Configuration: Allowed values¶

Named choices accepted by settings. Use the spelling shown here when a setting links to one of these lists; the Used by links lead back to the affected settings.

Game difficulty¶

Difficulty selected when a new game is created.

Notes: Complete uint8 domain. Numeric configuration preserves the native values 0 through 4.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

tutor
easy
average
hard
impossible

Used by¶

Starting civilization level¶

Technology level selected when a new game is created.

Notes: Complete native starting-civilization domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

prewarp
average
advanced
postwarp

Used by¶

Technology-level starting conditions

Antaran civilization band¶

Selects the starting-civilization band used for Antaran growth delay.

Notes: Post-Warp uses the Average band, matching other classic-rule normalization.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

prewarp
average
advanced

Used by¶

Antaran fleet policy

Antaran difficulty band¶

Selects the difficulty band used by Antaran resource and retirement policy.

Notes: Tutor and Easy use the Normal band, matching the original Antaran rules.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

normal
hard
impossible

Used by¶

Antaran ship class¶

Selects one strategic Antaran ship class.

Notes: Names preserve the Antaran fleet terminology used by MOO2 1.50.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

raider
marauder
intruder
interdictor
harbinger

Used by¶

Antaran retirement class¶

Selects the low-tier Antaran ship class governed by a retirement policy.

Notes: Raiders use the original Frigate retirement formula and Marauders use the original Destroyer formula.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

raider
marauder

Used by¶

Antaran fleet policy

Galaxy age¶

Stellar age distribution selected for map generation.

Notes: Complete uint8 domain. Numeric configuration preserves the native values 0 through 2.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

young
average
old

Used by¶

Galaxy size¶

Map-size selection used by new-game setup.

Notes: Player-selectable sizes use values 0 through 4. Native value 5 is retained only for legacy data and saved games.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

small
medium
large
huge
maximum

Used by¶

Maximum galaxy zoom mode¶

Selects how visible map dimensions change between zoom levels in Maximum galaxies.

Notes: Half halves both visible dimensions at each step, showing one quarter as much map area. Classic uses the wider 15, 20, and 30 display scales associated with the 72-star map.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

half
classic

Used by¶

Maximum galaxy zoom mode

Government¶

A race's base or advanced form of government.

Notes: Complete uint8 semantic-ID domain. The advanced form of each base government has its own native value.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

feudal
confederation
dictatorship
imperium
democracy
federation
unification
galactic_unification

Used by¶

Government family¶

Groups each base government with its advanced form for shared morale rules.

Notes: The three values select Feudal and Confederation, Dictatorship and Imperium, or Democracy and Federation.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

feudal_confederation
dictatorship_imperium
democracy_federation

Used by¶

Primary racial trait¶

Identifies a numeric three-choice racial trait.

Notes: Complete race-customization primary-trait table-index domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

growth
food
production
research
income
ship_defense
ship_attack
ground_combat
spying

Used by¶

Race pick rules

Primary racial trait choice¶

Identifies the penalty, bonus, or major-bonus choice for a primary trait.

Notes: Complete three-choice table-index domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

penalty
bonus
major_bonus

Used by¶

Race pick rules

Selectable base government¶

Identifies one government available during race customization.

Notes: Base governments are contiguous choices here even though native government values interleave advanced forms.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

feudal
dictatorship
democracy
unification

Used by¶

Race pick rules

Special racial choice¶

Identifies one special choice on the race customization screen.

Notes: Choices are distinct from saved trait fields; Rich and Poor Home World share one signed native field.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

low_gravity
high_gravity
aquatic
subterranean
large_home_world
rich_home_world
poor_home_world
artifacts_home_world
cybernetic
lithovore
repulsive
charismatic
uncreative
creative
tolerant
fantastic_traders
telepathic
lucky
omniscient
stealthy_ships
trans_dimensional
warlord

Used by¶

Race pick rules

16-bit ratio¶

A signed fractional value written as numerator/denominator.

Notes: Used for exact gameplay fractions whose numerator and denominator fit signed 16-bit storage.

Accepted input: a ratio

Used by¶

Stock race table index¶

Index into the thirteen-entry table of predefined races.

Notes: Complete uint8 index domain. Do not use for player ownership, packed population race data, Androids, natives, or custom-race selections.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

alkari
bulrathi
darlok
elerian
gnolam
human
klackon
meklar
mrrshan
psilon
sakkra
silicoid
trilarian

Used by¶

Diplomacy race table index¶

Index into the fourteen-row starting-relations table.

Notes: The first thirteen rows are stock races. Custom is the native fourteenth race slot.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

alkari
bulrathi
darlok
elerian
gnolam
human
klackon
meklar
mrrshan
psilon
sakkra
silicoid
trilarian
custom

Used by¶

AI race-variant difficulty¶

Selects the Hard or Impossible row for an AI stock-race variant.

Notes: The table applies only at these two difficulties.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

hard
impossible

Used by¶

AI personality¶

Selects one diplomatic personality assigned to an AI player.

Notes: Dishonored is a runtime diplomacy state and is retained as a valid native value, although the stock personality table does not assign it by default.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

xenophobic
ruthless
aggressive
erratic
honorable
pacifist
dishonored

Used by¶

AI race personalities

Stock-race pick choice¶

Option index used by a stock race's numeric racial pick.

Notes: Zero selects no pick; values one through three select the available penalty or bonus levels for that trait.

Accepted input: a number
Accepted values: 0 to 3

Used by¶

AI race trait¶

One native trait-table index used by an AI race variant.

Notes: Complete native player-trait domain. Home World Richness is the signed slot used for both Rich and Poor Home World.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

government
growth
food
production
research
income
ship_defense
ship_attack
ground_combat
spying
low_gravity
high_gravity
aquatic
subterranean
large_home_world
home_world_richness
artifacts_home_world
cybernetic
lithovore
repulsive
charismatic
uncreative
creative
tolerant
fantastic_traders
telepathic
lucky
omniscient
stealthy_ships
trans_dimensional
warlord

Used by¶

AI race trait value

Crew quality¶

Experience rank assigned to a ship's crew.

Notes: Complete uint8 ordered domain from green through ultra elite.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

green
regular
veteran
elite
ultra_elite

Used by¶

Crew quality data

Leader type¶

Determines whether a leader commands ships or administers colonies.

Notes: Complete uint8 semantic-ID domain. This does not describe leader employment status.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

ship
colony

Leader skill¶

Identifies one leader skill's base hire-cost entry.

