SJ's Tech Gridder 0.50 - now with ability support!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

W battleship
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Y battleship
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Z battleship
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i think it would work. the latest would always be at the top.

[Krsqk]

The AI always uses the lowest size/mount/facility/component, so having the latest at the top (easy for us) means dooming the AI to inferiority.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

then reverse it and just tell everyone to go to the bottom.

[dogscoff]

S_J, thankyou from the botom of my pint for this utility.

I'm never going to use it myself, but I expect to benefit indirectly in a few weeks/ months time when a new generation of delightfully complex gridded mods come out.

[Suicide Junkie]

Tech Gridder v0.48.zip
- Fixed some minor issues with component naming.
Names are now independent of starting tech level
- Added protection against input with component data right up to the End of File.

[tesco samoa]

SJ in the upcoming tech grid mod i wish to set up the components so they get smaller and less expensive...

How would one go about doing that with this modder...

Answer one would be based on the smaller or less expensive

answer two would be based on combining them

Also...

Have you talked to David G about adding this to his Modder program.... As I do see a good fit here and you could help each other out here...

[Fyron]

Take the comps you want to make smaller and cheaper and copy them into a new text file with *begin* at the front of it. Then, open the tech gridder and select that file. Chose a naming scheme and the effects from the various tabs. Hit "grid now" in the Last tab, and it should output everything you wanted. It will create multiple Versions of each comp in the file with appropriate reductions based on tech level reqs.

[Suicide Junkie]

I assume for #1 you want a pair of 1-dimensional grid techs, and for #2 you want a 2-dimensional grid tech. Both applied to a moderatly large set of components.

1) Same as below, except after pressing the "Go" button the first time, copy the results in, and reset the file to be gridded back to just the original components.

2) Take only the components you want to grid, and run them into the Tech Gridder. Choose the appropriate tech area, naming scheme, and number of levels using the first two tabs

Go to the cost tab for the next part:
Since you're doing a lot of varied components at the same time, I suggest using the multiplier, set between .90 or .95 depending on the effect you want. (Be sure to use the preview window to see how the components will compare to each other when picking the exact value)
Use the same setting for all three resources, unless you want variation.

Flip to the "Miscellaneous" tab, and press the button.
Go back to the cost tab, and set the multipliers back to 1.
Change the tech area, and then go to the tonnage tab. Set the size multiplier, probably .90 to .95 again.
Flip to the Misc. tab, and press the button.

Now copy the results into your components.txt

I'm not sure if SE4 cares or not but I noticed there is an extra space between the = sign and the tech name in the tech required field.

Nope, SE4 dosen't care. The latest Version should have that cosmetic detail fixed.

Have you talked to David G about adding this to his Modder program.... As I do see a good fit here and you could help each other out here...

No, I haven't, but there's no particular reason why it couldn't work.

[DavidG]

Looks pretty cool!!

I'm not sure if SE4 cares or not but I noticed there is an extra space between the = sign and the tech name in the tech required field.

[tesco samoa]

thank you