Technology
How to research and progress!
Unlocking Technology
To get started you will need to obtain a Research Lab from a Crude Assembler. Once you have a research lab you can place it and make sure its in an area with power! Then you can open it like any other device and click the device information icon in the middle of the UI to open the research menu! You can also open this menu at anytime by using /mt research or by using /mt and clicking the research icon in the main menu.
All research labs share the same technology. So if you want to research something selecting it in that menu makes it apply to all of your research labs. All Technology requires science packs to unlock. You don't have access to all of the science packs right away. You have to unlock them via researching them. Some technology requires other technology's to be unlocked first.
Some servers may disable technology.
How it works
Select a technology to start researching, lets say its one that takes red science (Automation Science Packs) and green science (Logistic Science Packs). In order for a research lab to begin researching it will need at least 1 red science and 1 green science pack in it. It will then start increasing its research and once it hits 100% progress it will consume 1 of each. Then the progress towards unlocking the technology will increase. Once the technology progress hits 100% the tech is unlocked!
Technology Sharing
If your playing on a server with Technology Progression Sharing on, then when you progress a tech or unlock a technology, anyone you are /mt sharing with will also be given that progression or tech. It's entirely possible to unlock a technology before someone else even if your sharing, as if you started sharing half way through the technology they are not gifted your current progression. This is disabled by default for most servers, this is probably ideal for a private server with friends versus a public server, as users can easily exploit the technology progression with this.
Tech Cards
Some servers may use tech cards to unlock technologies or even use it as a reward for vote crates, economy shops and events. If you get one of these, just right click with it almost like blocking with a shield, and that will unlock that given technology for you! Admins you can obtain theses by viewing the research tree and simply shift right clicking the technology. This will give you the tech card for that technology.
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