SE4TTV : Version 1.1 available

[Ed Kolis]

Suggestions, eh? Well, I didn't actually download your program, but just from looking at the screenshot I can see something it could use... You know how each level of the same tech has its own box? Well, that's going to make the whole tech tree take up a LOT of space! (Imagine the Propulsion tree... shudder!) What I'm suggesting is condensing all the nodes that don't have something branching from them. So instead of this:

Prop I -> Prop II -> Prop III -> Prop IV -> Prop V

By the way, what happens when a tech has 2 or more prerequisites? Do you actually have wild lines going all over the place, or does it just branch from the first one?

[Ed Kolis]

Gaah, I accidentally hit send too soon.

OK, what I meant to say is, instead of this

Prop I -> Prop II -> Prop III -> Prop IV -> Prop V ...
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,|--> HEF Weapons

you have this

Prop I-IV -> Prop V -> Prop VI -> Prop VII ...
,,,,,,,,|--> HEF Weapons

[Lemmy]

By the way, what happens when a tech has 2 or more prerequisites? Do you actually have wild lines going all over the place, or does it just branch from the first one?

running wild....for now, and it branches from the first one.
If there then comes a tech which also leads the a tech already "added" to the tree, a line will be drawn between those two techs also, no matter their placement.
Good point btw, i forgot about that one.

[Lemmy]

OK, what I meant to say is, instead of this

Prop I -> Prop II -> Prop III -> Prop IV -> Prop V ...
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,|--> HEF Weapons

you have this

Prop I-IV -> Prop V -> Prop VI -> Prop VII ...
,,,,,,,,|--> HEF Weapons

hmm, yes, but then when you would click on the Prop I-IV button, the popup window with the listing of the component would contain too much information, about all those 4 techs.
I thought about it when i started, but it would overcomplicate things because then one button should be able to refer to multiple techlevels instead of just one.

[Skulky]

This is so cool, i printed the tech tree that was in a txt file by somone, and now i can see it "a la civ2"

great work can't wait for more improvements

[ July 12, 2002, 02:29: Message edited by: Skulky ]

[Spuzzum]

This utility now forces me to actually work on my mod. I'm not sure if I should thank you, or get mad at you. ;-)

Great work! Always good to have utilities like this one. It especially helps me with my AI-writing -- I can get a tech tree and then write down the order that the AI would pursue it in, and convert that into the appropriate research format.

Thanks bunches. =)
(That's the good thanks, not the sarcastic thanks, mind you. ;-) )

[Binford]

When I run run.bat, I get "java is not recognized as an internal or external command"

Does XP not have JRE loaded by default? I couldn't find the files you were referring to on the XP CD either, what dir they in?

Thanks.

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