bummer, but ty !! for the info,...i have some pirates i needa sponsor,...hmmmm

I don't know how well-updated the page is, but the galciv wiki has a list here.

IMO, you'd be much better off playing at a lower difficulty level and figuring out your problems, perhaps with some help from folks around here.

Do you want an influence boost because you're trying for an influence win, or because you're losing worlds to culture flips?

Starbases are essential for influence aggression and can help defend against strong enemy influence. Embassies and Cultural Exchange Centers can make a big difference in protecting against a flip, and can also sometimes help you convert an enemy world in a system you mostly control already.

I want my game to count in the metaverse, hoping to, someday, be asked to a guild, or to join in one. tY for the link, by golly,..I'mma haveta tuff this out, though.

Mark

Just wanted to poke my nose in here on this sentence.

Don't be afraid to ask questions on these boards. 99.9% of the users are very friendly and are more than willing to help you out.

You won't be able to. You can only have 1 construction module per ship. Hard-coded that way.

Two things you can look into to increase your build speed.

1) Make a new construction ship that just has the module and engines. If you're not going WAY out of your way, there is no need for life support modules. That is doubly true once you get 1 of those star bases in place since they count as a base point for distance for life support. Having this stripped-down ship will lower it's price and thus speed up construction.

2) Make a ship with a small hull with a construction module on it and however many engines you can fit. Typically their price will be lower than a cargo hull and thus build time will be lower.


If you are planning to try and influence flip the opponent, definitely work on any tech that'll give you an influence bonus. The one will even open up more star base modules so that you can get up to a +100% influence boost via that star base.

In addition, if you are playing TA 1.96, feel free to have taken the Evil ethics choice from Xeno Ethics to build the Mind Control Center (often referred to just as "MCC"). If you're not running that expansion and version, it would be best to not go evil and get the MCC. Prior to a recent patch for TA the MCC actually made planets HARDER to influence flip, yet gave a +100 econ bonus across your empire.

I don't even think with cheats that could change. I never looked too much into them however.

Anywho, the MCC is a building only available to the Evil choice from Xeno Ethics, so you won't need to worry about it's bugged/fixed status for this round.

I haven't tried with freighters, but with all other ships, hull size is the one thing you can't change with an upgrade. I'd be surprised to see it work for freighters, and I'd want an explanation for the inconsistency.

Only in DL. And possibly very early versions of DA.

What's the most recent version you've tried that in?

It make sense to me that Cargo is distinct from Large. The combat hull has real hit points, but the Cargo hull is a soap bubble unless you add HP modules.