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Reply to How is Unrest generated and how do I counter it? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="dlapine1" reply="9" id="3801057"]But sometimes you have to use what the default races give you- gotta get those Steam accomplishments from completion-ism... [e digicons]:grin:[/e] [/quote] :D I hear you, and understand. I haven't played a default race for a while, I really enjoy making my own.

Reply to How is Unrest generated and how do I counter it? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

For that matter, just go with Devout as a trait. It gives the best happiness building (multiple per planet) in the game, and produces up to 40 influence/turn. Also gives access to extra tourism buildings. Tourism is the only income you'll need once they are built and upgraded.

Reply to Trade resource in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I was the one who said it, because I misunderstood. Had you bought the base game, Crusade would have been included. You bought just the Retribution expansion, which does not include it.

Reply to Mod Tools in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

@treborblue I have not yet modded more than a couple of minor experiments, mainly because for a while the game was changing too often. And once 4.1 was released, I just plain forgot that I wanted to mod. But now I am reminded :) So basically, if you do make the tools, I would most likely use them. Count me in as interested.

Reply to Trade resource in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

It looks like your original purchase was JUST the Retribution expansion (which I guess includes the base game?) Which means you do not have Crusade. That is most certainly required, for the governments, the resources, and also some of the DLC won't even work if you don't have Crusade. I hate to be the one to say that you'll have to buy even more, but it does look that way.

Reply to Trade resource in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Ah, well not having all the expansions does seem to explain the problems. As a player, I highly recommend all the expansions (Intrigue, Mercenaries) - you have Retribution and Crusade should be included). As far as other DLC, I have them all other than Villains of SC and Mech Parts (which are completely unnecessary). My personal recommendations (the ones that most affect gameplay), if you wanted to get some, would be Precursor Worlds, Lost Treasures, and Wor

Reply to Trade resource in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

If governments are working properly, they can only be changed after gaining a second planet, and once changed, cannot be changed again for 26 turns. But if resource upgrades aren't working, it is possible that governments are wonky for you as well. I have no ideas, other than the failed reinstall. Hopefully the Stardock support team can help.

Reply to Trade resource in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

All planetary resources should be upgradable once without tech, and twice more with appropriate tech. Seems like it is an error with your install, maybe a reinstall will help?

Reply to how do you add the updates after backing the game up to get it working again in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

2.8 is a pretty old back-version, and was released before many of the DLCs. I suspect you won't have much luck, the game has gone through many changes since then. Better off finding what the issue was that prevented you from playing.

Reply to Newbie in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Ah I never noticed that about deleting queued transports losing the troop.

Reply to Please Fix The Way Carriers Work ATM in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I will sometimes get the missile/beam/kinetic ships for assault/guardian/fighter carriers, but other times I get something fairly random (though once a carrier module "picks" a weapon, it is consistent for the rest of the game). I generally create only one carrier of each type until I know what type of weapon it carries, and then I know what to research and/or build.

Reply to Newbie in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

DivineWrath - For the record, you do not lose a legion when you queue a transport. One gets earmarked for the transport ship (as it must have at least one legion). Once the ship is built, the subtracted legion is on the transport. If you fill it up to full (with 5) only 4 more are subtracted from your pool. The bug is when you upgrade a transport. It will still subtract one from your pool for inclusion on the ship, and add it upon upgrading (which is not necess

Reply to Snatching defeat from the jaws of (Alliance) victory? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Alliance victories are a bit wonked. If another civ has alliances with all but you, or all but one faction that you defeat in battle, it takes their alliance victory into account before yours. The game has been this way for a long time.

Reply to Invading a planet I don't have colonization tech for in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

You can invade (or culture flip) a planet that you don't have the colonization tech for, it will just be at -50% raw production until that technology is achieved

Reply to The Value Of Being A Founder Nearly Five Years Later in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I did not buy the founder's edition of GCIII and am sorry I did not. I have bought every DLC (except the villains of star control, which I am uninterested in) and spent far more than I would have had I founded. I'm not too sorry about that, I've put a lot of hours into this game. If/when GC4 makes a founder edition available, I'll be in.

Reply to Are starbase upgrades using the right resources? Also: are they powerful enough? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Promethium is required (a lot of it) if you want more than just a couple of strong culture starbases. Also required on econ bases for research.

Reply to Entertainment Networks cannot be built in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Entertainment Networks are upgrades from the Entertainment Center, which is found under the Cultural Exchange tech (influence branch). It isn't intuitive, but it isn't broken either.

Reply to Exploit: shipyards can be sponsored by more than 5 planets in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

This has happened to me many times (including on the most recent build). I generally reduce the sponsoring planets to 5, as intended, when it happens. Another voluntary exploit has to do with trading techs to Synthetic and Silicon civs. They cannot research certain (biological) techs, but will trade for them. But, since they cannot research them, they will still show up as tradeable to them, even if they've already been traded. So long as they are not the only

Reply to No Aid Research in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Tooltips haven't been updated in forever. I love this game, and play it a lot. But the small bugs that never get fixed are annoying.

Reply to No Aid Research in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

It used to be available on every planet (a la Aid Economy) but was changed for balance reasons, I forget which version. Now my economy ends up running away while my research lags. Oh well.

Reply to No Aid Research in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

It can only be used on a planet with the Technological Capital built.

Reply to Evolution of the Drengin in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Goldyy2" reply="7" id="3792326"] Hey guys. I'm new here… Is it interesting to play in future? [/quote] It is a very detailed and intricate game, and if you are into 4x space empire games, it is certainly worth it. I've put many, many hours into the game. Just know that there are some bugs, generally fairly small, which have never (and likely will never) be addressed. For the most part, they don't affect game play terribly, but can s

Reply to [Bug 4.01] Tool tip for some buildings say it cannot be destroyed. Super easy, barely an inconvenience. in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Lots of the tooltips are incorrect / haven't been updated since the very first rules, which have changed greatly over time. I'm pretty used to it by now, so no harm to me. However, I strongly second that bio cities should be destructible, even if only by synthetics.

Reply to Evolution of the Drengin in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I started with the first Windows GalCiv (2003) after realizing that MOO3 was a piece of garbage. I love the Drengin as enemies, but prefer a more peaceful/scientific playstyle for my own races. Generally I create my own, so don't really have a favorite "stock race" I'd say a large part of GalCiv's initial Windows market was due to the MOO3 disaster. I'm sure I'm not alone in being so disappointed, that this, the other (and vastly superior) space empire game releas

Reply to how to change interface sounds?? Some are so loud as to be painful. in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

cool, will check out the mod. The anchor sound (and some of the planetary artifacts) are loud for me as well. The anchor is the worst.