The Research Tree: A complete list

a large-scale project using the collaborative tools of mindmeister

Published on January 25, 2010 By Fokxnim In Sins of a Solar Empire

So I've always wanted a list of all the available research and the descriptions of each research, but I never found the time. Then when I really wanted to get into it, the sheer amount of info I would have to copy down on paper and type into a document later completely discouraged me. Then, today, I had a great idea. The Sins community, as a whole, could use mindmeister to easily create a full list of all available research for each race in Sins, complete with descriptions! For those of you who don't know, mindmeister is an online mind mapping collaboration tool that allows people to edit a mind map in real time. Its true purpose is for brainstorming, but I feel like it would be perfect for the task at hand. This way, people can copy information from the research trees in-game and slowly bring together a massive, complete list WITH descriptions of each technology out there, and we can even update it once diplomacy comes out.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED in helping me out in this project, all you need to do is somehow send me an email that I can use to share the mind map with you. You can either put it in a comment on this post or send it to me in a private message if you do not desire everyone to know your email. I will not keep the addresses beyond putting them into the "share map!" feature on mindmeister. For now email is the only way I can share this map, and I don't think they allow any other way. For people who don't want to give me their email, create a new email account from anywhere and send me that one, even if you only use it for this. All the email is for is to allow you to edit my mind map. I believe it is also necessary for you to have a mindmeister account, but that is no problem. Simply go to www.mindmeister.com and create a free account.

Please help me finish a complete list of all research in Sins! I feel like many people would appreciate a list like this. To communicate with me, just send me a private message or email me at CIsinners@gmail.com (see, i made up an email just for this too!)

How to use Mindmeister:

Click here to view a 3 minute tutorial of mindmeister, made by the mindmeister team, so you know its legit . this should help you understand how to work a mind map easier than all of my pictures did.

*project canceled*

Comments (Page 1)

Fokxnim

on Jan 25, 2010

So if anyone could tell me how to embed something, let me know. I have the necessary code and all, I just don't know how/where to put that code in.

InfiniteVoid

on Jan 25, 2010

I've never tried embedding something myself, but on the Quick Reply, immediately to the left of the smiley icon, there is an icon with lines surrounded by two brace brackets. It looks like it allows you to insert a code block in several different languages.

Fokxnim

on Jan 25, 2010

yeah i saw that, but im what one would not not a code person at all. Any idea which one I would use? I'll start guess and checking later tonight

Fokxnim

on Jan 26, 2010

PLEASE help me out with this! This kind of thing could and WILL take months if I have to do it myself. It could take only weeks if only a couple people helped. Be those people!

myfist0

on Jan 26, 2010

Help Contribute here https://www.sinsofasolarempire.wikia.com/wiki/Research_Trees

Fokxnim

on Jan 26, 2010

I was thinking of something less technical and more simplistic in its appearence, hence the mind map from mindmeister, but ill add what I can to that wiki.

Fokxnim

on Jan 28, 2010

the photos weren't showing the full mind map, so I got rid of them. I've begun work on the Vasari, however. It's never too late to sign onboard!

myfist0

on Jan 28, 2010

what do u need?

Fokxnim

on Jan 28, 2010

I have all of tiers 1-3 from the prototype section of warfare from the vasari. so i need everything else, plus TEC and advent. i am looking for name, # of level, (ex: assailant prototype has only one level, so its 1/1), the cost of that particular research, its tier #, what race, section, and subsection that research is from (ex: assailant prototype is from tier 1 of prototypes under warfare from the vasari), and the description of that research that is listed when u move ur mouse over it (ex: Assailant Prototype's thing is "grants access to combat frigates heavily armored with long range torpedoes).

Kinda a lot of stuff, but its all there so it goes pretty fast. I went through those three tiers in maybe 10 minutes.

If you send me an email address, I can share the mind map with you and you can add the info yourself. It's very easy.

myfist0

on Jan 28, 2010

sent you (C.I.) a private message with my email

Fokxnim

on Feb 03, 2010

I've added a picture tutorial for how to work Mindmeister. Several of the pictures are hard to read, just click on them and you'll be able to see them easily. So far I was one hardy worker helping me! Come on, join up join up join up!

Fokxnim

on Feb 15, 2010

I changed the tutorial that I put up for mindmeister. Now I provided a link to the actual tutorial video made by the mindmeister team. This should make things easier!

myfist0

on Feb 16, 2010

Ok I got the hang of it.

Sry bin busy learning modelling. The SoaSE wiki does need work so Im going to post a link to your mind map and the mind map to the wiki.

Fokxnim

on Feb 16, 2010

Yeah I "wunder geared" a link to the main title bubble, and it linked to your wiki. Also, are you taking screenshots of the research tree in-game and cropping individual pictures for the ones u added to the mind map? Or are you getting them from somewhere? Cause if you're getting them from somewhere, and it has Advent and Vasari stuff too, that would really help me out haha.

myfist0

on Feb 16, 2010

Im linking all the pics to wiki (lots there) and ones not I will screenshot (PNGs) like the menu buttons i did. All images I make will be uploaded to the wik,i then use the image direct link for in the mindmap. eg.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/sinsofasolarempire/images/d/d3/SoaSE-ResearchArtifactst.png

If you like I can work on the artwork and you on content.

Maybe save the red font for the Entrenchment tree and green for tthe Diplomacy tree. Just a thought.

Also tryng a little different layout to try and preserve the look of the in game screen. Let me know what u think.

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