(HELP) modding research

changing the research screen

Hello,

does anyone know :
1. to create a new research field beside the 4 standard fields (combat,noncombat,fleet,artifact)
2. make more than 3 blocks of subcategories of research working in the game ?
i made following entries to a player entity, the game loaded but only the top 3 entries were shown with the right dimensions in the research screen :

    NonCombat
        blockCount 6
        block
            area [50, 70, 690, 100]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat0Tech"
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat0Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat0Tech"
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"
        block
            area [50, 180, 690, 100]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat1Tech"
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat1Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat1Tech"
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"
        block
            area [50, 290, 690, 100]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat2Tech"
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat2Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat2Tech"
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"
        block
            area [50, 400, 690, 100]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat0Tech"
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat0Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat0Tech"
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"
        block
            area [50, 510, 690, 50]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat1Tech"
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat1Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat1Tech"
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"
        block
            area [50, 570, 690, 100]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat2Tech"
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat2Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat2Tech"
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"

thanks for any help !

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1. Not sure, but I have heard from another that after trying he came to the conclusion it can't be done, at least not with the current Mod tools.
2. I can say first hand, that this can't be done without the Final Tools, as I tried to do this, and after hours of making 200% sure everything was right, it still didn't show up. I ended up making one of the blocks bigger and adding a new line, which you can see in Sins Plus.

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thx uzii for the quick answer !

i just wanted to make some visible differences between some research fields like ecology to get more various colonizing techs and popcap increases for that infamous planet mod

and lots of other techs

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