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Offline humax

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Calculation Research Progress
« on: September 25, 2018, 03:34:30 pm »
How is the calculation Research Progress working?
Example:
I am researching a FLOATER NAVIGATOR.
The following lines are in the savefile:
      - project: STR_FLOATER_NAVIGATOR
        assigned: 1
        spent: 231
        cost: 232

In the game the progress is showing as "bad" even though the next day the research is finished?!
If i assign 10 scientist the progress is showing as "average" and the remaing days are in both times only 1 day.

I hope its clear what i mean.
If the calculation were more accurate, you could use your scientists more focused!

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Re: Calculation Research Progress
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2018, 04:32:43 pm »
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Re: Calculation Research Progress
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2018, 05:20:17 pm »
Ok thanks, i will have a look at this tomorrow.

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Re: Calculation Research Progress
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2018, 05:27:21 pm »
The status shown is more about comparing how many scientists you have assigned to the overall cost than the remaining time, though progress does matter a bit.

Offline The Reaver of Darkness

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Re: Calculation Research Progress
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2018, 01:44:44 pm »
It's telling you how fast it's moving along, not how much time is remaining.

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Re: Calculation Research Progress
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2020, 07:49:40 pm »
Which means that it's really only useful to gauge how much the average research cost is which is useless now that exact average cost is available on Ufopedia. Its good that you cant calculate remaining time from it but would be nice if it could hint to whether you had a good roll or not. (once you get passed unknow progress bit)

If you dont track how many hours youve spent and know the research cost though, you can use it to set a limit for research waste at the cost of possibly  delaying the project.

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Re: Calculation Research Progress
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2020, 12:35:38 am »
Correct.

From my own experience:
Excellent completes in ~1-5 days
Good completes in ~4-12 days
Average completes in ~10-25 days
Poor takes at least a month but could take much longer
I've never seen Bad and I don't know how little research you need to reach that mark, but it seems like it's going to take years (plural) to complete.