Capitalism 2 and Capitalism Lab Forum

Purchased technology is not transferred to R&D Center.

(Capitalism Lab Post Release 6.2.02 Beta)

Steps to reproduce:

1. To build R&D center, set up several Tech RD.
2. To hire personal and start R&D (for example, original tech – 0, target – 70, time – 10 years)
3. As CEO from Headquarters - to buy the same Technology (level 30) from other company.

What actually happened?

The technology was bought, but in R&D nothing changed (original tech – 0, target – 70, time – 10 years)

What was expected?

I expected that original Tech will become 30 and research time will decrease.

To my understanding, this is not a bug. The R&D project was started based on the original R&D value and it continued with that, until you manually terminate the R&D project and start a new one. The same rule applies to the case where you have 2 R&D projects researching the same product. When one is completed, advancing the tech level, it won't affect the other R&D project that is still in progress. So this rule is consistent throughout the game.

One could exploit that by hiring a CTO right before the research is completed, then getting the boost in tech progress the next day, without paying a 5-10 year CTO´s salary.
But agree there should be a tool to manage R&D firms more easily.

Maybe one option would be to have a button in the HQ CTO department, to re-start all projects, keeping the chosen time and product. That way if you happen to hire a good CTO you can save many unnecessary clicks.