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The latest word is March.

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ply lines to a space based structure in the manner described by Evil Roy or Solitair. Without parking a sizeable fleet in the vicinity of the starbase and leaving it there to do blockade duty it seems pretty far-fetched. Magus

Reply to Corruption in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

s that annoying and yes I have all the latest patches. Magus

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hy I rarely allied in either game. Magus

Reply to Different Starbase Types in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Solitair, I like the idea of the shielding techs / modules a lot. There should also be a corresponding way to penetrate the shield at a suitably high tech level. Cheers Magus

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Here also.

Reply to Starbase Changes in galciv2? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

earch and defensive starbases in a given sector. The homeworld sector and other high population density sectors come to mind as ideal candidates for such a concentration of starbases. Cheers Magus

Reply to Progress Report: Planetary Management in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

e devoted to say...a monument. Cheers Magus

Reply to Please! Please! Please! Have Techs that do more than just add +10 to thumb_twiddling. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

wed whole new avenues of play. One could take a gas giant or an asteroid belt and convert it into a habitable planet. Cheers Magus

Reply to Progress Report: Planetary Management in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

his could happen, late game in Galciv , if you start with a good planet and then max out on PQ improvements. Cheers Magus

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The renewal option is now available. $59 to renew for a year.

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I'm in the same situation as Vinco and I couldn't find an "renew" option anywhere. Cheers, Magus

Reply to further beta feedback in Political Machine JoeUser Forums

Brad, Picking the VP mid-way through the season sounds like a good idea to me but, as Solitair points out , you should have a range of potential running mates to choose from, with different pluses and minuses for each. Magus

Reply to further beta feedback in Political Machine JoeUser Forums

I've only managed to play two games to completion so far but in addition to issues that have been reported elsewhere I found myself wishing for a way to extend the campaign season. Case in point is the current situation in the U.S. The effective campaign season is far longer than 41 weeks. Cheers Magus

Reply to ver 1.19 Starbase Economics in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

After playing a few more games with the change in starbase costs I'm liking it more. One factor that hadn't shown up in earlier games was that the cash crunch for AI starbase builds are is just a severe as it is for the human player. I still think that in larger galaxies it will be a very limiting factor.

Reply to Bug Reports for Gal Civ 1.19 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Magus said: [quote]2. Two CTD events, both times it happened immediately after one alien ship attacked another alien ship. Smart Exception hasn't worked for me for months so I can't be more specific.3. One hang. I had to reboot the machine to regain control.[/quote] Cari asked: [quote]2) Do you remember if they were specific ships? Do you have the autosave before the AI ships attacked?3) Do you remember at what point it happened? Was it during the end/beginning of a turn? [/quot

Reply to Bug Reports for Gal Civ 1.19 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]There seems to be a bug in the "no closer than three spaces" rule for starbase construction.I thought it didn't apllied to resource starbases[/quote] That exception is true if it is the to be constructed resource starbase that is closer than 3 spaces. The AI shouldn't be able to park a non-resource starbase right next to my just constructed resource starbase.

Reply to Bug Reports for Gal Civ 1.19 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

In a 1.19 game last night I managed to beat one of the AI races to a resource and build a starbase but during the AI turn they built a starbase right next to the now claimed resource. There seems to be a bug in the "no closer than three spaces" rule for starbase construction. Also the Torian race started researching "Final Frontier" but I didn't get the pop-up message mentioned in the release notes Cari posted. [Message Edited]

Reply to Bug Reports for Gal Civ 1.19 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Also, I could not get past "good" alignment, even though I had an alignment score of 100 - only good, not saintly. Is this a change?[/quote] Weyrleader: This seems to be a bug/typo in what is in english.str. It looks like "Good" and "Saintly" were switched. :)

Reply to Bug Reports for Gal Civ 1.19 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hmmm...I may have to add a bug in scoring to the above list. I submitted two 1.19 games to the Metaverse and while both seem to have registered my score doesn't seem to have changed as it should have. I submitted approx 12,000 points worth of game but I don't think my overall Metaverse score went up at all.

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Space Pirates random event: The "Good" choice has two minus signs in front of the BC value.

Reply to ver 1.19 Starbase Economics in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm not thrilled with the change in starbase costs either . My first thought would be to keep things as they are for non-resource starbases but to either remove or drastically reduce the cost when the base is build on a resource.

Reply to Bug Reports for Gal Civ 1.19 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I just finished my first 1.19 game and here are the bugs and a few musings with respect to the cost of starbases. Bugs: 1. The bug where Intel reports would show up twice on subsequent turns is back. I had Intel reports for all surviving races appear when my espionage rank moved to "Advanced" and the following turn the same set of pop-ups came around again. 2. Two CTD events, both times it happened immediately after one alien ship attacked another alien ship. Smart

Reply to Bug Report for v1.12.079 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Magus: you're playing with 1.12? Are you using the prompts or not? Are your ships on autopilot or not, and does it make a difference? Has anything changed with your internet connection? Are you using any new firewall or ad blocking software or anything like that?[/quote] Version is 1.12.079 Prompts: on Autopilot: yes or no makes no difference. Same DSL connection New OS (Windows XP) New install of GalCiv ZoneAlarm is in use but I haven't had proble

Reply to Bug Report for v1.12.079 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Two new items that no one else has mentioned in this build: 1. Both Terran and AI races were stopped from building on a resource. The "you're too close to another starbase" message popped up when I tried to build on it. The AI just kept stacking constructors on the resource to no effect. 2. I can't submit a game to the Metaverse now. I just reinstalled the OS and freshly reinstalled GalCiv and when I tried to submit my just finished game it just sits there on the "Submit"