is there a way to remove planet improvements to make orbital civic structures?

[hibbidy_jibbidy]

i cant seem to find a way

[Darklordnj]

Assuming you're talking purely about logistics orbital structures, you can select the orbital structure and among the options in the bar in the bottom right, there should be an "advanced options," open that up and there should be an option to scuttle the structure. This deletes it.

I'm guessing there is also a hotkey, but you'd have to look it up in the options menu.

[hibbidy_jibbidy]

no, im talking about removing planet upgrades like mining so i can make orbital structures

[RCMidas]

Press the "delete" key next to your "enter" button. Instantly starts scuttling it. Note that this takes some time if you do it this way. The scuttling countdown doesn't progress whilst the game is paused.

So. If you need an instant-scuttle to free up space NOW NOW NOW, go to your planetary management screen. Find the planet and structure you want to scuttle, hold your "CTRL" button at the very bottom left of your keyboard, and right-click. Instant scuttling.

EDIT: Now I'm a little confused. Are we talking about downgrading a planet upgrade such as Logistics, Mining, Commerce etc? Because you can't do that. If you've built a structure on the planet itself, you can simply drag the icon out of the slot and it will be deleted. Not that that will have any significant effect on your orbital slots unless you're taking out a specific structure to build a different one that grants more slots.

[John Shepherd N7117]

To clarify:
Planet Upgrades like logistics, defense, research or survey. Have their own research "bar".
Orbital Structures share the logistical building bots.

So:
Deleting an in progress planetary upgrade to speed up an orbital structure wont do anything.

I figured it out by shuffling the icons and they are independent.

[Elunamar]

Click on the planetary item and drag it away.

[Blurey]

You just drag it out of the box

[Katitoff]

Planet slots and orbital slots are 2 separate things.

Some factions do have planet items that increase orbital slots, either military or civil tho.

You can't trade planet slots for orbital slots in any other way than planet upgrade granting them.

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by Bippity_Boo:

no, im talking about removing planet upgrades like mining so i can make orbital structures

Ok, so as I understand you are asking neither about space structures or planet modules bud directly about upgrades.

Than - this is not possible, neither needed

Each planet has max level in each cathegory (logistic, defense, mining). (in non basic planets you need extra research to reach max but it is still reachable)

Those are not shared at all. You will not lose structures slots due upgrade mining.. Hence it also never make sens why would you revert the upgrade.

[Summanus]

If you see red bars on your planet upgrade slots preventing you from upgrading further its because you need to do some further research in the tech tree, not because you have chosen one upgrade over another.