Talk:Technology Update

2017-12-09T21:28:14Z

James: Created page with "--~~~~ Mortius was confused whether item quality would round up if, for example, building Q was 255, and input item Q was 254. Haxus confirmed that in these situations, numbe..."

--[[User:James|James]] ([[User talk:James|talk]]) 14:28, 9 December 2017 (MST)
Mortius was confused whether item quality would round up if, for example, building Q was 255, and input item Q was 254. Haxus confirmed that in these situations, numbers round up. I've included this in the relevant code, but It's not a very elegant place to put it. Either way, I think it should be included on the page. https://i.imgur.com/vnFa7uU.png

Technology Update

2017-12-09T21:23:41Z

James:

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{{HistoricalEvent
|Name = Technology Update
|Picture = C_TechLevel.png
|Date = 2017-09-25
|DateEnd = Unknown
}}
The [[technology]] system in the game had for a long time been waiting for an overhaul. The common consensus had slowly turned recommend plain removal of the TL value from everything[http://hazeron.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8374] and replace the whole technology mechanic with something new.

On 2017-09-25 [[Haxus]] released the patch notes for an update that could remove the "TL" as hoped[http://hazeron.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=9231]. The patch notes included a few questions about a few values and how to transition from the old system to the new.

However in many cases the proposed new system might have many of the same issues the old system had.

===TL System===
The TL system was as follows:
* Each building had a tech level from 1 to 32.
* Research had a 1% chance to make a breakthrough.
* Producing commodities of a TL required a minimum quality of all materials.
* When a building had a specific tech levels new advanced manufacturing processes were unlocked.

The TL system had a few major flaws:
* On/off switch. You either had TL32 (the maximum) or you didn't have it.
* Scaling. A TL32 spacecraft was 2.55 times stronger than a TL1 spacecraft of the same size without any added cost.
* Instant tech upgrade. A new city could be upgraded to TL32 with no effort if there was access to tech disks.
* Impossible to lose. Simply saving some tech disks in your sea-chest and no one could ever make you lose it.
* Redundant. The TL system was on top of the quality system, both following the same scale.

===QL System and Patents===
The QL system changed the 32 tech levels to simply use the 255 quality levels instead.
* All buildings have a quality, starting at 1 and going to 255.
* Buildings automatically increase their quality slowly, taking 1000*buildingQ seconds to increase from each level to the next.<br><code>timeToNextQL = currentQL * 1000 seconds</code>
** Reaching quality level 255 will take 375 days.<br><code>time to Q = 1000 * ( currentQ + desiredQ - 1) * ( desiredQ - currentQ ) / 2</code>
* Each building has a slight chance to create a tech disk at each city report cycle if paper or blank disks are available.
** Mass media building creates extra tech disks, allowing for easier spreading of current tech.
* Tech disks are used from a city's inventory at every city report cycle, instantly upgrading buildings to the quality of the tech disk.
* Manufacturing processes of buildings have the quality of their output production affected by the quality of the building.<br><code>( buildingQ + oldQ ) / 2 = newQ , rounded up</code><br>

Along with the QL system is the patents.
* Almost all manufacturing processes now require a patent.
* The quality of the patent limits the quality of the manufacturing process's output. Having a Q50 patent will cause all production with it to be Q50 or lower.
* Each city has their own list of patents, patents are not automatically shared between cities.
* Patents can be exported into an item and then imported into another city.

==Changes==
* [[Quality]]
* [[Technology]]
* [[Building Technology]]
* [[Spacecraft Technology]]
* Added [[Patent]]
* Added [[Mass Media]]

===Links===
* [http://hazeron.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=9231 2017-09-25 Tech Level Nerf]
* [http://hazeron.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=9234 2017-09-29 Tech Wipe]
* [http://hazeron.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=9242 2017-10-02 Money Q and Bug Fixes]
* [http://hazeron.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=9244 2017-10-02 Berth Q, Patent Names, Online/AFK Indicator]
* [http://hazeron.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=9251 2017-10-05 Quality Effect]

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