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Reply to Question about patches, and comments in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Heres a link to the screenshots from my top scoring game if you want to look at them. http://www.geocities.com/norin27/index.html ~SDC~

Reply to Where is the patch... simplified!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

To find the patch on Stardock Central, click the software tab, then click the drengin.net tab within that, galciv should be listed in there along with any updates for it. You may need to click tools > refresh application data to see the update. As for putting it on the website, a standalone patch will be released eventually. ~SDC~

Reply to What triggers an economic boom? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Its just an event that has a random chance of happening. As for what I do when it happens is just increase spending as much as I can while still maintaing a positive income. And when it ends I just drop spending down to pre-boom levels again. ~SDC~

Reply to Universalists' Luck = LOTS of yellow stars? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I've been testing it out with different settings, and from where I sit I don't see how picking Universalists is giving you more yellow stars or a better starting position. My starting positions seem to be about the same, regardless of the party pick. ~SDC~

Reply to 1.03 BUG THREAD: in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

They're also still managing to gain money and tech. ~SDC~

Reply to 1.03 BUG THREAD: in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

While playing on a tiny map, the Yor control no systems but are still in the game. ~SDC~

Reply to Possible spoiler? But I have to say it! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I've only seen that message once but it cracked me up :) ~SDC~

Reply to I find this a tad disturbing in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Travis Seeber wrote: "Don't delude yourself. If liberals had their way they'd be telling us what to wear everyday. Liberals truly are the 'Thought Police'." I'd have to disagree with that statement. I consider myself a liberal, and I'm against anything remotely related to Thought Police. Just because there happens to be a large group of liberals who would like to control what we say and do, does not mean that all of us fall into the same trap. ~SDC~

Reply to Possible Bug (Metaverse) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

For the second question, the 5 games won with score > 1000 actually means that you've won 5 games and have a total score of over 1000. ~SDC~

Reply to Pop Decrease After Colonization in Strategies Stardock Forums

The population drop from low morale reflects people not paying taxes. ~SDC~

Reply to Removing Techs? in Mods Stardock Forums

Just disable the tech victory when you're setting up the game conditions as it will amount to the same thing. ~SDC~

Reply to Universalist Party: What's up with their luck bonus in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Luck +26% is what you see when you choose both. ~SDC~

Reply to Ok, CHIME me in on this issue: AI needs to learn to DEFEND better: in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I don't know how much trouble it would be, but perhaps there could be some fleet upgrade capabilities added to the AI at higher difficulty levels. These could allow the AI to analyze the current ships available and disband their older, less useful ships such as defenders and perhaps change their planet garrisons to battle hammers or other higher tech ship. While they wouldn't really want to do this during a war, it would be a great thing to do during peactime and could also h

Reply to 1.03: Notice on saved games in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If it was put on the webpage it would be the standalone patch and you wouldn't have to wait for it. Stardock Central is just a easier way to release mini-patches between standalone releases. You don't have to download it right away as the game is still playable, and even if you don't want to use it the standalone patches are still released pretty rapidly. ~SDC~

Reply to 1.3 patch where is it? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Its done this way because its easier for Stardock to do as they have limited resources. Putting the patch up on the website isn't as easy as making it downloadable from SDC. 1.03 will be released eventually as a stand-alone patch, but releasing new patches on the website every week simply isn't feasible to do. ~SDC~

Reply to 1.3 patch where is it? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You can update from the drengin.net tab in the software area of SDC. You may have to do tools > refresh application data to see it. ~SDC~

Reply to WAR! huh, yeah, what's it good for? in Strategies Stardock Forums

Yeah turning off the cultural victory helps a lot, as does playing with abudant planets. ~SDC~

Reply to WAR! huh, yeah, what's it good for? in Strategies Stardock Forums

Its possible to avoid war at any difficulty, you just have to watch those relations with other races. ~SDC~

Reply to How do I get my ships repaired? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

No they heal out of orbit, its just that they heal at a slower rate, especially at the start of the game when you have no repair bonuses yet. ~SDC~

Reply to How do I get my ships repaired? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

#9 I tested this earlier with a battleaxe at 30 hp of 40 max. When it was sitting next to the planet in several turns no hp were regained. When I sent the ship into orbit it gained 2-3 hp per turn until fully healed. ~SDC~

Reply to How do I get my ships repaired? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Ships do repair a great deal faster in orbit, or at least they do at the beginning of the game. ~SDC~

Reply to What are the asterisks for? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

When you see the * it means there are no ships in orbit of that planet. ~SDC~

Reply to Getting GalCiv Betas in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Is there any chance of paypal being accepted for payments? ~SDC~

Reply to How do you....... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You can't actually use the wormholes, they're just a benchmark on the path to tech victory. ~SDC~

Metaverse player ranks in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Is anyone familiar with how the rank promotions on the Metaverse work? They seem to stop coming after you reach Captain, unless Fleet Captain is at a point nobody has reached yet. ~SDC~