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Reply to Show Moves Left On Fleet Panel in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

Re location for the info, maybe putting it in the circle with the the ship graphic & owner icon, move the ship count to the top of the circle and do X/Y moves at bottom?

Reply to Show Moves Left On Fleet Panel in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

If I haven't already asked for this before, I meant to. Do it for children of all ages.

Reply to [1.82] Minor said I was ripe for conquest in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Syrkres" reply="10" id="3650209"]"We will vote for you during the next UN election" (or similar) rather than threaten. They would likely get more things from me.[/quote] Hoping this one goes onto the devs' idea list for the diplo upgrade effort. Making it some sort of bidirectional thing, where players could also actively try to buy Minors' loyalty in the UP, would be a big step towards emulating the Civ V client city-state model.

Reply to [1.82] Minor said I was ripe for conquest in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Ed1975" reply="7" id="3649727"]minor civs shouldn't be looking to conquer major ones?[/quote] I like the question mark here. First a digressive-related complaint. Pretty much since the beginning of time (as in all through GC2 and maybe 1 as well?), the math behind the Military rating and the "ripe for conquest" values has been really weak. Long ago, I read some threads from code-and-math-wise players who soundly critiqued it, but I never managed to follow/find

Reply to Star Control: September 2016 Update in Star Control News GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Gabberkooij" reply="14" id="3649451"]Is there a way to get a email when the founders program opens up again?[/quote] I asked about a sign-up list a while back and was told to just keep an eye on the boards here. I sometimes need to go a week or more with no time for games or typing about games, so I'm hoping the window will be generous if I have funds to participate when it opens.

Reply to background nebula on galaxy map redux in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="erischild" reply="3" id="3649088"]I am not ready to take on core game files for a cosmetic enhancement just yet.[/quote] Hence the renewed plea to the devs ;-)

Reply to [1.82] Minor said I was ripe for conquest in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Horemvore" reply="5" id="3649083"]Amused[/quote] I'd call you Miss Easily Amused, but your avatar has a gun and a frown...

Reply to How to assign a freighter to another world? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

If I remember GC2 correctly, in that game you could put a freighter in orbit of the planet you wanted to start the route from then launch it. Need to try to remember to try that also if the orbit & leave connected shipyard doesn't work.

Reply to [1.82] Minor said I was ripe for conquest in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Horemvore" reply="3" id="3649068"]miss conception[/quote] I'm all for modernizing the Miss America pageant, but this is just shocking [e digicons]:O[/e]

background nebula on galaxy map redux in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Early last summer I saw this now-dead thread: https://forums.galciv3.com/467536/page/1/ . I'm still with Mottikhan; I'd really appreciate something added to game settings for the mod-indifferent or mod-averse players. Yesterday I had the best background I've had in ages. This morning when I loaded the game up again, the difference was so stark that I'm trying a reload. I can't quite beli

Reply to [1.82] Minor said I was ripe for conquest in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Hmm. Impulse control at the comm station could explain why the roots Snathi just warned me about nasty pirates when I've got them turned off in game setup. Or it could just be that special flavor of rabies they seem to have...

Reply to AI 'cheat' question: How do they chase me when I'm way outside sensor range? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

That scavenging ability is fun to have when you play but can really bite when the AI uses it on you. I mostly notice this 'super hunter' behavior when my ship and the weak-eyed enemy are the only ones in the area. I've never actually seen the AIs build and use a serious sensor boat, although I imagine one of them buys the H12-Super every now and then. If a friend of my enemy has tagged one of the late game sensor boats I notice this happening to most often, then th

AI 'cheat' question: How do they chase me when I'm way outside sensor range? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

For the Nth time, some puny little warship with a sensor range of 2 has begun chasing one of my sensor ships that saw it from 10 hexes away and moved to avoid. For a while, I tried to tell myself that it was my sensors giving them the location fix. But if that's so, why don't I get the same benefit from their better-sensor ships? Does the FoW really exist for the AIs at Normal & above? This lazy player wants the thorough XML and forum readers to pony up the explana

