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I would not reinvent the wheel but you may be more comfortable with this if you do.
I would not call this a "discovery" as much as an obvious little surprise gift that was instantly apparent with the v1.29 patch.
Here is a link to the discusion thread where the formula is calculated and discussed in some detail:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29485
there is also a utility program that calculates the costs for v1.29 and it can be found at:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38631
I believe that the formula for tech cost will be the same for your v1.21g version except that the "CF" factor in the denominator is always fixed at 10. The counter factor to these human research costs is that in v1.29 the AI research cost factor is always fixed at 10 while in your v1.21g version the AI research cost rate is directly related to the AI cost factor which on deity is 60% of the the regular cost.
I should be carefule to emphasize that all of these cost discussions in this thread should be phrased in a past tense for all Civ3 or PTW players on the PC versions of the software. While we are working to meet your personal needs as you come out of the darkness these discussions could create confusion for other people if we do not remain sensitive to the fact that almost none of the other players outside of the Civ3Mac forum will be facing similar cost issues as you currently encounter.
I would not reinvent the wheel but you may be more comfortable with this if you do.
I would not call this a "discovery" as much as an obvious little surprise gift that was instantly apparent with the v1.29 patch.
Here is a link to the discusion thread where the formula is calculated and discussed in some detail:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29485
there is also a utility program that calculates the costs for v1.29 and it can be found at:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38631
I believe that the formula for tech cost will be the same for your v1.21g version except that the "CF" factor in the denominator is always fixed at 10. The counter factor to these human research costs is that in v1.29 the AI research cost factor is always fixed at 10 while in your v1.21g version the AI research cost rate is directly related to the AI cost factor which on deity is 60% of the the regular cost.
I should be carefule to emphasize that all of these cost discussions in this thread should be phrased in a past tense for all Civ3 or PTW players on the PC versions of the software. While we are working to meet your personal needs as you come out of the darkness these discussions could create confusion for other people if we do not remain sensitive to the fact that almost none of the other players outside of the Civ3Mac forum will be facing similar cost issues as you currently encounter.