How to decouple Special Projects from research?

[Sesostris]

It really annoys me that the scientist in the science vessel doing a special project is apparently just a glorified secratary for the real scientist back home. Especially when the project requires a certain scientist level, but only for the scientist on the spot and not for the scientist back home who apparently does all the work...

I'd like to remove the link between special projects and normal research. When I look in the special_projects folder, every project has a line like this:
tech_department = society_technology

Is there some sort of 'None' variable you can set here to remove the link? Or even better, is there a top-level rule where you can say that special projects don't pause normal research?

 

[Velorian]

I assume both of them are actively working, it represents the entire home community getting involved I guess. Regardless it doesn't cost you any research points so you get it back from improved speed when you are done.

 

[Gateway103]

Doing anomaly and other special projects do in a way cost you some potential research points, in that the stored points do not gain research speed bonus when consumed.

e.g., say you produce 100 physics per month, have +50% research speed, and you postpone research for 6 months doing anomaly. So you would have 600 points stored by end of 6th month, and you will consume them all in another 6 months. Thus in 1 year's time, you've done:

Total = 6 * (Base + (Base*Speed Bonus) + min(Base,Stored))
Total = 6 * (100 + (100*50%) + 100) = 6 * 250 = 1500 research

However, had you done 12 months of research without doing the anomaly, you would have done
Total = 12 * (Base + (Base*Speed Bonus) + min(Base,Stored))
Total = 12 * (100 + (100*50%)) = 12 * 150 = 1800 research

Thus you "lost" 300 points, which is exactly Stored*Speed Bonus. Since anomaly/debris research time is constant (some special project is not, in particular gene mod), the absolutely point loss becomes higher when your base output increases (because stored = No.Month * Base typically). Whether that loss is acceptable depends on what you expect out of the anomaly/debris/special project.

Just some additional info that may affect modding consideration.

 

[Velorian]

Doing anomaly and other special projects do in a way cost you some potential research points, in that the stored points do not gain research speed bonus when consumed.

e.g., say you produce 100 physics per month, have +50% research speed, and you postpone research for 6 months doing anomaly. So you would have 600 points stored by end of 6th month, and you will consume them all in another 6 months. Thus in 1 year's time, you've done:

Total = 6 * (Base + (Base*Speed Bonus) + min(Base,Stored))
Total = 6 * (100 + (100*50%) + 100) = 6 * 250 = 1500 research

However, had you done 12 months of research without doing the anomaly, you would have done
Total = 12 * (Base + (Base*Speed Bonus) + min(Base,Stored))
Total = 12 * (100 + (100*50%)) = 12 * 150 = 1800 research

Thus you "lost" 300 points, which is exactly Stored*Speed Bonus. Since anomaly/debris research time is constant (some special project is not, in particular gene mod), the absolutely point loss becomes higher when your base output increases (because stored = No.Month * Base typically). Whether that loss is acceptable depends on what you expect out of the anomaly/debris/special project.

Just some additional info that may affect modding consideration.

Hmm, interesting point.

Regardless I'll consider it a realistic sacrifice then.