Allocating Resources for Research

More about Research

Playing Stars!

For research, you receive all resources from planets with nothing in the production queue and with auto-build turned off. You receive all unspent resources from planets with items in the queue. If the Contribute only leftover resources to research box is selected, you'll only receive the resources left over if the queue is emptied that turn. If this box is not selected, you'll receive the percentage of resources you indicated in the Research dialog, plus any resources left if the production queue if emptied that turn. If the production queue is blocked you'll receive all the resources from that planet for that turn.

Predicting the amount of time it will take to complete a research level is slightly tricky. Stars! displays an Estimated time to completion in the Research dialog. The estimate is based on an unchanging supply of resources, including the following:

♦        all resources from planets with empty production queues and non-active auto-build

♦        allocated resources from planet's items in production but who are dedicating resources to production first (Contribute only leftover resources to research box is not selected).

To get your best estimate of how long research will take, look at both the current time estimate and the number of resources allocated the previous year (also shown in the Research dialog). Each turn, check how much the estimate changes as a result of changing conditions in your empire.

To get a more accurate estimate, assign or change your research allocation as the last task of your turn. By then, Stars! will know how many resources are required for production and will remove those from the calculation for research time.