I saw this as well-the actual cost doesn't change, but there's a (hidden) ingame modifier to them.  Sneaky, I know.    It's about a 50% difference, on a tech-by-tech basis, but I didn't do any research into how it impacts tech inflation, which based on Brad's comments about it, I would assume that has been changed as well.

Also, it's not just weapons techs, it's defense techs too (checked), and possibly even hull techs as well (not checked).

I've been using 1.7.0 for some time and just realized that there were a few things it was missing, so I came here to ask for new features...which I am pleasantly surprised to find are in the current version (1.7.4); namely maintenance and tech untradeability/unstealability.

Thank you again very much for your work in updating and adding to this very handy little program.

I can take a look at it. It seems that it is indeed quite doable to allow you to search for techs/improvements etc that have a sortable property. But it would also be rather pointless, since if I make the property sortable, well, you can simply use the alphabetic tech list and simply sort for what you want. After all, that is what the sort is for, and it works fine for planetary improvements.

The thing is, the tech list is not sortable for any such bonuses at the moment, due to the nature of the way those abilities are stored internally. If you think making the technology list sortable is an adequate solution for what you need, I should be able to find a way to make those ability bonuses sortable.

I've uploaded a new version of galactopedia, that allows sorting the tech list by ability bonuses. That should allow you to easily find any techs that boost creativity and such.

Gotta love that interface between coders and code users. You gave me what I wanted in a veritable heartbeat, but it took me a good while to actually *read* what you'd said and stop trying to see something different in the Find dialog.

For any other non-coders who are interested in this new functionality, it's accessible via the Alphabetic List option and the Sort List By drop-down.

Thanks a bunch, Netriak!

I remember you asking about something like that, and I can find a mention about it on page two of this thread, but that does not give me a clear picture of what it is you actually want. I remember something about some mock up picture you made, but I am unable to find it.

If you can give me a good description of what this 'race compare feature' entails, and why it would be useful, I will take a look at the feasability of implementing something like that.

Okay, let's see:

Such a dual display would require pretty major rewrites to implement. And it does not seem THAT more practical than running two instances of galactopedia at once.

And the numeric tags? There are no such tags in the tech tree xml that I can see... What use does such a number even have then?

The visualization of the tech tree looks nifty, but I can get a pretty good idea of the position of a tech from the tech tree display itself. In fact, due to tech names being displayed there, I think it would give me an even better idea than that visualization you have there. If I look at your GTeChno picture there, I do not get a pretty good overview of the tech tree. And didn't I-mod release a tech tree viewer recently?

The races display idea, I think that can in fact be both useful and feasable. I think there would have to be two new buttons, core races from the data files, and modified/custom races from the user directories.

While we're dreaming, why not put in a readout on the AI values and th willingness to trade, as well as the creativity ability tag.

Hello, Everyone

Glad to be here. I have recently installed twilight of the arnor endless universe and it crashes before or shortly after the first save point. This is very frustrating since I have grown to love the Galactic Civilization series. I have already beat 1 and 2, now I am trying to give [TA- Endless Universe] a try.

My system build is: Intel 2160 dual core, 2mb cache/2gb kingston 667mghz single stick memory/ATI radeon 2600hd PCI-express hdmi+vga out/500gb Maxtor hdd/550 watt Logisys power supply/Gigabyte S-Series GA-P35-DS3L Motherboard.

This build although old, still has plenty enough power to run this these games with no problems. Believe it or not, I can even run games like [Fire Emblem] in max 1080p resolution on my 32in Vizio Java Lcd. So whats the deal with twilight of the arnor and Dark Avatar. Why do they keep crashing.

I do have norton 360 90-day trial and threatfire runing in the backround, could that be it. On the other hand I have had these programs running in the backround before and never had a crash/system reboot. I already have had compatibility issues with vista 32bit and 64bit, so I switched back to XP Pro 32bit and it is crashing as I described above.

Wow this looks neat, been away a while playing Sins of a Solar Empire (yes Im a sinner ) but kinda thinking of coming back. This Galactopedia looks like a great place to start.

Sure, ask ahead.

Good point

Thank you very much, Netriak. I have downloaded the sources successfully. And thank you for the hint about racial trees: in this case cross-racial comparison could be tricky indeed.

As I understand to compile it I need MS Visual Studio Express Edition for C#, don't I?