Hello,
I have a problem in the game: while I have several vats to collect babies, I always get the message there are no available vat and have to sell the babies.
I even removed the pre-existing vats to replace them, both with the basic and the advanced vats, to no avail. Is this something anyone else has met and is there a way to prevent this?
I would also add my vote for a non-lethal xeno pit. Honestly, I don't want to have my slaves killed so I never installed the lethal pit and only added the xeno pit for "flavour", but never appointed anyone to die there (well, once, just to make sure I understood how it worked, and with a save just before assigning the slave, so I could revert to it after she died). I may play a heartless bastard with no qualm enslaving people (including their own children), but I still consider mortal sports both barbaric and a waste of resources. Besides, if there could be a hentai pit, this would be more on par with the main theme of the game (there is no way I would ever think about using the genocide stone).
Maybe some specific research could be necessary, both to reduce the xenos' aggressiveness and to increase their libido, but also to allow breeding, etc.
Also, could there be an explicit warning with the various planet options? I had to use a automatic save to get back prior to the first time I chose to install an elf breeding facility, because I did not realise it meant exterminating the local population first.
Edit: Here are some thoughts about the "Xeno" research tree, which would resemble the Neurology and Military tree (but each branch development would be connected to the previous Tier as well as the previous development of its branch, and each Tier after the first would be connected to the previous Tier as well as the associated developments in both branches):
* Tier 1—Reduced aggressiveness: unlocks the Non-lethal Xeno Pit for the Arena.
____Branch A1—Mating desire: unlocks the Mating Xeno Pit for the Arena (where fighting slaves are now fucked after the fight).
____Branch B1—Taming: the Non-lethal and Mating Xeno Pits are now accessible for adventurous tourists too.
* Tier 2—Xenobreeding: slaves can now become pregnant with xeno hybrids, unlocking additional Surgery options to offer new traits (Pheromones [Sexual] for the Sporemother; Improved Metabolism [Sexual] for the Devourer; Tentacles [Aesthetic] for the Defiler—the first would improve the Station's appeal, through the Slave's, the second would improve their sexual performances, the third would be a hybrid with a lesser increase in both values), as well as Hybridation Serum options. Note that this could also lead to the apparition of a new kind of orphan if the Mating Xeno Pits are available to tourists.
____Branch A2—Xeno Pen: unlocks the Xeno Pen for the Porn Studio (adding beastiality to the porn videos), and to the Master Suite (for Pets and Servants both).
____Branch B2—Combat training: unlocks the Xeno Troops for the Military Base (requires the corresponding Xeno, of course, to get access to the Spore Drones, Devourer Gets and Defiler Spawn).
* Tier 3—Xeno Pods: unlocks the Xeno Pods for the Laboratory (allows the player to remove the foetus in a 2nd or 3rd term mother to grow separately, unlocks a new option for female slaves to send them to the pod so an hybrid can be produced directly in the pod and grow at the normal rate—after birth, it would still need to be transferred to a Growth Vat; this would allow sterile females to have children and, most importantly, would give complete control to the player over how many children the slaves actually have).
____Branch A3—Xeno Farms: unlocks the Xenohybrid Farms for the planets' Slaves options (each type would require owning the appropriate Xeno).
____Branch B3—Xeno Bases: unlocks Xeno Bases for the Military Base (one of each type) that increase a planet's defenses.
* Tier 4—Biological enhancements: the Xeno troops (on the station and on planets) are more powerful (the Spore Drone would see a moderate increase in resistance and power, the Devourer Get a huge increase in power and the Defiler Spawn a huge increase in resistance, for example) and new Xeno implants (Training) are now available to increase the growth rate of School training (dependant on having the Sporemother), Treadmill and Weightlifting training (Devourer) and Sex training (Defiler). Having the Sporemother could also improve the Spa's effectiveness to reduce Fear and increase Sexual Sensitivity (maybe through a new addition to the Spa, something like a Spore Dispenser).