Posted by: Charlie Beeler
« on: May 26, 2014, 04:32:35 PM »The only reason I see needing the password is to lookup tech in the db. All the algorithms and such are in Steve's code. Any formula posted without Steve's name or confirmation from him might be off.I will say this, the formula I use in my spreadsheet are either ones directly from Steve's posts or ones I've confirmed with him.
Using the database tech table made the most sense since it is a single point reference for the data. Also just using the tech discription is something not enough since it doesn't always have the relevent values. More importantly, the tech dependencies are not always obvious. This is especially true in the cases where a new tech requires more than pre-researched tech.