Re: New weapon ideas for SE:IV and V
 

That destroys the concept of the tech grid...

From what Aaron said in the Last round of chats, components will definitely be able to take more than one tech area as input... It wouldn't make any sense to restrict them to a single tech req.

Re: New weapon ideas for SE:IV and V
 

That wasn't the point... the point that was even with two, three, or more tech reqs, there might only be one Level parameter to play with in the gridding. Which is why I'm hoping for either multiple Level parameters, or the ability to use any field as a parameter (e.g. Tonnage Structure := [Tonnage] + 5 * [Tech Area Level 1]). SE4 has multiple tech reqs per item in some cases, but even so, there are no items with two Roman Numeral entries! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Re: New weapon ideas for SE:IV and V
 

Erm... I think you misunderstood. From what I understand, there will be a parameter for each tech req...

Component limit = 2^15
 

I am quite sure now that the maximum number of components that SE4 can handle is 2^15 = 32768

I have successfully loaded my mod with ~30500 components, while 35500 failed.

Re: Component limit = 2^15
 

I wonder whether in SEV it will allow you to differentiate the effects that techs have on a weapon, like, for a three tech weapon, each tech would enhance the weapon in a different way.

Re: Component limit = 2^15
 

This is what we were discussing, and as of the Last thing I have heard on it, it will be doable.

Re: Component limit = 2^15
 

Now that's an idea I would absolutely love to see. It would allow for a complex amount of weapon modding without needing to add 10,000 different components.