Idea submissions

[capnq]

Maybe bury a few research "Easter Egg" goodies by crossing 2 special racial techs deep down the tree.

There's at least one mod that has "crossover" techs that require two racial techs. I think those are in Pirates & Nomads, but I'm not sure.

[Suicide Junkie]

Yes, P&N does have them, but they're not secret at all

The ever-popular Biocrystal armor, harmonic shields, Spirit Crew quarters, etc. One for each pair.

[Stone Mill]

Yes, P&N does have them, but they're not secret at all

The ever-popular Biocrystal armor, harmonic shields, Spirit Crew quarters, etc. One for each pair.

Now that's the stuff I'm talking about! You may have just convinced me to finally try P&N to ckeck it out.

I guess an easter egg really refers to a tech being buried, or really hard to get. But I like crossover techs in general. Opens the creativity up a bit.

[ December 17, 2002, 20:35: Message edited by: Stone Mill ]

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Stone Mill:
I guess an easter egg really refers to a tech being buried, or really hard to get.

Hard to get cause it costs lots of research -- sure

Hard to get becuse it requres lots of prerequsites -- sure

But how can you hide it, when anyone can print up a complete tech tree whenever they want?

[Fyron]

SJ, how would you propose people to make these tech grids? Doing it by hand is a major PITA.

[Phoenix-D]

To elaborate on Fyron's comment for those that haven't tried to make one:

A tech grid needs one component for each possible tech combination. Say you have two techs, each with 5 possible levels. You need 25 components. Now make it a three-way. You need *125* components. Going to 10 levels makes that 100 and 1000, for a 2-tech and three-tech grid.

Phoenix-D

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
SJ, how would you propose people to make these tech grids? Doing it by hand is a major PITA.

I think you'd really have to write a program designed specifically to create massive amounts of components.