Recently, while reviewing my tech tree I noticed that I have indicated that you get a free base facility upon researching the following techs:
Sentient Econometrics (E11)
I: Free Recreation Commons
Quantum Machinery (B12)
I: Free energy bank
Self-Aware Machines (D11)
I: Free Network Node
I got these from the Prima strategy guide for SMAC. Under these techs the book categorizes these as an "infrastructure" benefit for the tech (hence the reason I used "I" to categorize the benefit on my tech tree).
Through gameplay and testing using the Scenario editor, I have never been able to confirm that you get these free facilities upon researching the tech. Does anyone know if you get these facilities in some way once the tech is researched? Perhaps you get ONE free facility? Perhaps this applied to an older version of the game? or was there in a Beta version of SMAC when Prima was writing the strategy guide?
Please no comments about how poor Prima "strategy" guides are - I am simply interested in determining whether this feature exists in the game or not.
Sentient Econometrics (E11)
I: Free Recreation Commons
Quantum Machinery (B12)
I: Free energy bank
Self-Aware Machines (D11)
I: Free Network Node
I got these from the Prima strategy guide for SMAC. Under these techs the book categorizes these as an "infrastructure" benefit for the tech (hence the reason I used "I" to categorize the benefit on my tech tree).
Through gameplay and testing using the Scenario editor, I have never been able to confirm that you get these free facilities upon researching the tech. Does anyone know if you get these facilities in some way once the tech is researched? Perhaps you get ONE free facility? Perhaps this applied to an older version of the game? or was there in a Beta version of SMAC when Prima was writing the strategy guide?
Please no comments about how poor Prima "strategy" guides are - I am simply interested in determining whether this feature exists in the game or not.
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