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Reply to Minor annoyance with zooming via mouse wheel. in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I agree. I keep whirling my mouse wheel instinctively and I still can't see the whole galaxy. My hand/eye refuses to believe I can't do that and keeps trying. It is sort of like running into a wall suddenly in the dark, well, less physically painful, but still mentally jarring. I have envisioned the zoom going up one more level to a minimap display format filling the main map window. I like the minimap format and think it would be even more use

Reply to Oh fun, the difference between 'Normal' and 'Gifted' is a Joy! in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

I expect "normal" to creep up in capability to where a lot of people are not going to be able to keep up with it, especially if they are new to the mechanics. I have always thought you would come up with a new level called "Experienced" that was actually the no-handicap level, and "Normal" would be quietly handing the human a few little bonuses. If we are giving out handicaps, shouldn't we give the Beginner no FOW? I like the idea of finer gradations in

Reply to Dev Stream (Friday, May 29th) at 3pm EDT, Noon Pacific in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

How is the Steam integration going? I am really looking forward to the whole sharing mechanism for mods and designs. Is it too early to start begging for more colonization events? I think I have seen them all by now. ;)

Reply to Minor annoyance with zooming via mouse wheel. in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I have seen that behavior before with other games and it was the mouse. If you have a wireless mouse, it can also be a sign of a marginal strength battery. Otherwise, it is probably the little wheel switch mechanism gone dirty or worn, and there is there is little you can do about it. Borrow someone else's mouse if you can to test with.

Reply to 1.02 opt in, abundant stars. So where are the stars? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Seilore" reply="85" id="3557213"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 82 I don't like the whole if you don't like that we lowered the habitable planets to ruffly the density of 40% of Galactic Civilizations II to satisfy the lowest of our players solution, if you don't like it mod it opt

Reply to TURN / IDLE COLONY glitch error in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

When you run out of improvements you can or want to build, you can select one of the projects. That will remove the "Idle Colony" message. It is not a good use of your production capabilities. Either find a technology that enables upgrade, or research the terraforming techs so you can get more tiles to build on. The govern button discussed above would be the individual govern function for the planet. Once there, you can adjust that planet without

Reply to Oh fun, the difference between 'Normal' and 'Gifted' is a Joy! in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Nice chart! I am beating the AI on Gifted, which amazes me. I tried bumping the Drengin up to Genius and they ran away with the game. The numbers don't look that badly different, but it makes a difference! And now I know why I will never touch God-like. [e digicons]8C[/e] Thanks again for the info!

Reply to Do "good" civs actually act good? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

The whole point is that it isn't about heroes and villains. It's about power struggles. That is one reason why they didn't use "good" and "evil". but "benevolent", "pragmatic", and "mean". Secondly, never trust someone who is truly convinced they are fighting for the good. They will feel that any and all tactics are justified. A sneak knows he is a sneak and might even apologize as he betrays you, but a true hero can strike without hesitation or gui

Reply to Disable surrendering? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Osbot" reply="2" id="3555733"] Feels like it cheats you out of a real fight when the AI just surrenders if it sees itself as too weak to fight a super power. [/quote] I don't understand this reaction. If the AI surrenders to another faction, there is a bigger opponent you will face. That's where you might find your real fight. If it is that weak and it is ready to surrender to you, then there is no real f

Reply to [feature] Moving Starbases in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Cool, we understand one another. Now, the devs get to decide what will happen.

Reply to Steam Custom Faction Achievement in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Same here. I thought it was because I was using a race designed in 1.0. So I redesigned it and am trying again.

Reply to Making the military starbases really useful in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

The thing that would most work for me is repair modules.

Reply to [MOD] Hereward's Alternative Star Map Backgrounds - Version 1.1 in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

Downloaded the reduced nebula. Just what I was looking for, just when I decided the background was too bright for my custom race colors to show properly. Very nice. Thanks!

