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Starbase resource bug I had two constructors autopilot on a research resource, timed so one would arrive before the other by a few turns. Constructor one arrived with no moves left right next to it, i noticed that three grid squares away in the same sector was a Drengin constructor. He didnt move quick enough and i gained the resource, no improvments, just the 5% you get for the basic starbase. The Drengin constructor was still on autopilot to the research resource, the next turn my oth

Reply to GalCiv Is That Good ... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

lhetre: Master Of Magic is a roleplay / city builder game , it doesnt get listed under 4X ... oh yes 4X :) eXplore eXpand eXploit eXterminate A link for an intresting review , i know the review tends to say its a bit awkward in some areas but you have to play it to make your own judgement :D http://www.strategy-gaming.com/reviews/star_trek_birth_of_the_federation/index.shtml multiple GUI screens dependant on which race your playing, five AI races, minor r

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Your the first person ive ever heard to say the MOO2 works on XP without a lot of problems, either your very lucky in your system hardware or you know your systems well ;) But on looking in my box'o'bits theres two versions kicking about, a DOS version and a windows version, i must admit i didnt care much for the colony management but the starship combat was very well done, easy to manage with loads of strategy options, shame the rest, although very good, was really 'fiddly'. [Message Edit

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My fave all time top 4X games LOL M.U.L.E (1985 ish) - Atari 800 XL / 1300 XE Reach For The Stars (1988 ish) - Amiga 500 STARS (pass) - PC Master Of Orion II (pass) - PC Birth Of The Federation (2000 ish) - PC GalCiv (2003) Anyone else got a list? :D

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[quote]Crack makes people stupid. And as much harm as it does to the brain chemistry, folks have to be dumb in the first place to be using it, so it's like a stupidity enhancement pill. I'm not sure that fits GalCiv.[/quote] I was more refering to its so called addictive qualities not the fact that drugs make you wonky :D I like the X-Box, its IMO the best console on the market at the moment and i must admit Rockstar games (Grand Theft Auto) did make make me smile with thier

Reply to gal civ: not enuf micro policy in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Sirian: Well said. Thats the first thing ive ever read from you that i can read without getting my dictionary out :D

GalCiv Is That Good ... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Guess what i got for christmas? An X-Box :D And ... Star Wars KOTOR Halo Grand Theft Auto DP (preorder but arrived today LOL ) Need For Speed Underground Moto GP 2 Crimson Skies Buffy Buffy - Chaos Bleeds And Guess what? Im on here playing GalCiv LOL check my score submission dates for proof ... its like digital crack ... [Message Edited]

Reply to Metaphysical Environmental Question . . . in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

One thing your all missing: MONEY The suits dont like to lose money, caring for the enviroment brings no financial returns, as far as 90% of them are concerned if the world becomes a smog bucket it wont happen in thier lifetime so why bother to lose money? Its a sad fact that they all are all so caring for publicity wbut when it comes down to the hard changes it would upset too many suits, and those are the ones that keep the goverments in power, so its a no win situation. Peep

Reply to Formula Change For Metaverse? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I can do the calcs (see the first post) :D I just wondered why my scores dont add up, they always used to using that formula. As for Excel, i try try not to use Microflop bits they make my PC wonky LOL thanks though

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I work nights, im a partial insomniac (4 hours sleep is good for me) and i must admit that i play this game far too much :D Ive been playing 4X games for over twenty years and this is the best ever (try asking grandad about M.U.L.E LOL ). I keep tweaking the difficulity up a notch (i only found out a couple of days ago by mistake you that you could turn off the other AI's, so ive been playing against all of them) and the game seems to change with the AI doing new things to bemuse me in th

Formula Change For Metaverse? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Have they changed the formula for the scoring? My scores dont seem to add up, i submitted an 18000+ this morning and it only gave me 4000 out of it, as i have for the last few days been submitting a game a day, (im bored and being undead have no use for crimbo), and been getting some good scores (for me) , well i checked because i felt 4000 was a bit low ... all my games = 203700 divide by 3.4641016151377544 (12 games) =58803.1249169633872905136065882489 so thats 58

Reply to Bug Reports for 1.13 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Sirian: I know you probably already tried this but ... i had the same problem, so now when i find any i put a waypoint on it and name it res_enc etc, not a solution but it does work :D

Reply to Bug Reports for 1.13 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

But i got the last laugh at the Altarians good fortune from the bug with the constructor / starbase :D I put a waypoint in the sector above, sent 6x Battle hammers (hey LOL its near the start) and waited till my military strength was greater than his (backhanders , research etc) than the blue dudes constructor appeared ... i blew up the Altarians military starbase and declared war on them, moved a small fleet of three constructors over the resource then went to the diplomacy screen o

