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Thinking about Population Growth in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The current population model is very simplistic and quite unrealistic. The population of Earth starts at 100 (million? billion?) and in the space of one year grows to 374 -- this is clearly impossible. I like the idea of months rather than years -- it allows for a single leader (me) to lead my civilization through an entire game. However, over the course of a year I would expect that the population could grow at no more than 25% rather than 274% Even a 25% growth

Thinking about Taxes and Sliders in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Okay, this message is about the fact that percentages are a confusing metric. Let's assume that the base production is 100bc. Now if I add a social project that adds 20% to my production I'll have an effective production of 120bc. If I add another social project that adds 50% to my production is my new effective production 170bc (100+20+50) or 180bc ((100*1.2)*1.5)?? Similarly, it seems that Taxes are not a fixed percent of my economy -- that is I can tax at 100% and still my

Thinking about Govenors in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I know that the Govenors aren't going to be put into the game for a month or two, but I thought I'd think out loud a bit about how they were implemented in OS/2 and how they might be improved. I found the social govenor very helpful, but I often wished I could have two or three different govenors so that I could adjust the timing of different improvements depending on the resources of the planet and how close the planet was to enemy systems -- so a planet that was in the center of my ci

Finished a Tiny Game via Galactic Peace in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I scored a little above 250K. I didn't research any of the "evil" techs - but they didn't go away after I researched the "good" techs. Boy -- there are a *lot* of techs. I think we need some sort of queue system for social improvements. It was quite tedious (with only about 15 planets) to add improvements one at a time. In the middle of the game, I was spending 100%, taxing 100% and making tons of money. Later on, my spending ability caught up with my taxing ability. However, it s

Reply to Dump to Desktop after finishing Drone Research in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm sorry -- yes this is after the GCTech.TECH has been replaced. I feel like Homer Simpson.

Dump to Desktop after finishing Drone Research in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I don't know what else to say -- here is the exception report. Stardock SmartException Logging Information 04/07/02 03:32:06 ------------------------------------------------------- Versions: Microsoft Windows 98 Internet Explorer 6.0.2600.0000 Video Card : Matrox Millennium G200 AGP Crash Information: Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION Crash Addr: 004EA8BB 01:000E98BB C:\PROGRAM FILES\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE Proc

Reply to Planet list scrolling is changed - but some of the change is for the worst. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

What we really need is ... a spreadsheet. Hooks into Excel wouldn't be that good because the game is at full screen instead of in a window. If the game was in a window, then having an Excel window would be good. So, thinking back to the OS/2 days ... The spreadsheet needs to be sortable by multiple criteria. Ideally every column in the spreadsheet could be sorted on, and you could have three sorting keys (Planet class first, and then for all class 22 planets, by population

Reply to Trap 5 while changing tech research projects. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Here is my smart exception report. I clicked on Battleship 2 tech, and it booted me to the desktop. I got a smartexception popup, and I chose submit to Stardock, but I don't think it got sent. If it *did* get sent, if you let me know I'll not re-post to the forum. BTW my internal clock is wrong -- so the exception occured about 10 minutes before this posting. Thanks! Stardock SmartException Logging Information 04/06/02 07:04:56 ----------------------------------------

Colony Ship woes in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Okay, both of these problems occur with colony ships, but I think they are two separate problems. Please forgive me for posting them together. First, when I have colony ships autopiloted to a star system and on the same month as the colony ship arrives at the system another ship is finished building or a social improvement is completed, the colony ship docks at the planet first, then the improvement completion screen comes up, and dealing with that undocks the ship. I think that the s

Reply to Is there a plan for a "center on current ship" excelerator key? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'd like to suggest that the enter key work to close the currently open window -- acting like a "done" button press. Ideally, the entire game should be playable without a mouse. Thanks!

Reply to Trouble posting to Forum in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Okay. What worked for me was to logoff, and then sign back in again. When I come to www.galciv.com, the site recognizes me as Fuji Fun 4 Free, but doesn't let me post. But, now that I've logged off, and then logged back in, it is taking my posts (assuming that this one is accepted). Is this a bug? Thanks!

