Tech Design How-to

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Notes on How to Design Your Own Techs:

Writing up your own tech:

So you want to make a tech? I can put it up for you right now on the library. Here's what you do:

1) Create a file with a .TECH extention. Text file here. So example, CBizzare.tech

2) Put in your tech:

TECH MyTechWithNOSpaces
Name "My Tech"
Model ""
Tech_Requirement "SomeExistingTech"
Research_Cost
Overview "Brief description."
Description "Long Description"
Tech_Category
ENDTECH

Put as many as you want in the TECH file. You can email it to me or try submitting it to the library.

by Avatar Frogboy - 3/13/2003 5:25:27 PM

Here are the numbers that correspond to the Tech_Categories:

Medical: 1
Industrial: 2
Defense: 3
Communications: 4
Propulsion: 5
Weapons: 6

End transmission.

by Citizen Captain Bizarre - 3/13/2003 11:01:52 PM


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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Sample Tech from the Library:

//------------------------------
TECH 990 Smuggling
//------------------------------
Name "Smuggling"
Model ""
Tech_Requirement "Trade"
Research_Cost 4000
Description "Be a tape worm in the stomach of life."
Overview "Governments may officially have a problem with excess interstellar trade due to the so-called pollution of their native cultures. But where there's a buck to be had, we can find a back door into those societies."
Tech_Category 4
Ability "TradeRoute"
Alignment_Category 30
ENDTECH
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Someone, not me, should, will likely write a lengthy careful, full breakdown of what each line in each type of mod file (.tech .anomaly .tech etc) CAN and WILL do. As well as importing graphics and music. I know a few people are already more than brain storming on mods. But an updated lengthy tutorial that is edited by more than one person, preferably a few people, would do a lot to lengthin the lifespan, and increase the user base of GalCiv. Hech, increase the fun too. ;)
Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Based on the contents of the GCTech.tech file the above is incomplete. I have heard that the Stardock people are writing this all up for us and we should wait for the OFFICIAL write up before trying to add any new techs, anomalies, projects, ships, etc..

~SDC~