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Reply to The GalCiv3 Comprehensive Idea and Request List: Revised. in Galactic Civilizations III Stardock Forums

I posted this over on the founder's forum, so maybe that was the wrong place. Just a couple of thoughts I'm putting out here while I'm thinking of it. #2/3/4 in particular might have serious AI reprogramming ramifications (not my area of expertise) so design may be already too far along to implement that. If so, put it on the shelf for an expansion. 1. Galaxies/Maps with spiral arms. The arms themselves provide galactic boundaries, so hyp

Sprial Arms and stargate/wormholes in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

Just a couple of thoughts I'm putting out here while I'm thinking of it. #2/3/4 in particular might have serious AI reprogramming ramifications (not my area of expertise) so design may be already too far along to implement that. If so, put it on the shelf for an expansion. 1. Galaxies/Maps with spiral arms

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Reply to Which PC Tablet is best in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Take a look at the ASUS B121. Runs on an Intel i5 processor and Windows 7 pro. 12 inch screen which doubles as a WACOM digitizer (with included pen). Not familiar with Python, but I have WINDOWS Office Pro loaded and all of them work well.

Reply to Your First PC Game in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

First computer game was a BASIC rendition of Star Trek on the campus 360-50 (aka Fat Albert). You could play it over the teletype/terminal (assuming you had an account with time on it.....) Ignoring the Atari 2600 and the many cartridges.... First PC games were on the Sinclair 16K (you had to enter the programs line by line, tho), and later, on the C64, my main time consumers were Elite, the D&D games, and one little game (the name escapes me at the moment), but you

Reply to Bar Colors in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I would prefer to have the current research topic outlined rather than the progress bar. And yes, yellow is not the easiest color to track on (for me at least). An alternative would be to have a listing on the side of the research screen of the current and future research topics in the sequence to be researched.

Reply to Shipyard in Sins Modding Stardock Forums

Will these added ships be available to all players of the appropriate faction or only one player? Or is that only a single player feature? I can see a potential balance issue here.....

Reply to Choose the class of your Flagship? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

hehe...poor choice of words. This one is high on the list of great ideas Glad to hear it - this will put a good twist into the game start!

Reply to Killing Pirates should reduce your bounty in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Zeronock - welcome to active participation I agree that the pirates should be affected by a cost/benefit analysis. My suggestion: Pay the pirates a portion of the bounty up front scaled to the size of the attacking force. This has the effect of knocking back the total whether or not they are successful. Additional bounty can be paid for damage done. (Players - human and AI still only ge

Reply to Automatic repairs in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

As a second thought, Shipyards should be able to perform the repair function for ships that they are able to build. The repair rate should not be as high as at a repair yard. Consider this as the ability to get needed repair parts and 'as-available' technical assistance.

Reply to Automatic repairs in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Battle damage repair during fighting are the most critical repairs a ship's company can make. That's why entire teams are pre-designated to perform damage control and material is carried to make critical repairs. Having said that, to expect a severely damaged ship to bring itself to 100% readiness is not reasonable. As a suggestion, since the "health indicator" of the ships already go from green -> yellow -> red, limit the amount of repair a ship can self-perform to: <br

Reply to Arg, the computer keeps stealing the planets I clear of pirates >:( in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

then again have an akkan in the attacking fleet that should help a bit, The other suggestion is to bring in the colony frigate just as you start the mop-up phase with the pirates

Reply to Retreating ships to fire at enemies within range. in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

I've seen this mostly with the bombers - If I've given a move order (to position for defense) and then an enemy arrives, the bomber(s) will continue to their ordered position and then attack, even if they fly right past the only target in the well. They should at least execute an 'en passant' attack. I can live with having to re-issue orders if I want them to concentrate their attack.

Reply to Sins Beta 2 FAQ in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Thanks, Kyro

Reply to Sins Beta 2 FAQ in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Since one of the machines I play with is only occasionally connected to the internet, is the uninstall/reinstall process going to FUBAR my registration status? I have SDC installed on the machine, nach. - I bring an archive over.

Reply to CHOOSE ANY SIZE GALAXY? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

1. Go on up to the sticky thread "The Case for No Multiplayer". MP is a dead horse that has been beaten beyond pulp. 2. Check out SINS of a Solar Empire. That will be multiplayer.

Reply to Sins Beta 1 - Technical Feedback - *Post Here* in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I started playing large galaxies with all of the AIs active and have been experiencing CTD's about 3/4 through the conquering of the first star system. I have sent in the smart exception files. My stats: HP zd7000 3.4 Ghz P4 1 Gig Ram Operating System : Windows XP Service Pack 2 - (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519) Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 Sound Card : Conexant AMC Audio DirectX version : 4.09.00.0904

Group Move Final Orientations in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

When you group move a fleet to a jump lane preparatory to jumping, the orientation of the group is rarely set in the proper orientation to jump. Please adjust the group movement so that when you click outside the grav well (like on the jump line itself) the fleet sets up perpendicular to and outside the well so it doesn't have to re-arrange itself to group jump. Alternately, allow for an orientation arrow to appear (when the group move is enabled) when you depress the right m

Reply to Game pacing in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

yes, but like I said earlier; theres a difference between getting your fleets across your empire in minutes, and being incapable of getting your units from a neighboring planet to the battlefield before the battle is well over The reaction times for reinforcements were significantly impacted by the "have to be at the lane to jump" change in version 66. It now has a great dependency on where in the neighboring grav well you station reinforcements and the

Reply to Different types of fighters in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women... Conan in Space!!

Reply to New Sins Website Preview in Sins News Sins Forums

how dare you speak the forbidden word! your not allowed to have *censored* Yikes!!! [Ducks back into the dreadnought holding arms over head]

Reply to New Sins Website Preview in Sins News Sins Forums

Yarlen, Since this is Beta 2, are we allowed to start having fun yet?

Reply to Game pacing in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Jop, how about a clear line of sight model. That was one of the sugesstions put out there, as well as smaller (circle) angle increments like 45 degress, 30 degrees, and 15 degrees. The thought to make the circle angle adjustable via research was also suggested. I expect this topic to heat up again after Beta 2 gets out.

Reply to RTS Battle Mechanics and Ships in Beta Feedback Stardock Forums

As it stand now you have a level limit of 10 experience levels on a cap ship and when all is said and done the "special abilities" are 3-3-3-1. How about letting the max level on special abilities go higher than 3? Or have more "abilities" available? That way you could further specialize your cap ships without having to go the "custom" route.

Reply to Multiplayer Game Player Handicapping in Beta Feedback Stardock Forums

faul "foul" as in evil, bad, stinky, and generally socially unacceptable or "fowl" as in chicken and pretty good deep fried?