Question about Racial techs

[Trachmyr]

Well, it didn't work like that when I tested it! I set tech to high too... no one got the Organic Tech (where I changed racial tech to 0)... are you sure you didn't change crystalurgy too (or remove the prereq. of crystalurgy)? Well, I'll test it again to verify either your or my results (well atleast verify it to me )


[This message has been edited by Trachmyr (edited 23 April 2001).]

[Nitram Draw]

I don't know if this will work but you could try it.
Set up some of the special racial techs as Ruins techs. Then you may find the odd specialized tech and it would allow you to analyize higher levels. Don't know if it would work though without removing that tech from the main racial tech tree.

[Phoenix-D]

I set crystaline technology and weapons to racial area 0, leaving their prerequisite of Crystalurgy alone.

Phoenix-D

[Suicide Junkie]

If you want to prevent certain racial techs from being learned by other races, Do this:

Add another tech requirement, and make it the pre-requisite crystal tech (the one that is still a racial tech area)

So, the Shard cannons would require only "crystal weapons" tech, and be stealable, but the facilities require the tech area that you can't steal (crystallurgy, i think), so you can't build them!

[Phoenix-D]

That's what I'm going to do for my mod.

Applying it to the 'standard' set would be tricky.It would require some fiddling with the tech costs though, might torque the AI, and could make an imbalance- it lets you get just the tech areas you want without paying for the extra stuff. But if I try to eliminate that, and boost the costs, I hurt the player that DOES want them both..

Phoenix-D

[Nitram Draw]

Doesn't that kind of shaft the guy that chooses the crystal trait? Shouldn't that trait cost be reduced?

[Phoenix-D]

As I said, I'm using it for a mod, not applying it to the main game Doing it in the main tech areas would need much tweaking.

Phoenix-D