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Reply to Need help on GalCiv2 ultimate edition cheats how do you make them work? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="lhim" reply="4" id="3104421"]Anything to do with Impulse?[/quote] Impulse has no effect on this. Just make sure, that the "target" line points to the exe of the game and not the launcher.

Reply to how do I get trade goods? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="godfather_77" reply="3" id="3104284"]are these trade good species dependent...am I able to unlock all the trade goods?[/quote] They are, after a fashion, because not every race got access to all of the necessary techs. If you play the Terrans, you can get all of them. The other races lose two or three of the TGs, depending on how much their tech trees deviate from the Terran standard.

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="329" id="3103969"]This is immensely helpful for something else I'm doing. Thanks.[/quote] Glad to hear it. May I ask what you're doing? [quote who="Tolmekian" reply="330" id="3103978"]It makes sense that the minors can't grab up the GAs and TGs, but it's kinda silly that they can't have any unique techs.[/quote] I'm not quite sure that they can't have any unique techs. Like I said, the minors with the Yor and Thala

Reply to how do I get trade goods? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Trade Goods are unlocked by researching certain techs. Xinathium Hull Plating, for example, is unlocked by Advanced Hulls. You still have to build them, however, before they have any effect. If the AI beats you to one, you can still trade for it (or conquer the planet it is build on). If memory serves, there is a bug with Gravity Accelerators, that prevent you from getting the speed bonus, if you trade for it. I'm not totally sure, however, if the bug happens with this Trade Good or anoth

Reply to What influences build times? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The amount of factories on a planet, economy starbases, asteroid mines, your total spending for production and how much of it is allocated for military (shipbuilding) and social (improvement building) production. The high end factories provide a lot of Manufacturing Points (MP), but take very long to build and have a very high maintenance cost. It is better to build several lower end factories. This is more cost effective, in both time to build and maintenance. You can u

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Tolmekian" reply="325" id="3103445"]Holy lists Batman! At least you say it's the end.[/quote] It is and it's good to see my ability to fine comb through lots of data is still working. Didn't have a need to use it for a long time. There are still some techs, that have Alignment and Group set to None, but that has no negative effect, so I didn't mention them. Just drop a line, if you want that list, too. Several of those techs are among the ones I already mentio

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Tolmekian" reply="323" id="3103311"]comment on the capitals[/quote] Sounds good. I'm just not sure about giving the Government-techs to the Iconians and Yor. It just doesn't seem to fit them (or the Thalans, for that matter). But it would certainly be the easiest solution. [quote who="Tolmekian" reply="323" id="3103311"]On another subject, I've been thinking about the Market Center and Altarian/Drath Entertainment Center. I'm thinking that instead o

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Tolmekian" reply="321" id="3102350"]On the topic of Planetary Improvements research being slowed down, maybe it's not such a bad thing. My playtests only run 4-5 years, but by that time every AI that isn't in the tank has gotten up to Advanced Factories or Manufacturing Centers (Industrial Sectors AIV was way too low, so they stopped researching it after I raised the AIV of the other techs). Research improvements tend to go more slowly, but the leaders might get up to Matr

Reply to do planet improvements stack? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="godfather_77" reply="5" id="3101383"]Anybody have a list of the colors associated for each of the techs in the tech tree?[/quote] Yellow: Communications, Diplomacy, Culture, Trade, Government, Ethics and Entertainment Turquoise: Propulsion Blue: Research and Miniaturization Orange: Manufacturing and Economy Green: Biology, Farming, Colonization and Terraforming Red: Weapons and Invasion Purple: Defense and Planetary Defense Violet: Logistics

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Tolmekian" reply="316" id="3101401"]Market Centers? Every race that has the traditional economic branch should get them. Either through Industrial Revolution or through multiple entries of the Market Center. If each entry is linked to a racial history tech, then the players will never see a double icon. I'll have a look see.[/quote] The only two races that wouldn't get Market Center through Industrial Revolution are the Torians and the Thalans. For the Thalans it&#39

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Tolmekian" reply="313" id="3100997"]Wow. I admit that I was a bit nervous when I noticed that you replied, and it looks like I had good reason to be.[/quote] Have I missed something? Why would anyone be nervous because of me? [e digicons]o_O[/e] [quote who="Tolmekian" reply="313" id="3100997"]I tried it on a lark and they went from terrible to pretty good. With trade bonuses reduced to 50%, my Korx equivalent started with only +150% trade and still couldn't m

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

All right, time for feedback. First, you did a great job! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] I really like what you did with the TGs, SPs and GAs overall. The Galactic Resort is a must-have now, which is great change compared to how it was before. The new additions add interesting flavor to the different alignments, both through the buildings themselves and the tech descriptions. Turning the Historical Preserve into a building that literally preserves history is something I never even con

