Haven't been here for a few days (shame on me, busy, busy, busy) but WHAT a great thread this is :) And our beloved CariElf deserves it of course, for the best gamesupport ever (and for being extremely nice and charming too ;) You keep going girl!
Come to daddy you little beta, come to daddy! :)
Why isn't there a froglike race in GalCiv? Reading this thread that should make a lot of people happy :D
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A well founded complaint and decision. I'm not a senator anymore too. So who removed them guys? I'll also quit if things like this keep happening. I know I'm not the guy bringing in the most points but it would be fun to have a good community going here. With lamers that remove senators and then don't tell why they did it, this is NOT a community.
Yeah Freya, why did you leave us? ~SDC~
How come I never have these problems? Have you used any mods?
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Stardock Central only for now. 1.04 standalone will be realeased later as always. Just get SDC, it's easy to use and works great nowadays. ~SDC~
Just posted it in the 1.04.058 thread, but since it's still under ctrl+v... here you go ;) 1.04: May 27 General idea: Lots of little fixes, tweaks, and fine tuning. NEW FEATURES - Windowed Mode! Put a W after the command line (or as part of the shortcut) and the game will run in windowed mode. Desktop must be in 16bit (65,000 colors) to work. Otherwise it will immediately close. Example: c:\>galciv w - Galaxies have more stars. - saves minima
1.04: May 27 General idea: Lots of little fixes, tweaks, and fine tuning. NEW FEATURES - Windowed Mode! Put a W after the command line (or as part of the shortcut) and the game will run in windowed mode. Desktop must be in 16bit (65,000 colors) to work. Otherwise it will immediately close. Example: c:\>galciv w - Galaxies have more stars. - saves minimap settings - if you trade for a tech that you were researching, it pops up the research complet
Check out the new 1.04.058 There's a windows version for you... and for everyone! ~SDC~
And it has a BUCKETLOAD of improvements too! :) ~SDC~
Just downloaded the 1.04.058 from SDC. Get it, it has a LOT of improvements. That should keep me busy till the X-pack arrives :) Thanks once again Stardockians. I might actually have some time to play the upcoming days too :) ~SDC~
I hardly ever use it, it's defenitely not too good. ~SDC~
Using cheese only ruins your own game IMHO. But sadly there's always people who only think in high scores. No problem with that, but if one uses cheese to get big highscores one should not complain about the AI not being a great challenge.
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I agree on issue 1. Couldn't care less about issue 2. That's a non-issue imho. I don't play the game to get a good score. If I want a challenge I'll take a bad start position. Issue 3 is an issue, but for me once again it's not about scoring. The issue is to be on even footing with the AI. I have a feeling this will be solved in the X-pack where the AI can reach 'beyond mortality'.
I'm still having great fun with the game and the AI. I don't have as much time to play as many others here, so that helps. I DO agree though that it would be nice to get that Metaverse option going. The AI is good, but it can learn a LOT from human players still. ~SDC~
Yippie! And it works in SDC too :) ~SDC~
Not my favourite game but they did the same thing to Starcraft. No Stardock support, but very good support indeed! Hey cool, just noticed we have new Forum options :)
Very cool! Good move Freya. Hopefully this will bring in even more dutch people to this great game! BTW STILL playing that Gigantic/Intelligent game. Don't have much time lately but I'm doing a few turns per night. The Yor are still the strongest race, but they have everybody against them now. I think we'll take them down soon now. The Torians aren't too strong anymore but the Arceans are rising. Luckily I'm neutral too, so we might end up with an alliance victory. ~SDC~
My thoughts on the 1.04 beta patch are very positive. No crashes (still playing my gigantic, intelligent game) and I'm having great fun. At first I thought it was too easy to keep up relations with other civs, but the Torians and the Yor have proved me wrong :) The Yor are getting to greedy again as they are up against all the other races and they are losing their advantage... hehehe! The Humans are rising to the occasion!!! :evil grin: One note on the 'cheese tactic' that was
My relations have been relatively easy to maintain thusfar. Hopefully this hasn't become TOO easy. I'm working on an intelligent Gigantic game at the moment. Me, being neutral helps of course, but I went from wary to warm with the Yor pretty quickly. ~SDC~
I agree with you LDiCesare. It's not VERY easy to go for a tech victory, but it's too easy since there's no competition from the AI. ~SDC~
Just downloaded it! 1.04 Beta 1: May 9 New Features: + More Stars and Planets in the galaxy + All AI players more intelligent in tactical combat + Some AI players are more concerned with relationship building (having a strong military not quite as important) + Military Power calculated to take defensive ships more into account + AI more intelligent in dealing with tribute demands from other AI players + Dead Cheese: Can no longer blockade stars with sh
Say FriendJosh, why can't you play the non-windowed version? Brad has stated before that the windowed version is just an extra, so I wouldn't count on it that this gets priority. I guess you'll just have to be patient.