Tech Tree with descriptions?

[Echo Mirage]

Why isn't there a tech tree anywhere with descriptions (and icons) of the technologies in this game?

For a new player (such as myself) the sheer number of technologies is astounding and very demanding.

Space Empires IV has the small reserach/technology display but it provides no description of the technologies nor does it outline the advanced Versions of resreahced techs.

Has anyone found any such resource? I have viewed the text document someone on this forum put together, but it's only the technology tiles, no description!

I have also downloaded and ran a java-based viewer which unfortunately wouldn't run on my rig.

I'd greatly appreciate any help or assistance!

[Captain Kwok]

There is a lot of tech tree stuff around, I just can't remember where.

However, you might just want to play the game and discover things for yourself. It makes it more interesting and makes the choices harder!

[Wanderer]

Heh. If my mod ever gets finished it'll have a sumptious manual (web-based probably) explaining everything. But then it's not scheduled for completion until 2009...

If you start a game with all the technology available (part of the Player Settings tab) you can click Help (somehwere in the top-left set of buttons) in-game and have a look. It's a bit of a spoiler and there aren't any long descriptions of what everything does and how. Some would say that's the fun of the game - there's always something you don't know/fully understand about the game.

As with all games, it's part of the learning curve to learn what's good to research and what isn't.

[Echo Mirage]

I'm very spartan and hate "guessing" at things, it drives my wife crazy, always planning trips ahead of time, reviewing logistics, tuning up the car before a road trip and typically reading the manual before plugging in my new DVD player/Television/whatever.

I guess I am SOL, eh?

[ December 12, 2002, 20:11: Message edited by: Echo Mirage ]

[Arkcon]

Many people feel it's part of the fun to guess at what components are good for each tactic.

A suggestion -- research what's cheapest, it will be done quicker and you'll learn what you like and what you don't.

[Phoenix-D]

I was considering putting together a "Space Empires TRO" (technical readout) at one point.

Basiclly the idea is you click whatever you want to research, and it tells you what you get, what it does, and what you can get from that. One page would be a very large tech tree diagram.

Would there be any interest in that? I let the idea die because I wasn't sure anyone wanted it, and it would be a fair amount of work. Especially since I was going to provide "fluff" for each entry- my idea on how it works. Totally useless but mildly entertaining.

Phoenix-D