Notes: The order and numeric identities match the native 54-entry skill table. Improved names identify the second tier of a skill.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

assassin
assassin_improved
commando
commando_improved
diplomat
diplomat_improved
engineer
engineer_improved
environmentalist
environmentalist_improved
famous
famous_improved
farming_leader
farming_leader_improved
fighter_pilot
fighter_pilot_improved
financial_leader
financial_leader_improved
galactic_lore
galactic_lore_improved
helmsman
helmsman_improved
instructor
instructor_improved
labor_leader
labor_leader_improved
medicine
medicine_improved
megawealth
megawealth_improved
navigator
navigator_improved
operations
operations_improved
ordnance
ordnance_improved
researcher
researcher_improved
science_leader
science_leader_improved
security
security_improved
spiritual_leader
spiritual_leader_improved
spy_master
spy_master_improved
tactics
tactics_improved
telepath
telepath_improved
trader
trader_improved
weaponry
weaponry_improved

Used by¶

Leader skill hire costs

Text format row¶

Identifies a configurable interface text label.

Notes: Configurable interface labels, including the five-row MOO2 1.50 format domain and restored screen overlays.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

mod_name
version
prod
prod2
leader_xp
race_spies

Used by¶

Interface text formats

Text alignment¶

Selects left, right, or centered text placement.

Notes: Complete MOO2 1.50 text alignment domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

l
r
c

Used by¶

Text format

Empire Info research value¶

Selects the research value displayed in the Colonies screen Empire Info panel.

Notes: Complete MOO2 1.50 interface domain. Classic preserves the original per-turn research display.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

classic
accumulated
remaining
percentage1
percentage2

Used by¶

Empire Info research value

Selects the tab layout used by the Empire Info screen.

Notes: ice requires a matching alternate INFO.LBX resource supplied through the VFS.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

classic
ice

Used by¶

Empire Info menu layout

Presentation scaler¶

Selects the filter used to scale the game framebuffer for display.

Notes: Pixelart and bilinear use SDL texture filtering. HQx and MMPX use CPU edge-aware scaling before texture upload. Internal values 6 through 10 remain unused to preserve the MMPX4 identity.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

pixelart
bilinear
hq2x
hq3x
hq4x
mmpx2
mmpx4

Used by¶

Presentation scaler

Ship scrap refund percentage¶

Selects the percentage of a ship's original production cost returned when it is scrapped at an owned colony.

Notes: Classic returns 25 percent. Double returns 50 percent, matching MOO2 1.50's double_ship_scrap_value setting.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

classic
double

Used by¶

Ship scrap refund percentage

Strategic special category¶

AI-oriented category describing the strategic effect of a ship special.

Notes: Complete uint8 semantic-ID domain. Values are categories, not SPECIAL IDs or a bit mask.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
beam_accuracy
beam_damage
beam_defense
missile_defense
missile_damage
beam_missile_defense
beam_missile_damage

Used by¶

Ship special data

Technology application type¶

Classifies the native object produced by a technology application.

Notes: Complete uint8 semantic-ID domain. Value 6 is reserved and remains valid for native compatibility; this is not the application ai_group field.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

unclassified: No specific application category is assigned.
building: The application unlocks a colony building.
shield: The application unlocks a ship shield.
weapon: The application unlocks a ship weapon.
fuel: The application improves ship fuel range.
drive: The application unlocks a ship drive.
reserved_6: Reserved native category retained for compatibility; do not assign it to new applications.
armor: The application unlocks ship armor.
computer: The application unlocks a targeting computer.
special: The application unlocks a ship special system.

Technology status¶

Describes a player's semantic relationship to one technology application.

Notes: These stable Lua-facing values intentionally do not match every native technology status byte.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

unavailable
available
researched

Technology application¶

Identifies one entry in the native technology application table.

Notes: Complete 212-entry MOO2 1.50 domain. Names preserve the public 1.50 tech_mini vocabulary even where restored C++ constants use a different spelling.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

no_tech
achilles_targeting_unit
adamantium_armor
advanced_city_planning
advanced_damage_control
alien_management_center
android_farmers
android_scientists
android_workers
anti_grav_harness
anti_matter_bomb
anti_matter_drive
anti_matter_torpedo
anti_missile_rocket
armor_barracks
artemis_system_net
planet_construction
assault_shuttles
astro_university
atmospheric_renewer
augmented_engines
autolab
automated_factories
automated_repair_unit
battleoids
battle_pods
battle_scanner
battlestation
bio_terminator
biomorphic_fungi
black_hole_generator
bomber_bays
capitol
class_i_shield
class_iii_shield
class_v_shield
class_vii_shield
class_x_shield
cloaking_device
cloning_center
colony_base
colony_ship
confederation
cyber_security_link
cybertronic_computer
damper_field
dauntless_guidance_system
death_ray
death_spores
deep_core_mining
core_waste_dumps
deuterium_fuel_cells
dimensional_portal
displacement_device
disrupter_cannon
doom_star_construction
reinforced_hull
ecm_jammer
electronic_computer
emissions_guidance_system
energy_absorber
biospheres
evolutionary_mutation
extended_fuel_tanks
fast_missile_racks
federation
fighter_bays
fighter_garrison
food_replicators
freighters
fusion_beam
fusion_bomb
fusion_drive
fusion_rifle
gaia_transformation
galactic_currency_exchange
galactic_cybernet
galactic_unification
gauss_cannon
graviton_beam
gyro_destabilizer
hard_shields
heavy_armor
heavy_fighter_bays
heightened_intelligence
high_energy_focus
holo_simulator
hydroponic_farm
hyper_drive
megafluxers
hyper_x_capacitors
hyperspace_communications
imperium
inertial_nullifier
inertial_stabilizer
interphased_drive
ion_drive
ion_pulse_cannon
iridium_fuel_cells
jump_gate
laser_cannon
laser_rifle
lightning_field
marine_barracks
mass_driver
mauler_device
merculite_missile
microbiotics
microlite_construction
outpost_ship
moleculartronic_computer
multi_wave_ecm_jammer
multi_phased_shields
nano_disassemblers
neural_scanner
neutron_blaster
neutron_scanner
neutronium_armor
neutronium_bomb
nuclear_bomb
nuclear_drive
nuclear_missile
optronic_computer
particle_beam
personal_shield
phase_shifter
phasing_cloak
phasor
phasor_rifle
planetary_barrier_shield
planetary_flux_shield
planetary_gravity_generator
planetary_missile_base
ground_batteries
planetary_radiation_shield
planetary_stock_exchange
planetary_supercomputer
plasma_cannon
plasma_rifle
plasma_torpedo
plasma_web
pleasure_dome
pollution_processor
positronic_computer
powered_armor
pulse_rifle
proton_torpedo
psionics
pulsar
pulson_missile
quantum_detonator
rangemaster_unit
recyclotron
reflection_field
robotic_factory
research_laboratory
robo_miners
space_scanner
scout_lab
security_stations
sensors
shield_capacitors
soil_enrichment
space_academy
spaceport
spatial_compressor
spy_network
standard_fuel_cells
star_base
star_fortress
star_gate
stasis_field
stealth_field
stealth_suit
stellar_converter
structural_analyzer
sub_space_communications
sub_space_teleporter
subterranean_farms
survival_pods
tachyon_communications
tachyon_scanner
telepathic_training
terraforming
thorium_fuel_cells
time_warp_facilitator
titan_construction
titanium_armor
tractor_beam
transport
transporters
tritanium_armor
troop_pods
universal_antidote
uridium_fuel_cells
virtual_reality_network
warp_dissipator
warp_interdictor
weather_control_system
wide_area_jammer
xeno_psychology
xentronium_armor
zeon_missile
zortrium_armor
adv_biology
adv_power
adv_physics
adv_construction
adv_fields
adv_chemistry
adv_computers
adv_sociology

