Datalinks upgrade

[ete]

hm, I'd be okay with cached. But we could use studied (from network node desc), or maybe better "linked" (ingame text says do you want to link to network node/universal translator). So.. "Can be linked to any number of Alien Artifacts." ?

and ninja'd. Let's go with linked then. Remember to leave an edit reason when changing these pages, it's our changelog now

[Earthmichael]

One thing I would love to see improved about the datalinks is that for the technologies, the datalinks do not give all of the information that you get if you actually discover the tech, such as limitations lifted and other special stuff.

I wonder if the dialogs that you get when you actually research the technology are stored in one of the files?  If so, perhaps the description can be lifted and put into the datalinks for that tech.

[Guv’ner]

wonder if the dialogs that you get when you actually research the technology are stored in one of the files?  If so, perhaps the description can be lifted and put into the datalinks for that tech.

That can be done though it reminds me that I forgot to include explanations of each text file in my general update to the text files. I should probably complete that before venturing further into the wiki and the update to the help files.

[ete]

I believe the tech discovered screen draws a great deal of its information from the alphax.txt entry on that tech. We could definitely add that to the datalinks, it would go well with the general upload tech info to the wiki plan since turning the string of flags into something human readable needs to happen for both. Some extra formatting, but it should be possible to largely automate it/do it with find/replaces.

[Guv’ner]

I believe the tech discovered screen draws a great deal of its information from the alphax.txt entry on that tech. We could definitely add that to the datalinks, it would go well with the general upload tech info to the wiki plan since turning the string of flags into something human readable needs to happen for both. Some extra formatting, but it should be possible to largely automate it/do it with find/replaces.

As I’ve gone through the files, I’ve realized how embarassingly sparse is my knowledge on how some of them function.

When I’m done I’ll send you the list to check over.

[ete]

Post it up on the wiki! Let's have documentation we can all expand upon. Maybe http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Datalinks_syntax is a good base, could be moved to Help files syntax if you've got a load of stuff specific to other files?