Reply to Culture flip question re disappearing % in rebellion in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Thanks, Highness. I've done plenty of long-term culture flipping and part of my 'patience' above included culture bases and culture buildings on the nearest world. But I've never actually bought a planet and am not likely to be wealthy enough to impress this neighbour soon. I've certainly seen the massive territory changes you describe after conquering worlds, and have sometimes picked a target expressly with influence in mind. I'm about to start a spike in my

Reply to Culture flip question re disappearing % in rebellion in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Mrph. Thanks Moser. I'll try more patience.

Reply to Culture flip question re disappearing % in rebellion in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Has anyone seen one of these Resistor worlds finally start going back into rebellion? I've had three in my influence for 60 and a few turns, I've been slowly gaining a little ground in influence terms, and they are staying at 0%.

Reply to Culture flip question re disappearing % in rebellion in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Thanks, Rhonin. I so seldom build things like a Planetary Defense System that I never read into the screentips for Resistance to see that it also fights influence. I'm trying not to pick a fight with these fools with bones for now, but their effrontery does need to be addressed eventually. Might be pointy-stick mode and not join-the-party by the time that happens...

Culture flip question re disappearing % in rebellion in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'm around turn 60 of a 1.82 game with Mercenaries and most DLC active, no mods. A few turns ago my friendly-but-pushy neigbours, United Earth, had a couple of colonies in my influence space that were in partial rebellion, one at 49% and the other in the mid-20s. When I looked just now, they had both went to 0%. The endoskeletal twits have another colony in a different part of my turf that is still in increasing rebellion. Is there some improvement I haven't le

Reply to New Campaign, Ship Parts and Styles in The Altarian Prophecy DLC in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

If we buy a DLC directly from Stardock, will it work with a GC3 copy bought through GoG? (I own both a Steam and GoG copy but much prefer GoG to Steam)

Reply to Star Control: September 2016 Update in Star Control News GalCiv3 Forums

[quote]This Fall we anticipate starting up Founders phase 2.[/quote] This should get lots of huzzahs, I expect :-)

Reply to Question about upgrading ships in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'll second this question/request. But I have to qualify it with wondering if the desired functionality has been there all along and I just don't know how to use it. Recently, I've been looking at the Save As Template option in the save dialog for the Ship Designer. There's no screentip for it, no info in the wiki yet, and I've not hunted the forums hard enough to find any explanation there. Having the 'Update design to latest version' button be use

Reply to Upgrading Starbases in GalCiv III in Galactic Civilizations Series GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="rowyerboat" reply="4" id="3647967"]Or it will just build instantly if you have a constructor already present.[/quote] It starts building 'instantly.' I learned the hard way that the addition isn't functional until you process the current turn. Poured a fat stack of constructors into a base about to be attacked and lost everything.

Why would I want to wrap my ships in "ace" crap? (UI typo) in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I just finished researching "High Density Crapace." And finally noticed the mess ;-)

Reply to Upgrading Starbases in GalCiv III in Galactic Civilizations Series GalCiv3 Forums

There's a decent chunk on the new official wiki about starbase upgrades here. One important thing missing from there at the moment is discussion of options you can get to by clicking Sponsor Settings in the starbase management window. You can have starbases automatically request constructors to continue a chain of improvements you started (e.g. adding the next level of manufacturing or inc

Reply to Newbie question in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="trims2u" reply="6" id="3647887"]Just Remember, you need to keep those Sensors Boats moving. They work best when running racetrack patterns at full speed.[/quote] Can I take that as another vote for path waypoints and/or a reasonably-behaving Patrol command? And thanks for the efficiency notes. I tend to think roleplayer first when I'm gaming, but I'm finally getting close to being able to stay in a normal +1 difficulty game, which tends to encourage me to t