tid242

Reply to Any new planet theories for GalCiv3 2.5? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Best tactical advice... keep playing it... [e digicons]}:)[/e] [e digicons]}:)[/e] [e digicons]}:)[/e]

Reply to Getting worried... in Star Control GalCiv3 Forums

This makes me think I should actually go look in the founders vault for once..

Reply to Still have different tech trees? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

there are 2 answers to this. In crusade the tech trees are based upon racial abilities (slaver, synthetic, etc). In the 2.5 base game there's a bug and tech trees are kind of broken at the moment, but I believe they will also be based upon abilities too.. hope this helps..

Reply to Dog morality systems in Life, the Universe and Everything GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Chibiabos" reply="8" id="3689324"] I am sick to death of the mentality humans are unique to having thoughts or feelings beyond "Kill. Eat. Sleep. Repeat." [/quote] Good post. This was not the main thrust of my argument (if this comment was directed toward my post), I'm sorry if it was construed that way. It was more along the lines of dogs live in complex human societies, and have lineages from complex animal 'societies'. </p

Reply to "Cannot Invade. No Genocide Ships" ?????? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Not having enough genocide always puts a damper on the spirit of things...

Reply to Threadripper vs i9 in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="willistuder" reply="16" id="3689258"] Quoting admiralWillyWilber, reply 15 Well you spend as much on a processor as me splurging on a computer. It really depends if your going high end or not. I think that amd is winning low end, maybe middle end, and intigrated graphics. Speed is

Reply to Threadripper vs i9 in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Ticktoc" reply="12" id="3689114"] Quoting tid242, reply 11 As an aside, in the 2+ years it'll realistically be before I'm looking at rebuilding a machine, it'll be interesting to see if the middle of the market (ie middle of the performance gaming market) moves to >4 core chips. <br /

Reply to Threadripper vs i9 in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="willistuder" reply="9" id="3689085"] I have just sprung big bucks for an Intel i9 with a Gigabyte x299 gaming 9 motherboard, 64 GB of 2666Mhz RAM, 2 Samsung 960 Pro 1 TB SSD's (in RAID 0, for a 2TB drive at twice the speed, and in M.2 slots, a newish higher speed bus), and an adequate graphics card (GTX 1050). It will be used for a DAW (digital audio workstation). 64GB of RAM is insane unless you work with high resolution audio (or video, especially). For example, one of my p

Reply to Threadripper vs i9 in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

As an aside, in the 2+ years it'll realistically be before I'm looking at rebuilding a machine, it'll be interesting to see if the middle of the market (ie middle of the performance gaming market) moves to >4 core chips. If, say, the equivalent to the 7790k (or *cough* 4790k) in market positioning terms are 6 or 8 physical core chips if there are insane i9 monsters with 16 cores on the top end.. It would be interesting to know the business model for selling these kinds

Reply to Threadripper vs i9 in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="8" id="3689078"] Quoting admiralWillyWilber, reply 7 Tid242 the intel i7 7790k would be this years model not from years ago You are correct. My i7 4790K was from 3 years ago [/quote] Ah yes, just checked, 4790k. You are corre

Reply to Google Should check advertisers a lot better in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="3" id="3689017"] Quoting Daiwa, reply 2 I never use Google for search. Me, either! Google just isn't trustworthy and has too many shady practices. [/quote] Been using duckduckgo for about 5 years now, google does deepe

Reply to Threadripper vs i9 in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="2" id="3682518"] The 'use' for AMD is to keep Intel prices more under control so you can keep on using Intel....[e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] +1 my thoughts exactly. On my end, using a i7 7790k (I think is the model number?) from a handful of years back, I really have yet to see any real need for any more power, although if you were streaming and doing all the cool-kid stuff this might be a diff story. That all being sai

Reply to GalCiv III: Drengin/Human Wars VI in GalCiv III Dev Journals LittleTinyFrogs Forums

As an aside, what ideology choices are the AI's grabbing in these mini-runs, any way to see them?

