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Reply to Is there a G.C. Editor Out There? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You need Altarian Prophecy to play them, unfourtunately. ~SDC~

Reply to Known caps - please report the numbers you found in Strategies Stardock Forums

I believe the exact words were "very slight" penalties. But seriously, what possible reason could you have to hoard that much money? To build a lot of terror stars or starbases at once, but that's new. In previous versions a large treasury means you didn't build enough factories to spend all your money. ~SDC~

Reply to Playing in a Window Question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You're in windowed mode, but the window is exactly the size of your screen. ~SDC~

Reply to Minor Races and PQ in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

We should mention that that's only on the highest difficulty level. (Second highest?) ~SDC~

Reply to Is there a G.C. Editor Out There? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think the editor is supposed to be the major selling point of the expansion pack, so it really wouldn't make sense to give out a free version. ~SDC~

Reply to Galactic resource rush - any tips? Also empire ability question in Strategies Stardock Forums

I don't focus on getting the resources early on. Start building a constructor on a nearby planet when I see it, and if I get it, I get it. Later in the game, though, when the AIs start going to war with each other, I have constructors ready to swoop down on any resources that become unclaimed. 5% alone won't help with a planet that's below 20, but it won't be alone, will it? Soil Enhancement and Habitat Improvement will be the first things you build on every world, so that gives you

Reply to Playing in a Window Question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There should be a space between the " and the w. ~SDC~

Reply to Playing in a Window Question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Change the shortcut so that it has a w after the game. Example: "D:\Installed\Strategy First\Galactic Civilizations\galciv.exe" w Your screen resolution must be at least 1024x768 (or the window won't fit on the screen) and you must be using 16 bit color. ~SDC~

Reply to Terror Stars? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Nothing in the game can ever give a terror star more than 1 move (except for that bug). I'm not sure about defense. I don't think so. ~SDC~

Reply to Trade routes in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

1) The freighter dissapears as soon as you use it to establish a trade route. The when a route is killed its mini-freighter goes away, too. 2) Don't know. 3) All of that planet's routes remain intact (though according to the manual their value is greatly reduced) unless it would cause you to go over your max number of routes or you're at war with one of the planet's trading partners. 4) All routes (yours and theirs) between the two civilizations are killed and no more

Reply to Terror stars: what is the quickest tech path? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It's been my experience that trying to take the shortest route to anythng, without taking the time to build up your society in other areas (economy, morale, population) results in you falling behind anyway. ~SDC~

Reply to Increasing the occurrence of random events and United Planets issues. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There really needs to be something to balance the fact that fewer events come up on smaller maps. And I'd like to see the UP meet more often, too. :) ~SDC~

Reply to Couple of newbie questions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Click "Archives" in the research screen. ~SDC~

Reply to How many habitable planets per map? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you don't care about submiting your scores to the Metaverse (and from the looks of your profile, you don't), there's a cheat key (Ctrl-L, IIRC) that evenly distributes habitable systems and resources among the major races. ~SDC~

Reply to Is there a G.C. Editor Out There? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The editor comes with the expansion pack, which is currently in beta and available only to Drengin.net subscribers. You can pre-order it on GalCiv's website. ~SDC~

Reply to Increasing the occurrence of random events and United Planets issues. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There should be colinization events on any planet that people are likely to settle for use as a colony (as opposed to a range-extender or a morality event generator). In the absence of mods, that means 12+ before Terraformer (at which point it's hardly worth it to go back and colonize the lower class planets, because they're undeveloped and the rest of your planets are at or near the end of their build queues). CariElf has, in fact, removed events for planets below class 12. (Mentioned in the

Reply to I-League in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I believe the I-League always shows up on Huge and Gigantic maps. I think I've seen it only once on a smaller map. ~SDC~

Reply to Soldier strengh in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Does anyone even know what Attack, Defense, and Tech represent on the invasion screen? Advantage Factor seems to be the only number that directly affects the outcome of the battle, so I assume they all affect that somehow. ~SDC~

Reply to Trade Goods and Wonders in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Really? I'm sure I've seen someone on the forum complaining that they didn't get the benefit of Eyes of the Universe when they captured the planet it was on. What version was this on? ~SDC~

Reply to Who is Stardock? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You might find this interesting: http://www.galciv.com/encyclopedia/history.html ~SDC~

Reply to Trade Goods and Wonders in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]so if i invade a race with a trade good and kill them off am i assured of at least getting the tradegood benefits?[/quote] No. You can not get the trade good's benefits by invasion. ~SDC~

Reply to Trade Goods and Wonders in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Are you sure it worked? I was under the impression (and, indeed, I actually read in the manual) that it doesn't work like that. If the planet where the trade good was built changes hands no one can trade for it anymore, and anyone who doesn't have the benifits can't get them. ~SDC~

Reply to Prestige in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Prestige_Bonus increases the influence of that star system, AbilityType 9 increases your civilization's influence ability. I believe Prestige_Bonus actually shows up as "Star Influence" on the planet details screen. To see the ability bounus you have to look at your stats before and after building the Achievment/Wonder/Trade Good. ~SDC~

Reply to why cant i build??? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There is a queue. It's under the Governors tab of the domestic policy window. Every colony uses Mr. Ford's queue by default, but you can set it to use one of the others on the planet's details screen. And rush buying projects is a huge waste of money if you don't actually need them right away. ~SDC~

Reply to Making People in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]How come you can disband transports with people on them, and destroy colonies? Shouldn't it count as an atrocity and make you evil[/quote] When you dispand the transport you probably just say to the captain "Ok, we don't need this ship anymore. It's all yours," and the people on board fly it to the nearest planet. And you don't actually blow up a planet when you distroy a colony. Everybody has two weeks to book passage to the planet of their choice (where it takes them