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Reply to Ship maintenance is killing me, where is all the new money again? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I haven't had any economical problems but i think the 20000bc limit is back in the game. [/quote] The 20k limit, if there, is not absolute in my experience. I've gone into six digits playing the Terrans in Beta 4 and 4a. That being said, I have noticed in some games that right around 20k bc, income becomes restricted or even goes into negative growth so there could be some kind of "limit" there.

Reply to Altarian + Research + Creativity in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

It's all a question of taste. Personally, I like the way Creativity works now better than before. Not that the old way didn't work just fine in my mind as well.

Reply to Tech tree bugs in TA beta 4a in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]The Thalans can only build two starbase mining modules (for a total of +14%) out of their own tech tree, is that intentional?[/quote] I believe this is intentional.

Reply to Random no turn button and ships won't move in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

This bug was supposed to have been resolved with Beta 4A. I had it in the previous version of TA, but have not had it since upgrading to Beta 4A. Fallows, have you upgraded?

Reply to Beta 4a Bugs in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I have now started to see other races with invisible ships. In fact, the longer the game went on, the more "invisible" ships "appeared." When I attacked those fleets or ships, the game crashed. I've already submitted the appropriate files to Stardock. I was unable to complete that game because of the crashes. In something that might be related, I've also noticed the reappearance of the blank ship component thumbnails. So far, no crashes from those. I'm also noticing that the game ca

Beta 4a Bugs in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I've had the chance to get well into a game with Beta 4A and can say that from my perspective it is a VAST improvement over Beta 4 in terms of playability, i.e., the ability to play without the game crashing or freezing up to any degree. The invasion bug and the "unresponsive game" bugs do indeed appear to be fixed. I've not experienced either. That being said, I am still "seeing" the invisible Drengin Super Dominator Corvettes. It's minor and does not affect game play to any great degree bu

Reply to Ship maintenance is killing me, where is all the new money again? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]The Terrans have a huge economic bonus however. Trading for economic bonuses usually helps me, however IMO the game should be perfectly playable for each race without needing to trade for other race's unique bonuses. That said, this is beta. I'm patiently waiting to see what comes up through further testing. The races all need a little or a lot of rebalancing and I'm pretty sure SD knows this. [/quote] True. You'll get no disagreement from me on these points.

Reply to Please strenghten StarBases in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I love the fully built out starbases in the early to mid game. Just leave a maxed starbase of any sort on the border with your enemy, and watch it eat their entire fleet. The AI is obsessed with them, and will continue sending little fleets of small ships to give you free experience. Later on, yes, they are pathetically fragile. [/quote] Precisely. Often I won't even bother building expensive fleets to any great extent (especially now) until later in the game because a well outf

Reply to ok time to start a list of bugs for beta 4 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]It is also really hard to play when you can easily trade for all or most of an AI's unimproved colonies. Like the twenty some quality planet I got for some early techs along with all of that AI's tech and a research treaty and cash. [/quote] Admittedly, I've done this as well. I say "admittedly" because it's such a steal from the AI that it's almost shameful, but I've done it nonetheless. The tactic is so successful it has become an integral part of my strategy in TA. Even if I

Reply to ok time to start a list of bugs for beta 4 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Sorry, I was working on about four hours of sleep when I wrote that. I got the impression that you felt that the devs and/or QA or whomever would get the savegames load them, see nothing wrong, and move on, rather than investigate thoroughly, hence my response. Not been a great week for my sleep cycle. [/quote] No big deal. I know where you're coming from.

Reply to ok time to start a list of bugs for beta 4 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]You should just send the save with instructions on how to make the bug happen, then. [/quote] Don't know if this was addressed to my post immediately proceeding it, but if you read that post and any of the others I've made in this thread and others, you will see that I've already submitted multiple saved games and been in communication with the devs regarding this. If this was not addressed to my post, disregard. ;)

Reply to OK ... one more TERROR STAR question in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Slow terror stars are a good thing. I like the change for this Beta that the warp bubble tech will not work to speed them up.

