Chance of succes for researches OR ability which activates a research!

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OK! I know the tiutle is a little strange but here me out...this is yet another one of my crazy plans to make the Nephil race as unique and entertaining as possible!

So the question is, Can I add a miss chance to a research? Ie. activate a research only to discover at the end that it has failed and must be reconducted?

I fear for the answer but nevertheless wouldnt mind a more formal answer from someone more qualified than me :)!

Secondly, if No.1 fails, can we make abilities that unlock researches?

Ie. I would make an ability with a miss chance, which would cost ressoures, and if the ability, when I cast it, succeeds then it "unlocks a new research"! (research times will be of 0 sec for this "special tryout") in the research tree :)

Please tell me one of these two is possible...or if not, a possible alternatvie :(! Cus it would make my race so life-like :)!!!

 

Thank you!!

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

ugh....I can't think of a way to do it.

I don't know anyway to make anything have prbablities in sins(expt for attaching a buff to a gun). Nonetheless connect a reaserch to an ability, not the other way around.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Weird..its telling me you responded...yet I dont see your answer :( damn!!

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

wierd

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

It happens sometimes. You just have to hit edit on one of your replies, save changes (just don't make any changes) and then you'll see the post.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Well if someone else (waits for Annatar lol :) ) can confirm that it cannot be done! I would appreciate it (in a sense..;) would have preffered if it were possible)!

So I decided of another way!

Idea: Each vessel to be researched will have 4 tech levels!

level 1 : Initial duplication....Clone is still full of defaults and thus only posseses 20% strength compared to its final version!

level 2: Basic repairs and augmentations have led our engineers to enhance this ships performances. ship statistics grow to 40% of basic value

level 3: (depending on ships speciality) Our egineers have manage to correctly duplicate this vessels armement/scouting/salvaging instruments however, for this operation to take part, engine parts were taken out. (80% weapon damage, speed back down to 25%).

level 4: Succesfull clone is ready to be released onto the battlefield! 100% statistics!

Then you get the ability to spawn the vessel at special "duplication centers" (decided not to use frigate and cap factory!) each specialised in a specific field.

The ability to spawn (which will cost ressources will have a chance to fail..meaning the replicator-machine made a fatal mistake which destroyed the ship!!)!

How does this sound????

 

But I really would prefer the other way round...chance of missing straigt into technology! :(

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

sounds like an awsome idea

 

don't know how you would go about doing it though.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Well research shouldnt be too hard!

Just create a frigateaccess file, make it with 4 levels and to each level I apply a penalty (since the ship starts like crap and only gets better throughout research) which as levels go on, gets lower...all the way to 0% penalty on level 4!

This is just a quick guess of my procedure that I hope will work! :)

Working on adding research prereqs for my ships atm (have super at my aunts place in 15 minutes DAMN)..oh w8..no no prereqs yet since I dont have any buildings that give research tiers (thank you..thanks to these lines I remember where I was at ;) ) then Ill move on to prereqs :)

Thanks for setting my thoughts straight!

Any other insight is GREATLY appreciated!

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

um.......jolt cola is detremental to modding when saturation level is reached.......

Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

loooool!