Research Costs Doubled - Bug or Feature?

Are you sure? If you used SDC to update, I believe some people have reported issues with SDC saying it was updating, but not actually doing it.

I had updated to 1.9.2 via the alpha patch then updated to 1.9.5 using Impulse. The app says I am running 1.9.5 on the entry screen.

Go ahead and send the save (zipped) in to [email protected], then. Tech scaling should be the same as in DA as of 1.95.

Thanks. I sent the saves in.

I haven't heard anything on this yet. I suspect any e-mails are being blocked by a spam filter. I resent from a different address.

The problem persists in 1.9.6.

Ulrath, if you're still seeing a cost doubling every so often and your game claims to be 1.96, I suspect you have an installation problem. I've been playing a 1.96 game for 170 turns and have seen the costs rise, but not double like they were doing earlier.

I like the change. Especially with tech trading of, for me it makes the game feel more like it is on a galactic scale. Simply choosing the slowest tech speed was a bit of a blunt instrument for the same goal.

p.s. If Stardock are being the good workplace I suspect them of being, everyone should be off for a well-deserved long weekend.

Uninstalled. Reinstalled. Reloaded save game 1. Finished Kavnium II, research cost of Photonic torpedoes goes from 2771 to 5608.

By all means take the weekend off but I'd be interested in hearing from the devs on this next week.

Try using a clean game from getgo, using a save game from a previous patch level will carry across some values not intended for the later release.

Regards
Zy