Small bug in 1.0.5.071 (and may be before)

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The bug is that if some planet get "skull" sign on it it never disaapear !

I just finished one game with cultural victory , the moral was 100 on all the planest , I had all the modifiers for moral and influence , but the planet that got "skull" sign in the begining of the game had it until the end ...

~SDC~
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
This is the number one most frequently confused issue
on this forum :)


The skull never disappears, its by design.

All it signifies is that at one point in time that
system failed a check, and if it ever fails a check
again, it will switch. It has no reflection on the
current state of the situtation.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
The skull never disappears, its by design.
End of quote


It is possible for a planet to culture flip twice - one in one direction, and back in the other direction when an empire responds with a few cultural palaces. As a result, most people find this to be counter-intuitive, and therefore consider it a bug.

It's probably better to have a small chance (although fractional compared to the cultural damage) for that skull to disappear and have the system's culture revert to normal.

Besides, culture flipping seems to be a bit too sensitive. This is based on observations of defections occurring on the absolute difference between the influcence ratings within a sector as opposed to the percentage differences.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
But this system never "flipped" it was mine from the beggining and never changed side ! Anyway I do think it's a bug because even "this flag was raised" after a few good years of absolute control it should "go down".

~SDC~
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I agree. I'm thinking you should only have that skull there if the planet is in potential to immediate danger of flipping (ie Someone elses culture currently dominates your sector). Makes it a bit less confusing
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
OK, I was wrong, the flag disappears if the planet
changes ownership and then the flag flipping thing
can begin all over, yes a planet can flip back.

Maybe poor design, but not a bug, this is by design
been stated quite clearly quite often, cause believe me
like forceinfinity has said, this is very confusing
and has been asked many many times.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I sometimes pull the population and sell planets that look like they're going to flip anyway. Almost always to my next victim. Then when I retake it several turns later that resets the flag.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Like flag is my only problem , I just need an indication when my planet/system is about to defect and when it's not so I will stop pumping money and building influence stuff on it , esspecially if I am not targeting cultural victory.
Actually I am trying to achieve technological for a long time , but always end up with cultural :) because I have to implement "contramesures" to avoid my planets flipping, a of this and I find myself half way to cultural victory :)

~SDC~