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5 is the maximum. In my game settings I have planets set to "Uncommon", and stars have a decent spread of from 0 to 5 planets.

Yeah, once my victory is inevitable, I usually just let peace happen and take the rest with influence -- either influence conquest or influence victory. By then I have so much military power that anyone left alive is too bloody scared of me to get angry at my influence enveloping their worlds.

later on 90% of the time a planet is not building, so you will get an OBSCENE amount of money if its done like this. If I'm not building any social projects on any of my planets I drop the social spending slider down to 0% anyway, so there's no difference there. The only time I raise it is when I get

Not a bug, but a design decision.

Yes, there's a hard limit based on the planet's quality rating. Here's a link from the wiki: Link

Usually the AI builds embassies when it thinks that another civ's influence is getting to be too strong, and the planet is in danger of being enveloped.

Oh, I somehow didn't notice the part about the planet being defended. In that case it is both a bug exploit and a gameplay quirk exploit.

No to both, unfortunately.

The core ships are honestly not all that useful -- especially since the AI designs its own ships, anyway. New core ships appear intermittently, usually only after major technologies have been researched. Even then, there's not all that useful. If you want to conitnually have upgraded ships (or ships that really do suit your needs), you'll have to design them yourself.

Linux would be cool, but as others said: it would probably be quite a huge undertaking to convert. Most games that are portable to Linux were originally designed to be portable in the first place or are extremely modular.

It's not a bug, though it definitely is an exploit. There really should be penalties for doing such things, such as condemnation by the rest of the United Planets and perhaps a slip in ethical alignment towards the evil end (not much of an issue if you're evil anyway, but it's in-character).

Ah, well. . . the forum's a bit buggy.

I personally don't see any point playing on any difficulty above cakewalk. the bonus points you get as you increase difficulty is not enough compared to the increased difficulty. Its like on Freespace 2, the points you get per kill and mission is based on your difficulty level, but i have learnt that the bon

They're in the My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2 directory.

You could try and conquer them with influence. Build influence bases around his planets, one at a time. With no enemies, it should be too hard to build the number of constructors necessary. Either he'll get pissed off at you and break the alliance, or he'll do nothing as his planets start rebelling.

No. If you want to use a new component you have to add it to or upgrade your ship design. The reason why it is not automatically updated is because new components may take up more or less space, or have a different cost. Core ships cannot be upgraded, though. You'll have to create a new design of your own. When upgrading one of your own designs, give it a slightly different name. Overwriting existing names can cause problems.

I think a way to solve this would be for your troops to have to last a certain amount of time before the effect actually works. After that time -- and if anyone on your side is still alive -- the effects start up and are permanent.

Yeah, it's a known glitch that occurs when your new upgraded design has the same name as a design that you've already built ships from.

Driver Date: 3/3/2004 10:29:00 Your video drivers are very much out of date. Go to NVidia's site and pick up the latest drivers. The most recent set was released a few days ago.

Yeah, core ships cannot be upgraded. However, you can simply create an entirely new ship of your own and add whatever you want to it.

Well, you can try to ask for a peace treaty in diplomacy, but unless your opponent is losing or you're willing to give them alot, they probably won't agree. I've had situations where I offered everything I owned and they still refused. What you probably need in this case is a good defensive strategy. Build military starbases along the areas where you are being attacked from. Add defense assist and attack assist components to it, which wil

Unfortunately, no. Indeed, there should have been an option that allows you to choose whether to strip all of the functional components or not. Anyway, it's not a bug, merely a design feature that may have been added too hastily.

I am missing the Missile Boat, Sniper and Star Raider in the Sandbox. Err. . . not sure what you're talking about. Just design your own ships -- they'll be more likely to suit your needs than the core ships. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb-Body-Quote-Table

It's where you installed the game. I think the default location is somewhere in your Program Files directory. . .

Sorry, I don't follow jargon. WTF is a 4X gamer? Where I live 4X is a brand of Beer. Does it mean a sad & lonely person with no friends who wastes all weekend playing sim/conquest games to sooth their ego and make them feel like they're accomplishing something with their impotent & inefectual lives? Burn your PC and get a real ho