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[1.4] Issues with EconomicStimulus / CulturalFestival in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Firstly, the tooltips for the two are wrong - they still indicate just a +5% bonus. Given the now variable nature of the stimulus/festival, either correct this with the formulae used, or simply eliminate it. Secondly, the values seem *VERY* step-function. I'd have to look at the code, but it *roughly* appears that the formula is something like "SOCIAL production / 10" dropping all fractions, times 5%. AKA: (SocProd DIV 10) * 0.05 Social productio

1.4 Serious Bug/Misfeature in Transfer of Manufacturing->Shipbuilding in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

OK, I'm just playing through the 1.4 opt-in. I've run into a major PITA problem: Let's say I have 3 planets. Planet 1 & 2 have a shipyard, and Planet 3 doesn't. OK, now I've finished building out #1, but I haven't finished on either 2 or 3. That is, I want #1 to just build ships now, have #2 build both buildings and ships, and #3 just make buildings. The logical thing is to set the shipbuilding slider on the Global Production w

Reply to Research specialization trading issue in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Pyro59" reply="11" id="3594588"] [snip] Great thanks Trims2u, I think that is the solution that is needed. I'd like to see it implemented. I'd be interested to hear your opinion on my other post, which is the ability to trade technologies when the receiving party does not have the prerequisite technology for it. Link below: https://forums.galciv3.com/editpost/472215 <

Reply to Death Stars in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

So, in other words, you're looking for an Instant-Win ship. Yeah, not gonna happen.

Reply to Research specialization trading issue in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Frankly, the best fix is twofold: 1. add the ability to refuse gifts. That eliminates the "dud specialization" exploit. 2. lock out the other specializations, even for trading. Once you specialize, you should NEVER be able to get another one of them, whether via by research yourself, trading, gift, or Galactic Event. Specializations should absolutely be single-choice only, no-going-back forks in the road. Different tech branche

Reply to Fast battle resolving in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Every time there's a battle, a small popup window shows up in the main map screen. This screen shows the forces fighting. At the bottom, there are two options. Pick the "Quick Battle" option. That resolves the fight without going to the cinematic viewer. <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAr4AAAIjCAIAAABqHY+/AAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsMAAA7DAcdvqGQAAP+lSURBVHhe7P0FmNxG1vcNl+3YY3s8zMwzZp4xMzNTzIkdO7ZDDjvkJ

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III: What's new? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Not yet; asteroids themselves are merely "terrain" restricting movement as of right now. There is the intention of making them mine-able, but how that's going to happen (i.e. via a mining starbase, a custom mine colony, or a mining ship) is still up for debate. Last I heard, it wouldn't make it back in until the 1st Expansion pack, next year sometime.

Reply to (former) expert 4x strategy gamer NEW to GalCiv!! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Given that 1.4 will drastically change strategies (we lose micro for planets, and have to go with governors which aren't as efficient, but a whole lot more scalable), I think I'm going to switch over to a more "balanced" approach. That is, make sure each planet has a 'primary' use, but also a strong 'secondary' one. So, in most cases, I'll be setting up research/money planets or production/money planets. Probably in something like a 60/40 or 75/25 mix.

Reply to How do I download custom or modded races from steam in GalCiv III Custom Races GalCiv3 Forums

1. Start GC3 2. Click on "New Game" 3. In the lower left hand side, below the scrolling window with all the mini pictures of your currently-loaded races, there's a button labled "Steam Workshop" 4. This opens up the Steam browser and takes you to the Factions web page, where you can browse for Races. 5. Click on a Race's picture, and that will take you to the page describing the race. 6. If you like it, click the Subscribe button. 7. Bro

Reply to Recommendations for GalCiv new computer build?? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I tend not to play the Super Abundant settings - I like a modestly spread out map where Life Support is important factor. I've played Insane maps with 40 AI opponents, "Common" settings for everything, though about turn 600 or so. A bit under 14G for RAM consumption at that point for GC3. If you're not playing FPS or RPGs heavily, you DON'T need the high-end graphics cards. The GTX 750 or Radeon 7870 are more than sufficient, and will be for quite some time.

Reply to Can we fix the Thulium Data Archive in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

I already mod my stuff to do this, via the option #3. But this is broken/horribly unbalanced in the base game, and really should be fixed.

