Tech Trading - newbie question

[Ed Kolis]

Originally posted by Arkcon:
Is it just me, or is there a difference in trading and analyzing? Analyzing gives you tech without giving you the prerequiste. Trading tech without the prerequiste gives you the message "Our scientists can't understand it, sire" and no tech

I didn't think analyzing would give you tech unless you already had the prerequisite...

is there any way to make it so you can get Racial techs with out having selecting it by modding the game somehow?

Someone (I think Suicide Junkie) came up with a way for racial techs to be traded to players who don't have the appropriate trait - I don't remember exactly how it works but I think it involves adding a second, dummy prerequisite that is researchable so the game doesn't think it's a racial tech or something...