Doctor Evil

My only beef with the Dread Lord event is that they will only speak to you when they want to.

Question: [B]When is it a memory leak; what size is too large for memory usage?[/B] My game used to run using 800-900 MB of memory. As of the 4C update, it now runs as much as 1,589 MB (1.6 GB) - during a game of immense size. My turns take a few seconds, although I do end up with video issues at this size with 'explosions' being nothing but a white square.

Interesting... I had not thought they might have traded for colony ships. I find early on that they are extremely high trade value. Nice to know - thanks.

Oddly enough, you can have custom races appear within the limitations of the existing races. As an example, I have been saving slight modifications to the Terran and Yor races as I tweek the game. While not entirely custom, they appeared as opponents when I randomized who I was facing.

Minors don't colonize? Not so... have seen it several times in the 4c mod. As for the crash with the ship editor... flaming hockey-pucks! very annoying.

I have noticed that as the game progresses, memory issues affect the jewelery and the textures. IN one example - all of the textures for the jewelery disappeared, leaving lots of hard point indicators flying in empty space.

Hi All - Again - if this is a repeated post, my apologies. I tend to start more games than I finish or conclude. This gives me a chance to understand the variables, which alien tech to trade for, and of course to design new ships. When I start a new game, and as tech develops, old ship designs show up as being available. Nice feature from the original game. When my designs show up, some of the jewelry or weapon/addition boxes appear as empty. If I see this - I kno

There are certainly times and locations where a fulled-loaded starbase is an asset. In most cases though, they're expensive targets later in the game. Early on to mid game, they are a must - especially within your own empire for trade, production and research bonus's. I am hesitant to use military bases, except to bolster the defense of my larger systems. My thoughts go towards a better offenses and defenses. I also like the concept of upgrading a starbase without the need f

I have to admit - the Creativity factor has altered how I play a game. As an example - with creativity, racing to the end of one tech branch is relatively easy if the steps are large. Selecting to develop Democracy, 40 turns, was achieved in 9 turns. Federation selected at 90 turns, completed in 14. Selecting the smaller steps and branches of the tech tree did not see the same benefits. 9 turns = 9 turns etc. Only these lower steps creativity had little noticable effect.

Sorry - the save was post expansion. still trying to replicate it though.

I was thinking that outpost would not affect influence - as starbases do. At the same time, starbases serve specific purposes and are very expensive when something smaller with the sensor array would do.

Hi All - I'd like to see perhaps three new elements: 1a.) A stationary observation post. It would not affect influence, and might only have defensive systems. Once set to monitor, it would not pop up as a ship needing to be moved. 1b.) OR instead of a stationary post - Return of the satelite with a predefined movement pattern. 2.) Mine Field. have the ability to add mines to a sector, that remain in place until destroyed or upgraded. 3.) stargate -

[quote] Well, looks like we got a new one . . . playing on a large galaxy, I was in the midst of a game without any wars going on. The "disappearing turn button" issue popped up, so I saved and exited, then loaded the game again. The turn button had reappeared, but now pressing it does nothing . . . the turn no longer advances. Anyone else experienced this? Any clues on a cause? [/quote] Yes, experienced

I'm actually enjoying the new economics & support requrements. 1.) Generally, I try to develop in stages matching the same level industrial advance to one with trade. Each world with 2 industrial advances and 2 financial. Do this slowly, as a very high industry improvement will actually stagnate your growth as it takes forever to build. This also manages your expenses for maintenance. 2.) Trade is a DO OR DIE elmenent. I trade techs, even at a loss to get them early. Shoo

Thanks for pointing out the threads - I avoided the pirates issue because I have not had problems with them (except 1x). I'll read up on that immediately. In a funny way - I like the 'technology burst', except that the current AI's don't capitalize on it. Maybe the minor races find a hidden stash of Dredd technology... Since the post - that game in particular has reached a sticking point. Even attempting to attack the Yor in the same condition causes the game to freeze. I'm

So far, I've limited Vista to running client (web) demos, and email. kept my dev tools on an XP desktop. However.... Other than navigating to where I want a file to be stored (Vista's design is NOT that intuitive), I am beginning to like it. It's fast (mind you the laptop is new), however games like GalCiv2 does cause it to overheat. I recently installed CS2 on the the Vista Laptop, and despite having on 2GB of memory, have had few problems. I hate my touc

Purchased the Arnor update 2 days ago - now completeing my 5th game. 2 'unique' happenings which I'm not sure are bugs. Anyone who knows, just drop me a note. [B]Minor Races - possessing 'super techs' in clusters.[/B] e.g. best propulsion in the game - Warp II. suddenly 1 independant minor race has Hyperwarp 2, plus 4-6 additional techs at the same level. As a human, I trade for these with little or no loss involved. This seems to happen 1-2x per game. I d

Hello All - First - congratulations on creating this addictive game. Definitley a step up from the original. I did not even bother to read the players manual (more on that), and founf the game fun and compelling. Here's my beef. (1.) Releasing a beta as a retail version. Pretty poor marketing decision. Had I known this was still so full of bugs, I would have waited and spent my hard-earned $$$ elsewhere. Do

Hello All - I too have experienced the same bugs. My variation on the bug is custom designed ship with troop modules, when attacking a mining starbase - the game hangs. No combat screen, and after a few minutes of waiting - the entire game crashes. I am using 1.1 beta 2 build 010