Well, I tried all of the suggestions in this thread and none of them worked. I even dispensed with miners all together. This has happened in modded and nonmodded games. I just sent in yet another savegame to stardock so hopefully they will do something about this. Until then, I am just going to go play something else.
I already submitted this to stardock but I thought I would ask here in case they missed it and also to see if anyone else has encountered this problem. I remember this game having this problem way back in the first release (dread lords) on a completely different computer, so I am surprised that the game still has this bug all these years later. Basically, I will be playing along and then I hit the turn button and it disappears and never comes back. I can still move the map around and access t
Nevermind, the technique is still valid.
I haven't played this game in years but it used to be that you could just delete the sizemod entry on a component and then increase the size of a ship and you could then have massive ships with tons of components. However, when I tried just that, the size of my modded components sky rocketed. What is the current way to achieve this?
Thanks Kalin! Worked like a charm.
I think you have made the AI troop transports a little too conservative. At least in my games, i have seen them waiting too far out of range or not built at all while planets sit there for the taking. Also someone needs to look at the quarterly report as it regularly reports someone not being at war (and unpopular) when in fact they are very much at war. Request: war declarations of the AI's reported as a pop-up (minors too).
You can't import .x models directly into 3ds but with a converter prog you can change them into a format that can be imported (although you may lose texture info). Once you start tweeking them you will need to retexture them anyway because the original textures won't fit correctly. You can replace the core models. You just need to use the same names for the .x file and assosiated texture files such as each one's .png files and .dds files. The .dds file
Hmm. Here is the panda .x exporter that they use: http://www.andytather.co.uk/Panda/directxmax.aspx for 3ds. I can't tell if it will work for version 7. It doesn't look like it but I may be wrong. Perhaps a conversion prog will work, but all the conversion progs I have looked at don't do the export png texture thing. Perhaps I am missing something. While you can surely make and texture ships in version 7, exporting may be a problem if the panda plugin
Right. I am just wondering if there is a way to override the scaling limitation so that you can have many many more parts on a ship.
This would be really great. I really want this feature too and I doubt it would be hard to implement.
Umhal, what is the work around for the limitation you mentioned? What is the highest you can boost it?
I saw something similiar twice today. Both times, for a turn, the terrans suddenly controled the entire map. Both times Drath planets flipped to the terrans and the Drath were esentially destroyed. It would then go back to normal on the next turn or so.
Governor mormegil, I am very much looking forward to your tutorial. I have made a lot of ship models but I am a little confused on how the game handles textures and what programs I should be using to make some of the texture files (such as .dds).
The launcher never worked for me. So I made a short cut to the exe and all is fine.
The metaverse library?
"If you want to enable cheats, you have to add the "cheat" command line parameter (note: that's 'cheat' [singular], not 'cheats' [plural]) to a shortcut to the application and you need to add it *outside* the quotes that enclose the application path in the shortcut For example: "C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\galciv2.exe" cheat" "Ctrl + V- United planets meeting B- Adds battleship C- Clones selected ship 0-9(NOT on
Unshipped as of today. Shipping estimate: February 17, 2006 - February 27, 2006 Delivery estimate: February 22, 2006 - March 7, 2006 I changed the shipping to 2 day. Amazon uses usps and airborne home (lame) with standard for me. This is weak. I should have just bought it in a store. Oh well.
Hi. I have been exploring converters that export in the .x format because my models are currently in .obj format. Anyway apparently there are 3 types: .x binary mesh .x ASCII mesh .x ASCII frame One converter also offers a ton of sub oprions which I do not understand. Anyway I was wondering A) which of these are the correct format, B)What exporter plugins are you using for Maya and 3dsMax and C) If you are just exporting textures as
Right now I am coming to grips with modo but I can convert obj to .x using a converter program. If that doesn't go smoothly then I will look into 3dMax and Maya although I have heard the learning curve on those progs are insane. I wish bryce would export! Is there a special export plugin you are using?
One thing that I did not understand from reading the manual involved upgrading starbases with modules. Do you have to send a constructor ship to a starbase every time you want to upgrade the starbase? Or can the starbase construct upgrades itself?
Hi. I have begun to model starship parts in anticipation of getting the game. I have a few questions and I would appreciate knowledgeable replies. 1) In the manual it says that you can replace models but it does not say that you can simply add new models. Can this be done or can you only replace? 2) Does the .x format contain texture/material/shader information? 3) How can we add things like blinking lights and attachment points? Say I w
