MottiKhan

MottiKhan

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Reply to So did GalCiv II have good AI or not? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

GalCiv2 had a great AI. Consider what else was in the wild at the time and the fact that it was a 32 bit game. Those of us who got caught up in the scoring game used exploits that took months and several teams of players to devise. Facing a Suicidal AI on a level field without giving ourselves buffs or using cheese would in fact be suicidal. I doubt any one of us could beat it without cheese tactics, reloading, etc. I know you

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Reply to Ahead to the future... in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

Awesome post and +1 karma to you. I'd give more if I could. You've explained the heart of the game and why it's superior to the rest. A learning AI that'll be back and test us against ourselves. The potential there is astounding. This is one of the main reasons that I LOVE this game. There's that and the gameplay itself. It just makes sense and can be immersive if you let it. Great job, Stardock!

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Reply to Let's Play Game: How to Get a Gazlillion Colonies on Larger Map with Standard Amount of AI in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

This thread is rather anticlimatic. I was thinking the op was saying the game was too easy. Evidently, he's just creating a min/max custom race and using standard ideology bonuses to do a colony rush. No big whoop there. The AI will take those out in short order. Once you min/max, you've changed the rules anyway. This game setup isn't valid and shouldn't even be allowed in the Metaverse. Like I said before, submit your info <span style="text-decoration: u

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Reply to [Question - how to get backgrounds to work in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Seafireliv" reply="1" id="3560574"] You need to get a paint program (like photoshop) and create a transparent mask for some parts of the foreground so that the background will show thru. I had to learn to do it. It`s a little complicated at first unless you know your graphics stuff. But once done, you won`t forget. This link might help. http://www.wikihow.com/Add-a-Layer-Mask-in-Photoshop [/quote] True story,

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Reply to Help! I've Played 8 hours or so and The Game is too Easy!!! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="42" id="3560259"] No one is winning on Godlike unless they're exploiting the system massively. [/quote] Not yet, but I'm trying. Vanilla race against vanilla races with no exploits. Although I think that's my ass on the platter coming this way again. [quote] These are all things that just take time to do. Practice and gathering more data from actual players. Same as GalCiv I and GalCiv II.

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Display request in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I'd like to add a small request to the pile here. Can I turn the background yellow nebula or whatever it is off? Playing as the Yor, it makes it hard to see ships and such. I looked for an option in the setup, but couldn't find it. I have to move the map to a relatively blank spot in order to see the grid and give ship orders. Thanks in advance! :) This is on the main map.

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Reply to On Larger Maps, I Have 100+ Colonies by Turn 40 With an Average Population of 3 on Godlike. Game Too Easy. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="asinine_99" reply="20" id="3560102"] What about using colony ships as crappy transports? It would be cool if they could invade with an appropriate soldiering modifier. Right now it feels a bit crappy that transports so completely transform population into super soldiers. [/quote] Or colony ships as good transports? Fill them up with 3 pop and send them out as colony ships. Have a deep space starbase sitting close to a border. The enemy won't see a

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Reply to Help! I've Played 8 hours or so and The Game is too Easy!!! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="17" id="3560040"] Only 0.7% of games are completed at the highest difficulty level, most of which are defeats for the player. Someone saying the AI is stupid or easy on a forum requires no effort. The stats, however are the stats. [/quote] I guess that's why my lost games aren't showing up. Maybe I should play them to conclusion rather than quitting when I know I've been beaten. I lost several games, some early o

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Reply to Help! I've Played 8 hours or so and The Game is too Easy!!! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Actually, I think some good could come of this. Please consider sending your saved games and whatever exploit you used to the developers so they can close the hole. Good for you for finding the problem. Now please help the rest of us by letting Stardock know what you did. The rest of us don't give a rat's ass if you can cheat at a single player game and "win". We don't care how you did it. But Stardock might. I think you're missing out on the point of a g

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Reply to Stardock - could forum experience be improved for uncool people like me? in Everything Else GalCiv3 Forums

I just did an experiment with my tiny monitor. In Firefox, go to Options, then Content, then Advanced. Set the font sizes to be bigger. Probably around 20 for the proportional setting and 18 for the monospace and minimum settings. Then uncheck the little box that lets websites set their own fonts. The change is immediate, so you can switch back and forth between the tabs until it looks good for you. It won't mess with the rest of the page, so the edges

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Reply to GAL CIV III Cheap Price in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="6" id="3558686"] I removed his link. That is not an authorized seller and I'd advise against using any key seller sites. Best places to purchase are Stardock direct and Steam. Other good retailers are GMG, Gamergate, GameStop, etc. [/quote] That's good enough for me. Thanks for clearing that up, ID.

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Reply to Steam reviews in PC Gaming GalCiv3 Forums

I think I finally saw the review being referenced. It's from a well respected member here and I agree with most of his comments other than the weight he puts on them. The game is still in its early stages and is being refined as we speak. The problems listed aren't a game killer other than the AI issue, which I haven't seen. For the games I've played and including my current one, the AI seems to be responding as well as can be expected at this early stage. I'

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Reply to So, uh, that steam sale in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="19" id="3557441"] If you ever saw ghost busters theN you may remember the quote: if so eone asks you if you're a god you say yes. If steam offers to feature your game even if it means discount ting it you say yes. [/quote] I agree with your decision and think you should do another one, just for kicks. :) Seeing the title, I thought there was a steam sale and I was about to gleefully buy more copies to gift out. Oh well, maybe lat

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Reply to Set Galaxy View as low graphics only...? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Thanks for the tip, Valtek01! +1 Karma to you. :) I bought a cheap laptop when I was on vacationing just to play this game (at the suggestion of my wife, believe it or not). It has 4 cores, but only integrated graphics and only 4 GB of RAM. While I haven't experienced a crash, it would help speed things up. I'll probably tweak this on my main gaming machine as well, since I only keep it zoomed to the icon level anyway.

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Reply to Galactic Civilizations III - Patch 1.02 in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Thanks for working so hard on the updates, folks! As far as this one goes, I didn't even know about a lot of these issues. I still haven't experienced a crash of any type on either machine that has the game installed. Rock solid on both. I experienced the Altarian ship thing, but every ship that didn't spawn was just a scout, so I ignored it. Great job! I'm looking forward to continuing my game. (Can't do that to

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Reply to Tyranny of Evil - A Metaverse Empire. in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Neilo" reply="3420" id="3551341"] Anyone from the ToE playing GC3? [/quote] I am. Just beginning, though. I bought the Elite Founder's pack, but only played a short while in late beta. I started over when it was released, but was out of town. Not very experienced, but it's a fun game.

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Reply to Steam reviews in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I'm not sure which game this is referring to, but I didn't see a recent negative for GalCiv3 with a 90 hour reported time. I still updated my earlier positive review since I've had so many more hours playing now. FREAKING AWESOME game! It'll only get better as the AI learns.

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Reply to AMD Claims Upcoming Zen CPUs on a Par With Intel in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I'm wishing AMD the best of luck in their new chips. If they can match Intel, they might push Intel to improve further. I can then decide on my next upgrade. I'm not a brand loyalty kind of guy. I'll go with whatever the flavor of the day is as long as it's value for money.

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Reply to Email from Miscrosoft about Windows 10 in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="4" id="3542019"] ... does it have a highlighted link you can mouse over? If so, you can see if it matches an MS address... [/quote] I received an email from Microsoft last night about Windows 10. It has a link that resolves to communication.microsoft.com. Seeing the MS domain, I clicked the link and it redirected to windows.microsoft.com. It's basically just saying that most devices will be able to upgrade to Windows 10

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