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Reply to Expanded too fast. Maintenance cost > Tax revenue in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

If the colonies are still small, shuttle around some population in a spare colony ship. You get diminishing tax returns as population grows. So, an additional half billion colonists on a colony with maybe one hundred million colonists brings in more revenue than an additional half billion colonists on a world with ten billion colonists. If you're capital is a economic center, this isn't that great a strategy. If your homeworld is a manufact

Reply to This is rediculous II in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Regarding 53. No, its not. At least, its not likely. I don't have my TotalGaming.net number entered into this game, despite getting it with my totalgaming.net subscription. Due to inattention resulting from a shift in ISP and email providers, I did not notice my Stardock Account lapsing. While it did lapse, I still have the credits from earlier and I had the rights to the game (fell under the preorder category). So while I do not have an active TG serial number, I do have an official, authe

Reply to Tributes in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Hmm... I've been working on my alliances now, and I just cant get past Friendly and to an alliance.

Reply to Some questions for a rookie Gal Civ 2 Playa... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Lingos not a problem. Much clearer now that you rephrased your question. If you've got enough population to make it worthwhile, you may want to create a factory or two just to make it quicker to produce economic improvements. And, if you can cut the time it takes to get that constructor out by a third, then you can spend that third turn with a zero percent spending. I personally don't like ever dropping my spending slider, but sometimes it is advantageous to have a the capacity at 10

Reply to Some questions for a rookie Gal Civ 2 Playa... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Here's one way to increase your economic income from taxation that is based on the diminishing returns per million as the population grows larger. Its an early game tip. And while your civ capital has no maintenance cost, each colony has a maintenance cost of 12 BC. So, expanding quickly will always drain your coffers unless you implent various strategies to counter that expense. Here's the situation. It's early in the game, and you've just

Reply to Some questions for a rookie Gal Civ 2 Playa... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

#1. There is some fuzzy math that may get in the way. At its basic level it works as follows. First, lets look at one planet. Imagine an empty planet with a Civilization Capital, starport, and nothing else. The civilization capital has an industrial capacity of 24, and a research capacit y of 24. Now, we'll look at the economy screen. Ignoring any racial or planetary bonuses. If you set spending to one hundred perce

Reply to STICKY: The Glitch Report in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

After the latest patch, the game seems to innacurately estimate the time it takes to complete improvements. To see this, start a new game with the default humans, then switch spending and social to 100%. Try to build a series of factories. Alternately, buy the first one outright. Either way, it will say that it will take one week to complete, but in reality will take two.

Reply to Tributes in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah. I've tried the alternate now, it sounds like it matches the mission you were describing. If you aren't going to culturally dominate them, you may have to much influence to go the diplomatic route. On the relations screen, is there anything hinting at them being uneasy about it, such as we know what you're doing or something about borders. Try decreasing your influence.

Reply to Tributes in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Sounds like an alternate. Third, you say? I'll see if I can find that mission. If it was Seige, the objective was to conquer this one planets the Drengins control, but is really a planet of enslaved Torrians. Two others already on your team, a single star far to the north, and threat of dread lords arriving during the mission.

Reply to Tributes in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Double Post. Sorry. So, many of those dislikes can be reversed. If you share the contents of the appropriate screen, I might be able to offer some advice. You said the third mission of the campaign. Was this the original mission path, or one of the alternate branches? Could you remind me of the name of this mission and the victory objectives?

Reply to Tributes in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

As he said, see what the other race doesn't like about you. I can often make the Arcaens like me better by having a respectable military force. Also, instead of having trade routes all over the galaxy, I may focus half (early on) of my trade routes with a particular civ (may be excessive, still exploring somewhat).

Reply to Help me quit my annoying habit. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I tend to have the same problem of zipping through my turns too fast. So, I set myself a goal of checking over my empire at the end of every month. I don't dig through every corner unless I've got some special reason to, such as a new improvement. I do, however, look for major signs of waste through the colony listing, check I'm researching the proper tech, and so forth. Even if I don't do it thoroughly, this is often just enough to prevent me from going half a year without building a

Reply to Fuzzy math and game development in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

#31 - "Wow. So many armchair game designers." You say that like its a bad thing! I'm proud to be an armchair game designer. I don't think I can make a better game, or even a fun game. What I do like to do is come up with ideas. Even if they are unusable, they might inspire a better gameplay mechanic. No matter how different they are from current gameplay mechanics. Series change or stagnate. Not always for the better, but sometimes so. Occas