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Congratulations on your release! I'm going to take a look through your files and report any problems I find. If I find them. [e digicons];)[/e]

Reply to started new game...I have some questions in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="godfather_77" reply="2" id="3098897"]Actually what I was wanting to know is if I can just stop researching a certain branch altogether. E.g., if i wanted to stop research in basic logistics could I do that?[/quote] So, not just changing the current research project but not researching in that direction at all? In theory? Yes, you can. In practice, however, it's a little bit more difficult, as most techs are quite useful and, as the game progresses, may become needed. But

Reply to started new game...I have some questions in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

1. The option is called "Disable Tech Stealing", therefore, activating it means you can no longer steal techs. Keep in mind, that there are two ways to steal them: through spies (which happens very rarely) and through invasion (quite regularly). 2. You can see it on the minimap on the lower right side. Activate the "ownership" button (middle row, second from the left). The blue circle shown by constructors and starbases are their area of effect. 3. You mean change what y

Reply to hot keys in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Sadly, there is no list provided with the game (except for the retail Gold Edition), but the GalCiv Wiki has it.

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Tolmekian" reply="306" id="3095828"]For v3.0, I want everything to be universal. Since AIP 7 can only be used under certain galaxy conditions, I don't want to make any changes to individual TechTrees that will change research patterns for AIP 11.[/quote] Am I understanding you correctly, that you are trying to make every tech tree workable by all AIPs? That's quite a big goal! [quote who="Tolmekian" reply="306" id="3095828"]True that. I started moving

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Tolmekian" reply="304" id="3095237"]I'm going to change farming techs to Biology and see if the 8s and 11s can deal.[/quote] You could change it just in the tech trees of the 7s, that way you don't have to worry about disrupting the performance of the 8s and 11s. [quote who="Tolmekian" reply="304" id="3095237"]In the future, I'd like to make separate TechTrees optimized for the different AIPs, but for v3.0 I'm going for good enough.[/quote] Sou

Reply to Does economy of trade planet matter, or only population? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="17" id="3095076"] Quoting Gaunathor, reply 16I wonder if a Terror Star would be able to destroy them. Hey, maybe that's why it was changed for TA...[/quote] I just tested it and yes, Terror Stars are able to destroy invulnerable freighters. Which is quite a contradiction. Either they are invulnerable, or they are not. But then we would see something like this: "Just-In-Time-Technology! and not even a super-nova can kill you! G

Reply to Does economy of trade planet matter, or only population? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="15" id="3095000"] "Cap'n, we can't hit him!" "MORE SHIPS! MOOOOOOOOAR!"[/quote] "Mr. President, we got a report that our ships are unable to damage the enemy freighters." "WHAT!? IMPOSSIBLE! Throw everything we got at those freighters! I want them gone!" "But sir, that will leave our worlds open for an invasion!" "I DON'T CARE! Those freighters provide too much of an advantage to our enemy!" <

Reply to How to change language in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Have you tried setting the default language of Steam to English? This helped me for my games, as I too prefer to play in English instead of German. At least when it comes to non-German games. You probably need to verify the game data afterwards or re-download the game. If that doesn't help, you could try to download the game from Stardock directly. Use the same log

Reply to Does economy of trade planet matter, or only population? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Neilo" reply="13" id="3094903"]Never said it did, just knew there was some PI that impacted trade in some way.[/quote] Then I misunderstood what you meant. Sorry. [quote who="Neilo" reply="13" id="3094903"]It's still in DA, and i assume DL. What exploit did this create in TA? I never delved into TA much.[/quote] It was the exploit it created in DL and DA, that lead to its removal in TotA. The exploit was, that the AI attempted to destroy your freighters,

Reply to Does economy of trade planet matter, or only population? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Neilo" reply="11" id="3094344"]I knew there was something else, i just could not think of it! This is what i was on about.[/quote] The Galactic Privateer is gone in TotA, because of the exploit it provided. The next best thing is the Korx-only Freighter Command. Both do essentially the same thing, but in a different way: the Privateer makes your freighters invulnerable by preventing any damage from an attack, while the Freighter Command makes your trade routes invulnerable

Reply to compatibility with GC 2: ultimate edition in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

If the mod specifies Twilight of the Arnor (TotA) as a requirement, you can use it right out of the box by simply following the installation instructions of the mod, because the UE automatically starts TotA. If the mod specifies Dark Avatar (DA) or Dread Lords (DL), you can still use it, but it is a little trickier. First follow the installation instructions. You then have to start the respective game manually, because the UE game launcher doesn't give the option to change the

Reply to Does economy of trade planet matter, or only population? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Neilo" reply="5" id="3093999"]Planetary Improvement will have no bearing, aside from the civ wide trade goods / wonders you can build. (I don't recall it's name...Galactic Trade Bizarre...or something to that effect)[/quote] The Galactic Bazaar has no bearing on trade routes, only on negotiations.