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Reply to Can we have a nuculear bombardment invasion tactic? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Heh, while I was making this, Rob posted. This one will work too. //------------------------------------------------------------------------ INVTACTIC NukeEmTilTheyGlow //------------------------------------------------------------------------ DisplayName "Nuke Them Til They Glow" Description "We'd better nuke the place from orbit, it's the only way to be sure..." Tech_Requirement "" Image "Tactics_Missiles"

Reply to GalCiv Writer in Mods Stardock Forums

OK, I've posted 1.2.0A on the home page for the public users. For the betas, you'll soon receive an e-mail with a download link for 1.2.2. Thanks for letting me know about this bug, and I'm sorry for the inconvenience. ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv Writer in Mods Stardock Forums

Grr! Don't bother posting your version, I've found the problem. How on earth it slipped by my testing is beyond me, I must have slapped it in and then never went into Techs again. It's an easy enough fix. I'll post an updated 1.2.0 in a little bit on the home page (call it 1.2.0A), and I'll e-mail the betas about a new 1.2.2 as well. Thanks for the head's up! ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv Writer in Mods Stardock Forums

Hi Jeff, what version of the GCW are you running? ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv Writer in Mods Stardock Forums

Posted a new public version for the GCW on the home page tonight: http://www.ctuit.com/bill/galciv.htm This one has everything but the Improvements and English.str editing screens (those are still in beta). It also has a whole slew of little tweaks and improvements for the other editing screens. So if you wanted to add some new Anomalies, Political Parties, Invasion Tactics, or Ships, grab this version today! As always, if you have a suggestion or if you fi

Reply to Help with learning more about the internals in Mods Stardock Forums

From what I've read of the Stardockian posts, it would appear that Crime and Cabinet are not currently implemented. Crime was supposed to affect your standing treasury balance every turn (or year) and represent money lost due to corruption. Then Crime was going to have this effect only when your treasury was above a certain BC value. I've never heard an explanation for Cabinet. Interest Rates affects the number of months on the lease. A 10% bonus will drop the amount

Reply to Where do I get the event writer? in Mods Stardock Forums

You can find the Writer at: http://www.ctuit.com/bill/galciv.htm You can follow the development in the thread at the top of this forum, "GalCiv Writer". Please let me know how it works for you! ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv Writer in Mods Stardock Forums

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. [quote]It might not be the best choice for that kind of tool as it's a rather big download, but I began to work on that project to teach myself C#.[/quote] That's funny, because if I were to do a ModSwapper, I'd do it in VB.NET- because I need to get up to speed on .NET. In order to justify the time I'd put into it, I'd need something back, i.e. gaining experience in the language. [quote]One advantage is that you can do

Reply to ships anyone in Mods Stardock Forums

Overall I think they are really good. You asked for feedback though, so there are a couple of issues with them. Dune Dreadnought: - No model when it is in orbit. - No picture when you click on the "?" button when perusing a planet's build queue. - The angle of the ship when travelling pointing in the "1" direction (lower left) is a little off. It looks like it is side-slipping. Star Trek Heavy Cruisers: - No picture when you click on the "?" button when perusi

Reply to My homage events for Star Control 2 and (Project) Nomad are up in the library. in Mods Stardock Forums

Excellent Duglis! Very amusing- I'd almost forgotten about the Spathi and their B.U.T.T. torpedoes. :) ~SDC~

Reply to ships anyone in Mods Stardock Forums

I'm checking them out right now. The link for the ST Heavy Cruisers appears to be dead, however. ~SDC~

Reply to Prototype: Mercury Missiles in Mods Stardock Forums

I've seen the AI use missiles. They aren't as sophisticated in their use as a human, though. ~SDC~

Reply to Changing Ability Points in Mods Stardock Forums

[quote]Does anyone know where within /data, I can change the points available for abilities in the set-up screen? I can't seem to find an associated file anywhere. Am I missing something?thank you.[/quote] There are two ways to interpret your statement. If you mean can you change the amount of points to spend (currently 10), the answer, I believe, is no. I have not yet come across where you can set this. If someone knows where you can change this, I'd be delighted to be prove

