Help? SE IV Gold - Starting settings

[Gaeb]

Hi, I've been playing around and I was wondering where the settings are for:

Player Settings : Technology Setting

Low = 0
Medium = a moderate selection; this is what I want to change
High = everything

I didn't see anything in settings.. is this editable?

[Kevin Arisa]

That would be in the TechArea.txt file.

Each tech area will have the following two statements.

Start Level: The level you get in Low Tech Start
Raise Level: The level you get in Medium Tech Start

Just set the level for the technology you want available and there you go.

[Gaeb]

Thanks much =)

[Slick]

Welcome to the forum.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

They each have a different, non-editable formula for how the costs are calculated. Unfortunatly, I don't remember them.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

You mean costs, Narf. He means starting techs.

I believe the costs were approximately like this:
-Low: The cost of the initial tech level is added to the total for every tech level.
-Medium: Twice the cost.
-High: Thrice the cost.
I'm fairly certain about Low, but I have serious doubts about Medium and High.

[Ed Kolis]

Low follows a linear progression. (10K, 20K, 30K)
High follows a quadratic progression. (10K, 40K, 90K)
Medium follows a quadratic progression as well, but all tech levels after the first cost half price. (10K, 20K, 45K)

[Wolfman77]

medium and high go by the square of the level. I think High is level squared times the base cost of the tech, and medium is half that.

[El_Phil]

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