Can anyone shed any light on this please...

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Hi there. I've mentioned this once before but still don't understand how it works.
Basically, I started a new game with a custom race at the weekend, and loaded in a race that I must've created under previous versions (pre vers 1.3).
The thing is, that custom race starts with +50 research as a racial ability (before any other modifiers), and I've no idea how I managed to do this. Any attempt to recreate a custom race with +50 research just doesn't seem to work.
Consequently, I started playing the game as this custom race and have noticed before long I'm streets ahead on research.
Whenever I try and create another custom race, the max research bonus from racial abilities I can obtain is +20%.

Previously people have pointed out that certain races start with some default bonuses (like logistics +6), but this still doesn't explain the +50% research bonus of my saved race. The template for a new custom race doesn't start off with anything in research.

One possible explanation might be that a custom race is saved with every save game, so that the bonuses I obtained from a previous few games carry over into a race's starting bonuses in a new game.

Can anyone shed any light on this please...?

Cheers,

Scott
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Just noticed that with my saved custom race from a previous version, if I clear all abilities, I'm left with default racial bonus of +50 research and +6 logistics. How did I manage to get the research to default so high ? Is this a bug with reloading previous custom races ?

Thanks again in advance..

Scott
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Sounds like if it persists after clearing, it's most likely been modded into the game's files directly.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I see. So it isn't possible to normally start a game with a custom race with a +50 research bonus ? There musta been a problem somewhere.
I'm finding it quite easy to storm ahead on research and I have no idea how I managed to achieve the +50 bonus.

Maybe I should start again and play more fairly.

Scott
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Does anyone know where the saved custom races are stored ?
I've located the Raceconfig.XML document (in Data/English folder), but that shows only the default starting abilities for a custom race and not my saved custom races, which I now wish to delete.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks (once again)

Scott
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Check for files with a .raceconfig extension in My Documents/My Games/GalCiv2.