-edit- Completed list (phew... it wasn't that hard after all)
Hey all, I just parsed the PlanetImprovements.xml file for different abilities and came up with this "short list" of options. I say short list because it appears incomplete and may take some testing to fill out completely.
Ability Type 1 = Ship Weapons
Ability Type 2 = Ship Defense
Ability Type 3 = Ship Speed
Ability Type 4 = Morale
Ability Type 5 = Birth Rate
Ability Type 6 = Social Production
Ability Type 7 = Military Production
Ability Type 8 = Research
Ability Type 9 = Influence
Ability Type 10 = Trade
Ability Type 11 = Diplomacy
Ability Type 12 = Ship Hitpoints
Ability Type 13 = Repair Rate
Ability Type 14 = Sensors
Ability Type 15 = Espionage
Ability Type 16 = Soldiering
Ability Type 17 = Interest Rate
Ability Type 18 = Planet Quality
Ability Type 19 = Trade Routes
Ability Type 20 = Crime
Ability Type 21 = Cabinet
Ability Type 22 = Ship Range
Ability Type 23 = Luck
Ability Type 24 = Courage
Ability Type 25 = Creativity
Ability Type 26 = Government
Ability Type 27 = Loyalty
Ability Type 28 = Logistics
Ability Type 29 = Miniaturization
Ability Type 30 = Home Planet Quality
For those of you wondering, you can create new building types and modify what they improve and by how much with this information. Feel free to add anything testing brings about. Also, does anyone know what "Employment" does for each building type? I have yet to figure out how it affects the planet.
Addendum -- Here is a snippet of code that I used to find all the different abilities, perhaps it will help someone else.
Improvement
S_NameAbility32S_Name
S_InternalNameAbility32S_InternalName
S_TypeSuperProjectS_Type
S_TechRequirementXeno Industrial TheoryS_TechRequirement
AbilityType32AbilityType
AbilityAmount250AbilityAmount
F_AbilityFactor2.50F_AbilityFactor
AI8AI
S_DescriptionAbility32.S_Description
S_BriefDescriptionAbility numero 32.S_BriefDescription
Cost5Cost
Maintenance0Maintenance
Industry0Industry
Employment20Employment
S_IconNameManuFacturingCapital.pngS_IconName
S_QueryGraphicNameManuFacturingCapital.pngS_QueryGraphicName
Improvement
Also, numbers larger than 30 crash the game, or at least 31 and 32 did. If anyone wants to try all positive integers, feel free. I'm done for the night.
