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Big zippy dreadnoughts versus slow mini fighters?... in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Excellent game, Galciv II is. One thing that bugs me though, is that it seems like the way we have the correlation between speed & hull size right now is a bit unrealistic, i.e. large hulls can fit more engines, and thus go much faster than small hulls. Whereas if we try to recall "real life", big ships lumber by, and small ships zip around... I think we can change this situation if we have "speed" as the result from interaction between "hul

Reply to Beta 4 question: What bonuses does your homeworld get? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

am wondering abt that too. apparently the only thing that's changed is cosmetic stuff: planet descriptions, planet faction icon size, and the crown tag.

Reply to STICKY: EASY TWEAKS to make the game better for you in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

a forward apologies if this has already been said before and i missed it: keyboard arrow control for diplomacy trading screen, when we have the dialog pop up for bc/ip value entry. up/down arrows for increments of 10, and left/right arrows for zippy increments of 1s. heck, you already have those four directional arrows there in the box, they're just waiting to be keyboard-shortcutted... <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/

Reply to Shouldn’t older/cheaper structures remain available? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Here's a trick that i employed for me to be able to keep my first level default buildings: Instead of researching the first technologies for each building's improvements (e.g. xeno econs, xeno entertainment etc), i skip those, and when another civ has researched the 2nd level tech, i trade that tech from them. this grants me ability to build 3rd level buildings while still keeping the default ones, which can only be obsoleted by the 2nd leve