Technology (part Two)

First you have to own a laboratory. When you do that you must hire scientist and buy instruments. When you have all of that you can open research window as in the picture bellow:

As you can see I’m researching technology level 2 for Coal mine. And on the right in green is menu, where you choose what will you be researching. After that you can see how many scientist you need (in my case I need 5 of them) and you can also see that this is preliminary research.

There are three research stages in your laboratory:

1. Preliminary research, hypotheses forming

The basic duration of preliminary research stage depends on the current technology level (up to level 8 is about3 weeks, then longer). Even if you increase the number of scientists it won`t speed up the research, usually slows down because of low efficiency of laboratory. In case you’ve bought one or several technologies of last 5 levels, the first stage will be longer (for ½ of duration of first stages of missed technologies). In case you have not investigated previous levels of technology the duration of the first stage will be longer — in proportion to the duration of missed investigations.The number of hypothesis depends on skills level of laboratory manager. Every hypothesis has a possibility of success and duration modifier.

2. Research. Hypothesis processing

During second stage you`ll have to choose one of hypotheses then scientists will perform research with a possibility of success which you already know. In case of failure, you can repeat this research. The possibility of success will be higher by 1%. In other words, each hypothesis can become successful in the end.

Basic duration of hypothesis working out depends on technology level and possibility of success (you`ll need more time if you want to work out more reliable hypothesis). Additional number of scientists will speed up this work. On the contrary, low efficiency of laboratory will slow down this work.

3. Industrial testing

The final third stage of research: testing and industrial trial of invented technology.

Duration of this stage depends on technology level. Additional number of scientists will speed up the research. Technologies of level 5 (and higher) will require a factory attached to the laboratory. Profile and technology level of this factory must correspond to current research. Duration of this research depends on laboratory efficiency, as well as factory efficiency.