Used by¶

Hyper-advanced technology application¶

Identifies one of the eight hyper-advanced technology branches.

Notes: Values match their native technology application ids and form the contiguous range 204 through 211.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

adv_biology
adv_power
adv_physics
adv_construction
adv_fields
adv_chemistry
adv_computers
adv_sociology

Used by¶

AI hyper-advanced technology thresholds

Tech Review group¶

Identifies a BILLTEX2 group heading in a Tech Review ordering table.

Notes: Colony Defense and Equipment Defense have the same displayed English label but are distinct BILLTEX2 records.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

miscellaneous
new_construction_types
spies
colony
ground_combat
ship_equipment
food
pollution
morale
production
colony_defense
research
money
beams
missiles_torpedoes
bombs_biological
fighters
special
shields
armor
drives
computers
fuels_range
equipment_defense
scanners
offense
none

Used by¶

Tech Review entry

Miniaturization category¶

Selects the space-reduction curve used by a technology application.

Notes: Group 1 uses the normal weapon curve, group 2 uses the special-system curve, and group 3 disables space miniaturization by default.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

group1
group2
group3

Used by¶

Rifle¶

Identifies a ground-combat rifle tier.

Notes: Complete native rifle-table domain, including the no-rifle and Pulse Rifle rows with zero bonus.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
pulse
laser
fusion
phasor
plasma

Used by¶

Rifle table

DESIGN button component behavior¶

Controls whether the construction-orders DESIGN button updates a component or preserves the saved design selection.

Notes: Complete MOO2 1.50 interface domain. Update is the classic behavior.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

update
intact

Used by¶

CLEAR button computer behavior¶

Controls how the design-screen CLEAR button changes the selected computer.

Notes: Complete MOO2 1.50 interface domain. Update is the classic behavior.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

update
clear
intact

Used by¶

CLEAR button computer behavior

CLEAR button shield behavior¶

Controls how the design-screen CLEAR button changes the selected shield.

Notes: Complete MOO2 1.50 interface domain. Intact is the classic behavior.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

intact
update
clear

Used by¶

CLEAR button shield behavior

Planet environmental group¶

Groups planet climates for map-generation environment tables.

Notes: Complete uint8 table-index domain. It is separate from individual planet climate IDs.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

bombarded: Map-generation bucket weighted toward barren, radiated, and toxic climates.
hostile: Map-generation bucket for harsh worlds, weighted toward barren, radiated, toxic, desert, and tundra climates.
life_supporting: Map-generation bucket that can produce the full range of habitable climates.
lifeless: Map-generation bucket dominated by barren and toxic climates.

Used by¶

Planet size¶

Identifies a planet size class.

Notes: Complete uint8 planet-size domain ordered from Tiny through Huge.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

tiny
small
medium
large
huge

Used by¶

Planet mineral classification¶

Identifies a planet's worker-production mineral class.

Notes: Complete uint8 mineral domain ordered from Ultra Poor through Ultra Rich.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

ultra_poor
poor
abundant
rich
ultra_rich

Used by¶

Planet climate¶

Identifies a planet or colony climate.

Notes: Complete uint8 climate domain ordered from Toxic through Gaia.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

toxic
radiated
barren
desert
tundra
ocean
swamp
arid
terran
gaia

Used by¶

Biomorphic Fungi climate policy¶

Selects which planets receive the Biomorphic Fungi farmer bonus.

Notes: Classic applies to planets without base food, reversed applies to farmable planets, and united applies to every planet.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

classic
reversed
united

Used by¶

Biomorphic Fungi climate policy

Android morale policy¶

Selects which Android jobs receive colony morale modifiers.

Notes: Workers only preserves classic behavior. This policy applies only to Android Farmers, Workers, and Scientists; biological populations retain normal morale behavior.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

workers_only
farmers_only
scientists_only
farmers_and_workers
workers_and_scientists
farmers_and_scientists
all_droids
none

Used by¶

Android morale policy

Map-generation satellite choice¶

Selects the kind of object generated in a system orbit.

Notes: Complete generated choice domain. Companion star is value 4; invalid is an internal sentinel and is not configurable.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

asteroid
gas_giant
planet
companion_star

Used by¶

Satellite-type table

Map-generation star class¶

Selects a planet-bearing stellar class.

Notes: Complete zero-based stellar-class domain excluding black holes.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

blue
white
yellow
orange
red
brown_dwarf

Used by¶

Map-generation star class or black hole¶

Selects any stellar class generated by the galaxy-age table.

Notes: Complete zero-based stellar-class domain including black holes.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

blue
white
yellow
orange
red
brown_dwarf
black_hole

Used by¶

Star-class generation weights

Planet gravity¶

Selects a planet gravity class.

Notes: Complete native gravity domain ordered from Low-G through Heavy-G.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

low
normal
heavy

Used by¶

Generated planet gravity

Map-generation system special¶

Selects a special assigned during galaxy generation.