Reply to [feature] Moving Starbases in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Extended range fo starbases is not a requirement for playing the game. The starbases at basic range work just fine for me at my play level. It seems easy to go with that spacing and make the best of it. It occurs to me that learning about extended range is one of the advanced techniques a new user will learn eventually, not one that is needed on game one. I do not understand why experienced players like yourself make the assumptions they do about new players.&nbs

Reply to [1.01] Emigration Center only gives 10% boost to Influence - Should it be 100%? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I have to agree. The emigration center doesn't fit the pattern of of the other one per planet buildings. It feels more like a typo than a design decision. I don't see anything about influence that should make it different than how research, wealth, and manufacturing work. My trial and error work (instead of math) shows me that an emigration center has to touch four cultural centers before it starts paying off in bonuses. That is too rare a circumstance.</

Reply to [feature] Moving Starbases in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

The real answer is put the starbase in the right place the first time or take the hit. Yes, that won't always be possible or easy or whatever. It isn't supposed to be. It is a simple reward/penalty system that raises a series of inconvenient decisions and challenges. For me, this is a very good thing. Seriously,it is not that there is no problem to fix here, as far as I see, it is taking out some of the challenge and interaction with the map. As far

Reply to The purpose of a game is to be fun in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I am using the planet wheel in an empire with >100 planets. I take each planet through three stages, beginning, mid-development, and possible specialization. I set up the beginning with max production and a short build list. When the planet gets back to me, I look more closely at its terrain and decide what should go where. The planet wheel gets set to follow the imperial wheel. It will stay there until late game when I will extreme specialize a several key wo

Reply to Please add option to limit number of warship each faction can have in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Achillus" reply="8" id="3553388"] More options is always better. As an option at the beginning of the game, would be better. That wat if you want it, its there. If not, then ignore it. [/quote] More options and more options and more options leads to bloatware. Just ask Microsoft. You are talking about additions to the main engine that sound like they would be used by an extremely small minority, m

Reply to I think I have the argument for why sensor cargo ships is too powerful as well as a solution. in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="BuckGodot" reply="35" id="3552314"] Quoting JorgenCAB, reply 33 Then I think you play it wrong for a power gamer I have never claimed to be a power gamer. Just the opposite in fact. [e digicons];)[/e] However, I find I can kick the snot out of the AI on "Normal".

Reply to GalCiv III: Interesting stats in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I like it. We get some interesting facts and the first thing that happens is everyone denies it is true because it doesn't describe them. Then you get a list of how it each of us is different. No one seems to want to admit that we here on the forums are not the norm. Personally, I am proud of it. But I also know not to ignore all those people who are starting on beginner and staying there. Some of the people on this thread seem to be denying that could

Reply to What are your fastest games? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

My fastest game is tag. The other kids always catch me immediately. As for GalCiv, I'm still working on my first complete game. I had a lot of crashes and I restarted for each beta release. Now I am trying push forward towards an Ascension victory. I am at 175 turns. For a lark, when I had to leave for a while yesterday, I saved my game and then put it on soak. When I came back, my AI player had won in 250 turns. So I guess that is the goa

Reply to viewing moves left for a fleet in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Hover over the fleet and the pop up tooltip will tell you.

Reply to "Reset" on Steam in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

If you have Steam Cloud enabled, disable that first. Then you can do the delete local data.

Reply to Disappointed at the lack of female portraits in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="eviator" reply="16" id="3550215"] Quoting erischild, reply 10 Troll or not, it is actually a valid point. The Stardock supplied art is of a quality that it should be possible for the artists to suggest a bit of gender besides Altairian and Humans. It's very good art and I admire the skill and va

Reply to Disappointed at the lack of female portraits in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Troll or not, it is actually a valid point. The Stardock supplied art is of a quality that it should be possible for the artists to suggest a bit of gender besides Altairian and Humans. It's very good art and I admire the skill and variety, but it does come off as a bit of a boy's club. Obviously, it is not necessarily relevant for all factions, but for the human players involved, it sometimes makes a difference. Hopefully there is more than just Jenna in the f