Trouble posting to Forum in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm testing. If successful, I'll relate the story in a reply. Thanks!

Double Spacing in Names in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature but... when I enter the name of my civilization (Fuji Fun 4 Free) a single press of the space bar inserts two spaces into the name field (also for the name of the leader (Frank Fujita)). I can go back and delete one of the spaces (that's how I know that it is double spacing rather than that the font just has a very wide single space). Thanks!

Reply to Smart Exception - newbies get this in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Should this file be put in the glaciv directory? Do I need to use any parameters when starting galciv to get it to use smartexception? Since the only people using galciv at this point are testers, shouldn't this be a part of the distribution set? Are you getting sick and tired of my questions? Thanks! :)

Reply to Nit Picking the Galactic Enclycopedia in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I *did* see the OS/2 version's text. But I wasn't part of the OS/2 version's beta (or alhpa) program. So I thought I'd chime in, and see if someone is willing to fix these things if/when they are pointed out. In addition, even if Stardock isn't willing to fix typos in the game, they should on the website because it might affect sales if people think (incorrectly) that you code as poorly as you document.

What kind of feedback does Stardock want? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It's pretty obvious that we alpha testers should provide bug reports. Are you sure that you want bug reports posted here? There are lots of automation things that might not get put in before the beta is released -- should we bring up those things -- ways to save clicks, and allow one to focus on runing a galaxy. Then there are lots of things that have to do with diplomacy, espionage, etc. Should we talk about that (even though the Alpha is mostly military in nature)? How about things that h

Reply to Purple and pink screen of death. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

How about calling it 0.2.005 since that's what it says in the Drengin Game Manager. Oh wait, in the windows task manager, it's called v.0.01. Maybe we could call it the LGV for the latest, greatest version. ;) Thanks!

Dump to Windows in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

After researching Battleship technology, if I click on Battleship 2 -- I get dumped to windows. Thanks!

Reply to Suggestion in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

How does one (what clicks etc) use the autopilot? Is there any documentation to go along with the Alpha? Thanks!

Reply to Nit Picking the Galactic Enclycopedia in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Quote: "Should genocidal tactics be allowed? That is, should we be able to build Terror Stars? Not by default but with a vote, Terror Stars (huge ships that can stop the fusion reaction of stars) can be built." Question: What happens when you control a system (planet)? Do you import troops and administrators to rule the other beings who now work for your galactic civilization? Or are the previous occupants of the planet eliminated? That would be "genocide." Destroying a star system

Reply to Nit Picking the Galactic Enclycopedia in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Quote: "Sectors are controlled by different players. But within the sector can be star systems that are controlled by different players. Should, after a time, star systems controlled by civilizations who don’t control the sector have to hand over the planets to the player who does control the system?" I think this last "system" needs to be "sector." Thanks.

Nit Picking the Galactic Enclycopedia in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Quote: "Their mass so immense that moving them, even with the inertia of the vacuum to make doing so easier, was quite an undertaking." Question: Is there a new physics in GalCiv that provides inertia to vacuum? If this is just a hint of how things have changed since the creation of the Star Gate, great! If it's a typographical error, I thought I'd point it out. Thanks.

Reply to Citizen Zeitgeis requests alpha in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm interested in joining the Alpha. Thanks.

Reply to What do you guys think of the "Ship Details" graphic? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Sorry, I posted when I shouldn't have: At a more advanced level, a particularly good battle outcome could create a personality -- (like an event that occurs when a ship defeats another ship or combination of ships that it shouldn't have.) The personality could be assigned to different ships, or even to star bases to give the bonus to the other ship. This could also trigger a particular story that would have some biographical data about the person, and that person's feat of bravery tha

Reply to What do you guys think of the "Ship Details" graphic? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you're going to add experience to a ship, I'd think it best to give the experience to a crew rather than to a ship. I don't know how detailed you'd like to do it, but at the simplest level you could technologically upgrade a ship, and the crew would keep their +10% bonuses.