Adding another technology tier

[MightyMonte88]

Hey i'm in the process of adding a 6th tier with a 5th tier for industry , and just wanted to make sure this won't conflict with the upcoming A29 update?

[ai_enabled]

Hello!

We're not planning to add Tier 6 anytime soon as we still yet to fill Tier 5 with all the planned content.

Currently Tier 6 is not defined in the game source files. If you're going to add a new tier you will need to override at least two files that are defining tiers:

Core.cpk\Scripts\Technologies\Base\TechTier.cs
Core.cpk\UI\Controls\Game\Technologies\Data\ViewModelTechTier.cs (method GetTierLetterOnly)

I would not suggest doing this before you've got a basic understanding of C# and how the file override works with our mod system.

Regards!

[ai_enabled]

I've checked and there is another file that would require editing to add an extra tier:
Core.cpk\Scripts\Technologies\Base\TechConstants.cs
Adjust MaxTier constant and search for "tier 5" without quotes, there are missing entries for tier 6.
That's all but that's quite complicated for a newbie modder...

Regards!

[MightyMonte88]

Again thank you so much for your time and the info, big help. I'm by no means a newbie coder, however the only language i have experience in is a forum of C# i believe, it's known as DM, the language for a compiler known as byond. So there is still a huge learning curve for me, i'm knee deep in attempting the edits to techconstants now so wish me luck haha

[MightyMonte88]

Ok until i've got a better understanding over the override system, i'm going to just add nodes as other modders have done, ViewModelTechTier.cs is where i hit a roadblock in my attempt to add a 6th tier