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Brad's "Did you know you could do this" thread

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February 22, 2006 10:17:05 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums

Welcome to another (or first) edition of "Did you know..."

Standing in for a dialog with a "show me more tips" checkbox is your host, me with a series of fairly random but hopefully useful suggestions that might make your gameplay more fun!

#1 You can "grab" the map with the left mouse button and move it around by holding it down.  You may never want to edge scroll again.

#2 You can RIGHT-CLICK on the ship built block notifications that flow down on the right and your ship will automatically be launched.

#3 On the planet screen, you can put your mouse over the approval and influence and it will explain where that number is derived from.

#4 In the Diplomacy screen, you can RIGHT-CLICK on tiems to bring up a dialog that gives info on that item.

#5 You can play a quasi-Hot seat game with someone by loading up the game as GalCiv2 cheat (use the cheat parameter).  Then when you set up the game, you let the AI play out a few turns and then have your friend pick one of the races they want to control. Have them select that unit and hit  CTRL-SHIFT-Z.

#6 CTRL-S is the quick save.

#7 You can double click on planets and various other items to take the place of having to place, or install or build or go to their screen.

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Reply #1 February 22, 2006 11:02:02 PM
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Okay, I just want to say. THe right click ship built notifications trick is a frickin lifesaver.

Yes, I'm sad enough to surf the forums while I play in windowed mode
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Reply #2 February 22, 2006 11:27:41 PM
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#5 You can play a quasi-Hot seat game with someone by loading up the game as GalCiv2 cheat (use the cheat parameter). Then when you set up the game, you let the AI play out a few turns and then have your friend pick one of the races they want to control. Have them select that unit and hit CTRL-SHIFT-Z.


So..Your friend takes over the A.I?

I wonder if this works in the dread lords campaign..*evilgasim*
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Reply #3 February 22, 2006 11:35:58 PM
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Oh...OH Vincent, that's...just wrong.  So...wrong.
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Reply #4 February 22, 2006 11:51:12 PM
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#3 On the planet screen, you can put your mouse over the approval and influence and it will explain where that number is derived from.
And for some reason the approval tooltip and the reading don't match...usually 4%off
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Reply #5 February 22, 2006 11:52:25 PM
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Fixed for Friday's build.  Retail version doesn't have that issue.  Made a change for 1.0D that caused that.

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Reply #6 February 23, 2006 12:17:16 AM
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So if you play a quasi-hotseat game wouldnt you be able to turn that into a send multiplayer game by switching races saving the game and sending it to another computer. Might be a bit diffiicult to... NOT spy on your enemies tho.
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Reply #7 February 23, 2006 1:58:08 AM
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how do you use the cheat parameter?
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Reply #8 February 23, 2006 3:58:34 AM
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whats the quick load? CTRL - L ?
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Reply #9 February 23, 2006 8:23:21 AM
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You can "grab" the map with the left mouse button and move it around by holding it down. You may never want to edge scroll again.


That's why I couldn't understand all of the "no diagonal scroll" whining in the forums. Who needs it? I edge scrolled once. It was too slow for me. I never went back.

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Reply #10 February 23, 2006 9:05:19 AM
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how do you use the cheat parameter?



I 2nd that question.
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Reply #11 February 23, 2006 9:11:21 AM
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That's why I couldn't understand all of the "no diagonal scroll" whining in the forums. Who needs it? I edge scrolled once. It was too slow for me. I never went back.


I was one of the "whinners" on the subject. Not having an alternative i switched to the right-clicking method and it's pretty practical. I don't care anymore about edgescrolling
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Reply #12 February 23, 2006 9:41:14 AM
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#3 On the planet screen, you can put your mouse over the approval and influence and it will explain where that number is derived from.


Now if it only would use a better font
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Reply #13 February 23, 2006 10:06:10 AM
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Now if it only would use a better font

You've got a point there, it really is difficult to read.
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Reply #14 February 23, 2006 10:12:20 AM
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That's why I couldn't understand all of the "no diagonal scroll" whining in the forums. Who needs it? I edge scrolled once. It was too slow for me. I never went back.


