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Reply to Suggestions 1.03 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

* New +Sensor range techs. Some simple range increases, rather then big effect that Eyes of the Universe and Hyper Sensors generate. Located in the earlier game/tech tree. In many of my games, the Hyper techs are never reached. Victory has already been achieved. These could be useful in 'dressing up' some of those techs that have no real benefit other then as a stepping post to other techs. Although they would fit in well with some of the +10 Weapons tech that babble about bett

Reply to Suggestions 1.03 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

* Game Setup option to set anomaly regeneration rate, per game. I haven't seen a new anomoly occur in a medium galaxy in very many games. I haven't seen a new anomoly occur in a large galaxy except twice since the anomoly rate/bug was changed.

Reply to Suggestions 1.03 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

* Starbase module that allow human players and AI to add to the hit points of a base (+50 or +100 HP per module). This is just extra MASS/Hull plating with some redundancy features. Could be a limited deal (only one of these per certain techs), or repeatable until the player is happy. Developers choice for what is better balanced. * Starbase module that allows human players and AI to add to the base *defense* of the the module. (+3 or whatever it is according to the ship/starbase game s

Reply to Suggestions 1.03 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

* Being able to create custom ship name lists, which would be used by the game. * Ships being assigned the number = to their build counter. * Being able to specify initials to be used for ship type. Combined, this could yield (example): SCT-1 Lewis SCT-2 Clark BA-1 Battle Axe BA-2 Mother-In-Law DRD-1 Dreadnaught DRD-2 Invicible Minor, but fun for a few of us. Would really help when it comes to trade/sell/gift ships to AI.

Reply to Bug Report Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Version 1.03.054 Built my first capital ship, a Dreadnaught. Have Battleship tech, but have not had a reason to build one, as I gained Dreadnaught technology very quickly afterward. No multimedia playing of 'Capital Ships'. Expect when I finally build my first Battleship, I'll get the 'Capital ships' multimedia picture. I will LOL and LOL and LOL then. Something to consider...

Reply to Some people don't like updates after release...? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Word games will work against you. Firaxis decided to call all of it's patches 'enhancements' because they 'enhanced' the game (by eliminating bugs). No matter what you call it, it will be viewed by those not intimately involved with the game, patches. And if you are playing 'word games' with some of the patches, I doubt the perception of those not in the know would be a good one.

Reply to Whats the Official role of the "Battle Hammer" ? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Anomolies sometimes don't regenerate. Sometimes they do, but very slowly. I think the 'new anomoly' rate has been lowered to like 1% per month. As most games, I never see a new anomoly now. When GalCiv was first released, a large+ galaxy always had enough new anomolies being generated to keep a 4 survey ships in business throughout the game. I'm a bit concerned with all this changing of ships. They don't seem to be being done in a consistant matter to address balance issues. No

Reply to Suggestions 1.03 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

* Have main screen auto-center whenever 'displaying'/following ships (alien/Autopilot) after every MOVE. Currently, once alien ships get into the 4 to 6 move range, it is difficult to impossible to tell what they are attacking if you don't hold down 'C' key while AI resolves it's turn.

Reply to Espionage: High and Advanced Levels Worthless? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Actually, I've stopped using Espionage at all. I'm not a super grog at GalCiv, of course, but I haven't seen a real benefit in espionage. The minor race thing is just a random event. Happens whether or not you put any money into espionage. Is there are real point to espionage as it stands in GalCiv? I haven't seen one, other then MAYBE to avoid the random 'One of your people killed one of their people, and now you are at war'. That doesn't seem to come up enough for me to worry

Reply to Some people don't like updates after release...? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Frogboy... in general, I wait on most retail games to get out at least one patch, if not 2, before I buy them. Retail games seem to get pushed out to meet schedules, rather then sent to the retailers when the game meets the developing teams 'I wouldn't be embarassed if my family played this game' level. Now, in retail, when a game has already been patched TWICE before the first week is out, I perceive that game as buggy. Being familar with GalCiv and StarDock (to at least some

Reply to Whats the Official role of the "Battle Hammer" ? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Pop Up. Thanks. I'll look at my 1.03 then. I thought they were still at maintence 6 in their military description display. Hum... so they are SUPPOSED to be the 'improved for the same cost' model Battle Axe then?

