A well-established alternative is Research Reinvented: Stepping Stones

@Marty in the multyvers
Updating it would change literally one number lmao. It should work fine since it doesn't have any C# code. If i can be bothered i'll go change that number from 1.4 to 1.4 and 1.5.

1.5?

im so cultured I can build a m4 abrams in my wooden house with my no clothes and no weapons

Damn, wish I started my game with this as it was so annoying being unable to build the research desk, which I'm not finding the speed isn't too good on it anyway...

@Chaos234 its Vanilla Faction Expanded: Tribals

@Ferret With A Cat Hat

What is VFE:T? I can't find any mod named this :confused:

Like this one so far, we'll see how well it works down the line. Thanks!

oooh that makes sense... Thanks!

This may fix a lot of crap indeed

@Bunuffin

So RR:SS was made before VFE:T It has a different progression early game and also changes industrial a bit.
VFE:T also has a similar early game progression change, but has a unique feature where standard research just doesn't exist so a special ritual must be done instead.
This mod, an addon to VFE:T, simply makes every research project be either directly or indirectly dependant on the final project from VFE:T, to patch up any empty holes and any cases for if a player gets a research bench too early on.

i'm stupid and don't understand the difference between this mod and research reinvented stepping stones... Anyone want's to clarify?

aah, ok that doesnt make it less cool tho

@crackajack there is literally one patch

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Patch>
<Operation Class="PatchOperationAdd"> <!-- Add culture as prerequisites -->
<xpath>Defs/ResearchProjectDef[not(prerequisites) and not(defName="VFET_Fire")]</xpath>
<value>
<prerequisites><li>VFET_Culture</li></prerequisites>
</value>
</Operation>
</Patch>
```

Translation: Checks every project that has no prerequisites and is not fire, adds the prerequisite.

This patch (with your current modlist) ran 36 times.

@Crackajack

You can do it with two Patches. First, check if X has Research Prerequisites. If it doesn't, add that bracket to X with the "NOMATCH" command. Then, add the VFE Tribal Mod's Culture research to that.

It would flood the Culture Research Project Def with every Research Project Def loaded in the game, but it would completely do its job. If there is a given Research Project Def that shouldn't need the Culture, but would rather have, say, the Fire, use "PATCHOPERATIONREPLACE" and do that.

i checked, 36 patches xD "simple" huh?

@TurtleShroom got that fixed, thanks

u sure it was simple, tho?

It's a darn shame that Oskar was too lazy to get this implemented. It's so simple, and so obvious!

(You also forgot to set the Vanilla Factions Expanded Tribal Mod as a Dependency listed in the Workshop Mod's side bar.)

was wondering what Ferret's Culture was for a min lol

Based and ferret-pilled

<3

W mod

great mod thank you