event takes place.

So, size 4 bases can undergo random events. Also, contrary to the datalinks update, an asteroid can strike your HQ. I'll make a note of this in the appropriate thread, but I don't think that GB is working on this project any longer. Thanks for pointing this error out!