How to increase the research time

[Sonsalt]

Hi

How can I increase the time of research for every upgrade ??? So far the Only way I found is to restrict the number of research centers.

[kage]

if you mean just in game (as opposed to modding), then the only thing you can do is not research mk2 or mk3 "research speed" upgrades (mk1 upgrades are necessary for further research in many cases), and to not upgrade research centers. since, iirc, any one topic can only be researched by one research center, it doesn't matter how many research centers you have, but how many you use does matter in regards to total average research speed.

[Sonsalt]

It is hard to tell the AI not to research that fast or your enemy.

Can I change the time within some files ?

[Sonsalt]

I was looking into the Research.txt, but I don't understand where the research time is defined. Also It would be good to know where the price is.

R-Vehicle-Prop-Tracks,Level One,0,0,IMAGE_RES_DROIDTECH,0,0,RES_TRACK1,0,tracked01,PROPULSION,2400,1,2,0,0,0,0,0,1

Any indea ?

[Chojun]

If you want to restrict how fast the AI researches, then just lower the value of their sliders in the Skirmish setup screen.

[Sonsalt]

Thanks, but I am looking for a more solid way to change the Stats. I think it would be best to change time /and or money.

For a long term gameplay.

[Watermelon]

Thanks, but I am looking for a more solid way to change the Stats. I think it would be best to change time /and or money.

For a long term gameplay.

doubling or tripling the res points field for every research topic(line) will do

this html table might help you to figure out which field is which.

edit:
research time = [research points] / [research center's research points per second]

[Sonsalt]

Thanks a lot.

So for example if I change the following line within the research.txt in research/multiplayer from

R-Wpn-MG1Mk1,Level One,0,0,IMAGE_RES_WEAPONTECH,0,0,RES_MG1MK1,0,MG1Mk1,WEAPON,60,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2
to
R-Wpn-MG1Mk1,Level One,0,0,IMAGE_RES_WEAPONTECH,0,0,RES_MG1MK1,0,MG1Mk1,WEAPON,800,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2

the research time will increase ???

Where are the research center's research points /second defined ? Maybe if I change them I don't have to change every upgrade

Edit:

Though I've increased the research points for the machinegun from 60 to 800 it is still researched in no time. Why ?

[Chojun]

Thanks, but I am looking for a more solid way to change the Stats. I think it would be best to change time /and or money.

For a long term gameplay.

Again, the sliders control how much of a boost the AI gets every turn.  The AI gets a bonus of increased research and also a little power boost.

[Watermelon]

Thanks a lot.

So for example if I change the following line within the research.txt in research/multiplayer from

R-Wpn-MG1Mk1,Level One,0,0,IMAGE_RES_WEAPONTECH,0,0,RES_MG1MK1,0,MG1Mk1,WEAPON,60,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2
to
R-Wpn-MG1Mk1,Level One,0,0,IMAGE_RES_WEAPONTECH,0,0,RES_MG1MK1,0,MG1Mk1,WEAPON,800,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,2

the research time will increase ???

Where are the research center's research points /second defined ? Maybe if I change them I don't have to change every upgrade

Edit:

Though I've increased the research points for the machinegun from 60 to 800 it is still researched in no time. Why ?

make sure you edited the correct file(research.txt in mp/stats/research/multiplayer in mp.wz, not the one in stats/research/multiplayer in warzone.wz)

[Sonsalt]

Thanks must have missed that

[Sonsalt]

So here is my first version of a long research mod.

http://localhost/convert/phpBB3/viewtop ... 7631#p7631

In order to increase the researchtime I had to change the research points for every upgrade, since I couldn't find where the research center and its stats are located.

[Deathguise]

If you want to increase research time further you could modify the values in functions.txt specifically:

Research,Research Facility,14
Research,Research Module,12

In the above the 14 and 12 represent the basic research rate for the research facility and research module respectively.

Research Upgrade,Struc-Research-Upgrade01,30
Research Upgrade,Struc-Research-Upgrade02,60
Research Upgrade,Struc-Research-Upgrade03,90
Research Upgrade,Struc-Research-Upgrade04,120
Research Upgrade,Struc-Research-Upgrade05,150
Research Upgrade,Struc-Research-Upgrade06,180
Research Upgrade,Struc-Research-Upgrade07,210
Research Upgrade,Struc-Research-Upgrade08,240
Research Upgrade,Struc-Research-Upgrade09,270

The above represent the research upgrades, the number at the end of each line is the percentage bonus it provides to the basis research rate.

So Struc-Research-Upgrade01(used by Synaptic Link Data Analysis) yields a 30% research rate speed up.

[Sonsalt]

Thanks this was very helpful.

It actually saved me a lot of time.

[Deathguise]

No problem, ill playtest your mod once ive got some spare time(revising for a test at the moment ).