[GS] What is a "tech steal interval?"

[localdisk51]

I noticed that the Barbarian Clans mode adds an entry to the GlobalParameters table called Barbarian_Clans_Tech_Steal_Interval_Standard with a value of 20. I assumed it meant that every 20 turns the barbarian player steals a technology from the player. So I changed it to 90 to test this. But the barbarians started gaining new technology somewhere between turn 30 and 40. So I'm at a loss as to what it means and am hoping someone else has a better idea.

The purpose of all this is to create a mod that slows down the barbarians technology advancement.

 

[Ymir9]

Well this is a late reply, but I believe this parameter is in addition to the usual rate at which Barbarians absorb techs from other players in the game. By default, Barbarians automatically get a tech if 50% of players in the game already have it. You can raise this percentage to 100% (I haven’t tried numbers above 100) using the BARBARIAN_TECH_PERCENT parameter in GlobalParameters. This would make it so every player in the game has to have a tech before the Barbarians can have it.