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Reply to Starbases are easy kills for an Overlord in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm not looking for an invincible starbase but given the scale of the things it does seem a bit much to have one ship come by, take one shot, and goodbye starbase. In my original post I was thinking along the lines of some of what Ted proposed: some combination of things that would allow a starbase to withstand at least two and preferably three attacks from Overlords. To that end I second the call for the return of the docking module with the ability for the docked or orbiting

Starbases are easy kills for an Overlord in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Are there any more defensive modules planned for starbases. Even with all defensive modules in place and the tri-strontium steel trade good an Overlord can destroy a starbase in one attack.

Reply to 4Z Autopilot and Prison Break Bugs - Plus One UP Bug in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Cari, I'll try it this evening.

Reply to Beta 4Z Drengin AI Bug in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It's a bug. Even so Brad noted, in another thread that the UP issue that protects starbases will be going away.

Reply to Two Annoying Domestic Economy Bugs in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Issue number 2 hit me last night. Before the I restored from the save I was cruising along on 100% spending (due to a bull market and multiple maxed economy resources) with a surplus of around 150 bc per turn. After the restore I had to drop my spending slider down to 26% just to break even.

Reply to 4Z Autopilot and Prison Break Bugs - Plus One UP Bug in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I hit another autopilot bug later in the same game. I had several large groups, not fleets, of ships headed for the same destination, an empty point in space, starting from several different origin points. What happened is that the groups of 10-15 ships would "stall". If I went to view the sector they were in the ships were still in autopilot, with the destination still correct, but the ships wouldn't move. I kept an eye on it for about 5-6 turns and they just didn't budge. <b

Reply to Has anyone stolen techs in 4z in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Not so far. I've been trying to though.

Reply to Research - Morphing in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Quite a few of the upper level techs don't do anything.

Reply to 4z: Stupid AI tricks in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Presumably this "bug" would also impact the Dreadlords, prison escapees, and any other random event generated ships. None of whom should care about a UP vote.

Reply to 4z: Stupid AI tricks in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I ran into this last night and was going to post but the SQL Worm activity didn't permit me access to the GalCiv Forum. Pirates, and presumably Space Sharks, shouldn't be impacted by UP votes. They would just sit there clustered around the starbase and do nothing.

4Z Autopilot and Prison Break Bugs - Plus One UP Bug in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Two bugs with respect to the Prison Break event. Prison Break Bugs: 1) In the popup that announces the prison break, in the last line, the word "rouge" should be "rogue". 2) Once the prison break popup went away the three battlecruisers appeared in the 3,6, and 9 o'clock positions around the planet that housed the prison. The only problem was that the ship in the 6 position was off the bottom edge of the map. One of the prison break ships attacked the planet that

Reply to Colony ship slider bug? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There has been a longstanding "quirk" in the action of sliders in the game. Once you hit about the 5% mark on the slider you lose all ability to control the quantity. At that point the slider allows one to either select zero or whatever the 5% mark is. Things seem to be smoother above 5%. I don't know whether this impact people who use the wheel on a wheel mouse to control the slider but it's a definite problem otherwise.

4Z - Graphics bug during ship movement in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

When the interface is using the "good" skin there a minor bit of wierdness that occurs: during ship movement the left upright from the box around the events summary in the lower right corner of the screen flickers each time a ship movement point is expended.

Reply to Planet finding in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

At present that's the only way.

Reply to Why should I buy Gal Civ? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Consider yourself backed up. :) The development model you describe was exactly what happened with The Corporate Machine.

Reply to 4z typos/buglets in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You're right. That's not the blackmail screen. Hmmm...

Reply to A few assorted bugs I've found and narrowed down, with suggestions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Many of the upper level techs currently do nothing other than being a prerequisite for a later tech.

Reply to Constructor AI bug still here in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Sometimes the AI ship, either constructor or colony ship, will just sit there for the entire game if you get grab the target location before the AI ship arrives.

Reply to Race info suggestion in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Razgon, That sounds like it's "The Venge" random event kicking in. There is a bug connected with that event in which the game sometimes doesn't admit that the race is dead. In other words: even if you or the AI destroys the race the decimation of planets by the now dead race continues. So you may be looking, in vain, for a race which no longer exists. Brad fixed this bug on Tuesday but it didn't make it into the 4Z build. Regardless of the above I like your

Reply to Is this a bug, feature, or just coincidence? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

jpub, The planet classes have definitely been tweaked over the course of the betas. In beta 4 there is a definitely an increase number of planets in the class 15-16 range and a decrease in the number of planets with a higher starting class.

Reply to 4z typos/buglets in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Mike, On your last point you seem to be describing the situation when a race is trying to blackmail you. They are, in essence, saying "come across with what we demand or else..." In that situation your only option is to say either "yes" or "no" to the demand. It's not really a trade even though it uses the trade screen.

Reply to Random events that aren't in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I agree with Solitair. Bitter experience has taught me that in order for a fledgling starbase to survive you have to build at least one defensive module before adding modules to any other aspect of the starbase. If I can manage it I try to build the first three defense modules before anything else. The defense mods will allow the starbase to withstand the pirates and the occasional space shark but if someone comes by with a ranger early in the game the starbase is still an easy kill a

Reply to what I like in 4Z in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

3) simple - masochistic difficulty level display on the race screen 4) the "leave UP" button on the United Planets screen 5) the new animations for first time events

Reply to Random events that aren't in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I realize that if the process were truly random then the game could, in theory, randomly choose to inflict the same random event on the player each and every turn. For the sake of playability and enjoyment of the game I suggest that this is sub-optimal. There are other issues intermixed with this. For example: What sense does it make for the UP to vote to end all current wars when there are no wars? What sense does it make for the UP to vote to add addition

Reply to Autopilot =loss of movement points? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Lucky Jack, That was me that pointed out that the autopilot bug still exists in 4D.