Nicolas Bossy

Reply to Military bonus resources and starbases in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The AI does do a sort-of-good job on defending its starbases. It usually upgrades its defenses to max. You don't see much of this benefit when using capitol ships, but try taking them out with frigates and battle cruisers, and its a lot harder. Also, the AI picks targets based on threat levels. A Dreadnaught is a much bigger threat than a military resource starbase. The 5% bonus isn't much by itself, but the AI should upgrade its resource bonuses. I've yet to see it do that, es

Reply to Hot dog my new MOD has been approved and been downloaded 17 times already! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Are you sure you aren't trying to influence us so Brad wins a culture victory? ;p

Reply to Developers, please make morale adjustable in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Especially China's.

Reply to Moral on planets in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yes, this forum needs a spell checker, and an edit feature.

Reply to Moral on planets in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The default? You mean half the building system's population? There's your problem. Since colony ships have unlimited capacity, just launching them right away can put billions of people on the ships. Stick with low numbers, about 75-150 million. Remember, morale is affected by the planet quality and how big the population is.

Reply to Moral on planets in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

How many colonists are you landing on the planets, and what class are they?

Reply to Cryogenically Preserved Precursor in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Sorry to bump this thread back up, but I don't want to crowd the forum with another. I've finally gotten this event, and the Good response is too long. It gets cut off around "learn about the Precursors" and I can't tell what bonus or penalty it gets. JesusofBorg, if you read this, please fix this part of the event.

Reply to Auto-pilot constructors - bug? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yes, the same thing also happens with colony ships. ~SDC~

Reply to Wow! Did a culture bomb that was almost *TOO* effective. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You didn't turn off Culture victory at the start? ~SDC~

Reply to Question about repair and repair state in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I don't know about the permanent damage, but its probably is caused by an increase in hit points without having any repair ability. The best way to repair is to put the ships in systems. Starbases don't do anything, but the Repair Bays module helps all ships in the sector. ~SDC~

Reply to Crash Problem in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Download SmartException from Stardock Central, get it to crash like that, then send the GalCiv.exe.cra to someone. I can't remember, maybe Brad. ~SDC~

Reply to espionage suggestion in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you open diplomatic relations, the third button under the ambassador tells you how much of their income is from trade, and how much of their income comes from trade with you. ~SDC~

Reply to tell me if i'm wrong about the back story.....(this might be a spoiler not sure) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

A head start doesn't even begin to cover Brad's knowledge. ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv CD in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Did you order the CD as a backup, or just to run the game? I've bought the retail version, and I don't need the CD in, it seems. ~SDC~

Reply to Domestic Policy window- expenses: GIA? What is this expense? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The GIA is supposed to be the Galactic Intellegence Agency. According to the manual, this was supposed to be the Espionage and Destabilization expenses, but since those get separate values, it's superflous. I'm guessing the Devs forgot to remove it. ~SDC~

Reply to Serious approval rating problem...solutions? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Are you in debt? That's the only thing I can think of, since you've covered everything else.

Reply to If McDonalds is at risk, so are you Brad! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Darn, I'm still at 30 hours a day. Wait a minute... that's not right. LOL

Reply to BUG - Error in GNN report in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Then that explains it. It only counts a colony as a planet you've captured with a colony ship. Maybe there's some colony variable that only increases when you colonize a planet, not when you conquer a planet or culturally absorb it.

Reply to Another embarassing newbie question.. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Feadhel, Trade Goods don't improve your trade routes. Building one gives your empire a bonus, and the power to decide who else can recieve this bonus. Getting one from another empire (meaning you've traded for a license) means you get the bonus that Trade Good gives. ThreeSpy, you're thinking of Tribute. Once you give or recieve a Trade Good, the effects are permanent. Here's an example of how Trade Goods work: Let's say the Carinoids get Tri-Strontium Steel (a common occurence

Reply to Couple of basic questions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

More people mean more money, and more money means more production. But, there is supposed to be some limit where you start spending more than 1 BC for one production. This limit is relaxed by the +Production bonuses, but I don't know if it also depends on population. It would make more sense if it did, because the population is the workforce, and a larger workforce is more productive (to a point).

Reply to Some general noob question. yes ive read the manual in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Damn, I'm really slow. You guys probably got a head start on me. ;)

Reply to Some general noob question. yes ive read the manual in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

1. Build labs, increase tech funding, trade techs, capture the tech (purple) and economy (green) resources. 2. The tech screen has a large portion dedicated to describing what the tech gives you. If it says speed +10 or range +10, those values go up one for each ship. 3. The 10% increases from tech, and 1% increases add up, so a 3 attack become 4 attack when your weapons stat is 33%. You can see the total under Foreign Policy-> Stats. 4. Remember, the stats add up and

Reply to Terraforming Event in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It's a random event, like finding a Ranger or fleet of Corvettes. It affects UNcolonized worlds within one sector of a specific system. The affected worlds go up 15 classes, making all of them potential targets. You usually will see a screen pop up, even if the event happened for another empire. It's possible to find planets with quality higher than 20, just not common. And the Alterians could have had the +15% planet value ability.

Reply to Is There A Way in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you have a Bink player, you can.

Reply to No Warning Sticker in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

SlapBone, running MoO3 on another computer wouldn't help. You'd hate hearing two different soundtracks playing, so you'd turn off the sound on MoO3. Now, since the only way the alarm would do is job is if you glance at the MoO3 screen, but since you're so engrossed in GalCiv you won't even notice. ;p