Odd Racial/Unique Tech Reqs

[Fyron]

I've made some components that require a technology that is not itself racial or unique, but that requires a racial or a unique technology to be researched. When I play a high tech start game, I do not have the technologies available, but I can build the components. They are not available on a low tech start. For example, I have created a Version of Organic Armor that can be developed and used by a non-organic race if they capture a ship with normal OA. I added a new technology called Organic Armor, which is not racial. But, it's req, Organic Engineering, is. When playing on a high-tech start, I have the "stolen" Version of Organic Armor available to be built on a ship, but I do not have the Organic Armor technology. I am confused by this.

[Matryx]

I believe that when you pick "high start" it automatically gives you *every* tech you could possibly research. Even if you don't have the prerequisits for it.
I suggest playing a mid-tech start but modding the rest of the tech levels to give you full access to the rest of the technology from that starting place.

[Fyron]

High-tech starts aren't much fun anyways.

I suggest playing a mid-tech start but modding the rest of the tech levels to give you full access to the rest of the technology from that starting place.

Huh?

[Matryx]

Edit the techareas.txt and change "RaiseLevel" to "Max Level" for everything except for the tech areas which you don't want to start off with.
Then start with a mid-tech game.
That should sort it.
Sorry for the confusing reply

[Fyron]

I don't want to start with them, or play a high-tech start game. I was just testing other high-tech components.

[javaslinger]

I would say this, a high tech start certainly is a completely different game.... Having finished very few games of SEIV, I haven't seen most of the finished techs anyway. I've got no idea what to do with them all!