Technology - how to make countrys start with techs already researched

[cameron]

How do i make countrys start with techs already researched?

What i tried (for each 'country'):

	<attachment name="techAttachment" attachTo="Germany" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.TechAttachment" type="player">
		<option name="science" value="true"/>
	</attachment>

what i got:
Could not parse:file:///C:/Users/fmcs2/triplea/downloadedMaps/steampunk_fmcs/map/games/Steampunk_fmcs.xml, Missing property definition for option 'science' in attachment 'techAttachment' games.strategy.engine.data.gameparser.GameParseException: Missing property definition for option 'science' in attachment 'techAttachment'

Is the problem that the map i'm modding (Steampunk Advanced) uses non-standard techs?

[wc_sumpton]

@cameron

You are only showing a very limited part of the xml, so I am assuming that the <technology> section is incorrect. All techs that are to be used must be listed.

<technology>
   <!-- All techs need to be listed -->
   <technologies>
      ...
      <techname name="science"/>
      ...
   </technologies>
   <playerTech name="Gernamy">
      <category name="German Technology">
         <tech name="science"/>
      </catagory">
   <playerTech/>
</technology>

'science' is not a pre-defined tech, so "techAttachment" will not work, what you'll need to activate 'science' for Germany with a "triggerAttachment".

   <!-- I use an "Always True" condition to insure triggers fire -->
   <attachment name="conditionAttachmentAlwaysTrue"  attachTo="Germany" javaClass="RulesAttachment" type="player">
      <option name="switch" value="true"/>
   </attachment>
   <!-- Now the trigger -->
   <attachment name="triggerAttachmentScienceForGermany" attachTo="Germany" javaClass="TriggerAttachment" type="player">
      <option name="conditions" value="conditionAttachmentAlwaysTrue"/>
      <option name="tech" value="science"/>
      <option name="uses" value="1"/> <!-- only need to happen once -->
      <!-- Here's the tricky part, "when" do you want this tech to happen? -->
      <!-- Choose a step that happen very early, but also insure that it is a step that "happens". -->
      <!-- So don't assign it to "Bid" step as they may not fire if the is no Bid. -->
      <!-- I use combat move, but it could be any step, even another players step. -->
      <option name="when" value="before:GermanyCombatMove"/>
   </attachment/>

Hope this is helpful!

Cheers...

[cameron]

excellent. that worked perfectly (once i corrected the slight typo at the end (that final '/')).
thank you kindly. : )

		<attachment name="conditionAttachmentAlwaysTrue" attachTo="Germany" javaClass="RulesAttachment" type="player">
			<option name="switch" value="true"/>
		</attachment>
		<attachment name="triggerAttachmentScienceForGermany" attachTo="Germany" javaClass="TriggerAttachment" type="player">
			<option name="conditions" value="conditionAttachmentAlwaysTrue"/>
			<option name="tech" value="Science"/>
			<option name="uses" value="1"/>
			<option name="when" value="before:GermanyTech"/>
		</attachment>