Why can't I uplift this species?

[Bandus]

I have:

• Uplift technology
• Planet is in space controlled by my empire
• An available gene point

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Why can I not uplift this species? I am not clear on what I am missing or doing wrong? Thanks!

 

[GAGA Extrem]

You need to actually colonize the planet to "own" it.

 

[Pchang]

This was changed in 1.4

 

[Bandus]

Thank you for the info, I appreciate it.

 

[Mitchz95]

Would building a Habitat over that planet count as "owning" it?

 

[Dan_Daniel2000]

Would building a Habitat over that planet count as "owning" it?

You cant build Habitats around habitable planets as far as we know right now.

 

[Zaltys]

Which reminds me:
How do you uplift a species that lives on a planet full of hazards and already occupies all of the spaces? There's no room to build a colony..

 

[Jabby]

Which reminds me:
How do you uplift a species that lives on a planet full of hazards and already occupies all of the spaces? There's no room to build a colony..

Bomb them from space

 

[alteration]

Bomb them from space

Radiations will upfit them

 

[Alblaka]

Bomb them from space

...
The fact this actually works makes it all the worse/better.

 

[Tsuihousha]

I found this out the other day as well, personally I dislike the change quite a bit since you are required to have 40% habitability to settle a world, but if you find a species like this on a Tomb World, and don't have or want to use robots, you're incapable of ever uplifting it.

RIP The Roaches that could have been.

 

[Dunaedine]

The change in 1.4, with the fact this type of specie is very rare make all the uplifting nearly useless.

 

[Mauer]

Yeah I don't like this change either, at least make it so you that have to build an observation post instead of colonizing the planet outright.

 

[The Founder]

I found this out the other day as well, personally I dislike the change quite a bit since you are required to have 40% habitability to settle a world, but if you find a species like this on a Tomb World, and don't have or want to use robots, you're incapable of ever uplifting it.

RIP The Roaches that could have been.

There is now an additional rare tech, that adds 40% to Tomb World Habitability. It was added with the Habitability rework, I think. For a total passive bonus of 60% (before resources, traits and buildings). So it is not even so nessesary anymore...