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Reply to The Flawed GalCiv2 Economy in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The enabling feature that allows you to do this is income...All it takes is an "extra" 100K in income per turn and you can convert anything to anything else very quickly, at least in game time. Question - if you're capable of that, surely the game is essentially over? (and what's the point) Couldn't you dominate the galaxy at any time if you're empire and economy is that strong? Couldn't you be wreaking havoc with spies and/or building warships and tr

Reply to First Impressions from a longtime MoOII Player. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Good to see some new players having fun and it's always interesting to me (someone who is constantly on the lookout for games worth trying) to see people discover gems like GC2 so long after release. For the love of God, will someone please do something about ground combat animation? Atari soldiers that look the same across all races firing the exact same lasers against the crane tanks and Happy Meal super tanks gets really, really old. Not sur

Reply to Will DL and DA be worth playing any more? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

You can always play the older campaigns if you want to. I see no reason for concern - everybody can do what they want so it's all good. Personally I only play "sandbox" games and want the latest and greatest.

Reply to Free Games for All in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

FarCry has been around for ages (and still looks great and has better gameplay than a lot of FPS stories), so you can get it for cheap. Why put up with ads when you can just buy it, for ex amazon and you can probably do better. $12 bucks is a small price to pay to enjoy one of the best shooters ever. :-/

Reply to It is more difficult to play on tiny-medium maps in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

To each his own. I like "large" maps but I find that for me the larger the map, the easier it is to win, and more likely it is that I'll follow the same "script" to success. I've been trying medium maps lately and they seem more suited to the AI style and ability.

Reply to What the stupidest thing you ever saw the AI do? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

It would be nice if the AI's could better understand what was going on in border skirmishes like this one. I don't generally like to go into all-out war with another civ, but I don't mind small military skirmishes over dearly wanted resources. You can't really expect the AI to be understanding about your desire to just prune a little bit of their empire for your gain. Sorry Mr. AI, I just want a planet or two of yours, but I don't really want to FIGHT

Reply to Sigh....again in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I finally had the Dread Lord event for the first time and it wasn't a big deal compared to some other events, like in that same game the spy infestation hit the galaxy putting 41 agents on my planets (gigantic map), which took forever to clean up, and I also got the one where an AI discovered an artifict that'd supposedly make them impossible to defeat over time (I seem to get this one every game), resulting in the genocide of one of my trade partners and allies. In a previous game (lar

Reply to would you ctrl-n this? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I wouldn't ctrl+n because it's too buggy But I wouldn't like that map to start regardless of which empire I was playing because the starting positions are highly unbalanced. I'd also usually have more (4-5) AIs on that size map.

Reply to 2 Ruined/corrupted/bugged games in a row! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Should I reinstall?

Reply to 2 Ruined/corrupted/bugged games in a row! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I've added a debug.err because there seems to be messages about missing files and/or textures which seems odd given that I'm fully updated via SDC, don't use mods (hmm, maybe did a graphics upgrade mod at one point but stopped using it ages ago, maybe even before DA), and haven't altered any files myself. I specifically checked on this one sincce it involves ships: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Paul\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\ShipStyles\*.xml

2 Ruined/corrupted/bugged games in a row! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

So I'm playing my first gigantic map. For DAYs. It crashes here and there to the point that I put autosave up to every turn and quicksave constantly. Ultimately the game completely corrupts and I couldn't finish it. I was crushing the AIs, and it would've taken forever to finish - but I still wanted to finish it. Today I start a medium map (after reading a thread indicating that the AI is best on small/medium), and I'm having a great game, barely squeaking by, and after HOURS finall

Reply to I have an economic problem in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I don't go the 100% approval rate (quite the opposite, I hover around 50% early on) and don't have problems with econ. For many, it probably doesn't matter because you're going with deficit spending anyways. As long as you have people and infrastructure to generate taxes by the time you can no longer deficit spend, it's all good. I also use the semi-questionable/exploitive (since the AIs never do it) sensor/anomolie econ booster trick (research sensors first, build multiple fast as po

Reply to Stop scientifically debating theological philosophies!!! in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

You don't have to read the off topic drivel or respond. I just wish the stuff didn't show up in recent posts since it has nothing to do with GalCiv. People that post these off topic "debates" and whatnot have even more time on their hands than people that surf gaming forums for gaming info, and that's kinda remarkable!

