thebutterfly

Talk to them in the Diplomacy screen. Give them something to go to war. Better: Play the Altarians - as soon as so attacks you - everyone attacks the bad boy... (well almost)

1. There is no multiplayer. Just us in the forum to talk to, but only the AI to play with (don't worry - you won't outwit the AI any time soon - it's quite good. 2. I recommend new game - use an easy level and play around with it all. It's better to learn (I've never played all of the campaigns - they are not the game at full potetial. And start with a tiny or small map: The others net more credits but may take onths - and you don't want to regret any newbie misjudgments in 3 or 4 weeks

Motti - bad for us you're so good. Very Evil of you!

I'll try. THANK YOU

DL seems to be working though

This is a moment of desperation. After playing about 25 games - the computer now refuses to start a game. After the initial load process, it crashes after less then 10 seconds, shortly showing a blue screen that mentions a file igxdx32.dll that may be the cause (the exact text is in German I'm afraid). I use XP prof 2. It can't be the settings because I'm currently trying to play a minimalistic tiny map with just 1 opponent and few planets and suns and so on - which is nothing compa

Someone suggested a three month starting and trial phase for this league - so I suggest we keep the teams for one more month - it makes the new arrangements easier - should they be necessary. I also think that how a good score mainly depends on the game settings. My first game was rather weak - because as a typical civilian player I didn't see the need to build much of a military or go around and conquer too many planets - so my score was low. This game, I had to completely reinvent a s

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So if I have a planet class 26 and build 20 research facilities and one coordinator -->25 labs worth of research 1 research lab and 20 coordinators--> a) 5 labs worth of research or 1 x (1.25)^20 = 86 labs? in case b) In my example the maximum would be somewhere in the middle - the maximum of the function f(x)=21-x+1,25^x (I believe)

Does anyone know if placing a spy on, say, the resturant will reduce the AI's influence? or, can i place a spy on the Universal translator a turn before doing some trading to get better trades? I know it lets you plant them, but does it have the effect of nullifing that improvement? Great ideas! It should be visible with the restaurant. Do your borders change? I want to ad that spying is particularly efficient if you coo

I just played a game in which I realsied how much time it takes to build production buildings. I tried to update the buildings everytime I had two new techs, but it didn't help much. How do you do this? Same question for science buildings: And do not make this a post on neutraliy learning centers, I am aware that there are special rules for them! Do the powerplants and Science coordiantors help? I didn't find old helpful posts - but I probably just used the wrong searc

Wow - I report a truly epic battle: The Altarian Conquest In the early 23rd century, shortly after a particularly digusting alien spies gave away the Hyperdrive technology - the Altarians set out to colonize their corner of space - adding three planets to their early empire. As time went by, they realised that the rest of the universe was using different Systems on their computers (developed by offensive monopolist companies). So they were on their own to research the basic colon

"Oh man, the CTRL-Ners!!! In real life, you can't just hit CTRL-N if you end up paralyzed a drug addict etc. Take some pride and play to the end without CTRL-N!! Play with the hand you have been dealt!" This was never about playing a full game but about practicing different routes of development. If you want real life don't spend your time on the Internet. ever heart of a sportsman, or a musician who doesn't practice parts of a piece of a race or a piece of music. Do you

Could be. Never heard of it. I wasn't really playing but only playing around to find a good way to coordinate settling and the Techtree. I CTRL-nned my experiments after 1 year all day until the computer's strange behavior motivated me to go on. Thanks!

For the Metaverse people: This game is not supposed to count as anything - it was weird from the start.

Hi I just played a game on CRIPPLING/Small galaxy 7 opponents and after the first few terms (after I reloaded the game maybe) the AI just stopped doing anything. It made a few buildings and even conquered one ressource (in 7 years!) but even the Drengin just sat and watch my transports zoom in without ever building one single armed unit. I had two Defenders (Beam+1 each) and they were enough to clear out any resistance in the whole galaxy. And I was not rushing! I hope the game will be back

Poor AI! It's going to end up with a knot in its processors!

You need ARMED ships to get a military rating. Research either Beam, Missile or Mass Driven Weapons. Then Click the button to the left of the "Find Button". This takes you to the shipyard. There you can build a new custumized ship. Choose a hull and stuff it with weapons of 1 type only (forget about defense for now). Save your ship and build it in your colonies - and enjoy a military rating>0. Soldiers are only needed for envading other planets, which is not really n

Now that I've got DA, I'm bedazzled with the options for the League: Therefore a few questions 1. Are the oponents random or can I pick? 2. Can I choose the number of small races? 3. Can I forbid the computer to give himself up? For now I assume the opponents are trandom, I get to choose the small races and there is no turning off cowards.

The first German user says thank you

The last couple of technology techs do not give you any beneft, but that it exactly the point. See it as some kind of "...and survive for x turns" mission. In my opinion - you should play it at least once - to see the end sequence of a tech victory. I use tech victories when I know I'm going to win but can't be bothered to conquer enough for a cultural victory. I just go on 100% tech and press the end button for about 40 turns.

Falls mal wieder was zu übersetzen ansteht, könnte ich mithelfen (ick sprechen änglisch)

Danke!

My name in the core is thebutterfly. Not very creative, I'm afraid. I'm against the lowest score penalty. I didn't even know it existed (my fault), but it is against the spirit. Plus, it scares me to think I might qualify...

I'm in the Core. Black Forest logo - I am so impressed - I could never design anything like that. Wow!