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Reply to Poor cache management in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

The AI can have different, and more, factors to consider when calculating what to do for it's turn. This factors can range from "enemies", to ships to move, to planets to govern, to map obstacles, to many other possibilities, and this can result in more CPU power being used than in other points in the same session. In fact, the issue occurring early in the game can make sense, due to the early game colony rush, where the AI has a lot of thinking to do.

Reply to What is this "Basic Build" manure? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Vidszhite" reply="22" id="3567796"]Wrong. The devs HAVE put in a Basic blueprint, but you're looking in the wrong XML for it. It's in StaticShipBlueprintDefs. Static blueprints do not change, and are used for things like the initial Survey ship you start the game with.[/quote] Awesome, thanks for the heads up!

Reply to What is this "Basic Build" manure? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="zyathus" reply="16" id="3567635"]i think and feel that the devs did poorly on this. ShipBlueprintDefs already has a 2nd constructor blueprint (AwardConstructor), and the nice thing to do would have been to add a 3rd one - RequestConstructorBlueprint. [/quote] To follow up; it appears the devs have in fact coded this feature in. However, they failed to make the actual blueprint, BasicConstructorBlueprint, in the ShipBlueprintDefs. I'll be fixing this with a mo

Reply to Reference files for DLC in Sins Modding Sins Forums

The reference files for the DLC are included in any reference file set for Sins version 1.80 and 1.82. Here's a set for 1.80, credit to harpo99999 for them. To see if the DLC are active ingame, when you're in the main menu for Sins, in the bottom right it should say "Forbidden Worlds" and "Stellar Phenomena" to denote that you own the respective DLCs.

Reply to What is this "Basic Build" manure? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="zyathus" reply="16" id="3567635"]i think and feel that the devs did poorly on this. ShipBlueprintDefs already has a 2nd constructor blueprint (AwardConstructor), and the nice thing to do would have been to add a 3rd one - RequestConstructorBlueprint.[/quote] This is a great idea; make the RequestConstructorBlueprint have no life support (doesn't need it), 1 or even 2 constructor modules, and either have a few engines or fill up all the remaining space with engines

Reply to Mod Request (help with model conversion) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I think it's time I fix up my model converting video already. Lets go and do that...

Reply to Poor cache management in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Captain Patch" reply="45" id="3567180"]And as far as I am concerned, "Recommended" does mean "In order to take advantage of everything this game has to offer, these are the requirements you must fulfill."[/quote] It's been said before, and bares repeating, your CPU does not meet the recommended specs. The Q8200 is not anywhere near as powerful as an i5, even if it is listed as having the same clock speed.

Reply to My last approval thread, EVER - bug confirmed by lead dev Paul in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="HeroicHerald" reply="12" id="3566780"]Now I suppose I could just suck it up, play with patriotic and ignore LEP all together. Might as well just use the thalan tech tree while I'm at it. [/quote] Here's a second mod that removes LEP entirely: https://forums.galciv3.com/466067

Reply to Poor cache management in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Captain Patch" reply="36" id="3566775"]Ah, but being a PC, not everything gets swapped out at the same time.[/quote] I'm well aware of this; I'm in the same boat with my own, self built, PC. [quote]The CPU and RAM date from 2012. The motherboard and video card date from 2014.[/quote] CPU is from 2012 eh? So in that case, it was 5 years old! Which by any respectable measure is a poor choice of components. [quote]A

Reply to Poor cache management in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Captain Patch" reply="31" id="3566693"][And then being told six months later, "Your system really is outdated and and underpowered for the current generation of games."] [/quote] In fairness, I personally would have said this had someone even entertained the notion of buying a Core 2 CPU in 2013, let alone 2014. [quote who="Captain Patch" reply="31" id="3566693"]A) nearly EVERYONE playing GC3 has enormously more up-to-date systems than I [/quote] <p

Reply to Hyperion Logistics; The story so far.... in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote quoting="post"]My observation is that its only on ships produced at the shipyard thats tied to the planet where the H.L. building is built.[/quote] This is intentional. Not all buildings, such as Hyperion Logistics, Hyperion Supply, and Hyperion Shipbuilding, are empire-wide. I've made mods that change the first two to be more like the Hyperion Shrinker however, for those who wish.

Reply to To those complaining about Morale - you have it all wrong. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

For those who want it; I've made a mini-mod that removes the LEP.

Reply to Warning: On Larger Maps With Lots of Planets, If you Didn't Take Patriotic or Malevolence Lvl 2 You've Screwed Yourself in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

For those who want it; I've made a mini-mod that removes the LEP.

Reply to [MOD] Lavo's Modding Corner in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

Updated the OP with a new mod that removes the LEP.

Reply to This vs Galciv 2 UE with Community Update in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="TurielD" reply="5" id="3564844"]Perhaps it can choose between the ships it has available to design[/quote] The AI can do this both for offense and defense. Eventually, once Steam Workshop is properly integrated, the AI will start getting access to the thousands of ships that human players make, and will be able to pick from that large pool which will most likely have various "hard counters" in it. Currently however, it is limited as you have alluded to in your post.

Reply to Research Project and Economic Stimulus - Not worth it in ANY way in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Back at some point in beta, Research Project and Economic Project gave a flat +1 rather than 10%. If my understanding at the time was correct, the project bits were to aid non-specialized planets (ex. factories+labs or factories+markets), or possibly giving factory specialized worlds something to do when not building things. However, in effect they ended up making non-specialized planets more powerful than specialized ones based on pure research/credits produced, never mind the benefits from

Reply to [MOD] Lavo's Modding Corner in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

Sorry about that, fixed the link!

Reply to This is How I Would Program the AI for War in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="marigoldran" reply="16" id="3562570"][quote who="Frogboy" reply="12" id="3562536"]Can you send me that saved game? [/quote] How?[/quote] Once you save the game, go to your ...Documents\My Games\GalCiv3\Saves folder, and find the GameName.GC3Sav, upload it to a site like Dropbox or Mediafire , and either post it here or PM it to Frogboy.

Reply to Idea for fun Game: Gigantic Map. 8 YOR CLONES. God-like. Abundant/abundant/abundant. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Might I recommend giving a go with my Godlike AI - Nightmare Edition mod? For best results, disable tech trading.

Reply to [MOD] Lavo's Modding Corner in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

Awesome! Updated the OP with a new addition, Faction Wide Hyperion Supply.

Reply to Space Domination (No need for Troop Transports) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="marigoldran" reply="32" id="3562183"]Besides, it gets into a different issue: WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF AN EXPLOIT? I could argue that designing new ships is an exploit too. [/quote] Abusing something that is obviously contrary to it's intended purpose for personal gain. Designing ships, under this definition, is not an exploit as players are meant to be able to design ships. However, designing terrible ships, such as cargo battleships, for the AI

Reply to Space Domination (No need for Troop Transports) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

There is one problem with this; if you kill the AI's shipyards and ships, it may end up surrendering all it's assets to another AI, who you will have to deal with later. It may do this soon after losing everything, or once you start eventually invading it's planets. Either way the result is the same; you're just putting off the problem for later.

Reply to Starbase Refinery in Sins Modding GalCiv3 Forums

That is a pity.

Reply to Yellow and Black Shield meaning on colony info in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Yellow shield means that the planet has ships in orbit. As for 50/50, I'm unfortunately of no assistance here.

Reply to Starbase Refinery in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Theoretically there is an alternative, using abilities. By having a passive ability unlocked via a leveling up of the star base, you can have an invulnerable refinery spawned that dies when the star base does.