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Useless new poll in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

There are a lot of great things in 1.11, and some really bad things, and there is no option in the new poll to say, "I like some of the changes, but hate others."

Reply to fleets guarding a planet in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

all your ships in your shipyard defend your planet It would be difficult for ships in your shipyard, i.e. unfinished/unbuilt ships to defend your planet. Hyperion Shipyard lets you ignore logistics restrictions, so if your logistics normally allows 21 points in a fleet, but you have ships that add up to 26 points in orbit , th

Reply to Dread Lords appearing as minor race in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

What does a Dread Lord actually look like? Dreadful In the opening cienemtics (thats a hard word to spell) <

Reply to Ship Speed not upgrading correctly in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, but in a huge or gigantic galaxy, managing the construction of many starbases at once is a lot easier with 20 fast constructors that are "consumed" quickly than with 40 that take forever to get where they are going.

Lamest game ever in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I just finished a game in which I was just managing to keep on top of the other races' progression, when suddenly in the course of less than half a year 5 of the 9 races surrendered to one of the other races. How lame is that? I specifically started with all "rare" settings (habitable, stars and planets) and 9 races so that there would not be a "colonization rush". If the only way the AI can possibly manage to win a game is to have all the races surrender to one other one,

Reply to I'm sure it's meant as a "pheature" but... in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The sliders are quite intuitive once you spend some time thinking about how they work. They are relative motion sliders, not absolute, as you would see if you saved a game after a lot of fiddling with them, reloaded it, and the looked at the sliders again. If you are having trouble with their not responding when you move them, be more careful to stay within the are of the operational bounding box of each slider, don't go wandering off to the top of bottom. I find the way Microskunk sl

1.11 crash, locked up GC2 but not CTD in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Debug Message: Version v1.11 last updated on: Mon May 8 11:15:04 2006 Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 5/13/2006, 09:32:35 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Name: GREY-MOUSER Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519) Languages: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufact

Reply to AI mistaking my military buildup in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I don't know if it is just that, the AI seems to have learned opportunism as well. I had just taken out two of the nine starting races, and the Drengin decided they were going to "take me out while they still could", and then, while I am busy fighting them off, the Thalians, who had just given me 4 ships , decided that they didn't like my "militaristic leanings" (I had very few ships left at all, but was very close to being done building about 16 of a newly designed ship customized to coun

Reply to My "problems" on Metaverse in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Honestly not everything in life has to be some gigantic competition. Unfortunately there are a vast number of people to whom everything in life is.

Reply to Best PQ=4 (Ex: Mars) Strategies? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I rarely colonize below 7PQ, but however I get them (flip, conquest), any PQ4 or less planet gets 1 morale building (entertainment center or better) and the rest research, but the entertainment center gets built last and the first research building gets bought so that I am getting value from the planet immediately.

Reply to I just bought it. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

And Dr Ben I live in Kansas City, MO where a new computer game is the equivalent of a month's cable internet, a month's cell phone bill, or 2 months electric bill. You must be very lucky, my brother is a hotel manager in KC, MO and his cell bill is quite a bit more than the price of GC2 and most other computer games; however, it's all a matter

Reply to My "problems" on Metaverse in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I just want to know how high scores are calculated. I've had identical games (as in, setup) end up with totally different scores and have no idea why.

Reply to Exploring effects of simultaneous combat in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

1. Pick two fleets, A and B, where A and B represent realistic options for a player at a certain tech level, and where A has only weapons and B has weapons and shields. In the current system, Fleet A and Fleet B perform a

Reply to The Metaverse-The only game where no one loses. in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Unfortunately, the only way to get a "purple heart" in your sig decorations is to post 5 losing games.

Reply to Best Player Race (in your own opinion) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Meow

Reply to PQ Problem in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Is it actually that number, or is it just a display bug, telling you the original PQ even though it is actually operating at the modified PQ?

Reply to Universal translator bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Tested this out, and it doesn't work. Set habitable, stars and planets to the lowest setting, tiny galaxy, and refused to research UT, and not only do they attack you, but they are particularly vicious about it, maybe because you are snubbing them all. You get to vote in the UT, yes, but so does every other race who has attempted to talk to you, even though lack of UT prevented you from understanding them. I've never been gang-banged by the rest of the galaxy so

Reply to Universal translator bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Think about it. You control the UP completely, by not researching Universal Translators. You control all warfare in the galaxy, by not researching UT, because nobody can declare war on you. Definitely not something the progammers ever intended, it completely imbalances the game.

Reply to Frogboy - Change to the random techs that you get when invading a planet... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It doesn't make sense to be able to immediately build a ship with a highly advanced technology that you are far, far away from researching yourself. I can understand getting it and keeping it until you have researched the necessary technologies to understand it (i.e. research everything elading up to it and you can use it without spending any research points for it), or only being able to capture techs you can comprehend (i.e. can research now, or 1 step beyond what you can research now, and als

Reply to Can you ally when Alliance Victory is set to OFF in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You can make allies, you just can't win by allying with everyone.

Reply to Ugly Aliens? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Have you ever tried Ascendancy? Not only are there no Humans, some of the races are so completely bizarre that if we really did encounter them we'd be hard pressed to identify them as life, much less intelligent life, or figure out how to communicate with them.

Reply to Help new Player!!! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The videos are included when you download via SDC.

Reply to GalCiv2 AI vs other games' AI in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

RTS stands for Real-ime Strategy. It is not, it is Real-Time Tactics. There is little or no strategy in any RTS game I have ever seen, even the choice to invade one country or another first, or one country from one border or another, is borderline. Here is a link that will explain the distinction in terms of games and game design: Link

Reply to GalCiv2 AI vs other games' AI in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Red Alert is not in the 4x genre, it is in the misnamed RTS genre.