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Stop AI Civs trading tech with each other... can we do this?

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Stop AI Civs trading tech with each other... can we do this?

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Reply #51 from Stardock Forums Top
Hi all!

I did a post sort of about it which got lost in the tons of post and noone noticed it.

i'll repost it hoping it will contribute to the discussion and possible mod-fixing

Greetings!!
After some digging i found out in metaversedata/english/techtree.xml all the tech info including cost to research and this aivalue which i guess is how much the ai consider a particular ai 'worth' for an exchange.

Well let just say this aivalue , very differently from other strategy game like civ4, has absolutely no connection to how much research points are needed.

For instance picking someone at random

Some very early tech like
New Propulsion Techniques -> Cost 25 -> AiValue 25
Beam Weapon theory -> 100 -> 10
PlanetaryImprovements -> 100 -> 15
MiniBalls ->75 -> 10

Now let's check out still at random some middlegame tech

Expert Diplomacy -> 500 -> 1
Xeno Business -> 400 -> 3
Cultural Conquest -> 2000 -> 3
Xeno Farm Construction III -> 8000 -> 3
Habitat Improvement -> 1550 -> 15
Terraforming -> 2050 -> NOVALUE (BUG?)
Ultimate Miniaturization -> 8400 -> 5
Kanvium III -> 900 -> 3
Graviton Driver IV -> 2600 -> 8

Now i *HOPE* the true value of a tech for an ai is the real value * aivalue (graviton driver4 = 2600*8 = 20800)
Otherwhise if it's only the aivalue i'm a little disconcerned about this system.

I of course was looking for a way to avoid tech pooling from the ai which, imho , totally spoils the game.

If someone has time and patiance to test this out and possibly mod a way to reduce drastically ai tech trading please let me know ( i don't care if i can't trade either fine with me)

Hope this help understand game mechanics better!
Reply #52 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I think the "no tech trading" game option is a simple answer.
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Reply #53 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I believe it can be attributed to the AI just being more efficient.
Reply #54 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
To me the biggest problem is that all races get the same techs and they end up being a homogenous pool. Making the tech trade harder would be better.