I find the RANDOM events to be, well.... ...Random !!!!! I get good, bad, ugly events no matter me .. By that, I mean if I am good (or whatever) or ahead or not ... Popular or hated ... If there is any connection, maybe I have not played enough games to see the effect ????
Wow , that is a HUGE File ... What do you say StarDock ??????? Maybe these gigantic debug.err files is what slows down the game ????? Heheheheheehe .... Hey, all I can say is - After I modified my computer to the RECOMMENDED config ... I have had NO lock-ups , crashes or game busting issues ...
Yes, DreadArchon is correct, the ship appearance is a non-factor .... Look at the AI created ships (by clicking on them ) and you will often see ... Laser cannons and sensor mods hanging off the hulls at odd configurations.. ... and yet those same ships can BLAST you right out of the game !!!!!!! Hey , I admit , I will spend a lot of time making a custom ship look "just so" ... But combat results depend only on FUNCTION not how they look !!!!!!!
A lot of very good questions? in your post Strum, To Upgrade a ship you already have: You MUST design a replacement ship... Ex: You have a Scout .... Design a tiny hull with your best engines and weapons ... THEN select that scout ship and ... an Upgrade Option appears... Click that and from the Upgrade screen select your new fighter as the ship to upgrade to ... IT WILL CO$t some money, but instead of that almost worthless scout you have a FIGHTER ...<
MUCHO thanks to AngleWyrm !!!! I just "cut / pasted" your post into my personal strat guide ...
The GalCiv2 approval mystery ... IF the pop is busy making so many babies ... Who is minding the markets to make all that movey ????
But remember, at veryveryveryvery slow tech speed .. Any aliens with extra fingers and toes will have a HUGE advantage !!!!
What styk means is there is no bonus TILE to put the markctr , bank , stockXchng ect on ....
The "cassette broke" - Wow I have not heard that for " few " years ... I cut my teeth on "tiddly winks" ...
In a game with Minor races check out their econ stats ... I have seen them saddled with 20, 30 even 50% interest rates !!!!! Minor races - Major morons - Heheheheheh
Soylent Green - Made from dead people, yes ... But IIRC they did not just wait for folks to keel over ... They "recruited" for the stuff ... So then should'nt the total pop go down ???
Acually mike , the AI will continue to "play with itself " And that's something I would rather not watch ....
"Life is a question you answer by living."
What is USELESS is .... Having a vaild point and then CRYING like a little baby about it ... Instead of articulating it in a clear, unambiguous manner without being abrasive and annoying !!!!
I usually even UPDATE the initial colony and/or constructors the games gives me... They are too slow and ugly for me to endure ...
Yes, StarCaster !!!! Spying should run the in risk of getting CAUGHT !!!!! That would be awesome ....
No118 has good advice ... I also just zoom in, zoom out - a few times ... I can usually get the view i want ... It is a weird little mini-map thingy ....
More spy options would be great, without any idea how it works ingame, ... an obvious easy addition, would be Spy on minor races and sabotage, which could work like "steal a tech"
And also james ... You set the unofficial record for the longest, largest debug.err file I have yet seen. It took 5 min just to scroll thru .... Hehehehe
Maybe ....
To Grifman, Some tough, hard, feedback for me to assimilate here. I post in a style not uncommon on forums. Appreviations (sp?) and short cuts are often used on informal media such as this. Of course if it makes it difficult for you to follow the post thread, for that , I am sorry. If you have a more specific issue you would like me to deal "iwht" .... well, just let me know.
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Does how you VIEW space COMBAT affect the outcome ???? That is - Main Map or BattleViewer ?????
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Hey FROG BOY IS HERE !!!!!! So, settle this issue for ALL ... S1Genoxx thinks how space combat is viewed makes a diff ... I say : NO WAY !!!!! Waiting VERDICT ... Lt Byram
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I cannot agree with the VIEWER makes ANY diff in combat .... You WIN or LOSE by wattever - either way .... The VIEWER is just a way to WATCH combat in space ... SO ... I will address the OP this way : Try any/all options to view COMBAT and ... ENJOy the game ... LT Byram
EXtraz are - NO CO$T to build !!!