bjg wrote:Thanks again for the explanation.
I was hoping that "Orbital Mirrors" work on Inferno planets now, but Inferno is probably hot from inside.
Again, to get a bit technical about it, the physical quantity that "temperature" value is supposed roughly correspond to, in terms of universe building, is "solar irradiance per square meter". I.e., "temperate" isn't actually telling you how warm the planet is on the surface (which can change dramatically depending on atmosphere, volcanic activity, and other variables), it's telling you how much raw energy the planet is getting from its host star.
"Inferno" worlds are modeled roughly on Venus -- so the core problem with terraforming them is not so much the heat they're getting from their sun, but, the incredibly toxic properties of their surface/atmosphere. Again, at one point, there was a tech in the tech tree that did let you transform Inferno worlds (it was called "Atmospheric Condensation"), but, I've taken it out until we have time to take another look at the terraforming mechanics and UIs.
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It looks like I set it up to be an Orthin-only tech, for some reason that I'm sure seemed very reasonable at the time. Um, I won't take it out now, as that would needlessly break current save games, but, that will need to be changed, the next time we do a tech tree revision.
