SrGalen

SrGalen

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Reply to About freighters in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Not really - all that happens is the route get established earlier - turn 1 income for the route just happens sooner - that's the "more money", not that the route is worth more.

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Reply to Fleet Managers: More harm then good? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The Orbital Mgr limits you to the cuurent logistics limit, so if you have a bunch of ships in orbit, you may have multiple fleets. If you take tiny hulls [logistic=2], fit them with some weapons and a shield (no engines) [a nanoripper and shield comes to mind] then you will have 'fleets' that will seriously defend you and probably survive repeated initial assaults. Then take out the infidels for their temerity (since whoever is left is right next doo

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Reply to orbital bombardment in Warfare GalCiv2 Forums

Extremely serious Diplomatic sanctions and consequences could have been levied against any player (and after all the A.I could do it too) who practised genocide Like maybe all other civs allying against you and declaring war? Oh - wait .... that's an alliance LOSS isn't it?

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Reply to Expansion Wishes: Racial Pick, Border, ChokePoint, Terror Star, UP & Ethics in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Frankly, the business about perceived trespassers could be handled with the ability to send a message to the offending AI similar to the "I know what you're doing" message and the AI could then decide what to do about your arrogance. The messages would have to be pre-determined (via a dropdown box, perhaps) because of the wildly varying use of grammer and word choice that the AI would have to interpret. [You would need a Universal Translator for REAL

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Reply to Terror Star in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Also don't forget the darn things had a max movement rate of 1 parsec/month. I found them less than useful except for a 1 time shot - send the constructor fleet and build it on the spot (assuming they don't die on the way....) I would suspect that if you had the tech to build one, the AI would have to be VERY sensitive to a bunch of constructors heading its way - to the point of it launching a pre-emptive strike against them. <img src=

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Reply to Good Sci-Fi novels/series in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Kinda depends on how dense you like your reading - I tried to keep the list to (IMHO) engaging/absorbing but still relatively quick reading (sorry, Frank Herbert/Dune, Greg Bear) and also to Sci-Fi (as opposed to Fantasy; sorry, Piers Anthony/Xanth, Christopher Stasheff/Warlock series) Mentioned above & recommended Asimov - Just about anything Dan Simmons - Hyperion series Orson Scott Card - again, just about anything, b

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Reply to Surprise! We're Militant! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

But maybe it's more a case of people deciding they want you to like them so you'll hit somebody else... Slightly off topic, but remember the quote about the meek inheriting the earth? Turns out that the original meaning of the word meek derives from isn't "wimp" - it's "strength with restraint" .....

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Reply to Fog of war viewing mode in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

1. One of the buttons on the middle row will set the minimap to show what you have explored - NOT what is currently in sensor range. 2. Frankly, I find the minimap to be too small to be of more use than to: a. See the various influence zones b. Check which planets are worth sending freighters to c. See the range that the selected ship can get to ( and to send a ship "out there", detailed orders to follow

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Reply to It's M-O-R-A-L-E in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

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Reply to Fog of war viewing mode in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

If the map area is clear, you have sensor coverage - if it's translucent, it's explored but not currently under observation - if it'sgray'ed out, you haven't explored it yet. Now if you are talking about figuring out if YOU can be seen by another player, that's something you have to track for yourself....

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Reply to Pirates in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I voted to have the prison in my territory... figured it was bad when the other 2 races voted that I have it aswell... LOL 1st prize - 1 week in Baghdad 2nd prize - 2 weeks in Baghdad

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Reply to My ship designs gone after update patch; how do I get them back? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What's new in 1.0X(.1) + NOTE: Your ship designs from 1.0D1 and before will NOT show up in this version. We have updated this version so that the ships contain their own unique version ID so that when we do FUTURE updates, your ships will still work. But we didn't implement this until now (now that we have seen the sop

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Reply to small vs large fighters in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

There is a difference between acceleration and velocity (speed in a direction). Ignoring relativistic velocities, you are correct in that there is no practical difference in the velocity that can be achieved by either a small ship or a large ship. The difference is in how quickly they can get to that velocity. A large ship will need a commensurately more powerful engine to apply the greater thrust needed to accelerate its greater mass to reach the same v

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Reply to The Galactic Civilizations II Battle Plan in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Likewise, there's no easy way of discovering where on the map a given planet is from the planetary manager screen. Okay, so Planet Foo IV just finished building a Maximum Fun Chamber this turn -- what should I build next? Well, if I know the planet is near the front lines, I might be more interested in building a Orbital Fleet Th

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Reply to Fairness in computer AI in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

"without being scripted" This point seems to keep getting lost in the noise - The fact that you have taken one or two steps back from the actual playing of the game and analyzed the PROCESS of playing so that the AI's go through the same decision process that the human player does

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Reply to Minor race tactics in Game Talk Stardock Forums

Dumb question perhaps but how do I tell if a race is a *minor* one? 2 ways - It wasn't one of the ones listed during the setup, and it shows up only under the minor race tab on the diplomacy screen.

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