Notes: Complete weighted-generation domain excluding the no-special sentinel.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

stable_wormhole
space_debris
pirate_cache
gold_deposits
gem_deposits
natives
splinter_colony
marooned_hero
space_monster
ancient_artifacts
orion

Planet-special chance index¶

Selects one entry in the planet-special weighted-chance table.

Notes: No Special is retained as configurable authoritative data but is not used as a selector weight. The final entry is the unused Orion retry outcome.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

no_special
wormhole
space_debris
pirate_cache
gold_deposits
gem_deposits
natives
splinter_colony
hero
monster
ancient_artifacts
unused_orion

Used by¶

Planet-special weighted chances

Ten-sided generation roll¶

Selects one equally likely row in a ten-row generation table.

Notes: Names expose zero-based native rows as one-based human-readable rolls.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

roll_1
roll_2
roll_3
roll_4
roll_5
roll_6
roll_7
roll_8
roll_9
roll_10

Used by¶

System orbit¶

Selects one of the five system orbit slots.

Notes: Names expose zero-based native orbit slots as one-based human-readable orbits.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

orbit_1
orbit_2
orbit_3
orbit_4
orbit_5

Used by¶

Star visual size¶

Selects the generated visual size of a star.

Notes: Complete zero-based native visual-size domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

small
medium
large

Used by¶

Star visual-size weights

AI special-choice item kind¶

Discriminates a SPECIAL ID from a WEAPON ID in an AI special-choice entry.

Notes: Complete uint8 discriminator domain. The referenced item ID retains its own independent domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

special: Interpret the entry's item ID as a ship special system.
weapon: Interpret the entry's item ID as a ship weapon.

AI ship special priority item kind¶

Discriminates a ship special system from a special weapon in an AI ship-design priority list.

Notes: Complete signed 16-bit domain matching the restored s_spcl storage. The item ID is interpreted according to this value.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

special: Interpret the item ID as a ship special system.
weapon: Interpret the item ID as a ship weapon.

Used by¶

AI ship special priority choice

AI ship design theme¶

Chooses the primary AI strategy used to equip a ship design.

Notes: Complete uint8 semantic-ID domain. Human value 100 is the native non-AI sentinel, not a table index.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

balanced: Build a general-purpose design with a mixed weapon selection.
carrier: Favor fighter bays and carrier-oriented weapons.
missile: Favor missiles and torpedoes over other weapon classes.
special: Favor unusual special weapons and ship systems.
human: Sentinel for a player-designed ship; the AI design-theme tables do not apply.

AI ship special theme¶

Chooses the strategic category favored when the AI installs ship specials.

Notes: Complete uint8 semantic-ID domain. Human value 100 is the native non-AI sentinel, not an eighth AI table class.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

beam_defense
capture
bio_weapon
missile_defense
cloaking
armor
shield
human

AI ship design allocation profile¶

Selects one stored Auto Design hull-space allocation strategy.

Notes: The first seven values match profiles selected by current Auto Design logic. The retained special_weapon2 profile preserves MOO2 1.50 configuration storage. Tactical designs reuse standard_beam_missile_x2 after installing Extended Fuel Tanks.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

standard_beam_missile_x2
hybrid_beam_carrier
hybrid_beam_missile_x5
standard_missile_x10
standard_carrier
special_device
special_weapon
special_weapon2

Used by¶

AI ship design space allocations

High Energy Focus presence¶

Selects whether the firing ship has a working High Energy Focus.

Notes: Complete two-value table-index domain used only to select the configured beam mount row.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

nohef
hef

Used by¶

Beam mount damage modifiers

Weapon arc modifier¶

Selects an extended or all-round beam firing arc.

Notes: Complete two-row MOO2 1.50 arc modifier domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

extended
all_round

Used by¶

Weapon firing arc cost and space

Weapon modification ID¶

Identifies one weapon modification by its native ordinal.

Notes: Complete uint8 semantic-ID domain using the MOO2 1.50 value names. ID zero means no modification; IDs are not available-modification flag bits.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

no_mods
heavy_mount
point_defense
armor_piercing
continuous
no_range_dissipation
shield_piercing
auto_fire
enveloping
mirv
eccm
heavily_armored
fast
emissions_guidance
overloaded

Used by¶

Weapon modification table

Available weapon modification mask¶

Bit set describing which modifications may be installed on a weapon.

Notes: Bits one through fourteen correspond to weapon modifications. Unnamed bit zero remains available numerically for compatibility, but has no supported modification name.

Accepted input: one or more listed options
Accepted values: type minimum to 32766

Allowed choices¶

none

Available flags¶

hv: Heavy Mount increases a beam weapon's damage, cost, and space use.
pd: Point Defense adapts a beam weapon for accurate short-range defensive fire.
ap: Armor Piercing helps the weapon penetrate armor.
co: Continuous makes a beam easier to keep on target.
nr: No Range Dissipation prevents the weapon from losing damage over distance.
sp: Shield Piercing allows the weapon to bypass shields.
af: Auto Fire fires multiple shots in one attack.
env: Enveloping attacks the target from every side.
mv: MIRV splits one missile into multiple warheads near its target.
eccm: ECCM helps missiles resist enemy electronic countermeasures.
arm: Heavily Armored makes missiles harder to destroy before impact.
fst: Fast increases missile speed.
emg: Emission Guidance lets a missile continue tracking certain cloaked targets.
ovr: Overloaded increases torpedo damage at additional cost and space use.

Used by¶

Installed weapon modification mask¶

Bit set describing modifications installed on a configured weapon.

Notes: Uses modification bits one through fourteen. Reserved bit zero and unknown high bits are rejected.

Accepted input: one or more listed options

Allowed choices¶

none

Available flags¶

hv
pd
ap
co
nr
sp
af
env
mv
eccm
arm
fst
emg
ovr

Used by¶

Natural weapon property mask¶

Intrinsic combat and AI metadata bits attached to a weapon definition.

Notes: Complete uint16 mask using the compact MOO2 1.50 flag names. These properties are independent from installed or available weapon modification flags even where bit positions overlap.

Accepted input: one or more listed options

Allowed choices¶

none

Available flags¶

sh: The weapon is especially effective against shields.
dr: The weapon loses effectiveness over distance twice as quickly as normal.
nr: The weapon does not lose damage over distance.
ion: The weapon bypasses armor and structure to damage internal systems.
mar: The weapon can kill marines aboard the target ship.
esd: The weapon inflicts additional structural damage.
co: The weapon's continuous beam is easier to keep on target.
bio: The weapon uses a biological payload against a colony's population.
sp: The weapon ignores shields.
env: The weapon strikes the target from every side.
hit: The weapon always hits its selected target.
ai1: Internal AI marker used for plasma torpedoes. Most configurations should leave it unchanged.
ai2: Internal AI marker used for spatial compressors. Most configurations should leave it unchanged.

