Any morality effects from using the nastier Invasion Tactics?

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So are Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) frowned upon in the GalCiv universe? Will it affect my morality to gas my opponent, or some of the other even nastier tactics?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
In the invasion tactic ini file there is such a thing (Morality effect) but it's not enabled; there are no number in it. I am guessing it was never coded in. Someday i'll have to try it. I've posted Core Detonation as an example.

Tech_Requirement ""
Image "Tactics_Core"
Cost 500
LuckFactor 50

PreRequirement 0
PreReqValue 0

BonusType 3
BonusValueMin 40
BonusValueMax 50

PlanetQualityPenaltyMin 10
PlanetQualityPenaltyMax 30

InfluencePenaltyMin 0
InfluencePenaltyMax 0

ImprovementPenaltyMin 20
ImprovementPenaltyMax 30

ENDINVTACTIC
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Actually, that's Influence Penalty, which affect the star system's influence for culture.

From what I heard, it seems to have a bug stating "String not found", bit the effect seems to work as normal.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes, that's what my tests show.

Digging through the English.str file, there does appear to be a string, but GalCiv can't find it. The [Key] is probably incorrect. I tried several different keys, but came up empty.

If you are curious the string lives in TABLEALIAS InvasionScreen, here is the Key:
[InfluenceOverview]

and the Value:
The Cultural Influence generated by this star system has been decreased by %lu percent.

I think I tried [InfOverview] and [Influence_Overview], but no love. It's a small thing, anyways. The Influence *is* reduced, so I'd recommend using that feature of the file if it fits your Invasion Tactic.

~SDC~