whatis filler tech, exactly?

[capnq]

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Someone should go back through all of the Posts and find all the good ones on modding adn compile them... be a good resource

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Dubious has started on this; check out the SE4 Modders Guide in the Mods forum.

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Cap'n Q


The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft

[God Emperor]

JC173,
Traveller - the role playing game? Played a little, many moons ago (17 years ago?), but, have only played D@D since.
Regards,
GE

[jc173]

Ah ok I was just wondering cause in Traveler the New Era there was a dictator in one of the scenarios who declared himself the God Emporer of some planet.

[God Emperor]

Alias actually comes from Frank Herbert's Dune (book5 I think). The God Emperor was supposed to be immortal and invulnerable but he was found to have one weakness......

[capnq]

1. Dune
2. Dune Messiah
3. Children of Dune
4. God Emperor of Dune
5. Heretics of Dune
6. Chapter House Dune

GEoD was probably my favorite book of the series. I have a boxed set of the first four in paperback around here somewhere.

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Cap'n Q


The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft

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Originally posted by jc173:
... Other than that you need to add in these lines to the AI research files

AI State := Exploration, Infrastructure, Prepare for Attack, Attack, Secure Holdings After Attack, Incursion, Prepare for Defense, Defend (Short Term), Defend (Long Term)
Tech Area Name := Filler Tech 1
Tech Area Level := 50
Tech Area Min Percent := 100

AI State := Exploration, Infrastructure, Prepare for Attack, Attack, Secure Holdings After Attack, Incursion, Prepare for Defense, Defend (Short Term), Defend (Long Term)
Tech Area Name := Filler Tech 2
Tech Area Level := 50
Tech Area Min Percent := 100

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Umm, GE set the tech area level @ 500,not 50. That way the ai researches all 500 levels of FT, not just the first 50.

Also, according to his readme.txt, the techarea.txt that he included has a mod to the PD cannons as well, so I just cut and pasted the FT sections into mine.

But thanks for the tips. Even if they were slightly off, they pointed me down the right path to take.

[jc173]

Whoops sorry about that I forgot about the PD mod. I'm not sure about the 50/500 deal I know the max level is 500 in the tech file, but setting it to 500 means it will research the filler techs for 500 turns/50 years. Hope it works out.