Used by¶

Ship weapon data

Artemis System Net inherent modifications¶

Intrinsic weapon properties applied to every Artemis System Net hit.

Notes: The complete low-byte natural-weapon property domain is available. Values are widened without sign extension when damage is resolved.

Accepted input: one or more listed options

Allowed choices¶

none

Available flags¶

anti_shield: Each Artemis hit is especially effective against shields.
double_range_dissipation: Retains the natural weapon double-range-dissipation property.
no_range_dissipation: Retains the natural weapon no-range-dissipation property.
ignores_armor_structure: Each Artemis hit bypasses armor and structure to damage internal systems.
marine_killing: Each Artemis hit can kill marines aboard the target ship.
extra_structural_damage: Each Artemis hit inflicts additional structural damage.
continuous: Retains the natural continuous-beam property.
biological: Retains the natural biological-payload property.

Used by¶

Artemis System Net

Weapon firing arc¶

Native firing-sector encoding used by tactical and design data.

Notes: Complete uint8 encoding domain. Tactical all_sectors is 15, while the design-screen design_360 choice is the distinct value 16; they must never be interchanged.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none: No tactical firing sector is enabled.
forward: The weapon fires only into the forward tactical sector.
forward_extended: The weapon uses the extended forward-side tactical sector.
back_extended: The weapon uses the extended rear-side tactical sector.
rear: The weapon fires only into the rear tactical sector.
all_sectors: Tactical bit mask with all four firing sectors enabled; the name distinguishes it from the design-screen encoding.
design_360: Ship-design 360-degree choice. It is a separate design cost and UI flag, not the tactical four-sector mask.

Used by¶

Predefined ship weapon slot

Tactical weapon firing sectors¶

Bit mask of tactical sectors in which a weapon may fire.

Notes: The complete tactical sector-mask domain is 0x00 through 0x0F. The separate design-screen 360-degree value 0x10 is not a tactical sector.

Accepted input: one or more listed options

Allowed choices¶

none
all_sectors

Available flags¶

forward
forward_extended
back_extended
rear

Used by¶

Antaran fortress weapon

Ship picture index¶

Index into the combat ship picture cache.

Notes: Values zero through forty-four cover the complete cache domain while preserving native signed-byte storage.

Accepted input: a number
Accepted values: 0 to 44

Used by¶

Ship hull size¶

Hull size stored in a predefined ship design.

Notes: Complete combat-ship hull domain used by predefined designs.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

frigate
destroyer
cruiser
battleship
titan
doomstar

Used by¶

Antaran ship hull size¶

Selects one of the five Antaran ship-template rows.

Notes: Antaran ship-template rows stop at Titan even though each template's stored hull-size field may contain Doom Star.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

frigate
destroyer
cruiser
battleship
titan

Used by¶

Combat ship size class¶

Six-class combat ship hull domain used by size-indexed gameplay tables.

Notes: Includes Doom Star because combat ships use six size classes.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

frigate
destroyer
cruiser
battleship
titan
doomstar

Used by¶

Orbital-base ship class requirement¶

Selects the minimum combat ship class requiring an orbital base before construction.

Notes: None is a configuration-only sentinel that permits every combat ship class without an orbital base.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

frigate
destroyer
cruiser
battleship
titan
doomstar
none

Used by¶

Minimum ship class requiring an orbital base

Ship drive¶

FTL drive installed in a predefined ship design.

Notes: Complete native drive domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
nuclear
fusion
ion
anti_matter
hyper
interphased

Used by¶

Ship armor¶

Armor material installed in a predefined ship design.

Notes: Complete native armor domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
titanium
tritanium
zortrium
neutronium
adamantium
xentronium

Used by¶

Civilian armor¶

Armor material used to select civilian bombardment hit points.

Notes: Complete MOO2 1.50 civilian_armor selector domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

no_armor
titanium
tritanium
zortrium
neutronium
adamantium
xentronium

Used by¶

Civilian armor hit points

Civilian bombardment hit points¶

Damage required to process one civilian building or population hit.

Notes: Higher values make civilian structures and population more resistant to bombardment damage. Zero is excluded because the value is used as a divisor.

Accepted input: a number
Accepted values: 1 to 65535

Used by¶

Civilian armor hit points

Ship shield¶

Shield installed in a predefined ship design.

Notes: Complete native ship-shield domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
class_i
class_iii
class_v
class_vii
class_x

Used by¶

Shield hull class¶

Selects a ship or orbital-defense hull for shield capacity.

Notes: The order and names preserve the MOO2 1.50 shield_hull_multiplier table.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

frigate
destroyer
cruiser
battleship
titan
doomstar
star_base
battlestation
star_fortress

Used by¶

Shield capacity by hull

Ship computer¶

Targeting computer installed in a predefined ship design.

Notes: Complete native ship-computer domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
electronic
optronic
positronic
cybertronic
moleculartronic

Used by¶

Ship weapon¶

Weapon installed in a predefined ship design slot.

Notes: Complete native weapon domain, including monster weapons.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
mass_driver
gauss_cannon
laser_cannon
particle_beam
fusion_beam
ion_pulse_cannon
graviton_beam
neutron_blaster
phasor
disrupter
death_ray
plasma_cannon
spatial_compressor
nuclear_missile
merculite_missile
pulson_missile
zeon_missile
anti_matter_torpedo
proton_torpedo
plasma_torpedo
nuclear_bomb
fusion_bomb
anti_matter_bomb
neutronium_bomb
death_spore
bio_terminator
mauler_device
assault_shuttle
heavy_fighter
bomber
interceptor
stasis_field
anti_missile_rocket
gyro_destabilizer
plasma_web
pulsar
black_hole_generator
stellar_converter
tractor_beam
dragon_breath
phasor_eye
crystal_ray
plasma_breath
plasma_flux
caustic_slime

Used by¶

Ship special systems¶

Special systems installed in a predefined ship design.

Notes: The native representation is a five-byte bitmap. Bit indexes match the SPECIAL domain.

