fleabitfox

Reply to TIPS: The Very Early Game in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I've only played on large or larger maps so far, having restarted several games to get a feel for it. I've not lease bought any ships.. I found the cost later was hurting me. I rather buy my first colony ship outright, colonize 2 systems, and (hopefully) by the time those planets start cranking out colony ships, I'll have uncovered more systems. By the time I had around 15 systems, my opponents had around as many or a bit less than me, so it seems to work.. at least on a larger map. I can se

Reply to How is this possible? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Brad indicated it only cheats at the very highest setting, and with an economic bonus. The AI is very quick and efficient. If you dawdle or make any bad decisions, it will get ahead. fleabitfox

Reply to Printable Tech Tree? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There is a more comprehensive one at Javascouts site you can print. It is rather large though, I would imagine even 11x17 would even be a tad on the small side. I've printed it out on a plotter.. nice 'n large. :D fleabitfox

Reply to beginning strategy with buying ships. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I usually buy my first colony ship flat out.. so I don't have to pay for a lease. It seems to work so far.. I am not in debt at least. :D What is everyone elses strategy? fleabitfox

Reply to Massive Frustration in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Wierdness. But since I've not heard of one other person with this problem, if you are going to reference a POS, you might want to check out your computer instead.. ;p Seriously though, the devs have been wonderful about helping those with issues. No need to go postal over the problem. LOL Post it in the bugs thread. fleabitfox

Reply to Gamespy Review is up in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I can't stand most multiplayer games. Annoying, rude, childish, immature players.. slow games, lag, cheating and loopholes, huge egos.. you name it. There are few I like gaming online with. The ONLY game I really enjoy playing online is IL-2, since it is such an awesome game (and now FB), and because the players are typically more mature. And ship design? Nice if implemented correctly. But when ships are obsolete as soon as they are released, it gets VERY annoying. That isn't fun.

Reply to Turn off autopilot? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

What is seems like to me is that they will move at the end of the turn. Unless you move a ship manually, then they all do their automoves before the end of turn. UNLESS.. the star systems are aligned just right it seems, then some will move.. and some will not. Um.. it is a little confusing. :p Chalk it up to the learning curve *sigh* Anyone have a really clear idea of how autopilot works, and if it can be shut off completely? Or for certain ship types? Thanks! fl

Reply to Spend Rate? What exactly is this? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thanks for the responses! Seems like you have pondered this as I have JNOV.. although to a greater extent. LOL That sounds reasonable however. I hope a dev though, puts his 2 cents in. I would love some clear, precise answers to this issue, as I imagine it is of some importance. :D That does help me get pointed in the right direction tho! fleabitfox

Spend Rate? What exactly is this? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The manual says 'The spend rate is waht percentage of your manufacturing and technological ability you are using'. ok.. but what exactly *is* it, and how does it affect my economy? If my spend rate is say, 80%.. does that mean I'll spend up to 80% of all production points each turn? Or that if my spend rate is 100%, but I don't have enough military and social projects going on, I won't spend that 100%? If I spend that 100%, and I am doing to many projects in to many star systems, tha

Reply to tech tree graphic from the survival guide in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm a network admin, but I work for an enviromental remediation company. We have a few cad stations, and a few plotters, but only one really nice(er) one. Um.. I was testing out the postscript print drivers, that's all.. honest! LOL fleabitfox P.S. I could be wrong about that tech tree, if say.. you could get a tech by researching one OR the other one prior to researching the new one. I am used to having set prerequisites in a game, so I don't know if the c

Reply to GalCiv AI Cheating at all diff levels? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yup.. I knew about this from the manual, and online. No biggie.. makes ya' hustle! :D fleabitfox

Reply to Anomolies Affect all Ships? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Ok.. this makes me happier. Good! Will anomolies reappear near your starsystems later in the game? fleabitfox

Reply to tech tree graphic from the survival guide in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have a plotter at work.. makes my huuuge tech tree look SO good! Muahahaa.. ;p By the way, not that it really matters, but he went a little line 'n arrow crazy on his tech tree (at least the project and tech tree). There are relationship arrows that don't need to be there, making it a tad more complex than it needs to be. For instance, Avatar technology: There are relationship lines from both Self Healing Armor as well as from Ranger Technology. However the one from Ranger tech

