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Reply to Galaxy way out of scale in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

What I can't believe is why someone would care about "scale". It's a game for crying out loud.

Reply to Updating GalCiv2 in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Well, all that does is just download the patch. You need to actually install it. Or just use Stardock Central, click the update button next to Gal Civ 2 and it will do all the work of dowloading and installing for you.

Reply to Shields: Are they really that useful? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

In a fleet of 4 ships I'll have 3 high attack no defense ships and one ship with high defense and low attack. Combined it may give me a 20 attack and 5 defense lets say. Even that 5 defense against the right weapon really helps you survive, especially if you attack first.

Reply to too much to ask? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yep, fast transports with advanced troop modules. The core ship of this for me is my "Invader Cruiser" which can carry 3000 troops and goes 7 pc I think. If the problem is running out of population for troops then you need to build another farm or two to bump that population up. I usually have at least 2, sometimes 3 planets with the capcity for 20-30 billion because of several farms. Between times for transports being built they have usually grown back the 3000 troops I used in the last one

Reply to Heh, how do you update the game? :D in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

You should have Stardock Central installed. If not, do so. Then register the game in there. Then you simply just click on Galactic Civ 2 and if there is an update available you click the Update button next to it and it does all the work and will tell you when it's done.

Reply to Robots in spaaaace! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Voltron!!

Reply to The first sales figures are in! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

1. Steal underpants 2. ... 3. Make money. Works every time, Congrats!

Reply to AI Starbase Sharing - What's the deal? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ok, I'm big on research. My slider is usually at at least 40% the entire game. Normal was nearly impossible to keep up with technology-wise. Challenging is just impossible. Not sure what you're talking about here (and I've seen other posts on it as well). I play on Challenging and I rarely run research above 30% and I'm right up there in tech

Reply to Social Spending Always on! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Remember that you can "focus" your planet to building something as well. This is done by going to the planet screen and up top are the 3 boxes for spending, click the icon in the upper right portion of the box and it will highlight the box and focus on that. So if my planet doesn't have any buildings to build then I'll focus on Manufacturing (if I'm building ships) or Research if it's a research planet. Then I'm hardly wasting anything in social production. It's a workaround anywa

Reply to Anybody Else Have This Problem? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I also trade with the others but I just dont understand why they are able to get so many skills reasearched so fast. Perplexing! Someone kind of mentioned it already but every race starts out with different techs (some the same, but many different). The AI's will do what we as the human should do and trade around all your techs as soon

Reply to Anybody Else Have This Problem? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Don't sweat it. I trade with the AI the first turn I meet each one. I get all the techs I can for all the techs they want. By the time I've met them all we're all about the same tech level and then I progress from there. I'll check every 3-4 turns to see if the AI's have any new techs for trade. I'll trade just about anything away, the only thing I don't is the defense technology for the offensive weapons I'm developing. Other then that it's all on the table. Doesn't make much sense to no

Reply to FEATURE REQUEST: Good documentation in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I have no issue with SD provide such info but what fun is it then? You will *learn* these things the more you play. Same goes for any other game. Heck, when I started playing Civ 4 I didn't know what was going on despite having played every previous version going back to 1. Took me about 2-3 games before I kinda figured everything out. Same here with GalCiv 2. Having played GalCiv 1 really only prepared me for the basic concepts of a space 4x game. Took me about 2 games and I th

Reply to GEtting rid of my ship designs? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I think if you're playing a Metaverse game then the ships would appear in the Metaverse subdirectory.

Reply to GEtting rid of my ship designs? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Obsolete a ship just removes it from the build list. If you want to remove a ship forever just click the "Delete" button in the shipyard. And coming back and being available in future games is a much needed feature so you don't have to keep redesigning ships over and over again. But as I've gone through each game I've refined what ships I want and thus delete some old designs and make new ones of current ones. For example I've refined a series of small hulled fighter ships I've cal

Reply to Music? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Ummmm, just run WinAmp, Windows Media Player or your other favorite music player and minimize it. Play the game with the music turned off. Problem solved!

Reply to Resolution Woes in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

My Documents\My Games\GalCiv 2 I believe is where galciv.ini is located. (or something similar, I don't have the game in front of me at work).

Reply to New Ship Design - Which Other Techs? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I noticed this to and I believe I have the answer: The other variable is the miniaturization tech level you have. So if the ship you designed before fills up 35 of 36 spots but at your current miniaturization level it would be 35 of 34 spots then you can't build the ship yet until you get enough miniaturization to be able to fit everything.

Reply to Gal Civ and Ordering Online in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Bonus pack is for everyone. Think of it as the first patch. When you order from Stardock they will send you the game. But you will also be given a serial number with which you can download the game immediately after you install Stardock Central. What you will download will be the full game with the bonus pack and the Friday patch all integrated together. Everyone, no matter how they got their game, is on this version. The Collectors Edition simply has a couple extras: 1) Abo

Reply to Join The Browncoats in Metaverse Stardock Forums

I would like admittance into this empire. I like the show and the movie, it's a shame the creator ddidn't wantto continue it. Just FYI that the creator definately wants to continue it. It's simply that Fox cancelled the show and now he can't take the show to another network due to contract reasons. The movie actually turned a profit wi

Reply to Impressions, criticism and gripes about GalCiv2 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

4. I would like to see battles with space stations. When you spent hell to upgrade them, then I at least want to see when they are destroyed. Also, space stations are pretty weak regarding what goes into them when they are fully upgraded. A fleet which costs a lot less than the space station in total can easily eliminate it. Solution could be to give the space station firs

Reply to Multiple prerequisites for techs in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

That was a nightmare in GalCiv 1. I much prefer it this way. There is a *ton* of techs and it's hard enough keeping things straight with the linear nature of the tech tree.

Reply to I need help with invasions or lack thereof in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Click on your transport ship. Right click the planet in question to move it to the planet (as you did with your attack ships to take out defending ships). If the planet has the shield icon in the lower right then you didn't take out all the orbital defense ships yet so you'll need to do that first. FYI that there is a PDF of the manual installed with the game so you can print that if you'd like.

Reply to Inconsistent Behavior in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Trading seems very inconsistent in general. Although I don't have any way to confirm this, I suspect that the AIs trade military technologies among themselves. However, they refuse to trade military technology to me under any circumstances - even if I have them bent over backwards over their last star system. Even the race known as 'mercenaries' willing to sell anything to

Reply to Patch Download in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Uhhhh, I already answered that above. Yes. Or just use Stardock Central to update and you don't need to know nor care aobut it, you'll get the updates with no fuss, no muss.

Reply to Received GalCiv 2 CE Box from Stardock in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Got mine today as well (CE upgrade from TGN). I feel all warm and fuzzy knowing that mine might have actually been packed up by Frogboy or Cari Elf (or any number of other famous Stardockians). Hey Frogboy, can I stop by the office and get mine signed by you?