Danek Jovax

Reply to Main Screen Minimap Glitch in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I also have seen this on my copy of the game, both in regular version and in the betas. - Danek Jovax

Reply to Dread Lord soup anyone? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I found that ignoring the Dread Lord ships altogether and then intercepting only their transports and constructors with swift fighters was a handy way of thwarting them until I was able to research enough tech to beat them face-to-face in direct combat. For the most part the Dread Lords ignored my ships unless they were within one move of a transport/constructor, or too near any of their cruisers/battleships; then they'd start attempting to catch my ships. I always made it a point

Reply to Planetry research total [bug/odd feature] in Research GalCiv2 Forums

That's because in the game there's code for in each factory to represent a little reslusive nerd-type that likes to 'tinker' on their 'off hours' that generates those extra tp's. ;2) j/k

Reply to Things I don't understand in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

One thing that I realized (between reading the manual yet again and testing some sliders on a particular planet I owned) is that the spending on a planet is also a factor on what is produced: from the manual (pg. 27): 1bc will produce 1 mp (manufacturing point) 1bc will produce 1 tp (technology point) You can correleate this with the details screen of your colony. Take the overall spending, subtract out the maintenance costs, then distribute the remainder accordi

Reply to Things I don't understand in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I've played this game (and profusely read and re-read the manual) for about a week now, and, overall, like it a lot, though I too have seen some rather odd things with the economics. I am not sure if they're due to my continuing ineptitude in making an efficient econ for my civ (I'm usually 100% higher in econ capacity than any other civ in most games I've played - I have set econ skills somewhat for my race, but despite that I still can't seem to mu