Northwest_Smith

Reply to New around here... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Welcome Jason ;) ~SDC~

Reply to Metaverse Submission problems in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

T-Man, Thank you for your answer. Yes, it looks like it is working again. Last two scores posted without any problem, although I have no explanation why. Any idea how difficult it would be to display some kind of status message (success/failure/reason for failure) when someone submits a score to the metaverse? I think that would be greatly helpful to track all those issues, both client and server-side. ~SDC~

Reply to Silly question about Starbases in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

1) Bonus from starbases on resources (military, influence, morale, etc...) applies to ALL planets, regardless of sector. 2) Bonus from starbases without resources applies to all planets located in the same sector. ~SDC~

Reply to Updates in Strategies Stardock Forums

I am not sure if there is an actual text file saved on the PC, but one way to get the info is to start Stardock Central (i.e., go to the 'Software' screen, then 'Drengin.net', click on the 'Galactic Civilizations' line, then look for a 'History' link of the left part of the screen. You should see the complete list of changes since the beginning). ~SDC~

Reply to Observations in Strategies Stardock Forums

I agree, 'Kiss my ass' is a nice touch :) ~SDC~

Reply to AI maybe a bit too predictable? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I am starting to feel that predictability too. Although, we should not kid ourselves. As sophisticated as a computer AI is, we are still nowhere in terms of (artificial) intelligence. Sure, a computer can beat a human at chess, but it is only because it can browse through a library of millions of moves within tenths of a second. There is no intelligence involved. Overall, considering current limitations in both technology and development theories, I think GalCiv did a pretty good job,

Reply to Metaverse/Empires Forum? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Those two forums would be nice, indeed. ~SDC~

Reply to Metaverse Submission problems in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

This is getting so frustrating. Out of a total of 20 games I have submitted over 2 months, just 3 are showing. It works, then doesn't anymore, then again, then not. A shame for a company so focussed on the internet to have implemented such a poor software. ~SDC~

Reply to Does anyone care that Metaverse still doesn't work? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I haven't been able to submit for several days as well. Oh, that's without mentionning that half of my scores recently disappeared, retaining my '5 wins medal' with only 3 games showing. But that's only a detail, I guess :p

Reply to Fog of War - Now YOU can cheat like the AI does! in Strategies Stardock Forums

AI doesn't know where each resource is located. On many occasions, I have seen him sitting right next to one and not grabing it. ~SDC~

Reply to Help! I can't seem to play a military-focused game on Intelligent! in Strategies Stardock Forums

Propaganda increases morale, and morale dictates population growth (or decrease if low). ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv priceless humor in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Even after playing GalCiv for more than a month, some star names just crack me up :) Recently, I have colonized : Heinlein (seems really appropriate for the Father of the sci-fi Golden Age), Algore (I am still looking for the Bush system), Gandalf and Sauron. ~SDC~

Reply to European Empire Update in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The European Union is a (economical and social) reality. Why trying to blame people who have shared so many things (good ones and bad ones) accross the centuries to group together for fun in a galactical conquest game? (or is it because this scares you?) The USA got their flag first on the moon; we will get ours first on Alpha Centauri! LOL ~SDC~

Reply to Wormhole Tech....does Nada? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

All these 'wormholes' techs make me believe that, early in the game development, they probably intended to have these techs enabling players to create their own permanent wormholes (would really help on gigantic maps, isn't it?). They dropped it later on due to the complexity they faced with teaching the AI's to build and use those. They still kept the techs, but stripped all effect from them. Of course, all this is pure speculation :) ~SDC~

Reply to Please update windowed version in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I second that! Please, pretty please, update the windowed version! :d ~SDC~

Reply to Ships Walls and Fly Throughs in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It is suprising this would require a lot of programming work, considering the routine probably already exists (for your own ships). But who am I to say? LOL ~SDC~

Reply to Gal Civ Post Mortem - q in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Interesting to learn that even a 'budget' game, developped by a 'small' company costs $600,000 to make. Really puts things back into perspective. ~SDC~

Reply to Metaverse Submission problems in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thank you T-Man! :CONGRAT:

Reply to hooray i get to playGalciv this weekend!!!! :))))) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You playing in The Matrix? ;p

Reply to No hall of fame? in Strategies Stardock Forums

That is, when the metaverse works, of course... :notsure:

Reply to Is Metaverse still not accepting anyone's scores? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Still down... *bump*

Reply to My Score Wont Show Up in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

As reported in many other threads, there is obviously something wrong with the metaverse. It seems no one has been able to post a score since 5/5.

Reply to My Suggestion in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Starbase micro-management is killing me...

Reply to Problems submitting to the Metaverse - anyone else having the same issue? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have had the same problem on and off for a while now. One game will register, then not, then again, then not... Currently on 1.03A.057, the game before this one registered, but this last one didn't. If a log file would be produced when the program fails to register, at least I could see what is wrong. I am assuming my registration is correct, as it did work before...

Reply to Anyone Else Missing The Two +10 PQ Tech Tree Bonuses? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I would tend to agree with Code Monkey. Removing those two PQ tech makes the game less interesting and diversified.