antracer

So here I was... Large Galaxy, Tough with 9 opponents and random minors. Everything abundant but stars. Got a nice map, 1/2 empty but a nice spine across the map. True to my "luck" of the draw, I'm in the dead corner again... I manage to get 7 planets or so going, highest my PQ10 HW. Actually held my own for a good while, and am just about ready to go after my weakend neighbor when I start noticing the Krynn going Influence happy. <br style="colo

[quote]I want me some 'Savings Account' like in the real banking world of ours!Anything above the 20k mark would then get sent in the usual tiny little blue-book, printed at the ATM regularly and even, be dependant on the regular Interest-Rates ability.All cuz, i wanna be a Mogul. Rich and blowing nickels & dimes through both ears!75% of good managing comes from proper knowledge, 20% is somehow luck, 5% is plain silly rule sets enforced by weird & devilish coders.Stack a million here, a few BCs

[quote]If you build something in a space that's already occupied, you'll replace the existing building with the new one.[/quote] [color="#4169E1"]Keep in mind some buildings cannot be removed or "upgraded"... you'll see that as you take over enemy worlds. Also, use it to your advantage. As you get more and more worlds, you can really start to specialize your planets. After I get anti-espionage, a like to upgrade one of my happy buildings with the anti-spy center. It gi

[color="#4169E1"]Man am I off the deep end... just to illustrate: I play custom race, Large map, everything abundant, tech at normal, no mega events and only conquest victory... I put these as bullet points, but they aren't in any particular order and some are done simultaneously... - I buy the first factory on the HW... - I make sure I have 100% morale for population growth. ALWAYS. At any cost. You will lose money at first... that's what the 3K is for. - Set my slide

[quote]Also, how come the only custom ships that work with TOTA are the star trek ships?[/quote] [color="#4169E1"]Because they are the Drengin's favorite. ;) T[/color]

[quote][I]mdsorom[/I] Hope you feel better soon ant.[/quote] [color="#4169E1"]Day 5 and still nothing better. Bug has been going around... I'm always the last to get it and the hardest hit. Anybody want to trade Xeno Cold Medicine for say... Aft Thruster Filters ??? T [/color]

[color="#4169E1"]That happened the first time I dealt with them, but never again. I keep a wary eye for anything to do with pirates and prison planets... I also play with the mega events off now. Some are neat, but others are just cruel. I dunno, maybe I'm gettin' soft as I "age". At least with the DoW I can rationalize it. I mean I DID give their enemies ships and cash and techs... Reminds me of a song... "send lawyers guns and money... the sh** has hit the fan". Has to be 10 years plu

[quote]I like this as an option. I'll look into it.[/quote] [color="#4169E1"]May the bees bow at the next sight of your hand, and may their honey be doubly sweet... T[/color]

[quote]I dunno. Seems to be a few entities out there who appear quite keen on firing off a few of those suckers regardless of the over-arching consequences, if they could manage to get their hands on them![/quote] [color="#4169E1"]I wasn't going to go that far, but I do feel that way. There are factions in this world that don't seem to worry about mankind growing extra limbs with each generation. [/color] [quote]DoW'd? What's that stand for? (Doesn't sound like a bunch of flower

[color="#4169E1"]mdsorom... It would definitely change your game. Normally I run 40-20-40 at the beginning, adjusting as I go when trying to complete a galactic treasure or something. I also tend to specialize worlds and use the focus options alot. I tend to research what I want to, and trade for the odd techs to fill in holes. I also like to swap with a friend who's Missiles if I am Beams etc. You are correct about trading away techs you get. If you don't do the research, yo

[color="#4169E1"]I can see ZY's point, although to me it seems more like a game or AI limitation. You would be playing a different game, and you would have to research more. That doesn't bother me too much. People seem to think you'd have no trading going on, but that's not the case at all. I use the same strategy of trading low techs for high now. Talk about an exploit. The way that it is now I get to trade any tech I received in trade too. Not only do I get to spam my techs but their

[quote]Sounds good in theory, but wonder if this would really work in practice? Just imagine if that happened in the 'real world' right now, with the various arm dealers of the world supplying various other (sometimes slightly/highly dubious) countries or dictatorships with arms! Half the world would be constantly at war.Actually, in saying that, I guess we already are. Example: Oz purchases aircraft from USA, and Indonesia is currently upgrading their airforce with Russian fighters. If East Ti

Firstly, I want to thank KzintiPatriarch and <a style="color: rgb(65, 105, 225);" id="ctl00__Content__RepeaterReplies_ctl24__User" title="Click user name to view more options." class="hand" onclick="Sd.Menus.showMenu(

