Zydor

Zydor

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Reply to Keep it GalCiv in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Cikomyr" reply="58" id="3409706"] CivV's early gameplay (like, immediately after the release) wasn't optimal. [/quote] Not optimal ..... rofl .... freeking nightmare!! I canned it after Pack1, and I had been an avid Civ fan from Civ2 inclusive onwards. .... but .... Brads comment acknowledging earlier hassles, but ending " Civ V today is pretty fun I think ", has already convinced me to give it another go with all the lat

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Reply to Keep it GalCiv in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="47" id="3409518"]Civ V today is pretty fun I think.[/quote] Coming from you that's illuminating .... I just might try it again with all the updated packs. I got Civ 5 and Pack 1 - but I did a runner at that point, it was driving me crazy and I had been a "Civ Guy" from and including Civ 2. Having got that far with Civ5 (Pack1 incl), I feel deflated after the huge success of Civ3 & Civ4 - especially the latter, I still play Civ 4 (gre

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Reply to OXIDE has launched! in PC Gaming GalCiv3 Forums

Well ...... if the reality lives up to the Theoretical Outline .... this will be an Industry Game Changer on the same scale of change as when the world moved from 32bit to 64 bit. Its not just an enhancement, its a Big Generational Level Change. Lets hope all the current Partners retain enthusiasm, turn theory into practice, and marketing preamble into reality. Nice one [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

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Reply to Tactical combat. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="charon2112" reply="223" id="3409373"] ..... (as an option) ...... [/quote] There is little doubt the Combat Box will be enhanced, and that's fine, all adds to the glitz - there has never been doubt about that. But as a Core part of the Main Game Flow ? ..... Not happening. Brad has stated firmly on zillions of occasions that GalCiv is not Tactically based, and never will be...... its a Strategic game, and he will keep it that way. Expect smoke and

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Reply to Keep it GalCiv in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Gank" reply="9" id="3408891"]I didn't like Civ5. Civ4 was my favorite Civ game.[/quote] Gets my vote ..... that saga was "How to Destroy an Icon 101". Fortunately, Brad will not be so crazy ..... GalCiv is GalCiv, and I have every confidence it will stay that way.

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Reply to Tactical combat. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="MottiKhan" reply="218" id="3409195"] You are forgiven for your previous transgressions.[/quote] Provided you wash your mouth out with soap and water. (there's some in the Flight Locker just below the Steam Catapult ...... [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] )

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Reply to Two suggestions..... in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Stargates would result is serious Game imbalances, and are just an attempt to get round the movement restrictions Brad imposed on ships towards the end of the GalCiv II series. It will result enhanced BattleGiants collected behind a couple of Stargates ready to transposrt instantly across the Game Universe - a cheap way of defence or attack, and very unbalancing for the Game. Stargates will never happen in GalCiv - ever.

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Reply to Tactical combat. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="qrtxian" reply="207" id="3408623"]At the very least, it's going to introduce an element of doubt into the mind of every player who autoresolves a battle and loses. And I don't think that's a good thing.[/quote] There's an element of doubt in many minds when they slug it out manually one on one in Games - a loss many times still results in the infamous cry "the AI cheats" - no matter whether its automated or manual. Fact remains GalCiv is a Stra

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Reply to am i going crazy in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Turn the monitor back to0 its haedware defaults, usually small buttons on the bottom or the side will access its internal menus - just hit defaults all round. If still like it ... Zap the driver, and purge any directory related to the screen, reload the driver. If you are still getting the green tinges, my guess would be the screen is on its way out - get it tested in a local hardware shop.

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Reply to Fighter Carrier in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote]I don't know if anyone has mentioned this or not but [/quote] About a Zillion threads ...... [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] Stardock are well aware of the issue - to say the least. At present their answer is no Carriers.

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Reply to Events, and Mega Events in GC3? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Its likely this cannot be developed in one go, but could be spread over Expansion Packs enhancing as time goes on. The start point is the establishment of Supply Routes, Convoys and their protection. This fills a major gap in Galciv, the concept of Logistics - what to do in a Game Play sense with the "Rear Areas" and Combat Resupply. At present, essentially, rear areas are left alone - for sure a couple of events - but in the scheme of things, near zero happens - that would not happ

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Reply to Hero system, like FE? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="jjkrogs" reply="2" id="3408314"]I don't mean to suggest that I want a Total War kind of planetary battle-- but certainly something other than "launch spores or nukes" and then watch some numbers count down to see who wins. [/quote] With that - I hear where you are going, and I cautiously concur. I believe Stardock are going down that path in an enhancement of the Combat Box. We'll see. Problem is - how far into the murky depths of Tactical Combat do you plu

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Reply to Hero system, like FE? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote] I never understood why ground invasion was so much of an afterthought, considering how much detail and strategic scope went into the space combat. [/quote] Its a Strategic Game where Fleets tussle for control of Whole Systems, its not a ground level Grunt fights Grunt game.... do the latter on largest size map for every Planet you take, and it will take a Huge amount of time to complete the game. GalCiv is fought at a Strategic Level, its not about Tactical Combat. The

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Reply to Events, and Mega Events in GC3? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote]...This is all good stuff, i started another post on Events in general, please check it out, all feedback welcome. .. [/quote] Just to follow up on that .... and kinda finish off that one, with a lead into this one ... I know this will sound kinda crazy to some ... but, its worth developer reading time as a way of triggering ideas blah blah. These things aka Jagged Knife are always difficult to conceptualise, if there is no military background (as such at For

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Reply to How the combat should be in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="chuck1es" reply="30" id="3407952"]It looks as if the biggest problems against tactical combat of some sort is that its detractors don't think of themselves as intelligent enough to use it. [/quote] Yep .... I'm real dumb, so lets not do it, it would overwhelm my miniscule brain .... Well, that's yet another pointless tactical combat thread dead.

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Reply to Lead Designer Paul Boyer Interviewed in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

aacckk .... the idea behind Jagged Knife was fine - I get it in a way. The problem was its implementation. The final straw for me was when several hundred - I kid you not - several hundred orange blobs hit the screen all over the freeking place. It was like a measles rash just came out of hyper space. That was it - I canned the game and started another, I couldn't be Ar$%d picking my way through several hundred orange blobs one by one

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Reply to Micromanagement? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I can find simplified games or shoot-em-up's without much effort - there are lots of them out there. GalCiv is a TBS, its designed to be a thinking game, with battles along the way. It should stay that way - simplified shoot-em-up's are not hard to find, and I for one can live without them. If anything GalCiv has much scope for more "stuff" (define "stuff" according to personal preference) as PCs become more powerful, and the latest jump to 64 bit. In that re

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