Reply to am i the only one who didn't realize... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

All I recall seeing in my 1.03 game was a 5bc upkeep cost per starbase. I don't recall seeing a higher constructor cost, and I did not notice any 'diminishing' returns on multiple bases. What are these changes?

Reply to Ending turn problem in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Have you tried hitting the space bar? There seems to be a pause built into the game. It is sometimes useful (giving you a chance to do something before it rolls on to next turn). And sometimes it is aggravating.

Reply to How does AI 'learn'? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

From what I recall being said here, the plan is to *maybe* allow players to *download* new AI that play like Yin, or CariElf, or Frogboy, etc, etc etc.

Reply to Odd-ball question that I don't think belongs in the 1.02vs1.03 tracking. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

From a running game... hit 'esc' key. Select 'Delete Game'. It will show you the list of games. pick the game you want to delete, and select 'Yes' on the confirm dialog. Repeat as necessary. Exit menu when done. You can also access it from the MENU button on the top of the running game screen.

Reply to Whats the Official role of the "Battle Hammer" ? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You change your ship stats, Vorlin? BattleHammers have a maintenance of 6. BattleAxes have a maintenance of 3.

Reply to Starbase defence modules do not get defence bonuses in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, I think starbases should be defeatable by the current 'top of the line' ship in the tech tree, for at least some time. However, I have wonderd why we cannot build add Defense modules, that adds to the BASE Defense factor. After all, you are only talking about adding in defensive armor plating/deflector shields/phasers/etc. Like adding another hull (or portions of hull). And what about modules that add bulk (hit points) to a star base? We don't want the AI's starbases to b

Reply to The all Powerful Resource in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I've seen that message about... oh, every 4 games. I ignore it. Doesn't seem to make a bit of difference to my games. Is anyone sure that event isn't a red herring, meant to get the player to go do something er... drastic?

Reply to Grrrrrrrrrrrr stop updating!!!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Getting rid of it cost me being able to play as often as I would like. It really did help me overcome nasty starting positions. Now I spend a lot more time playing through enough to go... er, they all have 12 worlds and I got 2 out of the rush? And they have already claimed all the resources? Darn those isolated corner starts! Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Control+N. Ah. Th

Reply to Ver 1.02 vs 1.03 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Actually, until recently (don't know if it is game tweaks or my migrating up in AI Intelligence levels), the AI did run for various trade goods. Especially the minor races. And they charge an arm and a leg for them. I'd never give them a Diplo trade good, btw. You are just reducing your ability to negotiate long term sales. For example, most games, I have no trouble selling my obsolete battle axes for 5 for 29 turns... or battle hammers at 5 for 80 turns... or battle ships at 5

Reply to FEATURE RQ: Automated custom ship names in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Actually, you will know with custom names. The names don't change on the ships. So if the Tors use TR Defender #, and you see it as an Alterian ship, you know the Alterians got it from the Tors.

Reply to Graphics Glitch in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Sounds like a resource issue. Humm... a rare resource leak perhaps?

Reply to Grrrrrrrrrrrr stop updating!!!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I wonder if they are just that mad that PQ+15% is now gone? :D I'm all for the updates! Keep up the great support! Hurray! :CONGRAT:

Reply to Ver 1.02 vs 1.03 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Apollo, you loose PQ+10 and PQ+15. The AI is tweaked a bit. Some of the other starting abilities that didn't actually work now work. You cannot cheese the AI by giving him very worthless planets. I get tons of CTD. Most seem to revolve around saving issues... very aggravating to me. I am not running a single mod, and have plenty of HD space. So, while 1.03 is nice for many, it isn't as stable for at least a few people (ok, one?).

Reply to Bug Report Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Version 1.03.054 Bug: I've noticed that there is always a small square visible in the top left sector on the map edge, in all my games. Very noticeable when I'm using scouts to push back the fog of war (searching for those resources, ). Can be seen just by scrolling the map to display the top left sector at the left edge of the map. Bug: On the first level of the light blue (Alterians?) starbase, there is a missing frame in the animation, so that it hops. Only occurs on the lig