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The AI needs to be improved to counter influence in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Wasn't quite sure where to post this, but it does seem to be a bit of a bug. The AI does not counter influence well enough. I still have to try it on intelligent, but even at lower levels the AI needs to do a bit more work to counter influence. I had no influence resources, just one influence starbase (right next to my own homeplanets, mostly to counter potential enemy influence), I did have the galactic wonders for influence, but no more th

The AI needs to be improved to counter influence in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Wasn't quite sure where to post this, but it does seem to be a bit of a bug. The AI does not counter influence well enough. I still have to try it on intelligent, but even at lower levels the AI needs to do a bit more work to counter influence. I had no influence resources, just one influence starbase (right next to my own homeplanets, mostly to counter potential enemy influence), I did have the galactic wonders for influence, but no more

Whoa in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I was playing in a large galaxy on Normal level, and was doing pretty well, easily on my way to a cultural victory. One of the races (I forget which) was cornered in the SE part of the galaxy, they had four star systems with a total of five planets colonized. They were no threat, so I left them alone. Suddenly an event happens. They find a precursor technology that gives every UNCOLONIZED planet in a 3 parsec radius a base quality

Reply to Naming all planets in your starting solar system in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ugh, let me give those codes another try : RaceConfig : {Race Name="Vorlons"} {DisplayName}Vorlon Empire{/DisplayName} {Alignment}50{/Alignment} {Description}The Vorlons are one of just two of the First One races left in the galaxy. They consider themselves the guardians of the younger races. Drawn to Law and Order, they firmly oppose chaos wherever they find it, through any means necessary.{/Description} {Homeworld}Vorlon

Reply to Naming all planets in your starting solar system in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?

Reply to Create your own Core ships (detailed) in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

My tags got filtered out :/ How do I fix that? Best way is to copy your whole text into notepad, find/replace the tag with [ and ], then recopy/paste the thing from notepad back into the post. It's a hassle. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Hmm.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absm

Reply to How do I Stop a War? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Preventing a war really isn't possible. Eventually an AI will decide that you need to be smacked down, and it will declare war on you. Then it just becomes a point of SURVIVING the war. You can, however, delay the war. First off, have lots of trade with the AI in question. When you go to war, you lose all that trade, and the AI takes that into account. In fact, in the Civ Manager screen, you will sometimes see a + trade with a rac

Reply to Newb Question: Middle Mouse Button? Er... I don't have one... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Check under Control Panel, Mouse to see if you have an option to set it there. If not, your mouse probably came with software that will let you assign functions to those 8 buttons. (you can also download that software from the manufacturer's website.) If your mouse has a scrollwheel, check if you can push/click it. If so, that should be your middle mouse button. Creston

Naming all planets in your starting solar system in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hey all, I've been mucking about a bit with modding, trying to recreate the Vorlon Empire as my custom civ. I've changed the data in the RaceConfig.xml file and the CustomPlanets.xml file in my GalCiv2\Data\English folder, I've deleted the customconfig.xx files in the My Documents\My Games\Galciv2 folder, and pretty much all my changes work, except for the names of the star and of the other planets. My primary planet g

Reply to Ships from the forum in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Wow, this is AMAZING. Some of you are just either ridiculously talented or have obscene amounts of free time on your hands. Superb stuff Creston

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: 1.0X released in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Never mind my earlier comments. It seems you guys released another patch, I just downloaded it. The 0 movement bug is already tackled. Excellent work (I got confused because I redownloaded the game this weekend and saw the option for Graphics Throttling in there already, so I assumed you'd released over the weekend.)

