I almost hate to admit it, but I have done this on purpose. Instead of creating 5 little lasers, I created 1 very big one for visual effect and hid the rest inside decorative elements. I loved the end visual I got. So, either I am very silly, or you just found the artistic creativity subroutines. Or both.
[quote quoting="post"] When I want to know about a tech that I haven't attained, I have to select it, losing my current place on the tech tree to go look. [/quote] When I want to look at a tech's details, I right click the tech. It shows me the details without changing my present tech selection.
From the two explanations, I am hearing that population may indirectly affect military production. More population = More taxes = More spending = More Military spending from slider All that is then combined with the calculations for on planet buildings and asteroids, which do not depend on population. Is that correct? I ask because I see military production inching up in increments smaller than I can account for otherwise. &n
Once you get a starport up, and start a given ship, yo can play with the sliders in your economic screen and then see what it does to your completion times for that ship. I found it gave a real good feel for how you were affecting military production. My understanding is that it also depends on manufacturing boosts such as factories and asteroid mines. Not too sure about how much population affects affects ship manufacture, but it seems to for me. Others will probably
[quote who="Kamamura_CZ" reply="24" id="3296416"]Yeah. Let's make a bookmark here and come check your enthusiasm in, say, 20 years. [/quote] Just passed 35 years last month. It's not only possible, it's wonderful. Congratulations Xia.
[quote who="Necaradan666" reply="8" id="3290089"] I thought when we had the map pack topic it was almost unanimous that we said $5 was too much. $3.99 would be a nicer price point for just a few maps and stamps[/quote] Not sure what you consider almost unanimous to be, but my impression is that there was the usual griping at anything that isn't handed out for free, a lively discussion on price points, and several people who said, "I'll buy it; tell me
I think it is slowly getting better in real life,and that it will slowly leak into the fantasy world that is the Internet in general, let alone the fantasy-obsessed fantasy within a fantasy that is the gaming community. It is easy to mistake the Internet for reality, when it is actually a hyperbolic mirror, distorting and exaggerating portions of our lives and behaviors, often grotesquely. But, speak out against the jerks when you can. It seems to be the onl
Please forgive my confusion. I once downloaded and installed the Tolmekkian Tech Mod. Do I have to uninstall that before installing the 5D version I just downloaded from here?
Thanks to a little patience and work, this generous offer has been completed. Thanks Quasi!!!
[quote who="myfist0" reply="376" id="3262749"] Quoting erischild, reply 374 I can tell I am an ignorant fanboy because so many people here feel comfortable calling me that and other names as a method of persuasion I have followed this thread and others like it. It seems to me that you are the one insulting people that do not like or use Steam. Nice try. [/quote] I am not the one calling people "fanboy". If I did the opposite somehow, then
Yet another ignorant fanboy using Steam here. I can tell I am an ignorant fanboy because so many people here feel comfortable calling me that and other names as a method of persuasion, so it must be true. I can have no opinion of my own, it is not allowed. I can only follow the dictates and thought patterns of those who claim Steam is a digital dictatorship. All of us who use Steam are idiots and do not deserve the joys of playing the games we do. We should be as
I hope this isn't obvious, but in your description you do not mention uninstalling the CD version of GC2. The installations are different enough between Steam and CD that I would expect that Steam might not do a clean uninstall for you. If you manually uninstall GC2 until Windows is satisfied neither version exists, then Steam might be able to do a clean download and install for you.
Voted good, waiting expectantly for it to edge to excellent. Thanks for letting me participate in this beta. It has been as interesting as actually playing the game. Any comments I would have are represented in better description than I could manage. If you get multiplayer working, I fear my DnD playing family members are going to gang together to thrash me. The fact that I find myself pushing them on to that challenge is the best feedback I can
The concept seems to be that the races are aware of each other through some sort of sub-space radio that allows communication throughout the game. You do need to research technologies to actually talk to each other. As said above, there are options that affect this concept. The blind exploration option lets you decide whether that subspace radio revealed original home planet locations or not. The AI is out-teching and out-expanding you because it
Do you remember the rock band called the "The"? You need to trademark the PC game "Console" and the console game "PC". That should keep you in license fees forever. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]
Would I want to pull out my Android in an odd moment and check out Galciv technicalities? I can't see that happening. The scheming I do with Galciv seems less rules detailed than situation detailed. I can see having it as a handy reference while playing, but it would be as an alternative to using alt-tabbing to some reference web page and not much else. I would download it for the wonderful geek obsession factor. [e digicons]:)[/e]
As someone who has no idea what "Elemental" is but is fascinated by just the title "Fallen Enchantress", I say go with that. I have never tried a magic based game before, but based on my recent discovery and enjoyment of GalCiv2, I am very interested in this. I am going to have to get one of my family members who is into DnD and such to coach me on spells. :)
Two experiences that seem to relate to this interesting topic. First let me say that Pong has to be the answer beyond a certain age. :) I did a stint in the US Navy in late Vietnam conflict times. Uncle Sam sent me to his new fangled computer rooms instead of the rice paddies. I didn't argue. Nobody knew what computers were, but it was better than shooting people. I ended up on this future systems test ship that would be antique by pres
My understanding is that happiness is also dependent on Planet Quality. The other planet probably has a higher Planet Quality than your home planet and can support an overall larger population because of that.
Yeah, but is there any kind of rough approximation to use? For instance, it takes me 7 years to dominate the galaxy. Was I a ravenous cancer gobbling up the stars, or a glacier creeping along the parsecs? Is Advanced Colonization a decent indicator I have shifted my empire to a whole new level? Can you measure your progress as a warmonger by the hull size you support? I think accurately comparing my play against other players would be both
I think you got very unlucky and got an event at a time where it would be a bigger challenge to handle. If you play Civ for the challenge, you might play out this game. If you are looking for a more representative first impression, you might try a complete re-roll for new map.
Thanks for the reply. I am trying some of the ideas in my latest game. Fun!
I am new to this game myself, but in my newness, your experience sounds very much like what I fixed by emphasizing the heck out of Research. I like the Terrans. I can make their economy work. I spend some Race ability points on research and I slide the sliders as far as I can feel comfortable. I balance early techs between those that help me explore and those that boost economy. The moment I see anybody develop any military on the graph, I change directions and w
New to this game and enjoying it immensely. Been reading the forums and enjoying that too. I can't find the one detail mentioned in the last point about relationship due to trade routes. So, two questions, please. What does a trade route do for relations? My latest trick of choice is to find one trade route that looks most profitable and the maximum number of freighters along that one route. Is there any disadvant
