In the Object Manager, what does the 'Techtree - Check Dependencies' checkbox do?

[Chilling]

It shows up with abilities in the object manager. It's true/false, when you double-click it, a checkbox comes up. What does it mean?

EDIT: I meant to say 'Object Editor' not 'Object Manager'...please ignore that >.>

 

[Weep]

If an object has dependencies (eg. spells which require research before they're usable), unchecking that property will cause the game to ignore any listed dependencies. This is mostly useful for leaving the dependencies listed, but temporarily deactivating them for testing, and is the same in-game as removing all dependencies from the list for that object.

 

[Chilling]

Okay, thank you! I kept seeing it there and I finally decided to ask what it was.