Reply to Bug Reports for 1.13 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Havent heard mention of this one ... :D In the usual race for the resources and star systems my little hero ship found a military resource right on the edge of Terran and Altarian space so i sent two of my constructors to go there with my fingers crossed and as i was busy with other things and it was near the start they took a while to get there ... :) anyway a few turns later it came up with the 'Do you wish to upgrade this starbase?' i thought cool, the little blue dudes must be ha

Reply to Bug Reports for 1.13 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Cari: I have quite a bit to do with demo cds for indie bands so i tend to play about with audio quite a bit, ALL of the CTD i have encountered are through audio, i have the latest drivers (Audigy 2), it doesnt happen often but when it did last time i had a look at the audio files, to quite honest, it was a bit bemused, why so many formats?? (these formats were all in the Event Music folder) A. MP3 at 96 kbit - 44 hz B. MP3 at 128 kbit - 44 hz C. MP3 at 64 kbit - 22 hz

Reply to Bug Reports for 1.13 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]It's supposed to have slowed.[/quote] Dearmad: 1.13 December 16, 2003 AI Change: + Minor races less likely to expand Bug Fixes: + fixed minimap scrolling bug + fixed pol party logos not showing up + fixed 2 up issue bug + fixed tradeship fleet bug + changed mods to be enabled by default + Fixed bug where trade routes minimap didn't hide when rallypoints window opened in other modes. + fixed mem leak in the fleet data

Reply to Bug Reports for 1.13 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Isn't that F9 or did i misunderstand your question ?[/quote] oops :D well i spose i just a squillion respect points there :D Thank you :D (im sure that wasnt in the keylist ... hate pressing keys in case it wont submit my score ... thats my excuse and im sticking to to it) But has anyone else noticed the population growth has slowed??

Reply to Bug Reports for 1.13 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

But have have you noticed the population growth is slower? i have worked up to challenging now and i had two games on 1.12 challenging and they were very different to the latest ones on 1.13, i have not changed my 'picks' for my race or changed anything from what it was before. As for the minors, all ive found are one system minors so far, i liked all the pretty colors on the tactical map :D seriously though, i really did like them pre 1.13, funny thing is, as i mentioned ive worked my way

Reply to Bug Reports for 1.13 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The minors are back to normal, im sure there were a lot of people who, like me, liked the fact that they could spread, would it not have been better to put a check box in the options for minors to choose between normal or expand rather than just remove them? Also it plays 'different' , doesnt feel the same, the population growth seems to be different and the overall difficulity ramped? anyone else notice this?

Reply to LINKS to Useful sites in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Deep questions: How long is a piece of string? Did that hurt? Did you see that? Where did you have it last? Im blonde and well built so please excuse the fact that i sit in awe of peeps who ask the above questions ... :D

Reply to Any News On The Next Patch? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]People expect responses from us on the forums and in the chat room. We try to be straightforward with our customers. The patch would have been up weeks ago if not for a series of incidents that have managed to disrupt things over here. Nothing devastating, but it's rather busy over here at the moment. At least it's not as bad as last December when the entire Gal Civ development team, including Brad, got sick right before our original deadline for going Gold. (Knock on wood.) [/quote]

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The one thing no one seems to mention is the major bug on the waypoints and diplomacy screen, in fact one would go so far to say its even more annoying than the two choices in the UP ... :notsure: Go to diplomacy / stats. click on the trade button so you can see all thier trade routes double click on one of your stars (so that your on the production section) click on waypoints ... it still shows the trade routes, and you cant see the little circles to show which waypoint i

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[quote]Really, they should make all those old files available somewhere, at least for drengin.net subscribers. It wouldn't cost much. I occasionally have a desire to go back and play 1.02.[/quote] Gosh fsk please enlighten us as to why the previous updates should only be available to Drengin.net subscribers :D [Message Edited]

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[quote]Makes me really glad that I didn't bother updating to 1.12 [/quote] Well im sure were all glad that you didnt :D

Reply to This could be a HUGE bug!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]LeegleechN, I've just tried that and all I get is "can't find 'sfc'". (I'm running Windows ME). I am seriously considering a complete system reinstall anyway, just to iron out all the little bugs that seem to accumulate...[/quote] If you go to the control panel and select 'add / remove programs' find IE in the list and double click on it , some options will appear ... select 'repair internet explorer' . Cant say if that will fix your problem, but it has always (touch wood) worked