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I noticed an odd phenomenon in a multiplayer IP game: the game repeatedly gave me techs I had skipped. I was playing the Hive, and so skipped Social Psych, Progenitor Psych, and as much of the Centauri tree past Cent Eco as I could, as well as other techs. I got all the useful techs which required them by trading or stealing. However, around the time of Orbital Spaceflight, I started getting those earlier techs for free, without notice. Has anyone else seen this phenomenon?
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No, never seen that
If you had the Planetary Datalinks special project that could explain it but other than that I have no idea--You don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto Luongo -
I deliberately avoided the PDL for that reason, though it does tell you when it grants you techs. I'm certain I didn't research or steal the techs, too."Cutlery confused Stalin"
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No PDL and you weren't playing Data Angels were you?"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy CarterComment
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Sounds like an altered alphax.txt or Hive.txt file has conferred the sharetech or techshare ability on your faction.
Or perhaps you captured the PDL when you weren't paying attention?
The only other thing I can think of is that your game file became corrupted in a fashion similar to the alteration of the .txt files I mentioned above.Comment
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The PDL is safely out of reach. I have a vassal, Santi, but she doesn't have Social Psych, at the least, so I can't explain how I got that. I'm checking on the hive.txt of the host of the MP game."Cutlery confused Stalin"
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He says his hive.txt is normal and says nothing about tech sharing."Cutlery confused Stalin"
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