VB6 ruins

[Cavgunner (OP)]

So is it still the case that Ancient Ruins never generate Ancient Artifacts, even if the ruins are deciphered BUT left untouched by construction units?  I have three 25 million+ colonies that have a couple hundred abandoned installations each but none of them are reporting that Ancient Artifacts are being generated.  I thought this was fixed a couple builds ago.

[Father Tim]

I don't think that's a bug.  I'm pretty sure the intention was that alien ruins would only generate artifacts while being exploited.

[Cavgunner (OP)]

If that's the case, they don't seem to do that either.

[Cavgunner (OP)]

No one else has noticed that ruins don't seem to generate Alien Artifacts trade goods under ANY circumstance?  I have to admit, I'm surprised.

[Father Tim]

Oh!  I just remembered!  There is definitely a point at which alien ruins start producing alien artifacts trade goods, and I believe it requires both a finished Xeno survey, and a colony of at least ten million population on the alien ruin system body.  It may also require a spaceport.

[Cavgunner (OP)]

No, that's not the case.  My colony in question has 40 million pop, xeno survey completed, and it still has abandoned installations remaining.  It also has a spaceport.
Zero Ancient Artifacts being produced.

[Garfunkel]

I find alien ruins so rarely, and having a colony on that body is even more rare, so I don't have any personal experience.

[serger]

No artifacts in VB 7.1 at all, Steve confirmed.