Planet Development Levels?

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Okay, I have scoured the forums and the Forge FAQ and can't seem to find the answer to this.

Basically I'm trying to change the starting planet development levels on a home planet.  I want to increase all the levels to 5, so when a player starts, all the levels of development are already level 5 and locked.  In Galaxy Forge, I click on the home planet (Terranhome) and change each starting upgrade level to 5 under the advanced option, and then I click on the galaxy, make sure the default is TerranHome and then change all the variables under Home Planet to 10.  Save, to the Galaxy Folder and then go to play.

The problem I am having is that it's not taking these changes.  It still stays at the default (locked) development levels regardless of what I put in there.  I've even gone in and set Default Template to "False".  Still, default locked development levels every time I start up the map.

Any suggestions?


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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Have you tried a basic mod that puts all the changes you want straight on to the PlanetTerranHome.entity file?

I have to warn you though, I tried adding planet bonuses to the Home planets, to no avail. I may have done something wrong, but changes I made had no effect.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Yeah, I even went in and changed it manually as well. Same results. Even though Galaxy Forge has a place for you to change them, apparently it won't, regardless of what you put in there.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Are you using a mod? That possibly effects the Planet#####.entity files?
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Maybe just a bug cause this in the Galaxy Forge. There are some maps where the starting planet have different developments done.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Perhaps the Home planets can't be changed... I know when I edited their files, it had no effect. Maybe there is something deeper in the game that overrides changes made to them...

I'm out of answers I'm afraid, good luck ;)
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
Here is my example of the PlanetTerranHome.entity

I raised the prices on the upgrades
Increased extracter slots
Increased alot by a boat load but...
you need to change the "Stage Counts"(look at the areas below) and then just copy and paste another stage below it and modify it. Galaxy Forge is more or less for map making and "default starting values" so if you want more stages of logistics and all the other stuff you need to modify each planet type xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.entity file you cant use it on the multiplayer maps though unless everyone has the same files. I hope that helps a little

TXT
entityType "Planet"
meshInfoCount 4
meshInfo
typeNameStringID "IDS_PLANETTYPE_TERRAN"
asteroidTemplate "Empty"
dustCloudTemplate "Sparse"
meshName "Planet_Terran_0"
cloudColor ffffffff
nullMeshRadius 0.000000
nullMeshParticleEffect ""
hudIcon "HUDICON_PLANET_TERRAN0"
smallHudIcon "HUDICONSMALL_PLANET_TERRAN0"
infoCardIcon "INFOCARDICON_PLANET_TERRAN0"
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