Reply to Turn off autopilot? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It would be a great feature, IMO. Clicking on every ship each turn to turn off autopilot could get cumbersome. I enjoy especially earlier in the game, to control where my ships go. An 'autopilot off' option would be nice. Any chance this could be included? Brad? Anyone? :D fleabitfox

Reply to Anomolies Affect all Ships? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Good to know, thanks! And a good question MadCow.. I noticed the same thing. Strategy quetion then. Should your survey ship ignore the anomolies nearest your star systems early in the game, saving them for Rangers and other ships later in the game? I'm assuming anomolies don't recrop up later then. And that would be a neat mod IMO. Anomolies that not only appear, but DISappear during the game. Thus always being a fair supply of them. Good? No? Could someone mod this plea

Reply to Anomolies Affect all Ships? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Gah.. are you serious?! What good are anomolies then? It isn't as if hitpoints or better armor is going to help out a ship that won't ever see combat if I can help it! If only survey ships can use anomolies that pump up your ship.. they are fairly worthless, IMO. If that is the case.. is there any tech that will give your fighers, corvettes, battleships etc.. the ability to snag anomolies? And additionally, do anomolies repopulate over the course of a game? I really hope the answer

Anomolies Affect all Ships? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I was up sooo late playing GalCiv last nite *yawn* But as I was wrapping up, I recalled when I found anomolies that gave my ship bonuses that it said your 'ship' received say, a +4hp bonus or whatever. Is this a bonus for ALL ships, both current and to be made in the future, including non researched ship types? Thanks in advance for any answer to this! fleabitfox

Reply to Assigning Names To Planets in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Just out of curiosity, what do you name your star systems? I myself have been using names (Weyrs, and then names of dragons, etc) from the Pern series. Sort of along the same lines and all, about colonists populating a planet. So I have Ruatha, and Benden, and Fort, etc. Watcha name 'em after? fleabitfox

Turn off autopilot? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'll probably find it somewhere eventually.. it is just easier to find out here, what-with all the beta gurus of this game. LOL Just wondering how to turn off the autopilot for ships (or for certain ships, if possible), so you can move them all yourself, if you wish. Thanks! fleabitfox

Reply to About GalCiv, I have purchased games with rave reviews ... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Heh.. what I was thinking knofuzed. Gamespot reviewer tilts it at '9'.. and I would tend to agree. And the longevity of this game is pretty much assured with continuing support and bonuses, as well of course, as mods when the editor is released. Bottom line. It is 40 bucks. If 40 bucks means that much to you, and you don't want to listen to what is for the most part overwhelming positives for this game, simply wait for the demo to be released in April, and judge for yourself. There

Reply to Incredible Game in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

oh, now you are just sucking up. :p It is a great game tho.. played since I brought it home. *yawn* must sleep i suppose, sooner or later. Right after I download a few winamp mp3 lists. LOL fleabitfox

Reply to GameSpot Review is Out in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well actually, the reviewers 'tilt' is indeed '9'. So yes.. he seems to agree with you completely. He feels he must average out the score like they average out *all* game scores, to include graphics and sound, but his personal tilt is 9. That is a fine review. 8.6 is 'great' on their grading system. For most 4x gamers, it will indeed be a 9, and in fact, over the course of the year, it will only increase with the bonus packs, updates, ai fixes, etc. Not that it needs much fixing no

Reply to Windowed Mode? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Great.. thanks for the response(s)! And.. I'm off to the mall, off to buy this game. Woot. fleabitfox

Windowed Mode? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Just curious if there is a windowed mode for GalCiv. Can ya play in a window, and how do you do it? Thanks! fleabitfox

Reply to Impressions Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Oops.. my first babble was incomplete. I was trying to say that on gonegold.com, an impression thread is usually started when a game comse out. You can read up on the gonegold galciv impression thread here: http://www.gonegold.com/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=2;DaysPrune=45 fleabitfox