Turn up your edge scrolling speed if its too slow. So its okay to click drag 20 times to scroll across the galaxy? Thats just lame. Allow me to edge scroll diagonally like EVERY other map type game made after 1990 to make my life easier. It should be easy to do, and I don't see why people are arguing against it.. just doesn't make any sense.

There are alternatives, but this should also be a basic interface 'feature' of any map type game.

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Reply #15 February 23, 2006 10:51:54 AM
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I heard that had edge scrolling but turned it off due to edge scrolling when clicking end game. I use the drag method and it only takes about 3 or 4 drags to get to the other side of the map on gigantic. far less time then the scrolling method unless you have the scrolling method really sensitive wich then makes it harder to control.
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Reply #16 February 23, 2006 11:14:12 AM
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Yeah, I'm not big on the font either, I commonly have trouble discerning 2, 3, 5, and 8 from each other in the places where the print is very small, like the population/money display on the main interface. I'm getting used to the drag method, but its not my favourite way of getting around. I still instinctively edge scroll a lot because that's what I'm used to from other games, and was really taken aback when I discovered that diagonal scrolling didn't work.
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Reply #17 February 23, 2006 11:21:39 AM
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I don't miss diagonal scrolling now that I am used to click-dragging. If you have to move a large area, you can click on the mini-map, or zoom-out on the main map, click-drag, and zoom in again. It's very easy.

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Reply #18 February 23, 2006 11:33:33 AM
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One gotcha on the ctrl-shift-z thing -- the other player loses some of the bonuses that the alien player had.  So the more experienced player should play as the non-default player. It's not a big difference, but it is some.  Play at Normal difficulty for best results.
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Reply #19 February 23, 2006 1:42:29 PM
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Oh man, the mouse-over for Approval and Influence is SOOOO nice. Thank you!
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Reply #20 February 23, 2006 2:20:39 PM
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I remember Brad saying that you could upgrade all of a certain type of vehicle at once, but I can't seem to find that post. How do you automatically update all of a certain type of vehicle? Also, can you upgrade vehicles when they are in the same parsec? I can never get the upgrade option to show up unless I move the ships to different parsecs. (I think parsec was the right term.)
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Reply #21 February 23, 2006 2:45:53 PM
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You can enable cheats by creating a shortcut to GalCiv2.exe and use that to start the game.

1) Use Windows Explorer to find GalCiv2.exe.
2) Right click on GalCiv2.exe and choose create shortcut.
3) Right click on the shortcut and choose properties.
4) Click in the target field and hit end.  Hit Space followed by the word CHEAT.  No switches neccesary.

Also, for CTRL+Shift+Z to work, you must have an alien ship or planet selected.

To upgrade all ships of a certain type:

1) Click on a ship of the type that you want to upgrade

2)  Click the upgrade button

3) Check the upgrade all box. Proceed as normal.

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Reply #22 February 23, 2006 3:03:46 PM
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When you upgrade a single ship, there's a checkbox above the list of target ship classes that says something to the effect of "Upgrade all ships of this class" Works great, but can be very expensive
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Reply #23 February 23, 2006 3:39:39 PM
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Thanks, I will try that. Also, is there a way to upgrade a ship without moving it out of a fleet first?
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Reply #24 February 23, 2006 7:13:21 PM
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No, you have to remove it from a fleet to upgrade single ships.
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Reply #25 February 23, 2006 7:24:06 PM
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You can enable cheats by creating a shortcut to GalCiv2.exe and use that to start the game.

1) Use Windows Explorer to find GalCiv2.exe.
2) Right click on GalCiv2.exe and choose create shortcut.
3) Right click on the shortcut and choose properties.
4) Click in the target field and hit end. Hit Space followed by the word CHEAT. No switches neccesary.

Also, for CTRL+Shift+Z to work, you must have an alien ship or planet selected.


Hmm, added the CHEAT in the right place, started a game, but how do I get to target an alien ship? Is there a nofog-cheat, or must I wait until I get into contact? In which case it'll be a bit difficult to let the 2nd player choose a faction they actually want.
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