Late mid game technology theft (sharing?) Gal Civ 4

All my tech was suddenly given to every opponent race in late mid game

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I was playing a created race of my own that was tech research focused. In the later stages of the game, I was vastly outstripping all opponents in tech when suddenly every race had every tech that I had! No event, no warning, i Just went to the trading screen and every opponent had every tech that I have AND they had some techs that I hadn't researched yet. As soon as I got a new tech (next turn), I could trade that tech with the opponents, but they had all my tech (simultaneously) in one turn. This is a major glitch that instantly levels the playing field and takes away my major advantage. Also, the opponents could use my tech instantly because suddenly their fleet sizes were massive (logistics were instantly useable). Other techs do not show up right away because the opponents need time to implement the new tech, but they had the tech. What is going on? Did I miss some great socialist event where everyone automatically shares my tech (I didn't get any of their tech)? or is this a major glitch?  

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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Were you doing any of the Galactic Challenges? I think there's one of those that does that.

Reply #2 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

So - Lesson learned! Thank-you Publius of NV for your comment. It is important to read the fine print of the challenges: The Infinite Archive challenge has a sentence I did not read carefully enough: "Beware, this will give our technology to all other civilizations." 

I have been gaming long enough to be jaded by all the "window dressing" of the fluff put into much of the text that I never read it anymore.....lessoned learned.

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