Daniel B - 2001-10-25

think BOTF
every 4 minutes (when the game updates itself - new turn) the research part of the sysupdate script cycles through the planets in all 5000 sectors in each 4 quadrants, if they're owned and have colonists on them, their owner is awarded how ever many research points their due, i.e. if that planet's production is set to 50% research, theyll receive 1 research point per 2 units of population, 100% would be 1 unit per 1 unit of population etc.