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- * <F4><C3> Research (F4)
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- + Using the research screen, you are able to develop new technologies. There are
- - three main areas: <C5>buildings, spaceships <C1>and <C5>tanks.<C1> There is also a
- - fourth area, which covers special inventions which relate to the storyline during
- - campaign games.
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- + In order to research inventions, you need to build research centres
- - on your colonies. Each of the three main research areas has a specific
- - research centre dedicated to it. Special inventions require a
- - combination of all three research areas.
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- + Inventions are divided into the following sub-groups:
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- * Tanks: - Tanks
- * - Tank turrets
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- + Spaceships:- Spaceships
- * - Radars
- * - Weapons
- * - Shields and engines
- * - Bombs and space bases
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- + Buildings: - Civilian buildings
- * - Military buildings
- * - Research buildings
- * - Powerplants and extras
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- + Special inventions
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- + <F3><C5> Starting research <F2><C1>
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- + By selecting an invention group using one of the icons at the bottom
- - of the screen, the available inventions in that group will appear.
- - You can select inventions by their names, which are listed in the windows
- - in the top corners of the screen. Inventions displayed by white text shows
- - researched inventions, light grey shows items that can be researched and
- - dark grey shows those that cannot yet be researched. In the middle of the
- - screen is a large sphere with images of inventions on it. Solid, textured
- - inventions are those that have been researched and wireframe inventions
- - are still to be researched. Clicking an image, or the name in the top corners
- - of the screen selects that invention for research.
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- + You are only able research an invention if you have attained the required
- - technical level. For example, if you want to research a particular
- - spaceship you need to reach a certain level in ship research. The
- - technical level required to research an invention is displayed on the
- - left side of the screen and your current technical level is displayed
- - on the right side of the screen. The number on the right must be at
- - least equal to the number on the left before you can research this
- - invention. You can increase your technical level by building more
- - research centres.
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- + Left clicking on an on an invention to select it will display a
- - description of it in the window at the top of the screen. In the last
- - line of the description tells you if any other inventions must be
- - researched before the selected one. If you fulfil all the conditions
- - (technical level and other required inventions) you can start the research
- - process by left clicking the start button at the top of the screen. The
- - cost of the invention is displayed to left of the screen and is continuously
- - deducted from your credits during the course of the research process.
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- + You are only able research an invention if you have attained the required
- - technical level. For example, if you want to research a particular
- - spaceship you need to reach a certain level in ship research. The
- - technical level required to research an invention is displayed on the
- - left side of the screen and your current technical level is displayed
- - on the right side of the screen. The number on the right must be at
- - least equal to the number on the left before you can research this
- - invention. You can increase your technical level by building more
- - research centres.
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- + <SUBTOPIC>
- + <F3><C5> Technical levels <F2><C1>
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- + If your technical level is greater than the required minimum for the
- - invention, the research time will be reduced. The research time can
- - also be shorted by left clicking the double money icon at the top of the
- - screen, which will half the research time.
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- + After research has started you can monitor the progress at the bottom of
- - the two windows at the left and right of the screen. The remaining cost of
- - development is shown in the left window, and the time remaining (in days) is
- - shown in the right window.
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- + You are also able to start research by left clicking and holding the
- - mouse over the fast research icon, on the toolbar, to the left of the
- - screen select icon. The fast research drop down menu will appear.
- - Inventions listed in yellow text are items that are available for reseach and
- - items listed in grey text are non researchable inventions. Release the mouse
- - button over the desired invention to start the research process.
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