CCTP Tech Tree Development & Discussion

[FiresForever]

This thread is all about the Tech Tree component of Community Call To Power
**Note: This thread is not about the actual techs**

Tech Tree V3 (Coming Soon)

The techs are divided into three categories per era, these being:

Spoiler :

Ancient: Land, Sea, Spirit
Classical: Number Theory, Alphabet, Artisans
Medieval: Exotic Goods, Medieval University, Empiricism
Renaissance: Homo Universalis, Geocentrism, Alchemy
Industrial: Industrial Revolution, Science, Social Classes
Modern: Electrical Phenomena, Molecules, Aerodynamics
Digital: Digital Revolution, Human Augmentations, Advanced Assembly
Information: New Life, Atom Manipulation, Fringe Science

 

[FiresForever]

Tech Tree V3 Development Info:
Possible tech placements:

Spoiler :

GridX: 0 to ∞
GridY: 1 to 8

Artwork used:

http://www.mediafire.com/?7qru2cgmbfv5vct

 

[FiresForever]

Continuing from the main thread this is the modern era tech page.

 

[chrome-rome]

Everything looks great!! And awesome avatar . Might need to get my own soon...

 

[FiresForever]

Everything looks great!! And awesome avatar . Might need to get my own soon...

Thanks

New Digital Era Tech Page

 

[FiresForever]

...and finally the new Information Tech Page

 

[chrome-rome]

So I guess the next question is how are you with the tech placement?

 

[FiresForever]

So I guess the next question is how are you with the tech placement?

The tech tree now needs to have all the lua code updating for the new pages, then i will try doing the ancient eras to test it all out.

I don't want to be adding "updates" in a new xml file. So maybe it will be best to break all the techs down again into the new categories and have individual xml files. Other option might be to put them into individual sql files intead of xml not sure how useful or time consuming that would be though hmm let me know what u all think.

 

[Gilgamesch]

Just again the pictures are great.
Thanks for all the work.

 

[Horem]

I don't want to be adding "updates" in a new xml file. So maybe it will be best to break all the techs down again into the new categories and have individual xml files. Other option might be to put them into individual sql files intead of xml not sure how useful or time consuming that would be though hmm let me know what u all think.

Do you mean the existing tech xml's? or have you created new ones?

 

[FiresForever]

Do you mean the existing tech xml's? or have you created new ones?

Break down these existing ones MilitaryTech.xml, EconomicsTech.xml, etc into like LandTechs.xml, SeasTechs.xml etc

...or convert it to sql so we have LandTechs.sql, SeaTechs.sql etc

Hope that's a bit clearer

 

[Horem]

Be quicker/easier to do it in sql I think, epsecialy if you have already compiled a list of what techs go where. SQLite ftw.

Edit

Id be quite happy to help if it makes it quicker for you.

 

[FiresForever]

Be quicker/easier to do it in sql I think, epsecialy if you have already compiled a list of what techs go where. SQLite ftw.

Edit

Id be quite happy to help if it makes it quicker for you.

If you want to do a few sample ones from the ancient era, that i can follow, would be helpful . If you want to do all the ancient era ones would be better . I can then rearrange them into the three files and sort out their placement on the pages. I should have the lua coding finished by tomorrow night so whatever you can do between now and then so i can get playin...i mean testing it

 

[Horem]

Well I have the whole table Exported already, well most the tables of CCTP in fact

Are you keep thier ID's or setting new ones? I guess your still using the TechCat you added for them? Also the pre req tech too, and the rest of the tables in the xml's?

 

[FiresForever]

Well I have the whole table Exported already, well most the tables of CCTP in fact

Are you keep thier ID's or setting new ones? I guess your still using the TechCat you added for them? Also the pre req tech too, and the rest of the tables in the xml's?

cool

tech ID Numbers? like <ID>2<ID> they shouldn't be constants apart from the first 0 one.
Yeah still need the techcats I will be changing them to match the new pages.
Will need the prereqs also, likely to change them a lot though, giving a years worth of re balancing work for chrome

 

[FiresForever]

Does anyone actually look at or find the tech legend useful? see screenshot

I am thinking of completely getting rid of it, alternatively it could go into a popup, but is it really worth it? Let me know because atm it has been cut

 

[chrome-rome]

I kind of like the Tech Legend. There are a few times when I forget what the colors mean .

 

[Horem]

I'll get on them after work(in about 10hrs), should have them done by the end of the evening(Ancient ones)

 

[FiresForever]

I'll get on them after work(in about 10hrs), should have them done by the end of the evening(Ancient ones)

Cool, will be eagerly awaiting it!!!

The screenshot is probably the most boring one ever!! But it shows the tech tree which is now fully functional and awaiting the techs to be placed within it.

I am now so glad that i wasn't lazy when fixing the tech tree for G&K and decided to rewrite it, which at the time i was thinking "why am i doing all this?", well now i know as it has saved me many days of work

 

[Horem]

I have got the SQL's. Split the techs up into Eras. PreReq techs I have not, was not sure if you wanted these by era?