Accepted input: one or more listed options

Allowed choices¶

none

Available flags¶

achilles_targeting_unit
augmented_engines
automated_repair_unit
battle_pods
battle_scanner
cloaking_device
damper_field
displacement_device
ecm_jammer
energy_absorber
extended_fuel_tanks
fast_missile_racks
hard_shields
heavy_armor
high_energy_focus
hyper_x_capacitors
inertial_nullifier
inertial_stabilizer
lightning_field
multi_phased_shields
multi_wave_ecm_jammer
phase_shifter
phasing_cloak
quantum_detonator
rangemaster_unit
reflection_field
reinforced_hull
scout_lab
security_stations
shield_capacitor
stealth_field
structural_analyzer
sub_space_teleporter
time_warp_facilitator
transporters
troop_pods
warp_dissipator
wide_area_jammer
regeneration

Used by¶

Predefined ship design

Ship special system¶

Identifies one ship special system by its native bit index.

Notes: Complete SPECIAL domain. None disables a configurable priority choice.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
achilles_targeting_unit
augmented_engines
automated_repair_unit
battle_pods
battle_scanner
cloaking_device
damper_field
displacement_device
ecm_jammer
energy_absorber
extended_fuel_tanks
fast_missile_racks
hard_shields
heavy_armor
high_energy_focus
hyper_x_capacitors
inertial_nullifier
inertial_stabilizer
lightning_field
multi_phased_shields
multi_wave_ecm_jammer
phase_shifter
phasing_cloak
quantum_detonator
rangemaster_unit
reflection_field
reinforced_hull
scout_lab
security_stations
shield_capacitor
stealth_field
structural_analyzer
sub_space_teleporter
time_warp_facilitator
transporters
troop_pods
warp_dissipator
wide_area_jammer
regeneration

Used by¶

Colony building¶

Identifies one entry in the native colony building table.

Notes: Complete uint8 BUILDING domain. None is also the terminator for building lists.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
alien_control_center
armor_barracks
artemis_system_net
astro_university
atmosphere_renewer
autolab
automated_factory
battlestation
capitol
cloning_center
colony_base
deep_core_mine
core_waste_dump
dimensional_portal
biospheres
food_replicators
gaia_transformation
currency_exchange
galactic_cybernet
holo_simulator
hydroponic_farm
marine_barracks
barrier_shield
flux_shield
gravity_generator
missile_base
ground_batteries
radiation_shield
stock_exchange
supercomputer
pleasure_dome
pollution_processor
recyclotron
robotic_factory
research_lab
robo_miner_plant
soil_enrichment
space_academy
spaceport
star_base
star_fortress
stellar_converter
subterranean_farms
terraforming
warp_interdictor
weather_controller
fighter_garrison
artificial_planet

Used by¶

Initial building priority¶

Identifies one building considered while initializing a starting colony.

Notes: Uses signed 16-bit storage to preserve the native Advanced Civilization priority list and its none terminator.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
alien_control_center
armor_barracks
artemis_system_net
astro_university
atmosphere_renewer
autolab
automated_factory
battlestation
capitol
cloning_center
colony_base
deep_core_mine
core_waste_dump
dimensional_portal
biospheres
food_replicators
gaia_transformation
currency_exchange
galactic_cybernet
holo_simulator
hydroponic_farm
marine_barracks
barrier_shield
flux_shield
gravity_generator
missile_base
ground_batteries
radiation_shield
stock_exchange
supercomputer
pleasure_dome
pollution_processor
recyclotron
robotic_factory
research_lab
robo_miner_plant
soil_enrichment
space_academy
spaceport
star_base
star_fortress
stellar_converter
subterranean_farms
terraforming
warp_interdictor
weather_controller
fighter_garrison
artificial_planet

Used by¶

Initial building priority

Technology field table index¶

Identifies one entry in the native technology field table.

Notes: Complete 83-entry table-index domain. The separate native invalid value minus one is allowed only in reference fields, not as an array index.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

starting_tech
advanced_biology
advanced_chemistry
advanced_construction
advanced_engineering
advanced_fusion
advanced_governments
advanced_magnetism
advanced_manufacturing
advanced_metallurgy
military_tactics
advanced_robotics
teaching_methods
anti_matter_fission
artificial_consciousness
artificial_intelligence
artificial_gravity
artificial_life
astro_biology
astro_construction
astro_engineering
capsule_construction
chemistry
cold_fusion
cybertechnics
cybertronics
distortion_fields
electromagnetic_refraction
electronics
engineering
evolutionary_genetics
fusion_physics
galactic_economics
galactic_networking
genetic_engineering
genetic_mutations
gravitic_fields
high_energy_distribution
hyper_dimensional_fission
hyper_dimensional_physics
interphased_fission
ion_fission
superscalar_construction
macro_economics
macro_genetics
magneto_gravitics
matter_energy_conversion
molecular_compression
molecular_control
moleculatronics
molecular_manipulation
multi_dimensional_physics
multi_phased_physics
nano_technology
neutrino_physics
nuclear_fission
optronics
physics
planetoid_construction
plasma_physics
positronics
quantum_fields
robotics
servo_mechanics
subspace_fields
subspace_physics
tachyon_physics
tectonic_engineering
temporal_fields
temporal_physics
genetics
transwarp_fields
warp_fields
xeno_relations
xenon_technology
biology
power
physics_hyper_advanced
construction_hyper_advanced
fields_hyper_advanced
chemistry_hyper_advanced
computers_hyper_advanced
sociology

Used by¶

Technology field reference¶

Identifies a technology field or the no-field sentinel.

Notes: The named domain preserves every native signed 16-bit field reference used by technology applications.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
starting_tech
advanced_biology
advanced_chemistry
advanced_construction
advanced_engineering
advanced_fusion
advanced_governments
advanced_magnetism
advanced_manufacturing
advanced_metallurgy
military_tactics
advanced_robotics
teaching_methods
anti_matter_fission
artificial_consciousness
artificial_intelligence
artificial_gravity
artificial_life
astro_biology
astro_construction
astro_engineering
capsule_construction
chemistry
cold_fusion
cybertechnics
cybertronics
distortion_fields
electromagnetic_refraction
electronics
engineering
evolutionary_genetics
fusion_physics
galactic_economics
galactic_networking
genetic_engineering
genetic_mutations
gravitic_fields
high_energy_distribution
hyper_dimensional_fission
hyper_dimensional_physics
interphased_fission
ion_fission
superscalar_construction
macro_economics
macro_genetics
magneto_gravitics
matter_energy_conversion
molecular_compression
molecular_control
moleculatronics
molecular_manipulation
multi_dimensional_physics
multi_phased_physics
nano_technology
neutrino_physics
nuclear_fission
optronics
physics
planetoid_construction
plasma_physics
positronics
quantum_fields
robotics
servo_mechanics
subspace_fields
subspace_physics
tachyon_physics
tectonic_engineering
temporal_fields
temporal_physics
genetics
transwarp_fields
warp_fields
xeno_relations
xenon_technology
biology
power
physics_hyper_advanced
construction_hyper_advanced
fields_hyper_advanced
chemistry_hyper_advanced
computers_hyper_advanced
sociology

Used by¶

Technology application data

Starting technology field slot¶

Selects the technology field granted by a Pre-Warp or Average Technology starting slot.

