drrider

No guarantiees on that 12-15% estimate. Its just a general estimate from looking at several debug files and considering the techs being researched at the time. Too much uncertainty in the tp award to get closer than that without the actual controlling formula. And it probably tends toward the lower end of that range. I'm empirically convinced it is worth more than any one characteristic point put into research alone, however, especially for a long game with slow/very slow research.

It recovers, you know, as soon as a turn or 2 is processed. Its only a map display quirk; the numbers are still there in the game engine. drrider

Read this about 3 times: [link="https://www.galciv.wikia.com/wiki/Morale"]WWW Link[/link] Then follow the established wisdom of the various great players who have answered you: -Don't grow a pop over 20. (Your homeworld/captured minor/captured homeworld or a planet with a Mystic Spring can probably manage 20 OK. BTW, in DA the only way to get a homeworld/ex-minor to exactly 20 is capital + 1 Food Distro Ctr.) -Mundane colonies stick with 13+ pop. -Build lots o

Brad, you ARE a glutton for punishment. It's 12:40 CST! I'm at least off work this week. Oh, well. I guess its pretty certain that you have 'flextime'. TA looks, feels great, BTW. drrider

[quote]Most likely. However, there will be a free update in a month or so to version 2.0 that I believe you will be able to download without using SDC. [/quote] I wouldn't count on GalCiv2 v2.0 until at least a month after final release of TA. Personally, I'd bet on March or April, even May. Just count up the devs names you see popping in and out of the forums, and look the evidence in their posts of what they are working on. Heck, Carielf has v1.8f [I]ready[/I], except for

[quote]I'd say just play smaller maps, or best of all play gigantic with rare stars. To me thier the most interesting anyway. Shame they are not good for metaverse scores tho...[/quote] Hey, gallagher, I thought I was the only one out here who was facinated with playing in a big, sparse galaxy. Makes a PQ 5 planet really delightful to see, doesn't it? Do you habitually set the tech rate to very slow, too? I find that bonus tiles, minors and anomalies become [I]very[/I]

Its incomplete. Its buggy. There are no Terror Stars til tomorrow; they will be buggy. There are only 6 (tomorrow 7) races. There is a list of bugs that have been reported but not fixed yet as long as your forearm (was as long as your leg - some more will get killed tomorrow but not everything on the Reported list). There is no Metaverse option. Not sure if the espionage system is working yet, possibly deliberately off. In short, it is very much a [U][B]working[/B][/U] beta (in bo

DW, You [I]know[/I] you are not going to find out at 2300 hours; there is no mouse stirring in Stardock house to answer you. (Ok , well, Brad posted at 2100, so I guess there was a shot.) In any case, the beta phase that includes the Iconians is due to be posted to SDC tomorrow, so if you have preordered and have access to the betas - you're about to find out all you want to know! drrider PS - just checked...no

Very well documented issue, back several weeks ago. There is a fix. See the top sticky post at the top of Bug Reports, or this link: [link="https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=274&aid=167594"]WWW Link[/link] Follow Carielf's instructions, to download and install the 1.8f .exe and .dll. drrider

And make sure all drivers are UP TO DATE! drrider

[quote]Therein lies the rub-- it's a laptop. [/quote] For many modern laptops, and your specs indicate your's is no more than a year old, you can get a graphics chip upgrade. Check with the chat support at your manufacturer's website. drrider

{double post. please delete.} drrider

You're not lost, Dan. drrider

Not a Kzin, but I'll speak for my patriarchal pal. No. Metaverse is not turned on for the beta, and probably won't be. Maybe on the last iteration. drrider

I just think there should be an ethics, and maybe an actual production modifier (like -1 from the building's optimum) for building another race's racially, culturally specific item. Would it really be worth losing your Evil label (and benefits) by building too many of those namby-pamby Schools? How about if every non-native building gave you a -1 to Morale? Let's turn this 'problem' into a game enrichment. drrider

No. With all the latest upgrades, and the way the graphics improvements are oriented for TA, possibly slightly less. (More accurately, same requirements, but may run more smoothly, more features 'on', on minimum systems.) drrider

Good. drrider

[quote]drrider, Isn't being an artist: being able to find the small pains in life to whince and feel sad about even when surrounded by success? [/quote] Oh, right. I forgot. Got to fuel that creativity with conceived pain...otherwise you might lose an ear. drrider

[quote]What really distinguishes a "Normal" player from a "Tough" player?[/quote] Generally, a mastery of techniques to PAY for everything, while keeping the production slider at 100%. drrider

Actually, maybe...temporarily. Carielf has an unfinalized version 1.8f zip pinned at the top of Bug Reports forum. It was promulgated on a weekend to fix a particular bug in the current SDC DA v.1.8e, but with the push to beta-test-and-tweak TA, it has languished for a couple of weeks without final in-house approval and scripting as the SDC standard build. If you have DA already, you should be able to follow Cari's instructions in that post to update your DA to 1.8f test, if y

Hey, kryo, I know everyone is kinda tied up with TA right now, but there is a fair amount of friction evident among the non-beta-players about the 1.8e issues, and older stuff like this thread. It seems like it would be real good to get 1.8f moved out to be the current standard on SDC. There are a lot of old hands that have played it for awhile now with little complaint; can it be blessed and posted? drrider

[quote]Otherwise, Warp Bubbles are good enough (especially the third one) that they relieve the need to research better engines to a certain extent. I think I'd generally go all the way to Bubbles III before I even got Impulse Drives (beyond the first one for the speed bonus, I mean), otherwise. [/quote] I sorta got the impression that Brad and the dev staff may actually want to encourage that, to lead the Terrans to be really fleet oriented. drrider

[quote]I'm a newbie with questions. 1. Why are my games taking so long. 8 game years on a large map for a political victory. Am I just not very good? Underaggressive? Or do I need to play on a smaller map? 2. Is there a place where the medals we are awarded are explained? Wounded in action? Racial victory? I'm sure I'll think of others. [/quote] 1) Play on a smaller map if you want quicker, or lower the setup densities. 8 years in not an excessive time for a

[quote]Current questions that linger in my mind- How do "tiny" hordes of ships with maxed minitiarization fare against larger capital ships? Will the capital ships kill one every time they shoot, or do they spread their fire out more efficiently?[/quote] In my experience, smalls in fleets at your current log max will fare better than tinies. Smalls will have enough room to give them a modicum of defense, and at least one of your biggest weapon. I believe that squadrons of them may hav

[quote] Do i want to wnt to play a unbalanced race and have a "win game" button? Yes. That's... sort of pathetic, but to each their own. You can mod yourself a super race quite easily if that's actually your idea of fun, but honestly if you're not in it for the challenge what's the point of playing the game in the first place? [/quote] Oh, I don't know. To show up in a well-developed all-races galaxy with 1-2 small super ships, trem