xeno-mining

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this doesn't give access to new improvements even though the text indicates it should. I researched (in order):
manufacturing theory
xeno-factory
xeno-bank
xeno-mining
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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I am currently unable to load GC2 (Cari is looking at the SE report I sent her), bujt I do remember some of those techs creating social improvements. As I remember, "Manufacturing theory" only enables the chains to other techs, no social improvements, while xeno-factory allows one of the factory options, perhaps "basic factory". "Xeno bank" allows one of the banking imporvements, and "Xeno Mining" allows both "basic mining" and "deep core mining". As I remember.
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I thought that Xeno meant it was usable on alien worlds (Ie conquered ones :/ ) I know that banking improvements do exist, I had an option to build em during my games, but I dont know if that is exactly where you get it from. Plus it is possible you need more than one tech for a prerequisate(sp). Anywho I could sware bankign would be in the yellow tech area, like it was in galciv1.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I had a similar idea from the name, but when I saw the results, I just figured I had the wrong idea.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Banking is economical i suggest it stays in that area... along with factories and mining facilites because they all involve the econmy and banking does not really involve culture... which is the yellow area Communications it is being replaced i think by culture and parts of the economical sector. i think the new tech tree is a good idea but besides the fact that some techs are completly useless even though they can be researched for nothing and loose valuable credits... perhaps we can have pre-requsites for certian special techs like terraforming or somting stuff that is very complex but other wise the new system works and shows it is very difficult to research everything...however this can be used to get the ultimate tech:Beyond Human tech which Wins the game for ya. so you need all the techs at their ulitmate to research the ulitamte tech which makes it hard for you to win that way...that way you have to invest in all fields.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Jack is correct, in my games "Xeno Banking" allows planets to build a bank improvement and "Xeno Mining" allows you to build deep-core mine improvements.