[2.0.58] Science multiplier UI field does not follow the internal range

[Svip]

According to the runtime documentations, game.difficulty_settings.technology_price_multiplier has a range of 0.001..1000 (both inclusive). However, in the UI, it is not possible to enter a decimal value, the lowest the field will accept is 1 (entering 1.1 is also not possible).

However, it is possible to enter a value larger than 1000, and the UI will not protest.

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Instead, the game silently sets it to 1000 when you launch the game.

After the game starts, one can use the console to set it to less than 1 (or any option with decimals), but that naturally disables achievements. In other words, there is no way to do a 0.001× run with achievements enabled (though in fairness, they probably shouldn't be on anyway, but it would be nice of the UI field was less opaque).

[Bilka]

In other words, there is no way to do a 0.001× run with achievements enabled.

Indeed, that is the intention behind this feature.

[Rseding91]

Thanks for the report however this is not a bug. The GUI is meant to let you input *some* values that are acceptable for most games. It's not an exhaustive input range.