On Research Agreements..

[Roddo]

Why is it I cannot form research agreements with my federation companions?
I would rather not help my enemies with that, and since I really want my science faction to give me more influence...

I turnet to the wiki to see if there's a particular need/reason for the option to be completely missing from the comms dialogue but I found nothing so far... I don't recall having this many problems finding a techy partner before, and I'm dubious about it just being a one time bad luck thing in my current run.

 

[sillyrobot]

Its a bug and it was fixed in 2.2.4

"Fixed not being able to form research agreements with fellow Federation members"

 

[Roddo]

Thanks.

 

[SeekingEtermity]

There was something I read (in the 2.2 dev diaries?) that Federations were supposed to automatically involve research agreements between all members. However, that appears to not actually be implemented.

 

[Blurb]

While we're at it, why isn't an overlord allowed to sign a research agreement with his vassals/tributaries/subsidiaries?
Commercial pacts aren't allowed either, both because the receiving party must be independent.