I can't really say I like the futuristic part of the tech tree, but I don't have time to come with a replacement, due to life and the cell prototype. We can fix it anytime later, though.

Also, some of the researches in the list seem to be mixed up with researches that should be available way earlier.

I apologize if this is already included in the research web, but im on a mobile device so i cant view it, and i wont be on a computer for a while. I wouldve provided the link to the thread i said this on, but im not allowed, so ill just quote myself.

"Apologies for going off tangent, but I just got an idea for the tech tree, and I didn't want to start a whole new thread for it. Will there be a minimap in the game? If there is, we should have techs that correspond with improving the minimap, with the first of the techs enabling the minimap in the first place. I Was thinking a tech like tracking, such as what hunters use to track game. Through the process of hunting, hunters must have learned and even mentally mapped out the landscape and taught it to their apprentices. This tech, tracking, would thus enable a minimap (before this there would be no minimap), but it would be a very simple minimap, only showing land and water formations. there would be no dots on the minimap showing where you our your units are, you will have to your location in relation to nearby land and water for ation to estimate where you are.

The next tech in line would be cartography, which would be the equivalent of your society starting to study the land and make maps of it, such as Ptolemy's map of the world. This would add the option to open up the minimap and place landmarks and name them. That way you are literally mapping out the land as you explore, since it doesnt automatically update onto your minimap, you actually have to observe it in the game, observe where it is in relation to nearby landmarks, and then estimate as you place it on the map. Then, as I mentioned before, you name it, and the name shows up on the minimap (an idea i got from civilization 4). However, you and your units still do not show up on the minimap, you will have to use the landmarks you placed on the map as reference points to estimate your position.

The last tech would be GPS. GPS would enable your map to automatically update as you explore. For example, when you encounter a mountain, you dont have to place it manually on your map, the GPS automatically places it in the correct position. This is the equivalent of the regular minimap found in most games. Another huge advantage of GPS would be that there will be dots showing the precise location of you and/or your units.

I havent thought of how to extrapolate this into the futuristic phases of the game, but I was thinking there would be some tech such as Interstellar/Galactic/Stellar Cartography/Mapping that would be necessary for enabling a minimap in space."

Could you implement this?

Thanks Alaska. and also, if you can, please try to include the fact that you only show up as dots on the minimap once you have GPS. thats how maps have worked for all of history. This way the player must learn to use relative location to navigate themself before global positioning.

Also, i would like to ask, does anyone else have a problem downloading the research web pdf in the OP? I click download and the page just refreshes, nothing more.