How to make synthetics

[Wilhelm Klink]

I got the tech, but my robot plants still keep cranking out plain robots instead of synths. Am I doing something wrong here?

[BanDHMO]

Do you need to allow AI Sentience in policies? I recall reading your Synths would just be Droids otherwise.

[Wilhelm Klink]

They got citizen rights, still only cranking out robots. Not even droids.

[Cpl.Facehugger]

I think the droid and synth traits got turned into empire bonuses when you research the relevant tech instead of traits applied to specific robot pops.

[Imperator]

Did you undertake the special project to upgrade them? Check the species screen and the situation log.

[Wilhelm Klink]

Originally posted by TheIvoryDisaster:

Did you undertake the special project to upgrade them? Check the species screen and the situation log.

No special project, no option in the species screen.

[FluffyNo3]

Have you taken the right ascension perks?

[Wilhelm Klink]

Originally posted by FluffyNo3:

Have you taken the right ascension perks?

Ascension perks? I'm talking about havign researched synths and the game not letting me make them as opposed to robots, not about trying to turn my pops INTO synths.

[Wilhelm Klink]

Nobody knows what's up? Am I just glitched?

[Brakiros]

Originally posted by Wilhelm Klink:

Nobody knows what's up? Am I just glitched?

Its either broken or they've just been removed from the game, same thing happens to me

[Wilhelm Klink]

Originally posted by Lightbane:

Originally posted by Wilhelm Klink:

Nobody knows what's up? Am I just glitched?

Its either broken or they've just been removed from the game, same thing happens to me

I'm going to go with broken since it still lets you research building synths.

[Brakiros]

Originally posted by Wilhelm Klink:

Originally posted by Lightbane:

Its either broken or they've just been removed from the game, same thing happens to me

I'm going to go with broken since it still lets you research building synths.

I think its broken too because when I research synths I don't get the option to build synthetic assault troops still only robotic assault

[ClancyDamon]

Originally posted by Wilhelm Klink:

Nobody knows what's up? Am I just glitched?

I think it's just glitched. I don't have to do anything. Once I get droid tech, all of my robots become droids. I don't have to do anything. they just are droids. And once I got synth tech, same thing - they all just became synths. Suddenly they have happiness and filled up ruler slots on newly colonized planets. If that isn't happening for you, then it must be a bug.

[Neopolitan]

Make sure in your policies you have AI turned from outlawed to allowed. You can have the tech and still have them outlawed.

[Evilgenius]

Your robot plants are probably already producing synths, there in no visual change between a robot, droid or synth pop, they will look the same, and act almost the same. They should have happiness now, and be capable of doing research jobs. That is the only difference.

one of the reasons why I almost never research Synth pops, to much hassle not enough reward.