whatis filler tech, exactly?

[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......

[dumbluck]

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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.

[God Emperor]

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...

[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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island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft

[jc173]

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.

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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]

Look forward to your assessment.
Regards,
GE