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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
Maybe you should just give them alternative components:
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You could still have shortcuts to computer tech using their racial tech.
Problem is, the "normal" components will still be there. On the other hand, mabye that's a good thing, since they can always build "export" Versions of their specialty ships (with racial-specific tech) as trade items.
Would it be possible if I made the alternative components part of the same family in Components.txt? Say, have the Bridge component and the "Control Nexus" component part of the same family, and the Nexus has a higher roman numeral number? Can you make Bridge number 0, and the Nexus 1 (where you can only reach it if you have the racial trait)?
I confess, I'm still very new at modifying these files. Any idea if there's any more documentation on these besides what's already in the files? The brute-force approach of completely replicating the entire normal tech tree and attaching race-specific IDs on them doesn't appeal too much to me, but if it's the only way, then well, I better get cracking.
