Greetings folks, before I start I'd like to apologize for the wall of text, but bare with me as if things go well I plan on becoming a very active member of the GC community.
So, I recently purchased Galactic Civilization II Ultimate Edition on the Steam Winter sale and I must say i love it, particularly the extensive Diplomacy/Faction interaction and customization, which I consider the best in any x4 i have played thus far. I have played 3 games so far, all with my own custom civilization - The Nexus Consortium, a multicultural coalition that focuses on Research and Science.
I have read however that Twilight of the Arnor has some problems, mainly AI issues, so I have a few questions I hope people can answer without telling me to read the rest of the forum. I've given the forum a look and a lot of the information is muddled, not to mention having to devote several days to extensive forum study is really depressing, so Im hoping you people will be kind enough to help compress what I need to one thread.
My questions are as follows.
1. I am looking for the very best Bug fix mod that fixes most problems with Twilight of the Arnor. Can anyone name such a mod? An opinion on such a mod, or more than one, and an actual link would be appreciated.
2. I've been getting Out of Memory errors/crashes on my last game, on a massive map with max races. The Drengi are on the warpath and have lots of ships, so i imagine their weird "can summon multiple fleets per turn" thing is putting a strain on memory. I have 3 cores active, would disabling two of them make the crashes less frequent? Is there a way to allow more than 2GB of RAM allocation to the game through Steam? My computer has 16GB of RAM. My original method tends not to work on Steam purchased games as Steam fails to recognize the exe after I alter it with the program I used to use, though the name of the program eludes me right now since I have not used it for years.
3. Are there any guides on how to use the game editors that come with Twilight of the Arnor? I have seen some threads but the people who reply to them actually do not answer the original posters question/s and/or assume they already know how files, data, modding, etc... works and the Original poster is left dumbfounded. For example, they say to open a Tech Tree file in IE or something, but do not say how it relates to the Tech Tree editor, or what they have to actually do with it.
I am VERY interested in using such tools to make my own Tech Tree/Race/Improvement mods, particularly adding more research lines to pursue in relation to Soldiering, Weapons, Defenses, etc... for example, for soldiering you would have to research Training(Basic, Advances, Elite, Master) as well as equipment (Troop Armor, Weapons, Equipment, Ground Vehicles, etc...) with each tech improving your soldiering slightly or granting other bonuses.
4. Finally, is it possible to use more than one mod at a time with Galactic Civilization II? Just wondering.
That's it, thanks for baring with me to those who chose to endure my wall of text, and I look forward to being an active member of the Community.
