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Reply to FOUNDERS: Mercenaries BETA in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

Works! Downloading now.

Reply to Mercenaries Beta Pool **ENDED** in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="CommanderBarzane" reply="58" id="3618311"] a little disappointing that we were told early this week and now...nothing.... [/quote] You'd be more disappointed if it kept crashing on you for some reason. ;) I figure SD hasn't/hadn't released the beta simply because it isn't/wasn't ready yet. Maybe Quality Control caught something critical, and the QA process had to be started all over again. After all. while the kibitzing n

Reply to [Mod] Generalized Tech Trees 1.8.1 (updated for 1.8.1/Mercenaries) in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="alphaprior" reply="13" id="3617971"] I use the generalized version. I know it's hard to update all techs for all races! I tried several times (and failed) to create a general tech tree just for humans and it's a very long xml it takes too long even by using notepad++. But I guess updating doesn't need so much work perhaps fixing some errors there and there. It's the new races that come to the game they will need a new generalized tech tree

Reply to Mercenaries Beta Pool **ENDED** in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Taslios" reply="19" id="3617923"] you guys.... you're doing it wrong. Brad reads these forums. He's totally pulling a J RR on us and is like... let them stew while I take my time. we need to pretend that we don't care or have better things to do. THEN he will release it. [/quote]

Reply to [Mod] Generalized Tech Trees 1.8.1 (updated for 1.8.1/Mercenaries) in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="alphaprior" reply="11" id="3617940"]But probably the mod needs an update best when the new expansion is released in 2 weeks with Torians back in the game! [/quote] Glad you like it! Actually, it's badly in need for an update for 1.5 ;p Sadly without a proper tech editor, it's an EXTREME pain in the ass to update hundreds of tech AI values for the Generalized version of the mod. Like induce-a-GC III-burnout-for-two-months pain in the ass.&

Reply to You know what you did in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I saw it in one of my sandbox games. Seems similar to the "we know what you're up to" from GC II when the AI was suggesting that you were about to invade its territory and/or mess it up. Here in GC III I suspect it has something to do with declaring war whilst you have a treaty/trade with the AI faction. Or possibly declaring war when you are within the borders of another faction sneak attack style. Or not. Only really noticed it once after the fact after

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries adds New Factions, New Ships, Mercenary Bazaar and more! in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="dbuchmann" reply="61" id="3616866"] Yes, we had to pay for...wait for it...NEW RACES. And having purchased multiple copies of the previous games and expansions for myself and friends excuse me if I feel a bit miffed that the races in previous games weren't included. [/quote] Except at the end of GC II and all of its expansions, there were 12 factions. Expecting a brand new game to have [b]ALL[/b] of those factions with unique tech trees and ship styles

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries adds New Factions, New Ships, Mercenary Bazaar and more! in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="dbuchmann" reply="58" id="3616857"] Oh, so this is where we get to pay for races from previous games that weren't included in the new version for whatever reason [e digicons]:|[/e] [/quote] You had to "pay for" more races in GC II as well. So " [e digicons]:|[/e] " right back atcha. [e digicons];P[/e]

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries adds New Factions, New Ships, Mercenary Bazaar and more! in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="mrblondini" reply="45" id="3616752"] BuckGodot, I would suggest the implementation will be that once you purchase a mercenary from the bazaar, you're able to place them where you want them - same as improvements/buildings on planets. Why would you pay a certain amount of bc for a mercenary (who you've hired for a certain job) just to have him/her/it randomly appear somewhere on the map? Especially when that random spot is a fair bit away from the job he/she

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries adds New Factions, New Ships, Mercenary Bazaar and more! in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

After thinking about it for a bit, one thing I'm curious about is how will purchased mercs be generated on the map. On small to medium size maps, where they get placed when purchased probably won't matter a hell of a lot. But if they are forced to one spawn point (homeworld, planet hosting a/the galactic bazaar, whatever) their utility [u]might[/u] be more compromised on larger sized maps. After all, if they have to spend 15 to 20 turns to get where you need them, I

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries adds New Factions, New Ships, Mercenary Bazaar and more! in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Jedistinger" reply="12" id="3616616"] Just as I suspected, no espionage system, and this game is going backwards. [/quote] Yes because a never-before-seen in GC mechanic (mercs) is "going backwards". And espionage is still on the road map, it's just been pushed back a bit, If your "going backwards" comment was about the inclusion of the Torians and Acreans, well all I would have to comment on is that including an espionage system ala GC II would

Reply to [Mod] Enhanced Terraforming v1.6 (game version agnostic) (append mod) in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

Took a couple of months off from the community as I needed to recharge my batteries a bit. Glad to see this is still getting use! Near as I can tell, this mod should still be good as of 1.5, but if anyone is still having any problems with this, let me know and I'll look into it. :)

Reply to GalCiv III: Founders News January 2016 in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

*dusts off keyboard* Guess this as good as any time for me to end my GC III seista! :) Took a couple months off from the game and just got done playing a 1.5 game for the first time. Looking forward to the new expansion pack.

