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Reply to Suggestions for GalCiv II in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, I want just to add an important thing to me: I want a game that is fun to play, even after having played 20 games or when the game is very advanced in the number of turns. One thing that was very annoying for me in MOO2 was when you have a battle between one hundred ships and you have to move all of them since you won't rely on the AI to conduct the battle for you. It was tedious, long, not fun but you have to do it. I feel that the game should be fun when you discover it and afte

Reply to A few questions and comments from a new user. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]And if you do submit, make sure that you are not increasing your civilization-wide abilties, available under the economy screen in the stats section, to above 40%.[/quote] The stat to watch is the one linked to Planet Quality

Reply to exchange possible ? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]is it possible to exchange a bugged french version ( the local french patch doesn't fix everything ) with a normal english version ?[/quote] If you register you Galciv Serial Id with Stardock central, you will be able to download the whole game. Not sure if you internet connection allow such download. The link posted correspond to the complete patch from 1.0 to 1.20. If you decide to patch with Stardock Central, only few files will be download, that can result i

Reply to Attention to a few Diplomats in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The link is broken (a '.' has found its way in the URL). The correct link is http://diplomats.galciv.org/forum

Reply to A few questions and comments from a new user. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I would like to know if the 1.2 patch is worth the change from the retail[/quote] Definitely yes.

Reply to Back from GalCiv vacation, but now frustrated in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Yep - correct. I hadn't submitted. I was playing on an offline when I won. I think my score was something like 5200. No idea if that is good or bad. Just happy to have won. [/quote] You could always save before the end (there is an automatic endgame save) and load the game when you are online. Some (like Lothmorg) have done this when they go on holidays. for few days, there isn't any submission, and suddenly, lots of games are submitted in the same day

Reply to Creating mods in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]but where can i get or find galcivwriter[/quote] [quote]For the writer you can either go to the mods forum [/quote] Hope this is clearer. There 4 forums related to Galciv on this site: the Galactic Forum (the one in which we are), the strategic forum, the mod forum and the empire forum.

Reply to Metaverse & Mods: Some questions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Mods that are stardock certified are safe. One thing to worry is if empire bonus for planet quality exceed 40%. If you should always watch the end screen where you metaverse score appears (it appears also if you retire). If you have a metaverse score of 0, then it is an anomalous game. You can submit it to the metaverse but you will awarded 0 points, and it can be annoying for your ranking since an averaging effect take place.

Reply to Stupid Random Events... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]How about the Drengin deciding to convert to preaching good and kindness, or losing control of their senate... 5 years after you wiped them out. [/quote] [quote]Why shouldn't the Drengin start preaching goodness and kindness. The slaves just had a revolution.[/quote] I guess the point was about receiving a message on a civ that no longer exists.

Reply to Help a newbie in Strategies Stardock Forums

One thing that can help you: divide and conquer. If you manage to put the AIs at war between them, they probably won't go after you. About starbase: don't rely on starbase to keep the AI busy. But instead, use it to suppport your navy (which is less costly to build than a constructor): a simple starfighter in a sector where there are starbases that increase attack rating of friendly ships can be dangerous.

Reply to Stupid Random Events... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I am wondering if cultural resist improvement can help evil civ against Fundies.

Reply to Stupid Random Events... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Since I don't play with evil morality, I don't know. But it sounds really evil to complains about the game not being fair with you, since your evil morality come from huge bonuses LOL Joke aside, I understand that it is really annoying to have an event whose effect is game over. But when it happens to the AI, it another thing: one major AI has left :) BTW, If you want tech victory, you should try with more planets (bigger map and/or abundant setting), since you will need lots

Reply to Score maxing in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I know one thing that is linked to 2190 and can explain the x2 factor: the demo. The demo end just after the december 2189. So I guess the x2 factor was put to reward thoses that played with the retail Galciv version since it is the only retail version can pass 2189. And I know, demo is v1.03, can be played only on small or tiny map, with only the federalist party and no abilities. And since you don't have a galciv id, you will have trouble to submit games to the metaverse

Reply to Score maxing in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There is also one thing about metaverse score: you get a bonus for finishing in january 2190 and after. There is a x2 factor between winning in december 2189 and winning in january 2190. [Message Edited]

Reply to Score maxing in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I noticed that it's a lot harder to be an evil race regardless of who the other races are. [/quote] When dealing with good races, yes. And evil races care just about one thing: your combined military/economic strength. Evil won't help evil. But Good wil help good. [quote] So does that give extra points, or are the handful of bonuses for Evil considered to be enough (of which the only good one I've seen is the PQ one).[/quote] Bonuses for evil are considered to be enou

Reply to Score maxing in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have found that having all AI set to evil give more points. More testing are needind to see if the player morality as an influence. Building trade goods give you metaverse points. But building wonder don't seem to have any effect on your metaverse score.

Reply to GalCiv German/English version in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Many many thanks for your patience. [/quote] Well, I am french. So I understand the problems with communications in a foreign language.

Reply to GalCiv German/English version in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I uninstall the game via Stardock Central. It will be completely removed from my system. Then, i reinstall the game via SDC (right click - download) and get the complete updated english verison?[/quote] Sound correct to me. The Galciv directory may change. I hope that you aren't on dial up. [quote]Do i have to delete/remove my mods first? [/quote] Not sure. But make an archive just for the case. [quote]Could there be any problems 'cause i'm registered for the ger

Reply to GalCiv German/English version in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]- Where can i get the complete english files (never mind the german ones...)?[/quote] This http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?id=114712&BID=GF looks like a good place to me [quote]- Where can i get the complete updates that i've got via Stardock as single files to store on CD for reinstall if my GalCiv shouldn't be running properly anymore after a newer update?[/quote] Remember that you could always uninstall galciv and download it completly with Stardock Central. And y

Reply to More Metaverse Wonk in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thanks Code Monkey for the link. What I have missed was the fact the 30% was not the decaying factor but what was left when there is no longer a decaying factor. [Message Edited]

Reply to technical problem in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]2 i' m playing with the french version, wich has plenty of bugs [/quote] If you are playing the french version, you may want to take a look at http://www.nobilis-france.com/detailssoft.php?id_soft=101 It is the french 1.12 patched version. Sure it isn't the latest (1.20 which is only in english), but at least it works :) If you want all english files, you should take a look to the sticky thread about fixed german/french files http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?id

Reply to Galciv Writer 1.4.0 BETA TESTERS NEEDED! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Nice to see the the creator of game registering to be beta tester for an utility for his game.

Reply to More Metaverse Wonk in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]The catch with aging to 10% is it kills you. It actually reaches a point that you'd have to accelerate your playing to hold your score. You will actually drop faster than with them axing the scores altogehter. They originally were going to age to 20% and I did a bunch of number crunching showing how bad that was for the longterm player and the implication was that they were going to up the final aging to 30% which still causes your score increase to drop to a very mild upward slope after

Reply to Another New Poll in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]1. Colony Management - Needed when you control both mature and new/immature planets.[/quote] If you take a look to the following link http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?BID=GF&id=132094, you will see that there are some concerns about specializing planets/ avoiding wasting BC with building nothing on some planets while building critical improvement on others. Lately, I have found that we have a dumb spying system, even when it is supposed to give advanced insight where you

Reply to Money, money, money in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]I build them all, and usually don't have a problem with money. I made lots of money, built almost ever improvment possible, moblized billions of troops, and have at least two fighters and a fleet ship at every system.[/quote] What is your difficulty level? How do you generate money? what are the galaxy settings? [Message Edited]