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

BTW, your argument for this misfeature (a technical term for a designed feature that damages the game rather than enhances it) about wild swings in money is ultimately rooted in a deeper problem: automated upgrades of facilities beyond the user's ability to control You can turn that off, btw. There's an option in the details screen I believe. I

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

With regards to the production and military units still being charged, I typically set every planet to focus on research when it's not building anything, so that the credits that DO get spent and at least spent on something that has a benefit. The downside is that I have to do this manually, and in a large galaxy with 35 worlds, it becomes an absolute chore of a clickfest to go over my civs every six months and make sure they're still doing what they need to be doing. This is where th

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: 1.0X released in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

You could get this from Stardock a few days ago, yeah. I was playing this version on Saturday. Frogboy, any word on the 0 movement points for a fleet when a new turn starts bug that was introduced in this patch? Other than that, great stuff guys.

Reply to How many updates are too many? in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

"+ Toned down minor races a bit. They no longer get quite as much money to start with." NOOOO there goes my cashflow LOL, tell me about it. The Snathi are my favorites. They declared war on me in an early game, just before my frigate class came off the assembly line. As soon as it started showing up, the snathi hightailed it back ho

Reply to How many updates are too many? in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

As a regular of Bluesnews for way way way too long, I doubt Blue would have a problem with posting an update about a new patch every day. He's been posting every journal update since about a week before release as well. I think the answer to "How many updates is too many" is NULL. But I think you might want to consolidate those updates into a weekly release or so. Take a look at Egos

Reply to Frogboy's Quote about the second patch. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It IS buggier then the average game released While I understand your frustration that the game crashes for you, you cannot be a gamer of 20+ years and say this with any sincerity. It's simply a ridiculous statement. Have you played Battlefield 2? World of Warcraft? X3? Quake 4? Fear? Half Life 2? Rome : Total War? Civilization 4? Th

Reply to Forming alliances? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

How powerful you are doesn't matter. To form an alliance you need the following conditions : - BOTH of you must have the Alliance technology researched. (So if the other doesn't have it, it never hurts to just give it to them.) - You MUST be "close" in your relations with them. Not friendly, not warm. Close. Then you'll have the option for an alliance. Note that if your potential alliance partner gets attacked often, it might be wise to not make an alliance, since you'

Reply to Starbase Upgrades in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, if you build a waypoint ON the starbase, then set the planet to send new ships to the waypoint it will marginally semi-automate itself, but yes, you have to do every upgrade individually. It's a bit of a chore, but it's balancing that way. Starbases can become just ludicrously powerful, and you don't want them to get there too fast. I've yet to have a single game in which I've completely upgraded a starbase to its maximum potential. Ofcourse, figure out what you want

NPC races who surrender in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I understand that the NPC races surrendering is a random option, and that in fact there's a building you can put down that makes the chance of them surrendering to you twice as large. However, the random thing is really ridiculous in a lot of scenarios. One such scenario I played today. I started a 9 race galaxy, four of whom got wiped out quickly. I was in the bottom right corner of the galaxy with the Torians, and the Yor collective were just to my left. The Altarians and

Reply to FLEETS WITH NO MOVEMENT POINTS AT START OF NEW TURN in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I thought I was going crazy, glad to see more people are experiencing this. For awhile it seemed that turns simply weren't being calculated, I didn't make the connection to a fleet's movement points. Btw, it disappears again for me in a turn or two, typically after I switch the fleet in question to a different heading (ie, tell them to fly somewhere else). It IS pretty dang annoying, yes. Creston

Reply to Gamespot reviews Galactic Civilizations II in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Congrats guys. Every single point of that 9.0 is truly well deserved Creston

Reply to Does the AI think that I am weak when low military spending? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Alternatively, build a Spin Doctor super project, it makes all your military around planets look five times as strong to the enemy. I was at war with the altarians, built the Spin Doctor, then offered them peace. Two turns later they accepted it.

Reply to Why Can't I Lose? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The number seems to be a little buggy sometimes though. I've been at 72% before, built something that gave +5% and would not the victory in ten turns notification. Similarly, on the game where I won through influence, I had around 78%, then blew up my full influence starbase in turn 6 of the ten, but still won the influence victory. So it seems kinda strange sometimes.

Reply to 1.0X Preview in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

Woot! You guys are the bomb. As in, The Bomb. Creston