Should be possible to build lower-tech items

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Late in the game, it becomes prohibitively expensive to bootstrap new planets, because the only available manufacturing thing is the manufacturing district.

It would be nice if there were a way to build, say, plain old factories, even though they'll later need to be upgraded, to allow for a bootstrapping procedure to cut down on the expense of buying a manufacturing district for every planet.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It is a subject that has been talked about many times before in various other posts. However at this stage, although many of us agree with you on the idea of being able to build older items, there appears to be no hint of this happening from the devs...



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Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
There are pros and cons to the idea. Ultimately, by mid to late game your economy should be making loads of money so buying a manuf plant doesn't put a dent into your wallet.

It also adds some strategic considerations as to when the best time is to research the faculty upgrades.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It is a feature I would like to see added in the future, the ability to construct buildings of any current or lower tech level. Its annoying having to spend forever building an industrial centre or virtual reality centre.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What would work nicely is a global 'Show/hide buildings' screen which will let you choose exactly what you want to see in the list, and will also summarise their production costs and resulting benefits. It might also be an idea to incorporate a 'No automatic upgrade' checkbox as well, either as a global setting or for each building.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Really you should just zone a tile for a particular type of building, then it evolves slowly from the oldest to the latest type available. 
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
who wants to build a water wheel when you can build a turbine generater
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
who wants to build a water wheel when you can build a turbine generater


Me, when I can not afford the turbine generater. Something in a tile is better than nothing...
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The list of upgrades can get too long as it is, and think you should be able to buy the first factory or two late in the game. (if you can't, you're not building a good economy and god help you...)

Although the AI regularly outpaces itself, and for the AI, sticking with older buildings would probably help it.