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Reply to more fleet combat control in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Tactical combat won't happen until gc3 at the earliest.

Reply to Patch 1.4 :) its coming in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Stormbringer, no-one is forcing you to download anything. You really can't complain about an optional bugfix.

Reply to easy things that make sense now and for Dark Avatar in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

o_0 Add strategy without overtaxing AI? err.. no. 1) would require AI work to get them to defend and use this 2) Not much AI work, but still get them to stop autopiloting into the anomaly at every oppurtunity. 3) No, stargates are much slower than hyperdrive. And this has been debated before. Again, the AI would need to be tweaked. 4) they do... it's what sizemod is for. Bigger the ship, bigger the module being put on the ship. 5) AI work, and wouldn'

Reply to avoid high tech buildings during intial expansion in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Almost? It is a very viable strategy employed by several players I believe. *raises hand* "My liege, we have started producing the industrial sectors, the great gift you gave us for which we are eternally grateful, but our economy is ruined! Have you not any economy buildings for sale?" "Sure... if you feel like declaring wa

Reply to AI cheats? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

They have access to scouts. Every game, they start with one scout. Also, if they're on an autopilot course towards a planet, if it's habitable they'll continue. If it's not, and there's another habitable planet nearby, they'll head towards that planet, and often they don't need to change direction, yet they have changed their destination. As to your point, if the AI colonized like you suggested it would be a pushover to anyone who knows how to effectively outpace them. I can outcolonize

Reply to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mod. in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Also... The Demolision fleet should be given the ability to attack a planet either destroying it or killing a lot of people. Yeah, and that ability was supposed to be in Dark Avatar too, but it got cut >_>

Reply to Super Techs? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

And as of now, they don't exist. So while some people claim they've got the terror star or stealth or virus techs available, they don't actually do anything because the code isn't there. So the only way to get them would be to edit the source code.

Reply to Tweak to elections. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Agreed. I'm not after anything like the political machine added, but having to worry about policy and an election would certainly add more weight to your strategic choices. You COULD beat the Drengin down with a war of attrition, but the people sure as hell aren't going to like it. And that might mean you lose the election. And that might mean you have to propose things as actions, as opposed to your every word being law. *bookmarks thread for use when expansion 2 is due*

Reply to AI cheats? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

The iconians know where all the planets are, that's just been said. Stellar cartography does not show star locations, but rather planet locations. Yes, they know where they're going. Also, the AI does NOT know which planets are best. Frogboy has, in a previous post, shown the line of code used for colonization, and the AI is either guessing or has been there before. The game is not broken, they aren't cheating. It's as simple as that. They HAVE to see a planet before they can judge whet

Reply to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mod. in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

For the wormhole effect, I'm fairly sure that's not a possible idea. If you need to check what you can and can't do with the XML, I've done a few mods (none released here though, heh) and can be found normally in the #galciv chatroom at irc.stardock.com if you have any questions.

Reply to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mod. in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Do me one massive favour. Please, for the love of all that is holy, go with the book or the TV version. The film was just... rubbish. That, and the book version would have more detail in it, the film was only two hours. (And rubbish) Although it's a very interesting premise, one I'll certainly be following.

Reply to Who is Kyro? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Kryo is a horrible mean person who stole my gold medal that doesn't even work yet, and eats peoples souls with bansticks. >_> But I'll get it back. Muahahaha.

Reply to PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

These sort of things would need to wait for gc3. Having said that, cloaking would be a good part of tactical combat, but I personally don't see the point of it otherwise.

Reply to What are good mods to use? are there mods just for ship picks? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

No, to make your own ships you need to know how to model textures + export in the .x format. Kryo's mod allows you to use any hull as jewellery.

Reply to omega mod??? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Here

Reply to THANX FOR THE STAR TREK MOD in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

You can't mod game mechanics (well, you can, but odds are not any time soon). So no to cloaking and no to annexing. And what do you mean unique homeworlds? You can make the homeworld whatever you want it to be.

Reply to Locking political posts? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Well it is a OFF-TOPIC section so why shouldnt ppl be able to talk about politics I will allways side with freedom of speech So you think that the westboro baptist church, to take an example, should be allowed to continue saying things like "god hates fags" and "god laughs when the soldiers die in iraq"? Yes, there is a line. Yes, politi

Reply to Downloaded Collector edtion patch, now my ship desgin screen is different in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, you do need to uninstall and reinstall. And don't install the collectors edition, that was merged into the full game at around 1.2 So download the game, then 1.31, then the latest version of kryo's hull mod.

Reply to Colony Manager fault. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

shouldnt have to post a debug. No, you do have to post a debug. It's not seeing it happening, it's seeing what the game says it's doing. That, and the debug shows WHY it's doing it. Saying "oh it's not intercepting" isn't particularily helpful. As far as I'm aware, Kryo is too busy playing dark avatar anyway. Lucky sod ><

Reply to Locking political posts? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

So your going to allow them to progress into proto-Fascism until they do start killing us by race? Because thats the future of the Conservative movemment. Thanks for not reading my post. The Bush administration shouldn't be allowed near politics, either. Intelligent people only. That rules you out. You have just amply demonstrated your a

Reply to Locking political posts? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Wow touched a nerve. Never cursed at anyone and in any other forum you would be banned for such a post. Wrong, you've been talking about nazi's here. See how long you last. But since I see you can't talk like a ma

Reply to Locking political posts? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

S1 is right, everyone should have an opinion and be allowed to live free, and anyone who disagrees can STFU AND GTFO The above post is a TRUE REAL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHINGS of EVIL REPUBLICANAZI HATE METHODS, anything you say otherwise is BS PROPAGANDA AND HATRED Stop hating America and do what S1 tells you to! You. Freaking. Moron. Do us all a favour and make that your last damn post on the forums, ever. EDIT: <table cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center

Reply to Final Verdict - Release Date? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Finding the bugs must also be much easier with a large base of testers... Sifting through the complaints of people who have no idea what a beta is to try and find ACTUAL bugs is annoying and difficult enough already. Release an expansion pack early would make this worse, whether you said it was the full version or not.

Reply to Its Easy to Run an Empire When Taxes are the Only Thing That Makes You Unpopular in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Sounds kind of hard to balance correctly. The game isn't balanced, and I don't recall any developer ever claiming it is. Implementing succesfully, then showing the AI to use it, would be a problem though. So it's unlikely to happen in DA, and if the second expansion is multiplayer odds are they would THEN have to think about balance, so

Reply to Venezualian prez calling Bush "The Devil" in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Point 2: That America is responsible for the regime in Iraq does not make the overall result of the war any less positive. They made a mess of the Middle East. Fine. Are they now not allowed to clean it up? Then hurry up and clean it up. It's been three years.