Notes: Pre-Warp uses only the first slot; Average Technology uses all six slots in order.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

prewarp
average_1
average_2
average_3
average_4
average_5

Used by¶

Pre-Warp and Average Technology starting fields

Fuel cell table index¶

Identifies one native fuel-cell technology entry.

Notes: Complete uint16 table-index domain from the empty sentinel through Thorium Fuel Cells.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
standard
deuterium
iridium
uridium
thorium

Used by¶

Hull data table index¶

Identifies a combat ship or orbital-defense hull data row.

Notes: Complete nine-row HULL_CLASS table domain.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

frigate
destroyer
cruiser
battleship
titan
doomstar
star_base
battlestation
star_fortress

Used by¶

Hull data table

Monster design variant¶

Selects the stationary system guardian or mobile event monster design.

Notes: The native loader boolean uses zero for system and one for event.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

system
event

Used by¶

Stealth size-penalty policy¶

Selects which strategic concealment sources suppress the traveling-ship hull-size penalty.

Notes: The race_tech default matches MOO2 1.40 and MOO2 1.50 behavior.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
race
race_tech

Used by¶

Strategic stealth size-penalty policy

Antaran offensive crew quality¶

Selects the crew quality assigned to newly deployed offensive Antaran ships.

Notes: Veteran preserves classic behavior. Elite assigns the corresponding 500-experience crew tier, matching MOO2 1.50's optional elite_offensive_ants setting.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

veteran
elite

Used by¶

Antaran offensive crew quality

Psionics morale government limit¶

Selects the highest government that receives the Psionics morale bonus.

Notes: Imperium preserves classic behavior. Federation extends the bonus to Democracy and Federation, matching MOO2 1.50's optional democracy_gets_psionics_morale setting.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

imperium
federation

Used by¶

Psionics morale government limit

Lightning Field distribution¶

Selects how Lightning Field destruction rolls are distributed across an incoming stack.

Notes: Classic preserves the original shrinking-loop distribution. Uniform tests every incoming weapon independently.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

classic
uniform

Used by¶

Lightning Field distribution

Fighter pursuit fallback¶

Selects the fighter sortie policy when no worthwhile target exists.

Notes: Return sends fighters back to their carrier. Pursue allows targets beyond the pursuit horizon, including equal-speed or faster targets.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

return
pursue

Used by¶

Fighter pursuit fallback

Plasma Web damage dissipation¶

Selects how remaining Plasma Web damage decays after each resolved damage pass.

Notes: Subtract five preserves the classic Plasma Web decay rule. Halve uses integer division.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

subtract_five
halve

Used by¶

Plasma Web damage dissipation

Random event¶

Identifies one event selected by the strategic random-event generator.

Notes: Complete native random-event domain. Compatibility note: this schema uses the canonical game-facing name mineral_depletion for event 11; MOO2 1.50 CFG files used overworking and must rename that selector when converted.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

derelict
climatic_change
comet
computer_virus
diplomatic_blunder
diplomatic_marriage
donation
earthquake
freak_accident
hyperspace_flux
industrial_accident
mineral_depletion
mineral_deposit
mutiny
pirate_activity
pirate_raid
plague
population_boom
serendipity
space_amoeba
space_crystal
space_dragon
space_eel
space_hydra
supernova
time_space_anomaly
warp_beast
warp_funnel
unstable_wormhole

Used by¶

Random event delays

Event selector¶

Selects any strategic event, with zero retaining normal generation.

Notes: Values preserve the one-based MOO2 1.50 event selector, including its overworking compatibility name for mineral depletion.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

no_event
derelict
climatic_change
comet
computer_virus
diplomatic_blunder
diplomatic_marriage
donation
earthquake
freak_accident
hyperspace_flux
industrial_accident
overworking
mineral_deposit
mutiny
pirate_activity
pirate_raid
plague
population_boom
serendipity
space_amoeba
space_crystal
space_dragon
space_eel
space_hydra
supernova
time_space_anomaly
warp_beast
warp_funnel
unstable_wormhole
empire_destroyed
empire_grown_in_strength
empires_ranking
orion_visited
antarans_defeated
empire_surrenders
rebel_assimilation

Used by¶

Force event type

Spy technology theft policy¶

Selects which research a successful spy theft may take.

Notes: Classic excludes every technology in the thief's current research field. The alternate policies exclude only the current application or permit any eligible technology.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

except_current_field
except_current_tech
anything

Used by¶

Spy technology theft policy

AI production metric¶

Selects one normalized integer fact available to AI production rules.

Notes: Values are stable selectors and do not expose raw structure offsets.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
population
population_limit
free_population_capacity
colony_food
colony_food_demand
production
industry
pollution
food_per_farmer
gravity_mismatch
climate
mineral_class
incoming_human_ships
enemy_presence
neutral_presence
allied_presence
out_of_range_presence
empire_food_surplus
empire_treasury
empire_bc_surplus
command_point_deficit
war_level
current_strength
desired_strength
combat_need
freighter_need
spy_need
transport_need
refit_need
existing_colony_ships
treasury_score
local_threat
extension_1
extension_2
extension_3
extension_4
extension_5
extension_6
extension_7

Used by¶

AI production fact¶

Selects one normalized boolean fact available to AI production rules.

Notes: Facts are calculated before candidate eligibility and weight evaluation.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

conquered
building_focus
research_enabled
threatened
at_war
is_homeworld
empire_food_deficit
empire_low_money
objective_ecologist
objective_industrialist
objective_militarist
objective_technologist
food_buildings_applicable
pollution_controls_applicable
orbital_defense_applicable
planetary_defense_applicable
combat_ship_available
transport_design_available
refit_available
colonizable_planet_available
same_system_target_available
population_or_wealth_gate
missing_armor_barracks_for_government
missing_marine_barracks_for_government

Used by¶

AI production requirement¶

Requires, forbids, or ignores a boolean production fact.

