Re: More stupid newbie tricks ( questions ) !
 

Was kinda planning that .. swallowing them up I mean, but at my own pace. Within 3-4 turns, I expect a surrender from my ex-"partner" ( if divorce was that easy ! ). If he surrenders I suppose I don't get his Shard technology. Can I get this ? What do I have to do ? Capture a ship ? A planet ?

Arf !

Dog

Re: More stupid newbie tricks ( questions ) !
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You can only capture a racial tech if you have that Advanced Trait yourself.

So in this case, you can't get shard tech unless you took Crystallurgy at the start of the game.

A couple people have done tech mods that make the racial techs researchable, but I don't recall which mods.

Re: More stupid newbie tricks ( questions ) !
 

If you want access to racial technology (from racial abilities that you don't possess) you have to go into the tech area file. Go to the desired tech area and change 'Racial Area' to equal 0 (zero). This will allow you to reverse engineer the tech or recieve it through surrender.

You can even do this with your current game. Just shut it down, make the changes and start it back up again.

[ May 19, 2002, 21:52: Message edited by: QuarianRex ]

Re: More stupid newbie tricks ( questions ) !
 

Thanks !! ... I'll probably play the game as is. Ironically, I just more-or-less marooned one of the Phong ships in a sys where I am building a "Boarding Ship" ... oh well. Gonna try an invasion or two before I ask him to surrender.

Ya'all are really very helpful. Thanks again.

Dog