Reply to GalCiv III: Drengin/Human Wars VI in GalCiv III Dev Journals LittleTinyFrogs Forums

I had posted somewhere a vague idea of Ideology choice modifications. One way to hard-crimp the rush would be a 'sue for peace' ideology choice that stops war (all war or only one civ?) for X turns. Just a thought. Off the cuff, it just popped into my head that perhaps /losing/ a planet should generate something - an ideology choice, or the flight of resources from that planet to the homeworld or the like. This would make turning an early rush int

Reply to GalCiv III: Drengin/Human Wars V in GalCiv III Dev Journals LittleTinyFrogs Forums

As an aside, I've also been mildly intrigued by the star fury (for starting ships) start - just start with 2 of these and immediately go hunting. Combining this with the 'know alien homeworld' trait might be a really strong rush-strat..

Reply to GalCiv III: Drengin/Human Wars V in GalCiv III Dev Journals LittleTinyFrogs Forums

Ok, so invasions at turn 22. What are your thoughts on the fact that the Drengen put BOTH of its citizens on that crap planet you conquered rather than the empire's real planet?

Reply to Dog morality systems in Life, the Universe and Everything LittleTinyFrogs Forums

So... I'll be the first to say that I'm not a dog-ologist (I think is the term for someone specializing in canines) but I'll throw in my $0.02 Dogs are something like 98% wolf. The vast majority of the remaining 2% difference is a UI to interact with humans. Of the 98% that are ~wild/wolf, canine society is hierarchical with the lower status animals yielding to the whims of their superiors. But pack dynamics are give-and-take with different things being impor

Reply to Global Ransomware Attack - here we go again in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="kryo" reply="3" id="3683309"] It takes a special level of incompetence to put a nuclear reactor on the internet. But then this *is* Chernobyl we're talking about... [/quote] Well, granted it's just monitoring stations that are reporting background.. Just like these, mostly just individuals with rad detectors reporting with windows machines.. http://www.netc.com/ It's n

Reply to What have you picked up in the Steam Summer Sale? in PC Gaming GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="1" id="3683292"] Witcher 3 with both expansions for 25€. Also may pick up Conquest of Elysium 4 and Renowned Explorers + DLC if the itch grows too strong before the end. [/quote] Oh Witcher, that's supposed to be cool, I'll have to keep an eye out for that one... Me myself... I don't think I've really purchased much, actually. Bought a couple of games as gifts. Purchased 'pony island'

Reply to How view defending fleet? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

you might be able to if your espionage level against that race is high enough, otherwise you can't. I believe this is intentional so that planet defense has the edge. I could be wrong on these points but this is how planet defense has tended to be in my games. you'll still get the "defeat likely", "victory certain" etc if you click on it. Also if you zoom in, you can at least eyeball the type/size of ships flying around the planet..

Reply to Crusade - Make peace with minor race? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I don't think so. Minors are in the process of being removed entirely. What you're experiencing is from their half-removed-ness... You could research the benevolent ideology that ends wars (IIRC one exists) or hope for a UP 'end all wars' resolution.. hope this helps, -tid242

Technology Victory in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

A quick question on Technology Victory.. For those that have played on the more insane-side-of-the-spectrum map sizes. How is the 'technology victory condition' work out for you guys? Can you even conquer the galaxy before someone somewhere completes the tech vic path? Does is scale with galaxy size? I've been playing on the more medium-sized galaxy sizes and it's never an issue, but was curious how it worked on the super-big ones..

Reply to Pick 2: Polish, low price, sophisticated gameplay in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="adamb1011" reply="79" id="3683231"] the frog is exactly correct - people pay for half finished features, not a polished balanced game. [/quote] Well, maybe I can only speak for myself on this one, but... I never knowingly buy a 1/2 finished game. Do half-finished games sell a lot of copies? - sure, but did most people think they were buying a half-finished, or game that's unplayable during the end-game? I would guess not.

Paradox Interactive in PC Gaming GalCiv3 Forums

Oh wow.. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/92819-is-it-going-to-be-published-by-paradox-interactive/ Does everyone hate Paradox this much? - I was always under the impression that people thought they were reasonably OK..

Reply to Pick 2: Polish, low price, sophisticated gameplay in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Case in point (not to beat a dead horse): [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6FmOacal6Q[/video] Per the devs, Introversion's new game 'Scanner Sombre' (http://www.introversion.co.uk/scannersombre/ ) sold a total of 5 (five) copies thus far. It came out a month or two ago (not really sure, I wasn't one of the five customers, apparently so I don't remember the launch date).. Also, some mea culpas about messing up the tablet launch