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How to move a ship design to another game? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

The only two options seem to be Upload and Export. Upload strips the design down to its non-functional elements. Export publishes the design in a format for 3D printing. So why isn't a custom design accessible from other games? Here's the immediate situation: I am playing two branches of a game, one where I accept a peace offer and the other where I go for the kill. In one branch I spent a lot of time designing two ships - one a new BB, the oth

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I will occasionally see what appears to be a hex-shaped tool tip over a hex displaying the distance in hexes and in turns from (presumably) the selected ship. But I have been unable to figure out how to produce this very useful display when I want it. How to? Answered below.

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What happens to the population when the world has more population than it can feed? Does it decline slowly? Does Morale suffer as billions starve? For that matter, how do I get a world with more population than it can feed? These appear to be captured worlds. Do some races have intrinsic fast food bonuses?

Reply to Off the wall GC III questions in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Do world maps wrap from side to side? They should.

Reply to Off the wall GC III questions in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Is there a reason to prefer a Coordinator or Innovation Complex over a Research Academy? The former (IIRC) produces 20/30% while the latter produces 40%. Yes, I know the adjacency level boost is +2 instead of +1. Only as a hub with at least 3 RAs? Thulium Data Archive I believe is +1 adjacency, so is not wonderful as a hub? No, +2 or 3. And while we're on the subject of hubs, has anyone notice

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I noticed that 'Leftover Robots ' are contributing 20% to the manufacturing research of at least one of my planets. WTF? (Yes, it might have been an ex-Yor world and there's a small chance it was once an Iconian world. But that phrase would not be appropriate for either of their improvements.) No, it was a world originally colonized b

Reply to Off the wall GC III questions in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

How is - or is - 'faction' different from race/species?

Reply to A question of Morale in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I haven't looked closely at the specific values, but I do know that when I build each improvement, the planet morale does go up.

Reply to GalCiv III: I hope you're having as much fun as I'm having in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I like RTS, but short RTS matches. I get into a game and someone knocks on the door. What am I supposed to do? Invite them in to watch the last five minutes of the match. (got some converts that way, but more really strange looks) There is NO WAY that a concept such as GC can be implemented as a RTS. The scale won't permit it. Perhaps a non-RTS as a grand framework for RTS events, but that's a difficu

Reply to The Orville in Life, the Universe and Everything GalCiv3 Forums

Yeah, tonight was quite good. Even the dancing bandito got me smiling. I won't spoil the ending, though...

Reply to Basic Railgun in Tech Tree in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Basic Railgun requiring Thulium is also dumb.

Reply to Keypad movement. in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

Oh, certainly not to replace mouse movement. The two have co-existed for decades 0 except in GCIII.

Keypad movement. in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

Please enable keypad movement. Yes the key mapping will be different with hexes (6 directions) than squares (8 directions), but we can get used it. There are several benefits with keypad movement, not least of which is getting your hand off the mouse. Also, you have much finer control over movement - you can actually retreat when you detect that enemy fleet. To try that level of control with a mouse leads to instant mouse finger cramping.

Reply to [2.6] Bug: Movement Error in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I like it the way it is. You quickly learn not to screw around near black holes.

Reply to Off the wall GC III questions in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

How can you exploit an exploit?

Colony column sort is not persistent in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[This is for the 2.3.3 Base game, but I recall the same behavior in 2.5] In the Govern screen, on the Colonies page you can sort the list of colonies by any of the attributes (columns). You can view and edit a planet from that page, but when it returns to the page the table is un- (or default-)sorted. You have to resort and probably scroll to find the next planet of interest. The list should retain the selected sort at least so long as the Govern screen is ac

Reply to Equifax: Part 2 in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

One would assume that shorts are obvious, but maybe not?

Reply to GalCiv Journal: September 2017 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Interesting observations. Yes, this is getting a little too OT. I will say that I've been having these discussions for many years regarding synthetic races that are, effectively, individually immortal. What is their motivation to self-sacrifice? GC dodges around this with the wholly unconvincing assertion that the (good) Arnor "do not experience time". That dog don't hunt. [quote]The willingness to die for one's offspring, I could see the p

Reply to Equifax: Part 2 in Personal Computing GalCiv3 Forums

Well, obviously the buyers didn't know...

Reply to Off the wall GC III questions in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

BTW, whatever happened to capturing technology when a alien world is taken? That used to be real motivating!

Reply to Off the wall GC III questions in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="30" id="3689683"] The durantium is spent the moment you build queue it. If you cancel build, you get it refunded. The enemy can't take away what you already spent. This isn't Civ--built units don't really need supply. [/quote] I'm going to have to think about that. At a given moment, starbase mines produce X stuff. Stuff-users use Y stuff. Doesn't really matter if it's 'per week' or not. The questi

Reply to Off the wall GC III questions in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Yeah, I've done that. Works a treat, if you can afford it. In GCII you could "upgrade" to the same class for very little. Don't know if that holds in GCIII. (BTW, in the example my DNs use Thulium and I'm out of Thulium so that may not be an option.) And now! From the Wiki (I'm getting the impression that this is the real game manual): .. starships repair at a base rate of 1 hit point per turn, whether they move during the turn or not.

Reply to The Orville in Life, the Universe and Everything GalCiv3 Forums

Remember, the egg-laying species is mono-sexual. There are no "female" whatever they are. Should be interesting. And none of them better turn into Wesley Crusher! Seth, you have been warned.

Reply to GalCiv Journal: September 2017 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="20" id="3689781"] Good is altruistic, which by definition actually runs contrary to self interests. [/quote] I disagree. Some ideologies hold, and our own emotional responses seem to confirm, that altruism is self-interest, especially collective self-interest. Then there is the strong example of the religions that hold that one's self-interest is not necessarily best served in this world. You would undoubtedly call them mista

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What's the best way to deal with ship repair. I've a 1000 HP dreadnought that is knocked back to 100 points. Send it to orbit a planet? Into the same hex as a shipyard? Or do you form a small group of high-repair auxiliaries that sit back behind the lines? Or just poof it and build another?