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For the mod that I am developing I want to unlock a technology on killing a certain enemy. Unfortunately there is no "on entity destroyed" trigger but I managed to implement this via scripting. However every technology requires either a trigger unlock or a cost, and both of them does not quite convey the essence of the trigger;


Now the road towards unlocking a technology might be different for other mods so implementing specific research triggers would not be efficient for you devs, so maybe it is a good idea to have a custom TechnologyTriggere, which might look like: Where the LocalisedString would replace the "Mine [Entity: X]" part.

Optionally it would be nice to have a script unlock trigger, e.g.; Why this would be nice: In editor mode I mined oil before unlocking the technology, removed the oil pump, then research_recursive until oil-gathering. What happened is that oil-processing was also researched, which leads me to believe that the game retains a memory of the trigger unlocks. By calling this function we would set the in-game "memory" of the trigger so that it is automatically unlocked if the trigger occurred before the prerequisites have been met.

I think modder can just manually implement their research trigger, all they need actually just a localization key for them to display any requirement they want :/

ImpossibleTechnologyTrigger Loaded when the type is "impossible ".
type :: "impossible"
trigger_description (*optional) :: LocalisedString

Duplicate of viewtopic.php?t=130498

curiosity wrote: Sat Sep 20, 2025 7:21 am Duplicate of viewtopic.php?t=130498

..that's this exact thread

Subject314159 wrote: Sat Sep 20, 2025 5:21 pm

curiosity wrote: Sat Sep 20, 2025 7:21 am Duplicate of viewtopic.php?t=130498

..that's this exact thread

I merged the threads.

Subject314159 wrote: Sat Sep 20, 2025 5:21 pm ..that's this exact thread

You can tell from the post titles that another thread has been merged into this one.

+1 for just a few different built-in tech trigger types

+1 this would really fill a gap, like for space exploration's hidden unofficial quality mod compatibility i used the "capture" type set to a non-spawner building entity (weird that it's even allowed) just because it thematically it would make sense, but it would be nice if there was a "nothing" research trigger that mods can just completely control.

+1, NothingModifiers already exist for the same concept (fake thing that lets you add custom effects)