Technology Trade (again)

[Suicide Junkie]

Capnq:
If by that you mean:
"Trade you level 2 AND 3 in physics for levels 2 through 5 in DUC tech"
Then, you'd have to offer two copies of "physics" for four copies of "Projectile weapons"

EDIT: make that four copies, since you start with level 1 in Projectile weapons.

[ 27 February 2002: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

[capnq]

No, I meant "Trade you Physics 2 for Projectile Weapons 4" comes out as

Offer:
Physics
Physics

Want:
Projectile Weapons
Projectile Weapons
Projectile Weapons
Projectile Weapons

to use your example. That's why I said it contradicts the manual.

[Suicide Junkie]

Which are you saying is the way it actually works?

From what I see, it works exactly like a deconstruct/analyse thing, where you have x copies of some component requiring tech A, and y copies of some other component requiring tech B.
(All on separate "ships" for analysing, of course)

[PsychoTechFreak]

quote:

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Originally posted by capnq:
I have been told that to trade multiple levels of technology, you have to put it in the deal multiple times (which seems to contradict the manual). I have made successful trades doing it this way.

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In which Version have you made the trades successfully, 1.49 ?

[QuarianRex]

I have done trades like this successfully in the gold demo. It seems to work fine.

[capnq]

The game where I was told this was necessary was back in 1.41. While I was testing this in 1.49, I finally twigged on what you meant in your deconstruct analogy, and discovered I was partly wrong.

Two examples from my testing:

Race A has Ship Construction 2, Projectile Weapons 4.

Race B has Ship Construction 3, Projectile Weapons 1.

If A proposes

Give:
Projectile Weapons

Want:
Ship Construction

and B accepts, A gets Ship Construction 3 and B gets Projectile Weapons 2. (This is the part I thought contradicted the manual, but when I couldn't find where I'd read what I thought it said, I realized I was thinking of another game entirely. )

If A wants to give B Projectile Weapons 4, he has to offer

Give:
Projectile Weapons
Projectile Weapons
Projectile Weapons

[PsychoTechFreak]

Either I don't get it, or I am too stupid/blind, I am not able to trade the higher techs (except the basic techs) in ver 1.49. Is there a change to the earlier Versions ? I have tried almost everything now, e.g. gas colonization tech against DUC III (I know it is a bad deal), no chance.

[ 02 March 2002: Message edited by: PsychoTechFreak ]