AngleWyrm

Creeping Costs in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I want to mention this so that it gets nipped in the bud. In a mod to Space Empires IV, a 180kT Explorer class vessel can hold four guns, and a 200kT Escourt can hold five. Investing in a 300kT Frigate buys you a ship that will double that to ten guns. But going the next step up to a 350kT Destroyer doesn't even get room for one more gun. This has happened because there is a charge for crew quarters and life support that goes up in steps, and th

Reply to Terraforming in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

, and then complain about the level of realism on some other point, perhaps I need a cup of coffee! Not directed at anyone in particular -- I've done the same thing.

Reply to Ship numbers in GC2 in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

heroic crew, ship caputure, boarding parties, tractor beams; are these things we want to play with?

Reply to Ship Styles in Warfare GalCiv2 Forums

-scenes, rather than pre-rendered stuff. Another good reason is the megabytes of movie files that it would save. And also, the ability to do scripted story writing with in-game stuff.

Game Pacing in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

double-post deleted. sorry.

Game Pacing in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

Been playing the Star Trek mod for SEIV lately, and have been beating the tar out of it. At first I was playing with one homeworld, high cost everything. After about six to eight years, I was da man, and second runner up was waaay behind. Geometric progression had caught up, I had attained critical mass. Ok, so tried changing the player settings to ten homeworlds, max tech. In about two years (twenty one turns) I had ninety planets, and the second runner up had only

Reply to Beta Date? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Every now and then, I try to hold the suspense too; it's some slippery stuff tho ain't it?

Reply to Weekly 02/25/05 in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

m work setting off that red-vs-white pattern. At a third detail level, there are indications of surface texture and paint weathering.

Reply to Deterministic Outcomes and Random Number Seeds in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

f a bajillion back and forths is the elimination of all secrets -- it seems like a close approximation could be achieved by letting both sides know everything there is to know at all times.

Reply to Deterministic Outcomes and Random Number Seeds in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

ble to go back and revisit to the saved position later. It's the same thing, really.

Reply to Intel, spies etc in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

e good if sensor range was a technology the player could research. Or if building a sensor array of many sensors into a ship produced better detection range. Like each sensor adds 10% to ships sensor range. That would be a good use of hull-space filling.

Reply to Deterministic Outcomes and Random Number Seeds in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

fied by calling something "indeterminate". Horse feathers. We just can't figure it out.

Reply to star creation in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

a star, and a Dyson sphere by filling it in. Of course that's a lot of star bases...

Reply to How Do I Change My E-Mail Address? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

not log "you" in, because you have chosen not to transmit that info. That is your choice: Identify yourself automatically or manually.

Reply to Danos Ideas #1 ***** DIPLOMACY ******** in Diplomacy GalCiv2 Forums

What happens if there is a Cause For War, but the nation with it knows they would lose? Do the small go to war and die?

Reply to Development levels. in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

tios that can be used and still believe that you have a good chance to win the game.

Reply to Designing the Galactic Civilizations 2 User Interface. Part in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

The direction East is usually to the right of the direction West. I like the diamond/slanted version better than the flat rectangular version.

Reply to Development levels. in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

to a predefined path is why the land grab sucks.

Reply to Danos Ideas #1 ***** DIPLOMACY ******** in Diplomacy GalCiv2 Forums

the bottom of the current turn's situation report.

Reply to Development levels. in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

ones the player leaves for later to risk enemy development. A bunch of that is decided by stellar geography and nation placement -- whatever choices remain are where there is room to play with the colonization rush.

Reply to Danos Ideas #1 ***** DIPLOMACY ******** in Diplomacy GalCiv2 Forums

he Torian front was interrupted by Torian assault squadrons, the third such attack this month.

Reply to Sector Patrol in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

stination button. Maybe we will have some sort of waypoints/patrol routes, as well as actions taken on things within sensor range.

Reply to 4X Empire Development in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

he shipyard build an inexpensive mine and sattelite deploying shuttlecraft, which launches those defenses as they come off the production line. The shipyard then builds the more expensive starbases where appropriate.

Reply to Development Language in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I hope so, that .NET stuff is an extra operating system requirement.

Reply to 4X Empire Development in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

ne could conceivably have up to about speed twelve.