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Reply to Suggestions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think something interesting that could add a lot to the game are nebulas. They could be randomly generated on the map and have different properties. Examples 1)lower the defense rating of ships while they are in it 2)subtract hit points while a ship is moving through it 3)lower the scan range on ships in it 4)hide planets that could be 'detected' once better sensors are researched. 5)terror star has a chance to create one when used I think they would add(more

Reply to Will there be Multiplayer in the future? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Not in the traditional sense, but you will be able to download the top scorers stratagies into the AI, eventually.

Reply to Question about talk/negotiate with other races in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There are two attack's in the diplomacy screen. Usually if it's not on you're side it will be on their's... however you're side 'asks' them to go to war, the attack on their side 'demands' it! :)

Reply to DOWNLOAD IDEAS FROM BRAD. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think the link should be sent in an email with the registration, that way you limit who can download it a little more :)

Reply to DOWNLOAD IDEAS FROM BRAD. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well I would agree that one big file would be easier, but I was thinking for people that are bandwidth limited it might make sense. Remember without stardock people will have to have their own download manager, or some people's download might get cut off, causing them to have to download the whole thing again. (:(

Reply to DOWNLOAD IDEAS FROM BRAD. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You could also seperate the media file from the main program, like in stardock, that way the game itself is only 80 megs or so. btw Brad , hope you had a nice few hours of sleep! ;)

Reply to Early Game expansion in Strategies Stardock Forums

I usually buy(or lease) at least one extra colony ship right off the bat, and have my 2 new colonies build colony ships until I have 4~5 in a stockpile.

Reply to Ship Repair? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Early in the game you need to put them in orbit for them to repair. Later you can build starbases that have a repair facility that repair all the ships in a sector... also there are varying levels of ship techs you can research to have them repair themselves over time.

Reply to End Turn in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It automatically ends the turn if there are no more ships waiting to move(ie not in orbit, or with orders). I agree though, this might be a nice feature in a later release.

Reply to Still downloading... what is the general impression of the bonus pack? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It adds a whole bunch of new options to how you set up the game. You can really customize how the galaxy is setup much more than you could before, and the mp3 player is just plain cool. :d

Reply to Odd question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think it just means that you're computer will finish processing the AI's moves before Bob's, which in turn means that when it's the computers turn, all it has to do is execute the plan. Bob's still might have some processing to do, so it might take a little longer for the AI to move.

Reply to Just got my ass handed over to me... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I had a chance to play one game last night and was doing pretty good until the Drengin decided to wipe me out of the galaxy. I was able to hold on for a little by using diplomacy to get the other races to declare war on them(except the torians, jerks!), and the minors gave me ships. But after they invaded Sol... game over man! Had fun though :)

Reply to A sure sign of a company doing things right. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well now that you put it that way... :)

Reply to A sure sign of a company doing things right. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

My sentiments exactly... I mean the 1st post, I don't know about the rest LOL ;p

Reply to Multiplayer in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

no multiplayer... but extensive testing, and good programming, have created an AI that is just as good. Also you will be able to download updates from the metaverse to the AI to have it play more "human".

Reply to Bonus Pack in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

umm ok... :D just install the .99a version of startdock central released last night and restart you're computer... that will definately fix you, I mean fix you're problem! :D

Reply to So what is the average age of a Gal Civ player?? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

25 here, but I feel like 40(long day at work!) ;)

Reply to ATT: ALL WINDOWS 98/ME USERS in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well I have to go to sleep so that I'm somewhat coherant for work tommarrow, good luck everone.. l8r

Reply to ATT: ALL WINDOWS 98/ME USERS in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Brad, just a suggestion. It might make sence to make zip files of these boot files for different OS's for people to download and copy in their C:\ before they restart. People should check to see if they have these files before they restart, because you won't notice the problem until you do. Most people will have windows installed to the same spot, C:\winnt.

Reply to ATT: ALL WINDOWS 98/ME USERS in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Slapbone -- They should be in the root of you're boot drive, usually c:\, they are hidden and system files so you need to make sure that you can see them. Also since I think you said you have a second XP machine, you might want to try and make a restore disk from it(look in help, I don't have XP) and use it with you XP disk on the down machine.

Reply to ATT: ALL WINDOWS 98/ME USERS in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yeah, after all we ARE beta testers!!!! haha In all seriousness(I can't spell:) though, I've lurked for a while before today and I've seen the way that the development team interacts with the community and it's great, I don't think I've ever seen that before. I know I would have been upset if I didn't think that the developers cared. Kudos, and keep up the good work! :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT:

Reply to ATT: ALL WINDOWS 98/ME USERS in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I know my machine needs reinstalling bad anyway... now that I think of it seems like a good time to upgrade to XP... but since I'm still working I think I'll play GalCiv for a few days before I do it LOL

Reply to ATT: ALL WINDOWS 98/ME USERS in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Also the files will be hidden, you will have to goto tools->folder options->view-> and then show hidden, system, and os protected files. :D

Reply to ATT: ALL WINDOWS 98/ME USERS in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Do you have a restore disk SlapBone? If not, if you can get access to another xp machine you can copy the ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini files from it and it should work.(I think that those are the files you need to boot) -Zac

Reply to ATT: ALL WINDOWS 98/ME USERS in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thanks Brad! Best customer support I've ever seen!