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Problems with Tech-Moding in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

1) There are some "general" techs I wont have in my mod (i.e. doom ray). But how to remove them? When editing the english/ xml file, the game crashes. When editing the mod/ xml file, the techs are just added to the tree, not removed. Any ideas? 2) I have like 20 new techs in my tech tree now, some work, some work not... here we go (btw replace the [] through <>) [Propulsion ID="Cold Fusion"] [DisplayName]Cold Fusion[/DisplayName]

Reply to Any chance for tactical combat? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

First said, Im impressed by Frogboy posting so often. I have never ever seen the top guy behind a game caring so much about the community. Great job As for the tatical combats... I wont speak about the most games, except for Imperium Galatica, as I enjoyed it the most and loved the combats there the most. I cant remember the Ai being so awfull bad, that I managed to defeat even 2x+ bigger fleet

Moded CustomPlanets not working in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

This was already in 1.11 and it is still there in 1.2b1. My own customplanets.xml in the mod folder isnt used by the game. I always get the data stored in english/data/customplanets.xml

Reply to Ship Design 1.11 => 1.2b.009 lost ? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

got the same problem with a saved game, when I start a new one, no problems.

Reply to Any chance for tactical combat? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Actualy I dont see the point of all of you who say tactical combat would be easy to exploit AI.... sorry but whoever exploits, is doomed at its own. I never exploited anything in all the games I played, so why should I with galciv 2? And whats about you without selfcontrol, who NOW already vote against tactical combat, because you know you would cheat the AI? Sorry you are poor. Btw Im still waiting for some tips how to defeat a 3times larger army in HOOM, IG, PI and MOO games, withou

Reply to Birth of the federation, is it worth the bucks? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

birth of the federation was not worth the time for me, I do not even know why anymore, its too long ago I looked forward for the game, I purchased it, I installed it, I played it a coumple of hours and I sold it on ebay because I didnt like it.

Reply to Any chance for tactical combat? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

as far as I remember, gal civ dont have that uber overkill weapon systems like MOO2 had (or Ascendancy).

Reply to Any chance for tactical combat? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You are all talking about MoO games and HOMM, why noone speaks about Ascendancy, PaxImperiaII, ImperiumGalactica 1+2? Personaly, I would say Homeworld like fights would be too action oriented. But all the others? I loved the Imperium Galatctica combat system the most. Someone said we are not Captain Picard, true, we do not command one ship, but a whole empire, dozens of fleets. Why not give some general orders at the beginning of the battle and see it "real fight" out. Right now its a

Reply to Planetary Improvements in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Improvement> S_Name>Test S_InternalName>Test S_Description>Test. S_BriefDescription>Verwandelt gelbe Felder in anwendbare Felder. PlanetaryQualityBonus>10 S_Type>Normal Cost>50 AI>20 S_IconName>SoilEnhancement.png S_QueryGraphicName>SoilEnhancement

Reply to Planetary Improvements in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

never used irc, what should I do in order to use it?

Reply to Planetary Improvements in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

actualy I want to make the mod strange that there are no moders around and stardock guys arent answering either

Reply to Cant type anything without that stupid Y with dots over it in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I had this problem before. I have a Microsoft wireless keyboard and I found updating the drivers helped, and also replacing the batteries (to give it more power) or move the keyboard and the IR reciever closer together helps alot. I haven't seen that Y character since. I'm not sure what exactly fixed the problem, drivers / batteries or range. but its worth a

Reply to Planetary Improvements in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

is there no one reading whou could help? :/

Tech Robots in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I want to replace the "custom race" robots (shown during tech invention) through the terran robots (I like more their appearance). Simple as it is, I would have just to rename the files. But no idea which ones. Any ideas someone?

Reply to Galactic Guide Book in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

mh bump

Reply to Map Editor (GC2 Builder?) in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Im not quite sure if I understand what you mean, or if this is what Im asking for What have the customplanet.xml to do with GC2 Builder? It is there, and it containts the regular plantes for the various civs and custom civ, this have nothing to do with the map editor and the maps it can create. Maybe I can open the map file in a text editor, but to check for the sizes and qualities, I would hav

Planetary Improvements in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I put my modified lines of the xml into the /my games/mods/data/planeteryimprovements folder. Anything works just fine, I see 3 new improvements when playing a new game. However, there are 2 improvements which do not appear. 1. for internal testing, I removed the "tech requirement" from soil enhancement, but still cant build it. Ok I dont have the tech when I start a new game, but on the other hand, I removed the requirement, so whats the problem? 2. I added a new improveme

Map Editor (GC2 Builder?) in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Is there a map editor beside of gc2 builder? The builder is good enough, but I keep having problems. The builder keeps creating plantes 3x in the size of their stars and uber quality. 90% of all random planets are either too big or 20+ quality. That sucks. I thought changing the option default settings would resolve this, but thats not the case. PQ 1-15 and size 4-15 and I still get higher values. Any ideas, or other editors out there?

Reply to Cant type anything without that stupid Y with dots over it in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I have the german version Pmutzu and got the ÿ problem anyway. Had the problem already with the english demo. GalCiv2 is using standard us? keyboard layout. Whatever it is, this have nothing to do with the language settings, because the ÿ do not come when Im writing, but out of nothing. iW when I want to rename a planet, the window pops up and this ÿ appears from time to time there, and I have not even touched the keyboard. As said, it appears in any text editing dialogue...

Reply to How to upgrade ships in a fleet in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Hm too bad. But the option to upgrade all ships is still somehow usefull, havent seen the "upgrade all" button yet, but will look for it

How to upgrade ships in a fleet in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

how can I improve ships in a fleet, or at least when they are stacked on the same square? Got sick of disbanding the fleets and move all ships to another spot just in order to upgrade them.

Reply to GalCivII not working with mousesoftware in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Logitech MX 1000 laser cordless mouse, USB Port, WinXP Pro, latest version of mouseware (no idea about the number, but downloaded it yesterday from the logitech site),

Reply to Problems with german special characters ae/oe/ue in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Great, I just opened the files in the regular winxp editor and it works. It seems I got to talk to IDM about their so called best editor. Well, thanks to you all and sorry. Any way how to close this thread?

Reply to Cant type anything without that stupid Y with dots over it in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Got the same problem. GalCiv2 ger version (got a german folder in addition to the regular english one). My ingame text is german. My OS is german and I will not change it to english just to play GC2, they have to fix that

Reply to GalCivII not working with mousesoftware in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Ive tried strg + mouve but with no luck, I would never ever thought about using the arrow keys. I already got used to the mouse, using the keys... hm I will try out, thanks. - Still its a bug and should be fixed