What about Research? - Page 2

anarres · 15-11-2004, 11:54

The cost of a tech drops when someone else knows it.

With 1 human player you can work out which techs they have, out of the ones you are able to research (by checking the cost in F1).

This can get a little tricky if you are also researching something else, because you can only set the F1 science rate, then switch to F6 and look at the # of turns for that tech rate. You then go back to F1 (without having changed your research), change the tech rate, then go back to F6 to see the # of turns.

Eventually you get the approximate cost, which tells you how many others know it.

Use GreyFox's techcalc (from CFC utilities) to see what the costs are for different numbers of players.

P.S. Don't forget that any scientists are not included in the F1 "science" spending totals, so if you have 2 scientists that's an extra 6 beakers per turn you have to take in to account.

digger760 · 15-11-2004, 11:56

You can figure out if a human player has a tech by observing a drop in the research cost for the tech. But IMO unless you are able to count cards in Blackjack then it very hard to tell...so i just use Tech Calc to determine how many other civs have the tech, based on what it currently cost me to research it...then if more civs have the tech than there are AI civs then you can safely assume that the Human player has the tech.

15-11-2004, 11:54	#11
anarres anarchist butcher Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: United States of Whatever. Posts: 4,677	The cost of a tech drops when someone else knows it. With 1 human player you can work out which techs they have, out of the ones you are able to research (by checking the cost in F1). This can get a little tricky if you are also researching something else, because you can only set the F1 science rate, then switch to F6 and look at the # of turns for that tech rate. You then go back to F1 (without having changed your research), change the tech rate, then go back to F6 to see the # of turns. Eventually you get the approximate cost, which tells you how many others know it. Use GreyFox's techcalc (from CFC utilities) to see what the costs are for different numbers of players. P.S. Don't forget that any scientists are not included in the F1 "science" spending totals, so if you have 2 scientists that's an extra 6 beakers per turn you have to take in to account. __________________ <b>Calculate the probability of culture flips: Flip Calc</b>

15-11-2004, 11:56	#12
digger760 King Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Fake Dog Poo Factory. Posts: 1,887	You can figure out if a human player has a tech by observing a drop in the research cost for the tech. But IMO unless you are able to count cards in Blackjack then it very hard to tell...so i just use Tech Calc to determine how many other civs have the tech, based on what it currently cost me to research it...then if more civs have the tech than there are AI civs then you can safely assume that the Human player has the tech.