Reply to Espionage in DA in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

One thing that makes no sense to me is that without some level of espionage you can't examine/view an enemy planet. But if you want to place an agent - you somehow magically instantly know all of their improvements. How exactly does that make sense?! Knowing what's on a planet is pretty critical info, especially if one wants to invade and is considering which types of invasions to use (like whether to use some that damage structures). It's also pretty amazing how the spies get from y

Reply to Which production buildings? Which science buildings? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

There are some pretty amazing players with in-depth knowledge of the game that frequent these forums, and I'm not one of them, but my two cents anyways: I build the power plants on production intensive worlds (for warship production) and rarely anywhere else. I'm not much of a number cruncher but I'm sure there's a breakpoint (number of factories) where a power plant is more efficient than another factory (industrial sector), and I think they're cheaper to maintain too. The first powe

Reply to Playing Dl or DA? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I've never installed it mainly because of not caring for SDC. Masochism. You're missing out on a great expansion. Anyways. I'm revisiting GalCiv2 lately and have played DA since it released, including now. I enjoy digitally downloading games and think that SDC is a fine product - easy to use, only runs when you need it, way less intrusive and annoying than some (like Steam), and vastly superior to weaksauce like Sprocket. It's intere

Reply to "AI takes it easy BUG" in Metaleague game in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Sounds like the CTRL-N bug. If you use that a lot, there is a chance the AI will be reset to "fool", and will act accordingly....doing almost nothing. Oh man, the CTRL-Ners!!! In real life, you can't just hit CTRL-N if you end up paralyzed a drug addict etc. Take some pride and play to the end without CTRL-N!! Play with the hand you have been dealt! Or you could just not worry about how other people play a game, s

Reply to Upgrading ship design and overwriting a name issues in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I've been having a different problem that's sorta similar. If I play a game as one race, create a custom ship with name X, then play another game with another race and make them a ship with the same name, I get prompted to override and do, then the ship turns invisible (icon in ship design and ship on the game map). If I restart the game the ship "returns," but that's a pain. I've taken to naming all my ships with a prefix for the race to avoid ship carnage between races, since I usua

Reply to Will we ever get cloaking devices? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I think cloaking is an unnecessary complication. It's something neato for players but pretty much useless for the AIs since it'd be hard for them to both use and deal with. Fast ships pretty much duplicate "cloaking" effectiveness anyways, by allowing you to attack from great distances (likely outside of AI threat consideration), hit and run, and/or escape. In addition fast ships have the advantages of being able to attack more times per turn, generally get around the galaxy quicker,

Reply to When can we expect to see multiplayer? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Hopefully never - he said selfishly. I don't and would never play this type of game MP, and any time spent designing, developing, or supporting MP would take away from the SP game, something I'd never want to see happen. I believe in a recent preview for the upcoming expansion Brad said that *maybe* they'd do MP in GalCiv III, which would likely be several years from now. GalCiv is amongst some of the best quality to be found in single player gaming, due to the tight focus on

Reply to Why do you object to Stardock Central? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I have no problems using SDC - in a lot of ways it's better than many built-in patchers because it provides more info on what's available, better download management, clear history, it's easy to use, it's not annoying (like Steam), it only runs when you want it to, and it's harmless. Some things to consider (or remember): For one, Stardock doesn't put copy protection on their CDs (or built-in to the game code) and you don't have to have a CD in the drive to play it legally. I

Reply to Do you usually ctrl-N til you get a map you like? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Kind of a pain but good to know, thanks for the tip. This bug has been around for several patches now - it'd be nice if they'd fix it!

Reply to Forums broke when using IE6 in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Working fine for me today... (same work IE6 setup that I was having problems with recently)

Reply to Do you usually ctrl-N til you get a map you like? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I like to use ctrl+n to get a map that looks good to me. I'm less concerned with resources on my planet or in sight than I am with seeing a good spread of planets. I also don't like much to start in the middle. I haven't played 1.6 yet (busy with Civ IV BTS but likely to switch gears to GC2 again in the near future) so I don't know if the "AI resetting into stupidity" bug was fixed - I don't recall reading that it was fixed. It pretty much makes ctrl+n unusable.

Reply to Forums broke when using IE6 in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'm getting the same junk as Mumblefratz at work on IE6 and have been for a couple of days - whereas prevously I had no problems. I don't think anything has changed here at work and all other sites I visit regularly continue to look just fine (and of course I'm viewing the site just fine now on whatever old version of Firefox I have installed that I only use once in a blue moon for debugging other people's totally messed up javascript). I'll have to try my IE6 at home too.