[color="#4169E1"]It's a Traversery... A Trade-agedy... It's a Democratic plot to subsidize the trade routes and keep them down. Where's Al Sharpton when you need him. This is important! T PS- It IS a real issue that needs to be fixed... Please? [/color]

[color="#4169E1"]I will 2nd, 3rd and 4th this.... along with a no unique tech trading option too. This was the absolute best thing they ever did for CIV4, which had a similar problem with AI's trading everything under the sun behind closed doors. This one little change prevents the AI from trading away every tech it gets. It was refreshing to see some diversity instead of the same AI with a different name. It doesn't diminish returns on your techs, it increases them because y

[quote]True, but in GalCiv II it's pretty obvious when races have given ships to each other. Maybe the other gift options could go undetected (although even starbases you usually know who controls what) but when I give a reasonable chunk of my fleet to another race to keep a war going, it seems like somebody should notice.[/quote] [color="#4169E1"]I have to agree this is pretty silly... I was being helped by two races against the Thalen, and the ship designs were obviously not mine. If

[quote][I]Rhedd_V[/I]: For the record, the soft blue you used, above, is a good non-eye-burning color. ^_^ [I]Zydor[/I]: Also looks good this end, you may have found "the one" Regards Zy[/quote] [color="#4169E1"]Thanks for both of your help in this. I have adjusted pretty well to the blue, and will be using it from now on. T[/color]

[quote]Gah, you're right. I shouldn't be posting before I'm entirely awake [/quote] [color="#4169E1"]I must LIVE asleep... I'm going to start a game and load a save just to see that button... I swear I've never even noticed it!!! Now that I know where it is and what it does however... My galaxy will never be the same!!!(was that a girly giggle???) Thanks again to all for the Grand Eye Opening... T [/color]

[color="#4169E1"]Not to sound silly, and not having played in a bit... what exactly do you choose in the offer screen ??? I would assume the war button under treaties ??? I always thought that was how you "formally" declared war on them. Pardon my ignorance, but I'm missing something... and it's not my brain because that's in the jar on the shelf above my computer... Thanks for the help BTW... much as I hate to be the dunce, I figure somebody else probably has this question

[quote]I like the dark blue. If you have an LCD you should make sure you are using a DVI cable instead of a VGA cable.A high refresh rate (75Hz) can help too.[/quote] [color="#4169E1"]I have a 24" monitor HDMI input... It's nice enough (for now...) It's my eyes and brain that are the problem, not the hardware. The blue is a little less for me than the green, but it's a fairly happy compromise so I think I'll stick to it for now. Thanks for the input, BTW. It's been very helpf

[quote]I blow up ANY influence base from ANY race in my space.Thing is, your space is only the planet itself and anything you own floating about. [B]Your area of influence is just space in which people see you as their favorite empire.[/B][/quote] [color="#4169E1"] And their favorite empire loves them dearly for it... and is willing to blow the crap out of anyone who tries to change their minds... I don't usually care whether a race likes me or not. I tend to pick a few aft

[quote]antracer,Please consider another [darker] color, light green is difficult to see. [/quote] [color="#4169E1"]I am experimenting with other colors in other posts even as we type... my eyes have a very difficult time with the white on black, but apparently the Dev people see it black on white, or green on white in my case. Hopefully I will find one that is mutually pleasing so we can all be reading instead of squinting... :LOL: T[/color]

[color="#4169E1"]I blow up ANY influence base from ANY race in my space. I just hate somebody putting a base in my territory. They should have to ask, file some papers and get approved or something. Sometimes I regret my decision, but most times I can get away with it without anything big happening. A few battles, a little time and declare peace. Once I did it without thinking first and the Drengin marched across the galaxy and well... It was going quite well up to that point. No regrets though.

[quote]...NOW, my questions to you good folk is the following: What difficulty do you play your custom games on? (say you were an intermediate type player) What Map sizes do you usually play with? (including planet regularity) In the set up menu, Do you use the Advanced Technologies option or use (I think its called- sorry at work) Gods of War option? Thanks in advance.[/quote] [color="#4169E1"]I tend to go a notch or two above normal, as my game

[quote]Ah, Antracer, thanks for the sarcasm. Very helpful. I'm fairly new to the forums. There are a bewildering array of subsections. I skipped over "Gal Civ" since I was after "Gal Civ II", and was really expecting "TA" rather than "Twilight". You'd have to concede that it could be *more* obvious where the patch is... even if it is an alpha.[B]Drive-thru? My, you know how to treat yourself...[/B][/quote] [color="#4169E1"]LOL ! :D I'm on the road anywhere from 5-12 hours a day... Som