Reply to ok time to start a list of bugs for beta 4 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] I'm sorry I misunderstood your post about the battle/selection bug. Does this happen with every battle? Do you have any saved games that reproduce the bug? If so, please zip them and send them to [email protected] with a description of the problem. Or are there any steps I can take to reproduce it? What ships were involved? Does it only happen for fleets? What battle options do you have enabled

Reply to Please remove mega event that limits travel to 5 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

An option to be able to selectively turn off mega events in an ala carte fashion would be nice. While there are certainly mega events I DESPISE, including this one and the unlimited range event, I agree with the poster immediately preceding this post that you can't make everybody happy all of the time.

Reply to Ship maintenance is killing me, where is all the new money again? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

So far, as Terrans playing with the settings I've always used, I've been able to work with this new economic model and come out of it. My strategy is definitely different, but I can make it through and eventually prosper. In the games I'm playing I don't see that the AI has been crippled either. What I do see is fewer ships for all sides, which given the memory issues some players have experienced might not be a bad thing.

Reply to bad economy in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]If you haven't noticed, it's the ships' maintenance that's dragging your economy down. Seems StarDock again over-nerfed something: re-introduced maintenance for unarmed ships AND increased overall ship maintenance about three-fold. BR, Iztok[/quote] Yeah, building maintenance, especially for research facilities, has been increased as well if I recall the old fees correctly. Building a lot of research on your home world early in the game or any other planet for that mat

Reply to Can we tone down the unique tech trading some? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I agree that the solution is to just give some of these unique techs a much higher value in the eyes of the AI so they are not so willingly traded for such a low value A player that is not satisfied with that solution should just turn tech trading off altogether, which, of course, is already an option in the game.

Reply to No graphics for Disruptors and Doom Rays? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]yep right, thanks for checking, the files ARE corrupt when they display errors. strange, this must be on Stardock/SDC side. that other looking in dxviewer of the working ones is normal, they just don't render it like the game -Stefan [/quote] Any word on whether there will be a fix?

Reply to ok time to start a list of bugs for beta 4 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Yes i meant that after battle i cannot select anything else fleet wise. Attacking fleet is displayed but cant do anyything with it. Menu and planet clicks still works but i cannot select a fleet or the bugged fleet again. Usually when you click arround a bit the bug goes away but sometimes it crashes the complete game. This was also in beta 3. For me a work arround is possible as suggested in the beta 3 bug post but I also disabled everything under interface Battle options exept for Autop

Reply to Next beta 4.(?) sooner than prev sheduled? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]For the people who are playing the beta just to find bugs this shouldn't make a difference, but for others who are playing the betas for fun or other similar reasons it has a serious impact. [/quote] I think it's a good idea to put out a hotfix on this bug not only for those playing the game for fun but also for those playing it to test. It is difficult to test the game when it crashes upon an AI invasion of the player's planets.

Reply to Eyes of Universe Bug in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I've seen these phenomenon as well.

Reply to No graphics for Disruptors and Doom Rays? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I wonder if this is the actual cause of the missing turn button. Also, several people have the same problem with the same weapons. I wonder if the corruption is at Stardock's end? [/quote] It may be [U]a[/U] cause but it is not the only cause. I have seen pathfinding problems cause the missing turn button/unresponsive game with my own eyes. In the last instance, which I reported by sending in the saved game files, a Drengin Scout ship attempted to enter the smae game s

Reply to Please strenghten StarBases in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

A fourth level of fortification would be nice. Say, something that adds 60 to each weapons class and defense module. That would substantially strengthen starbases. Of course, if you really want to keep them then in the long run you will have to defend them with fleets.

Reply to Ship maintenance is killing me, where is all the new money again? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I have noticed that costs seem higher and/or income lower, but afer the early game I'm able to do just fine economically. Of course, I'm planning as the Terrans with a substantial economic bonus. Still, I've had to change the way I run my economy, including building a lot more economic buildings and a lot fewer research facilities. Unfortunately, from my point of view, even with fewer research facilities and the game set to the slowest research setting, research is just blazing along FAR too

Reply to Turn Button Not Disappearing . . . just stuck. in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] so I saved and exited, then loaded the game again. The turn button had reappeared, but now pressing it does nothing Please zip up the save and send it with your debug and a link back here to [email protected]. [/quote] I sent in a game with this bug this morning-not the first example of it I've sent if I recall correctly.