Modding Tech tree Help

you cant make a completely new category and have to stick to existing ones (hint hint to the devs, it would be a nice feature, new categories with own new colors to differ the techtree...).

but you just need to add the new tech. xeno research is COMPUTING, stellar cartography (another line) is COMPUTING too. So lets say, you make a new tech, tech requires xeno research, category computing, it will be added as new line below xeno research and stellar cartography. The color will be blue.

Which of these do you actually want to do?

1) Add another branch (i.e. a seperate line of research, not connected to the original tech tree)

2) Add to the actual base tech tree (i.e. having tech follow on from the pre-existing techs)

3) Make a whole new tech tree

1 & 2 are actually quite simple.... Mr. DM04 above gave me a link ----> Link <----

All you really need to do is actually look at the way the techs are structured. If you want to make a new branch - say an Economics tech, it would be something like this.


-Culture ID="Basic Eco Theorem I"-
-DisplayName-Basic Eco Theorem I-/DisplayName-
-Cost-100-/Cost-
-Description-Economic Theorem.-/Description-
-Details-This theorem will enable to make our economy more efficient-/Details-
-EconomicsAbility-2-/EconomicsAbility-
-TradeAbility-2-/TradeAbility-
-SocialProductionAbility-2-/SocialProductionAbility-
-DiplomacyAbility-2-/DiplomacyAbility-
-CultureAbility-2-/CultureAbility-
-Category-Government-/Category-
-Model-stardemoc0-/Model-
-AIValue-10-/AIValue-
-/Culture-

Change the -'s to the < and > & you'll need to look at how the techs are done.

Copy and paste it, using notepad, into the tech tree (GalCiv2, Data, English (or other language) Tech Tree. I suggest you put it at the end, but before the last line. Remember to do the bit above with the tags, otherwise it won't work, or the game will crash. Also, it will only be usable when you start a new game.

If you need any more help, refer to here or the link I gave you.


3, you can't do.




Hope this helps

well, i Do know how to add techs and how to make them show on the tech tree where i want it but I ish you can make a new category. you know, like the economics and the goverment categorys, i just want to add a new one.