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The AI needs more cowbell in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I've just finished a 1.6 beta 3 DA match. Either I'm getting better or the AI gets dumber every game I play. I'm playing on Tough with maximum CPU usaged enabled. There are a couple of things the AI really can't handle well. Some examples: Economy and morale: AI seems to get trapped into a raise taxes, build morale buildings loop. While I usually customize my races with a morale bonus, I don't think 7 Entertainment Networks are needed on a farmless planet if one

Reply to 1.6 beta 3 now available on SDC in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Setting the slider first to 100%, then 50%, then 10% - I start a new game and get to the planet screen. Then Control-N and get back to the planet screen, etc x9. Check out these memory usage figures: -100%-------50%------10%- 547,444 - 508,636 - 424,112 647,292 - 587,052 - 438,500 693,424 - 596,740 - 414,652 751,536 - 622,356 - 423,564 801,296 - 644,580 - 426,844 839,100 - 655,404 - 425,244 875,860 - 667,216 - 430,468 9

Reply to Want a day off work? in Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Since you spend 16 hours each day away fron work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available. Meaning 91 days of uninterruptible work. so your available working time is down to 15 days. We generously give 14 days vacation per year which leaves only 1 day available for work 14 days of vacation. On each such day, you would work 24 - 16 = 8 hours, which is a third of a day. So 14 days vacacti

Reply to 1.6 beta 3 now available on SDC in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The trapezoid in the minimap which shows the currently visible area in the mainscreen is still positioned incorrectly. If zooming the minimap in and out, the position changes by what seems to be half a screen. It's simple to reproduce: Scroll to a position where there's a star at the edge of the screen. On the minimap, the trapezoid should intersect said star. Zoom the minimap and see it jumping around. If scrolling around, it jumps back into the correct position immediately.

Reply to 1.6 beta 3 now available on SDC in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Did the invisible ship bug get fixed?

Reply to Does high performance count as a feature? in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

High performance is not a feature, it something inherit to any good product. But the lack of high performance is a critical bug.

Reply to Pax Terra in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Russia will be bankrupt soon (and this time they mean it!) and some european banker could just buy it for an apple and an egg.

Reply to Spy's in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

One spy, multiple spies. Spies serve two purposes: Either to spy on your enemy or to nullify enemy spies. If your enemy has lots of idle spies or a very high spy spending, he can quickly nullify your spies if you are spying on him. So for successful spying, make sure to use many spies, you need to deplete your enemy's spy pool. It usually helps to collect half a dozen spies and to apply them all at once. Personally I focus on economy buildings, that makes it more difficult for

Reply to DA 1.6 Beta 2 Here in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Related, sometimes ships will not revert to their 2D Style Icons when zoomed out to Tactical view. They stay in their 3D model and become very very tiny. Now that you mention it, I think I might have seen it as well. Didn't really notice it in the heat of the war

Reply to DA 1.6 Beta 2 Here in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

- Ships become invisible if multiple on the same spot Does this happen consistently for you? Is it only if they are different models, or something like that? Yes, happens often. It can be two of the same ship models or completely different ones, even fleets (e.g. combat fleet + transporter fleet on same spot). Ships become invisible even if zooming out to tactical view. There's a whole thread about this

Reply to Where do you put your "special" buildings? (Projects, Trade Goods, etc.) in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Usually I invade (or trade) quite a number of planets I don't have colonization techs for yet. These planets are ideal as economy planets. And if such a planet is in a relatively secure location, I rush-buy trade goods, wonders and such on them.

Reply to DA 1.6 Beta 2 Here in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I just finished a game with 1.6 beta 2. Here are my findings: - Ships become invisible if multiple on the same spot - The gold slider in the trade window behaves strange if you have debt - If zooming the minimap in, the trapezoid indicating the visible mainscreen doesn't display properly. It gets smaller instead of larger.

Reply to Game Play Example: Epic War! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Great read, you made me want to play another game of GC2. Hear this Galaxy, after lunch I'll take a quadrant of my own Like Wyndstar already asked, how did you get that asteroid belt? Since you're playing the beta (plague event would have been fatal for the AI otherwise), could it be a new feature of 1.6?

Reply to Video Game Marketing Is Screwed Up in Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

So true. The pre-release hypes and the lack of support after release are the biggest problems. Not only for games, but for many other products as well, be it software, hardware or things unrelated to computers at all. First of all there's a hype. Games get announced when they are still in beta stages. Features are announced which are impossible to hold. In the case of games it would be insane graphics, a revolutionary gameplay and so on. Especially if it's a sequel to another product, t

Reply to The most dangerous people alive. in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

IMHO, the most dangerous person in Germany is Wolfgang Schäuble (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%A4uble), our Minister of the Interior. He's actively working on abolishing human rights. Bad thing is that the leading political parties support him. He earned himself the nickname "Wheelchair dictator".

Reply to Getting the most out of focus in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Without factories, how do the labs get there? Two options: Put focus into social production or just buy them.

Reply to Getting the most out of focus in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I've almost finished a game where I went 1/1/98 on tough difficulty, 9 AI races, maxed CPU usage. My research was through the roof, economy was solid just ship production was somewhat slow. I didn't need many ships though since I played Arcean with their super warrior ability. Upgrading existing ships was all I needed most of the time. It worked like a charm until the point I got invention matrix. At that point my economy collapsed. Despite 80% taxrate (2 moral starbases helped

Reply to My oddest game experience yet in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I just had a very strange game. I've been playing as Arcean in the center of a large map. Suddenly it was decided in a secret meeting that my threat has become too big or so. Result was that I got into war with nearly everyone. I barely managed to survive using only a handful of ships (Super Warrior is incredible if used right). Couple of turns forward: The Dreadlords arrive! Directly next to a planet where I had just finished a transporter. Mega Event: Altarians becoming a

Reply to What abilities you can't do with out in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Economy and Morale. Crank up the taxes and hear their joyful cheering

Reply to How old are you? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

25 and not a bit wise yet. 150% crazy. Most of the time I feel younger, except when waking up in the morning with a hangover

Reply to (Gasp!) Carielf wrote a dev journal! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I just don't like that glare on it. It makes the map harder to read at the top. Please make that thing optional. There's a mod in the library that removes it. Great, first mod for me to install

Reply to Super Warrior - how good is it? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I've just played my first game as Arceans (DA 1.5) and I love this ability. For some reason, none of the other races seemed to bother much researching engines or putting some of them on their ships. So what I did was simple: Medium hulls with no engine and pew pew lazers The result was quite devastating, I rarely lost a ship. Only when standing next to a heavily defended planet some enemy

Reply to (Gasp!) Carielf wrote a dev journal! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

An interesting, very well written journal. Keep up the good work (both types, coding and blogging )

Reply to AI "bug" in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'm not an AI expert but I am a programmer. Making an AI use bonus tiles correctly and building factories before power plants should be a rather easy task I think. I haven't noticed any wastes bonus tiles yet, but I've seen way to many tech/manu/eco capitals on totally unsuited planets. Fixing this problem will likely increase AI strengh a fair amout.

Reply to Aaaargh! *&%$! Pirates! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What to build: A huge engines with a transport module Cheap victory, AI cannot handle this event at all.