is the punishment sphere bugged?

[dmm1285]

I was messing around with it in the scenario editor, trying to see if if the -50% is additive (i.e. a Network Node would cancel it out), or applied after everything else like I thought. Instead, the -50% IS NOT BEING APPLIED AT ALL. I tried it in both the original and the expansion, and can't get the penalty to kick no matter what. Hopefully this is a problem with just my game, I have the Planetary Pack (SMACX version 2.0, SMAC version 3.0)

[dmm1285]

never mind, it's definently working, just very weird how it's displayed in the game

[Major Guz]

Yeah, IIRC it is only stated in the F4 screen under labs output (best bases section).
That base input would look like

basename XX labs (YY)

As the first number is the total amount of research produced and the number in parentheses the number added to the research project currently undergoing research.