Whats the best way to find habitable planets

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I'm having trouble competing with the AI in expanding my empire and finding habitable planets. I'm trying playing on the huge map with 4 alein races and I keep ending up being right next to another race that eats up all the nearby habitable planets before I can even get my empire going. Is there too many races on the map? I don't want to increase the # of habitable planets because I don't want there to be too much micromanagement. Should I start a game on a big map with like only 2 races?
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The easiest way to identify "habitable" planets is to zoom right out "5" key and you'll see planet icons filled in to a greater or lesser extent, the more filled in they are the more habitable they are....
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
To be frank, there's no real way. What usually happen to me is that I try to research Sensors quickly (trade any AI for stellar cartography (or you have it with any non-human race) for about 50-75bc then research sensors. Once you've got sensors, build a cargo hull with a few survey sensors and engines. It'll cost a lot for an early ship but it will see far thus enabling you to discover wich planet are good for colonization.

just for exemple here my survey/sensor ship:

Name: Pioneer
Desc: Costy and useless in battle, but what a great exploration vessel.
No Attack/Defense.
4X Survey Modules
1X Basic Support
1X Impulse Engine

Total Stats:
1 HP
Cost: 245bc
Maint: 0bc
Speed: 3pc/week (4 in pratice (3base + 1 from tech impulse engine)
Range (vary with the size of the map) @ Huge = 1.8sct
Sensor Radius 11 pc

Special ability: Survey

A few of these ship but on auto-survey and auto-explore and the map will come clear fast and the anomaly bonuses will flow.
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