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Reply to Typo. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Have you tried setting all the enemies to thier lowest levels, and working your way up? ~SDC~

Reply to Power Grid down. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Yes. Perhaps we should cut all aid to Europe, Cut all aid to Africa, Cut our nearly 40% of all support money paid to the UN, Cut our nearly 70% of all support money to Nato, and invest in our own neck of the woods for a change. [/quote] Last time I checked, the US owed the UN their support payments, which hadn't been paid. And correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't NATO established for the defense of the US against the Soviets? And you can't blame people being wary of

Reply to Who is the biggest threat? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Heh, In one game, the Yor ended up with 3/4ths of the galaxy with only the Torians and I left... Everyone else surrendered to the Yor. LOL ~SDC~

Reply to Colonising below 15 worlds in Strategies Stardock Forums

I once flipped several 40+ worlds last game. It was a great feeling LOL ~SDC~

Reply to What's the use of an alliance? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Alliances are also nice for defense...as I don't play a heavy military game... Keep one or two races at close (a few minors too)...If someone declares war, or some event triggers, I instantly ally with 1-2 majors and 3-4 minors, and get the neutrals to declare war on them too... It gives me the 5-6 turns needed to churn out a massive fleet without any casualties at all...the minors tend to have a heck of a lot of small ships to occupy the attackers' attention and harass them...

Reply to Changing resolution prior to startup? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Strangest thing...I'm in 1024x800 with no problems running it normally, but with the w it pops up black rectangles for a split second then nothing happens... Any way I can run it windowed? ~SDC~

Reply to Anybody playing Star Wars Galaxies? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you've an active internet connection, GalCiv (should) detect it and pop up a submission screen after the endgame stats screen... ~SDC~

Reply to A Guide to Social Projects in Strategies Stardock Forums

Maybe it's to reward people who pay attention? :p I used to build everything until I went up in difficulty and started paying attention, heh... ~SDC~

Reply to colonizing planets within system in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I tend to adjust my tax rates and spending every few turns...and I generally autolaunch ships too :notsure: I suppose I just don't like having too many worlds at the beginning, heh... ~SDC~

Reply to Precursor ships in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Guess you weren't very lucky in those games. ;p ~SDC~

Reply to OT: Anyone here know of any X-COM like games? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The website is www.the-underdogs.org And if something runs too quickly, you might want to try a slow-down utility... ~SDC~

Reply to Precursor ships in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

On a somewhat related note, why are my Precursor ships called Pre C ursor Ranger/Corvettes? ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv on a laptop in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'd just like to take a moment at this point to say I was referring to LCD monitors, not necessairly Laptops. I could be horribly, horribly wrong. :notsure: ~SDC~

Reply to Oh how I love this game! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The new version of Reach for the Stars is pretty neat too...demo crashes on me upon combat, unfortunetely... ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv on a laptop in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, laptops generally use LCD screens right? To my knowledge, LCD screens have preset resolution sizes (as one pixel represents one, err, pixel)... Do you have any idea what the set resolution is? A 15 inch LCD is general 1024x800, while a 17 is 1280xsomething... ~SDC~

Reply to Galactic Civilizations Multiplayer in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You know, I notice some turns in GalCiv nothing happens and I hit enter... (usually after the initial rush of colonization, and the building of social/military projects phase) ....and sometimes that happens a lot...and I can easily pass turns that way... But if I was playing against something else, I would have to wait and wait and wait just so I can hit the enter key again... :notsure: This applies to PBEM too...GalCiv doesn't translate too well that way, I th

Reply to Ship models in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hmm, so then they're 3d wireframe models then? ~SDC~

Reply to colonizing planets within system in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I suppose it's because when I get around to sub-15 worlds (which the AIs don't touch), the other worlds are fairly developed, and it ends up dragging down my morale or tax rate... ~SDC~

Reply to What starting abilities do people use and why ? in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]Also my overlord ship graphics are missing... But that seems to be all games. Even after a complete reinstal...[/quote] Try saving, quitting GalCiv, and reloading that savegame. ~SDC~

Reply to colonizing planets within system in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hmm...why would 13s be good if you have PQ +5%? I'm under the impression that a fully decked out PQ13 would have +25% PQ, making it 16.25, but would be under 15 until you built both PQ improvements, right? So the only real way to colonize PQ13s would be if you have the cash to rush build the PQ improvements...or maybe I just have my standards too high :p And PQ12s, btw, would reach PQ15 or PQ15.25 with PQ+5% or PQ+7% respectively, so very borderline there... :notsure

Reply to Ship models in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Ahhh... :notsure: But I swore I read something about you guys making detailed 3d models? And on another note: Ooo! Someone from Stardock answered me! Yay! :CONGRAT: :d ~SDC~

Reply to bad habit? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think it was said that you can have up to twice the PQ of a planet in taxes without any morale drops or tax evasion... ...not counting any morale boosts, of course... ~SDC~

Reply to Some major empire alignments revealed! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Wow, that does kinda sound like the Europeans :p ~SDC~

Reply to Information Warfare bug in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]This thread was hijacked a long time ago.[/quote] Hmm, we should get some Thread Marshals... ;p ~SDC~

Reply to Those Galciv Ambassadors Really could use training. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

This is one thing... I've had 'high' or 'advanced' intel and still have someone assassinate a leader...is there any way to stop this? ~SDC~