Notes: Ignored removes an inherited requirement without changing the fact itself.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

ignored
required
forbidden

Used by¶

AI production comparison¶

Selects an integer comparison or disables an inherited comparison.

Notes: Ignore disables the comparison and leaves its stored value unused.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

ignore
eq
ne
lt
le
gt
ge

Used by¶

AI production metric transform¶

Selects direct integer scaling or an integer square root.

Notes: Square root uses deterministic integer rounding down.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

linear
sqrt

Used by¶

AI production metric term

AI production cutoff mode¶

Disables cutoff or filters candidates relative to the reference maximum.

Notes: Disabled leaves the existing selector weights unchanged.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

disabled
relative

Used by¶

AI production cutoff

AI production cutoff stage¶

Controls how one candidate participates in relative cutoff processing.

Notes: After candidates do not contribute to the reference maximum.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

normal
protected
after

Used by¶

AI production candidate

Autobuild cutoff context¶

Selects a game difficulty or human legacy autobuild for relative cutoff.

Notes: Human selects the fixed legacy-autobuild cutoff independently of game difficulty.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

tutor
easy
average
hard
impossible
human

Used by¶

AI production cutoff

AI production weight formula¶

Selects the generic or named calculation used as a candidate's initial weight.

Notes: Legacy retains the existing native calculation before configured terms are applied.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

additive
legacy
combat_need_ratio
strategic_need
defer

Used by¶

AI production weight

AI production wartime factor¶

Selects the wartime adjustment used by a strategic-need formula.

Notes: The selected adjustment uses deterministic integer arithmetic.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
ratio
inverse_war_level_squared

Used by¶

Strategic-need formula

Autobuild candidate¶

Identifies a native building or a synthetic colony production project.

Notes: Housing and Trade Goods follow the native building ID range.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

none
alien_control_center
armor_barracks
artemis_system_net
astro_university
atmosphere_renewer
autolab
automated_factory
battlestation
capitol
cloning_center
colony_base
deep_core_mine
core_waste_dump
dimensional_portal
biospheres
food_replicators
gaia_transformation
currency_exchange
galactic_cybernet
holo_simulator
hydroponic_farm
marine_barracks
barrier_shield
flux_shield
gravity_generator
missile_base
ground_batteries
radiation_shield
stock_exchange
supercomputer
pleasure_dome
pollution_processor
recyclotron
robotic_factory
research_lab
robo_miner_plant
soil_enrichment
space_academy
spaceport
star_base
star_fortress
stellar_converter
subterranean_farms
terraforming
warp_interdictor
weather_controller
fighter_garrison
artificial_planet
housing
trade_goods

Used by¶

AI autobuild rules

Strategic production choice¶

Identifies one empire-level weighted production action.

Notes: Numeric identities match the existing six-entry strategic selector.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

combat
freighters
refits
spies
transports
defer

Used by¶

Strategic production allocation

Strategic economic product¶

Selects the internal Trade Goods product used by AI economic emergency policy.

Notes: The value preserves the internal AI Trade Goods marker until turn cleanup.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

trade_goods

Used by¶

Strategic economic emergency

Strategic defense product¶

Identifies one building accepted by the emergency-defense production order.

Notes: Values retain native signed 16-bit product storage and building identities.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

missile_base
ground_batteries
star_base
battlestation
star_fortress
radiation_shield
flux_shield
barrier_shield

Used by¶

Strategic emergency defense

Build queue instruction¶

A mode, command, product, design, or building in an automatic build list.

Notes: Lists must end with end. At most 199 executable instructions fit before that marker.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

end
append
prepend
merge
buy
buy10
buy50
buy75
unbuy
clear
clear_refits
stop
housing
trade_goods
freighter_fleet
spy
android_farmer
android_worker
android_scientist
repeat
colony_ship
outpost_ship
transport
design1
design2
design3
design4
design5
design6
clear_continuous
alien_control_center
armor_barracks
artemis_system_net
astro_university
atmosphere_renewer
autolab
automated_factory
battlestation
capitol
cloning_center
colony_base
deep_core_mine
core_waste_dump
dimensional_portal
biospheres
food_replicators
gaia_transformation
currency_exchange
galactic_cybernet
holo_simulator
hydroponic_farm
marine_barracks
barrier_shield
flux_shield
gravity_generator
missile_base
ground_batteries
radiation_shield
stock_exchange
supercomputer
pleasure_dome
pollution_processor
recyclotron
robotic_factory
research_lab
robo_miner_plant
soil_enrichment
space_academy
spaceport
star_base
star_fortress
stellar_converter
subterranean_farms
terraforming
warp_interdictor
weather_controller
fighter_garrison
artificial_planet

Used by¶

Automatic build queues

Build-list color role¶

Identifies one reusable build-list color scheme.

Notes: Default is the classic scheme. Accent roles are semantic configuration slots that may be assigned to any product.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

default
accent_1
accent_2
accent_3
accent_4
accent_5
accent_6
accent_7
accent_8
accent_9

Used by¶

Build-list queue state¶

Selects the normal or queued color for a build-list item.

Notes: The state is derived from the editable colony production queue and is not configured per product.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

normal
queued

Used by¶

Build-list colors

Build-list product¶

Identifies Housing, Trade Goods, or one colony building.

Notes: The source table stores Trade Goods and Housing before native building IDs 1 through 48.

Accepted input: one listed choice

Allowed choices¶

trade_goods
housing
alien_control_center
armor_barracks
artemis_system_net
astro_university
atmosphere_renewer
autolab
automated_factory
battlestation
capitol
cloning_center
colony_base
deep_core_mine
core_waste_dump
dimensional_portal
biospheres
food_replicators
gaia_transformation
currency_exchange
galactic_cybernet
holo_simulator
hydroponic_farm
marine_barracks
barrier_shield
flux_shield
gravity_generator
missile_base
ground_batteries
radiation_shield
stock_exchange
supercomputer
pleasure_dome
pollution_processor
recyclotron
robotic_factory
research_lab
robo_miner_plant
soil_enrichment
space_academy
spaceport
star_base
star_fortress
stellar_converter
subterranean_farms
terraforming
warp_interdictor
weather_controller
fighter_garrison
artificial_planet

Used by¶

Build-list product formatting