Gain Research Points....doesn't work

[jmschaub]

I get the event "Gain Research Points". Sure I get those research points...sure they are added to my current research. But The progress bar doesn't move. So I see something like this..

Invested 9.00 (Max 9.00)

but the progress bar remains where it was and I don't get the invention till the progress bar makes it way over to the 100% complete spot. So in my case progress bar is at 50% so it'll be a long wait and a waste of research points for poor old brazil.

 

[Waffen9999]

I get the event "Gain Research Points". Sure I get those research points...sure they are added to my current research. But The progress bar doesn't move. So I see something like this..

Invested 9.00 (Max 9.00)

but the progress bar remains where it was and I don't get the invention till the progress bar makes it way over to the 100% complete spot. So in my case progress bar is at 50% so it'll be a long wait and a waste of research points for poor old brazil.

That's how it's supposed to work. It takes a year to learn a tech. Exactly one year, you finish early, you get extra research points, you stockpile those reasearch points and than trade them later on for a tech. That's the way it works.

 

[jmschaub]

i think you've misinterpreted what i wrote.

Step 1:
Event give me 10 research point

Step 2:
Computer puts some of those into current research

Problem:

Although the points get added the progress bar doesn't move. Thus no invention. Normally the progress bar matches the point bar. (i.e. 4.5 out of 9 would be 50%) In this case...before the event hit i had 4.5 already researched. 4.5 is taken from my research points and added to current invention, making it now 9 out of 9...but the progress bar remain the same and still progresses at normal rate. Therfore this event has no effect on my research and it should.

hopefully this is more clear.

 

[EUnderhill]

i think you've misinterpreted what i wrote.

Step 1:
Event give me 10 research point

Step 2:
Computer puts some of those into current research

Problem:

Although the points get added the progress bar doesn't move. Thus no invention. Normally the progress bar matches the point bar. (i.e. 4.5 out of 9 would be 50%) In this case...before the event hit i had 4.5 already researched. 4.5 is taken from my research points and added to current invention, making it now 9 out of 9...but the progress bar remain the same and still progresses at normal rate. Therfore this event has no effect on my research and it should.

hopefully this is more clear.

Yes it is clear, and you still misunderstand how research is done. There is a maximum rate at which RPs committed to a project may be spent to make it progress. This is about 0.83 RP per month, reckoned daily. Nations that generate less than that take over a year to gain a tech under standard conditions. Nations that generate more run an RP surplus which may be traded or saved to advance research when the education budget is cut. Note that by your having fully "funded" your current research through the event you could cut your education spending to zero and still get the tech on the set date.

 

[jmschaub]

removed

 

[jmschaub]

I can't just cut my education budget down to 0 because that will cause illiteracy to spread. This doesn't seem right.

 

[Derek Pullem]

*shug*

Thats how it works - theres a limit on the speed of advances that can be researched. You can increase this by trading your excess points for old techs you didn't bother to research but new techs are constrained.

EU2 did this by making research costs dependent on whether you were in the lead or catching up. Vicky does it by placing a hard limit on the research speed.

Otherwise the players will exploit an unlimited tech tree