Reply to Game Crash when selecting the Snathi race in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I haven't logged in in forever (been taking a long break from GC III), but I happened to see this in passing. If any mod has the file StarSystemDefs.xml in it, it [b]MUST[/b] be updated to include the Snathi starting system. The game will crash at map generation without it as it won't be able to generate the Snathi homesystem. Likewise, any mod that has: ContinentDefs.xml PlanetArtDefs.xml PlanetDefs.xml Probably need to be

Reply to Why are there more habital planets per star on galactic civilizations 2 ultimate than there is in galactic civilizations 3 in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="8" id="3596593"] Is that file for only mods, or where do I find it. My next question is how do I get rid of class zero planets. [/quote] Yes, that file is a mod. But you can have it as your [b]only[/b] mod if you want. Just throw it in the mod folder, turn on mods, and play the game as normal. All it does is up the generation of star systems and increases the number of planets per star system. As for getting rid of C

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v1.4 Changelog in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="pshaw" reply="33" id="3596404"]It should say that if either player has Universal Translator then you can trade. Sorry for the confusion. [/quote] Perfect. :) Makes complete sense that way. Thanks for the clarification.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v1.4 Changelog in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Confused by one of the patch notes for the latest opt-in patch: + 10/19/73: Human player can longer initiate trade before other player has universal translator Does this mean [b]both[/b] parties need to have Universal Translator before a trade can be made? If so, can't say I like that much at all.

Reply to [Mod] Generalized Tech Trees 1.8.1 (updated for 1.8.1/Mercenaries) in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

Updated to 1.4 opt-in: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0By8Y969dyvLHOF9zYi1wQXNOQ2s This is a maintenance release that only brings the tech trees up to date with the 1.4 opt-in. CHANGE LOG: Sensory Mastery I changed to 1.4 version in all tech trees. Planetary Invasion Research Costs changed where appropriate Numb

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v1.4 Changelog in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] to the changes to the manufacturing and research bonuses for the tech trees. I also notice that factions based on Slavery tech can now get the Manufacturing and Technological Capitials. Thumbs up to that as well. But that does make me note that the Yor are now the only faction who [b]DON'T[/b] get them. Perhaps the appropiate techs could be added as prereques for them as well?

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v1.4 Changelog in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Not mentioned above, but the Slave Treaty has now been renamed to Reserch Treaty. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] Well, when it is displayed on screen. Internally it is still called a Slave Treaty for backwards compatability. It's a little thing, but this has been bugging me ever since I noticed it for non-slave holding races early in the beta. Thanks for changing it, SD! :) Pity it can't be done on a race-by-race basis, but I suppose that c

Reply to 1.4 First Impressions in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Was in the process of prepping to update some of my mods when I noticed this: YorPlanetaryInvasion PlanetaryInvasion YorPlanetaryInvasion_Name Yor_Tree YorPlanetaryInvasion_ShortDec YorPlanetaryInvasion_Dec</Descripti

Reply to 1.4 First Impressions in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Uncle_Joe" reply="7" id="3595316"]Personally I hope this last vestige of the wheel and the attendant micromanagement is removed shortly. I much prefer the 'focus' and the ability to change it on the main planetary screen. But as long as the Global wheel exists, it's possible to micro production and research such that you gain a fairly sizable advantage over anyone not doing it (including presumably the AI). [/quote] The Global Wheel was in GC II afte

Reply to 1.4 - How do I get the old planet management screen back? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I've done some very very very preliminary investigations, and I don't think it will be possible to mod it back in. At least not easily. Haven't looked elsewhere yet, but the main difference looks to be the file GovernPlanetWnd.xml in the Screens directory. I tried a blind copy-n-paste from 1.3.2 into a newly created Screens directory in a mod folder and that didn't work. Tried to put GovernPlanetWnd.xml in a couple of other places in the mod directory

Reply to 1.4 - How do I get the old planet management screen back? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Gauntlet03" reply="2" id="3595133"] If you bring Naselus a heart, a brain and some courage, then he might bring it back for you. But personally I do not dare approach the great modding wizard and his wizardly keep. Sorry, I couldn't resist. [/quote] Heh. The main issue is if one can mod Screens from the mod directory or if one would have to change/alter the actual game directory XMLs. I did a near-full

Reply to 1.4 - How do I get the old planet management screen back? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

You don't and you can't. It might be theoretically possible for some modding wizard to mod it back in, but it doesn't look like it at first glance (I have not upgraded to 1.4 yet). This is a top level design decision from Stardock and has been in the works for a couple of months or so.