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Reply to GalCiv 2 2006 Awards Round-Up in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Also, Armchair General gave GalCiv2 "Best Grand Strategy Game." http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?page=1&p=3170&page=6

Reply to How do Green and Purple Stars form? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

This is nitpicking, but in the interest of astronomical accuracy, I should point out that there are red stars that are not giants (actually, most red stars in the universe are not); low-mass M-dwarfs are very definately red. Also, O stars and early B stars can appear white to the human eye and are the largest kinds of stars. White dwarfs and red giants are not the only color extremes!

Reply to GalTrek™: The Arkroyal in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

@ Spaxspore: What's up with the sideways nacelles on that Constitution picture you've posted? It look bizarre.

Reply to confused about what the star colors are suppoused to show. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

@ Saguinius: There are no purple or green stars. @ moose (and whoever else may be interested): While roughly speaking that is all true moose, you should remember that for most of its lifetime, a star's color is dependent on its mass (as well as the amount of heavy metals in it, but we can ignore this for now). If we use the stellar classification that moose pointed out (though it is really O B A F G K M, Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me), then O, B, and some A stars are white or blueish w

Reply to New way of looking at technology in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It is also very similar to how tech research is treated in games like Europa Universalis I&II and Hearts of Iron 1&2. Hearts of Iron is set during the Second World War, and so they can place a "Historical Date" on each tech that gives penalties to those who research things much earlier than is historical. Europa Universalis figures out what the average tech level around your coutnry is (IIRC), and adjusts your tech progress accordingly (if you are behind you get bonuses, ahead you get

Renaming Stars? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I know that one can do this for planets once you've colonised them, but is there anyway to rename stars?

Reply to I don't understand how influence works in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Another thing to consider is that the extent of an empire's ifluence is cumulative. Meaning that the influence borders we see on the map are not just the sum of the individual planet borders (as territory works in the Civ games), but a reflection of one's overall influence level (i.e. - how many UP votes you get). For example, in a recent game of mine fighting the Yor, after I managed to invade and take their home planet (which was also list

UP law enacting Star Democracy bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

In a recent game using Beta 3A, I've twice had the UP vote to force everyone to switch to Star Democracy (internal name 'ChangeGovernment01' in the .xml). Later though, when I check my government type in the civ. manager, I am listed as a Star Federation.

Reply to Graphics zoom and perspective display glitch in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I've got the same thing running Beta 3. Here's the top part of debug.err with my system specs: DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 4 Languages: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: VIAK8_ System Model: AWRDACPI BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Processor: Unknown AMD processor, ~1.8GHz Physical Memory: