whatis filler tech, exactly?

jc173 · #1 May 27th, 2001, 11:22 PM

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.

God Emperor · #2 May 28th, 2001, 01:05 AM

Hmmm, thought I'd set it to 50, but, 500 shouldnt cause any grief - game should end before 500 is reached. Am in the middle of a long game so I'll keep an eye on it - may drop it back to 100 or something...

jc173 · #3 May 28th, 2001, 01:17 AM

Well the concern I have for researching filler techs for 500 turns is that unless the AI is getting really hammered or has very few research facilities by about 10-15 years (yes I play some really long games) they'll be pumping out enough research that using to slots each turn for the filler techs means that they'll losing several thousands if not tens of thousands of research points. Maybe it's not as big a concern for most people as I think it is since I tend to play in large galaxy where each system has more planet and larger planets than in the standard Version of the game.

dumbluck · #4 May 28th, 2001, 08:10 AM

jc173
Well, you could always change it so that one of the filler techs has 500 lvls and the other has only 100 or so. That way, the AI will stop researching one of the filler techs when it has lots of research points.

GE
I play in large galaxies with lots of opponents. If I notice any problems with the 500 settings, I'll let you know. In fact, I'll probably do what I said above and set one of the filler techs to 100 or so...

God Emperor · #5 May 28th, 2001, 02:00 PM

Look forward to your assessment.
Regards,
GE

Marty Ward · #6 May 28th, 2001, 04:34 PM

The filler techs add a lot to the game. The AI definately researches better with them.
I don't think the AI will lose many research points unless you modify the total amount of research the race will build to. Most races are limited to the 100k-300k range. By turn 100 or so all desired research items will probably cost about 100-200k each so they don't get hurt by the filler techs. If you have changed the AI to have 500k-1M research then you may run into problems.

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