Scoutdog

Scoutdog

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I never said that the US was a crap country! It's a nice place to live, but things have gotten steadily worse over my entire lifetime, and I highly doubt that that will change any time soon. I say governments need to EARN the loyalty of their citizens. If the government is not looking after you or anyone else, why support it? I am willing to pay my taxes and obey the laws, but why should I actively support a nation that invades anyone it doesn't personally like and soaks the middle class whil

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Extant Faora" reply="3" id="2082038"]I live in Canada!!![/quote] Lucky you. The USA is really not that great of a country. Don't get me wrong, its definately preferable to China or Rwanda(sp?) or anyplace else in the third world, but we've sort of stagnated: economically, technologically, & socially. If I get enough money, I'm going to head over to either Finland or Japan.

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Reply to Adding more opponents in game. in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Although this is not a terribly good idea for a mod, it may techically be possible to add races into a save file itself using a hex editor, IF you knew what the correct groupings were and were willing to do this for every single game.

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Reply to Adding more playable races to race selection screen. in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

What I was talking about was a system in which you could bypass the raceconfig.xml entirely, and load pre-created opponents from the race customizer into each box one at a time. Of course, if you cannot get to the 2nd screen from the empties, I guess that would not work.

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Annoying neighbors, people calling in complaints if you make 1 peep ever.. that's about it. But if you find a Townhouse, those are usually much better than an apartment. Since you only have people on each side, no one above or below (usually). The one I'm in has 2 stories with basement for $560. Not too bad.. but I would never do a normal apartment again, ever.[/quote] Considering how annoying the people at my high school are, neighbors would definately be an improvement!

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

If I keep up my 4.2s, I should be able to get into either OSU or MIT, get a degree in computer sciences, and get a cushy programming job. I understand that devs are actually in the top-earning 10% of the population! And no, I do NOT want to have to deal with a house!!!! Wat's so bad about an apartment, anyway?

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Credit cards... ugh. I never use them. Of course, that's also because I am not technically OLD enough to get one, but still. If I was old enough, I would do everythig by debit and PayPal. I just don't understand why people are so obsessed w/ owing a house!!! [quote]Combat - I like the way combat is abstracted now. but I'd like to have huge fleets and offensive star bases and planets with big fricken omega cannons on them.[/quote] Please refrain from op

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Reply to Adding more opponents in game. in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I assume it is hardcoded in the sense that there are only 9 opponent "slots" on the selection screen, and I do not think you can add any more by editing the DXpack file. HOWEVER, it should be possible to add in more by editing the save files themselves. Of course, there is a limit to how many AIs you can have running simultaneously before they take up so much space that the game either crashes or slows to the point of unplayability, but I believe that the level would be extremely high, m

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Deficit. Forever?[/quote] Although, when you think about it, deficits and run-away spending are not the HUGE problem a lot of people claim: they may not be the BEST thing for a country to do, but they don't actually HURT anyone. Now, econ crashes, terrorist attacks, wars, and all of the other stuff actually affect the lives of your citizens. Deficits do not.

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

On a slightly more serious note, it would be interesting to have a mega event that lowers the amount of government spending you can have, either for everyone or only for a race that appears to be winning the game, as another mechanism to help increase balance.

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Reply to GalCiv2IDE II Public Beta in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

You do not need to pay for it: you just need to sign up @ MrKorx's site, i-Mod , and talk to him about the mod. I have not done the process personally, but he should give you whatever it is you need if you promise to tell him about bugs & stuff.

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Resources!! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

One of the hints that appears while the game is loading says "Few and far between, Economic Resources are more than worth their weight in gold-pressed latinum." My question is, ARE they actually rarer than other resources? If so, what govens this? Also, I remember a PLANET QUALITY RESORCE being mentioned in the manual for GC1, but have never seen one in an actual game, and I do not think it actually exists in either 1 or 2. If I am correct, then what is it douing in the manual?

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

It would be nice to have a race editor along with techs, imps, and others, as well as a tool that allows you to run games without a human player in order to check for balence and other issues. Probably not going to happen, but it would still be nice...

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

If they do multiplayer, they will have to find some way to redeaign the diplomacy ratings. The way it works now, two human players could decide to ally beforehand and do so as soon as the ntech was available, while the computer would still have to build up relations.

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I never said it was difficult; I said the AI was stupid for allowing you to do it. No AI should stand idly by while you win the game, no matter how good relations you have with them. If the AI had half a brain, there'd be no way to pull it off. Game features should not be designed around assuming that the AI will be brain-dead. Just another reason why GC2 would not make a good multiplayer game.[/quote] That is exactly what I am looking for as a quick fix for the rich

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