Galactic Civilisations 2

[Xiahou]

But... industrial capacity is not research capacity. Factories produce MP = industrial capacity. Research buildings produce TP = research. You don't need MP to produce research points, therefore the fundings for each shouldn't be connected.

Its not that confusing to me, I just think you're looking at it wrong. It's all about funding- your sliders for military, social, and research only control how big a slice of the total funding pie you get, while the size of the pie is determined by your spending slider.

You're not taking MPs and exchanging them for TPs, you're just taking funds from one category and diverting them to another. It doesnt matter how man MPs you can produce if they arent getting funded.