Reply to Solution to early land grab be-all-and-end-all in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Here's a crazy game idea. I doubt it would fit into Galactic Civilizations, but... The player has little to no control over colonization, just territory. You open up said planets to colonization, you don't immediately own them, or send millions of people over. Perhaps both the Drengin and the humans colonize the same planet, there certainly is enough room, I suppose. It would only be later that the planet would come under your complete contr

Reply to Fuzzy math and game development in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Regarding the waste of social production and the inability to balance the economy. In brief: Situation: Get a new tech that allows new improvements, like a research center. Solution: Ask the player whether he wants to upgrade his factories, and displays the estimated weekly cost (as simple as the social spending for the first week, or as complex as the average estimated weekly spending) and possibly an estimate for a completion tim

Reply to STICKY: SHOW OFF your cool ship designs in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

VagaBlade, that Gladius is very nice. Is it naturally that nice? Do you have custom textures, graphics tweaks, or do I just need to update my ATI 9600 graphics card to get things looking that nice even in the designer screen?

Reply to STICKY: SHOW OFF your cool ship designs in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Respectively, Imageshack and a long listing of free image hosts, sortable. If you dig around, some support galleries, if you're interested, and there are varying Terms of Services if Imageshack doesn't fit the bill. http://www.imageshack.us http://www.free-webhosts.com/free-image-hosting.php Oh, and I want that Gladius. If I want to make a cool ship, does it have to be in gunmetal grey? It certainly seems to help, though that may just be me.

Reply to STICKY: SHOW OFF your cool ship designs in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Small request. Please scale down your image size or link to the images. A width of around 550 or 600 would be nice.

Reply to STICKY: SHOW OFF your cool ship designs in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I don't know how cool this is, but it is just a wee bit different. Battle: http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oddship9zm.jpg Front: http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oddshipfront7qw.jpg Rear: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8300/oddshiprear4ma.jpg Side: http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/8871/oddshipside5nu.jpg What do you think?

Reply to STICKY: The Glitch Report in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Recently, I came across a couple minor glitches. V 1.0X. I don't know if they existed before this version, but I've found them now. First, while I was creating a custom race, I somehow ended up with two simultaneous color schemes. So every new game, I have certain inconsistencies between my starmap colors, and ship portrait colors. Upon restarting this inconsistency went away. I'll look into reproducing it. I suspect it had something to do with going back and forward in the setup scre

Reply to The stupidity of Galciv "democracy" in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Consumed Crustacean: Really, if another party becomes the ruling party you technically shouldn't be able to be ruler any longer... Nah. Where'd you get that idea? Bill Clinton wasn't castrated (to the regret of his wife) by the republican majority. The key is to be a convenient scapegoat for the ruling party, but not enough of a threat to herald a civil war. Evil civilizations don't merely have people assume the identities of th

Reply to Brad's "Did you know you could do this" thread in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

When you're going to lose or trade away a planet.

Reply to features of moo2 that would be nice in gc2. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I have very fond memories of tactical combat in MOO2. That said, I never want to see it in a Gal Civ3. Simply put, even with the world's smartest AI, I've never seen a game which combines tactical combat and automated combat, and sucessfully does both. If you have a great, if unbalanced tactical option, then automatic resolution seems to always suffer horrible casulties, or make ridiculous sacrifices. If a future or cur

Reply to Cool and Quiet in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Okay now. This following bit of advice isn't for laptops or small computers. Towers work best. Tip Three install some case fans. Expected cost ($10 ~ $20). Theory: Well chosen case fans can move more air over hot parts such as the CPU. Even if the CPU has a powerful heatsink and fan, it does no good if the cool air isn't moved over and hot air pushed out of the computer. If your CPU or GPU fan has varied speeds, a couple case fans can make it less necessary for those to crank up

Reply to Cool and Quiet in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I may go into more depth later, but right now I'm feeling somewhat lazy. I'm suggesting solutions, but not going into depth on how to do them properly. I suggest a little healthy research, rather than jumping straight in if you haven't done this before. Tip three: Theory: Keeps your system running quieter AND cooler. Less friction means less noise and higher speeds on that fan. Lubricate your fans. There are some fairly specific procedures you'll want to follow, so take