Reply to GalCiv Writer in Mods Stardock Forums

@Littleboy: Wow, you bring up a lot of good points. I'll respond tomorrow when my brain is not fried from programming 10 hours straight. I finished Improvements tonight. That's the last of the base files. I'm going to take it easy for a bit before figuring out what to work on next. Here's a screenie for the Improvements screen, alas there's no pretty picture to display: http://www.ctuit.com/bill/Improvements.jpg ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv Writer in Mods Stardock Forums

Wow! That looks like great. I like the way you worked the graphics into the interface. What language did you write it in? I'm not that familiar with modswapping tools, so pardon me if this is a dumb question, but is it normal to list "one-off" mods in the mod-swapper? I guess I'd thought that a mod-swapper would only be useful for "total conversion" mods, where a bunch of files are changed. I didn't realize people might use it to keep track of the single files they download

Reply to How do you create techs? in Mods Stardock Forums

If you want to do your modifications by hand with Notepad, here are some links that should get you started: Events: http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?id=39847&BID=GM&page=1#44811 UP Issues: http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?BID=GM&id=43535#43809 SB Modules: http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?BID=GM&id=32427#46469 Improvements: http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?BID=GM&id=32415#46468 Invasion Tactics: http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?BID=GM&id

Reply to What's going on with the Stardock Certification? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]It's challenging finding mods who know the game really well and can test out hte mods.[/quote] It depends on what 'Stardock Certification' will mean, in my view. Take me for an example. After I finish adding Improvements to the Writer (probably later tonight), I'll have parsed, prodded, poked, and in general just tested the heck out of every plain text file available (and am now eye-balling those hex based save game files). Not to overstate things, but I can look at a

Reply to Yes! my event got published! in Mods Stardock Forums

Congrats! :CONGRAT: ~SDC~

Reply to What's going on with the Stardock Certification? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

This is from the outside looking in, but I think it is fairly obvious that Stardock's resources have been devoted to other things- crash bugs, E3, additional features, updates, stuff like that. The Library has been a very low priority. I continue to advocate having patience, once Stardock catches their breath we'll see some movement on the Library front. One thing to keep in mind, the Library was a late addition to the 'plan'- suggested by the pre-release beta testers. They we

Reply to GalCiv Writer in Mods Stardock Forums

Have fun! Check in when you get back, I might have a surprise for you. ;) ~SDC~

Reply to event files? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Those, unfortunately, are hard coded at this time. I hope that eventually StarDock will expose them to the modders. ~SDC~

Reply to Ship Sets? in Mods Stardock Forums

[quote]If you modify a ship in galciv, will every race get that modification[/quote] Yes. There is no setting in the Ship file for Race, nor are there separate Ship files per Race. Make a change and it is global. [quote]and is there anyway to modify the human race in galcic without modifying others[/quote] Not sure what you mean here. Why not give an example of what you would like to change for the humans, and I'll see if I can help you. ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv Writer in Mods Stardock Forums

Lot's of interesting reading there. I'll definitely pick J Bytheway's brain for engineering issues when the time comes to build a mod-swapper. ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv Writer in Mods Stardock Forums

Here's the English.str screen in it's final finished form: http://www.ctuit.com/bill/english_str.jpg I'll be working on Improvements over the Memorial Day holiday. Seems so quiet in the Mods forum lately. Anyone working on anything? ~SDC~

Reply to Metaverse/Ladder Possibility in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think what you describe, Staffa, is doable. That data has to be in the saved game files. They are hex based (not plain-text), but parsing them out would not be insurmountable. Then you'd just have to whip up a GUI to allow the player to set their government, spend their 10 points, and then save. Boot up GalCiv, point it at the edited file, and away you go. All of the above is only theory at this point, of course. I've made some initial forays into reading in the h