harperbrad

Reply to camera controll in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Having an option to "chord" the third mouse button would be great. I've got a two button trackball, and a fancy 4-button trackball with scroll at work. The 4 button trackball rocks. The 2-button really detracts from the experience--especially when designing ships. In linux, they get around the two-button problem by assigned a virtual 3rd button when both buttons are pressed simultaneously. I'd love to see this feature. In the absence of

Reply to Planet invasion animation in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

My 6-year old sun always says the units still standing at the end look like they are laughing. I think they are, especially since I still tend to lose way to many of these invasions! --Brad

No taxes=more money? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I've been using a technique on the campaign scenarios where I purposely put the tax rate to 0% for the first 5-10 turns. My rationale is that you make very little money off these first turns, and the huge increase in population growth boost for 100% approval pays for the lost revenue later by providing more taxpayers. Anyone else try this technique? --Brad

Reply to Cheap Ships Quick in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Faster colony ships make a lot of sense. For every turn that a colony ship is in space is a turn where that population is not being taxed or growing. --Brad

Cheap Ships Quick in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I started making really cheap stripped down colonizers and constructors in the beginning phases of exploration. If you aren't travelling too far, you can just slap a colony module and an engine on a cargo body and save a few bucks. Anyone else doing this? --Brad

Simple Tech custom ships in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

What custom designs do you build near the beginning of the game? Here are a few I've tried: 1) Fast Colony ship Slap an engine on a colony ship to get there faster. 2) Fast scout Two engines and a basic life support tank gets there faster, but sees less. Good for locating planets. 3) Sensor tanker Fill a cargo hull up to the gills with sensors. Slowly sweep around the frontiers. The

Two Button Mouse and Camera Control in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Is there an easy way to emulate a 3 button mouse with my 2 button mouse under winxp? This is done all the time under linux by doing a "chord" 3rd button (both buttons pressed at once is equivalent to the 3rd button.) I don't have this option under windows. Anyone know how to do this? Its really a pain trying to manipulate ship building without that 3rd button. --Brad