Reply to Recommendations for GalCiv new computer build?? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Honestly, I've found prior-generation E3-based workstations to be excellent values. Get something that has an E3, or E3 v2 chip in it, and it'll perform quite well. They'll almost automatically have support for 32GB of RAM, and most will support 64GB. They'll also have better than normal chipsets, which often means you have more than the standard PCI-E channels available for dual graphics cards. The major issue is making sure you can get one with ei

Can we fix the Thulium Data Archive in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

The Thulium Data Archive building is completely useless right now, and has been since it was introduced over a year ago. it's an early-game structure it requires a resource that isn't terribly abundant, and one which has many other very powerful uses it costs an ENORMOUS amount of production, particularly for a early-game structure it has quite low benefits, being barely better than the 2nd-tier improvements Unlike the Duran

Reply to Tactical Combat - Retreat! (as in this should be an option) in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

Frankly, I'm mostly fine with how it currently works. The existing Roles and differences in speed/range are taken into account, though it's a little hard to see then in the BattleViewer. At best, I'd like a SINGLE pre-battle option to select which dictates basic tactics: I.e., when a battle is initiated, you get the "accept battle" screen with three choices: Aggressive tactics Balanced Defensive </ol

Reply to Influence should build Idealogy points in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

The problem with tying Ideology to Influence is that you make Ideology a large-empire characteristic, even more so than it is right now. That is, doing this means that it's yet another huge bonus for having a larger empire than your opponent. Like we need to stack that deck even more. Right now, a smaller empire can specialize in producing Ideology and be able to out-compete a larger one on that stat, if the larger one chooses to not to bother with much Ideology.&nbs

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

I hate to say it, but I'm in an agreement with Christian here. Forum ban until stats have shown he's completed at least a half-dozen games on maps not set to Abundant everything. At that point, he (and I'm assuming a he, pardon my gender bias) might have something valid to contribute, and might be able to do it coherently then. It's getting tiresome and clogging up the forums (and our time).

Reply to Iridium Infulence Problems in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Really? Look under the Economics tech tree, the branch starting with Marketing. There's a whole bunch of influence-generating stuff there, plus the starbase upgrades. The base Free Market isn't upgradeable, but there's plenty of other ways to get influence. In fact, I think the Iridiums have MORE than any other.

Reply to Diplomacy Exploit Grande! in GalCiv III AI Talk GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Grongh" reply="8" id="3562351"] No penalties alone would outweigh buying everything A.I. has. Why will I be scared of war, when no one is a threat anymore? Not to mention, at that point I probably would have won the game through culture. And limiting my offer just because I do not have the money right now just doesn't feel right to me. That's the whole point. You offer someone big amount of money for something you desperately need and then trade with everyb

Reply to How to remove custom ships and parts from the game? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

real stupid question: Library -> right click on GC3 game -> Properties -> Updates But nothing there is related to Steam Cloud in any obvious way. Did they move the choice somewhere else?

Reply to Defenses and hit points in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'm with the OP. The problem is that defenses degrade during the engagement, while weapons fire DOESN'T. So, the value of 1 point of defense degrades over time, while 1 Hull Point will always stop 1 point of weapons fire. This results in the situation where the best strategy is to build high-HP ships with as many weapons it as possible, but no defenses. The only saving grace of defenses is that they recharge after each turn to full streng

Reply to Too much durantium and other oddities with map generation.... in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

There's nothing wrong with assuming different resources have different frequencies at each "level" of abundance. It boils down to how those resources are to be used. Durantium is certainly useful for building Refineries, but they aren't terribly useful after mid-game. Otherwise, the durantium-powered weapons, etc. are substantially less powerful than the one which use anti-matter or thulium or elerium. That is, possessing a piece of durantium is significantly less valuab

Reply to [Bug] Planetary Soil Upgrades in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="putty101" reply="5" id="3559950"] Riiight...the devs meant for it to be this way as a game mechanic... So...you can settle on an inhospitable planet and terraform it, but you can't terraform it after you've made it inhospitable by your own hand! Tree hugger power go! No way this, and the mess of other things that don't work right could be a bug! If you can't terraform anything then it shouldn't appear in you

Reply to Economic Bonuses and Credits are Worthless in Gal Civ III in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'd also like to point out that money is very useful in trading. Especially when I don't want to trade my techs or resources to potential opponents, yet would like to obtain some juicy tech they have. Buying various treaty agreements also works wonders to overcome negative diplomatic reactions. In trade, money is the great lever. The more I have, the more powerful I can get.

Reply to no retreat option and slow turns in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

A "normal" computer can play on the "normal" settings. You can't play on the super-duper settings. For GC3, that means that a computer that meets the Recommended setup https://forums.galciv3.com/461330/page/1/ Should be able to play on the mid-sized maps with a dozen opponents, but not the Insane Map with several dozen. GC3 is multithreaded, so if you seem to be seeing it solely single-threaded,

Reply to Post 1.02 Manufacturing and Research Buildings... in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

My point of this post was two point out two things, both based on the math of the current situation: (1) the "resource"-based improvements (Refinery/Archive) are really not a good deal by any definition; they cost way too much in the early game, cost you a valuable resource, and don't provide any more benefit than the quickly-obtained Tier 2 improvements. They've been nerfed too much. I don't expect to make them worth-while beyond mid-game, but they