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Cool. I can wait a few weeks; waiting for SD would probably mean waiting for many months.

I'll try it. Should I apply your mod over official CU or the changes you and Gaunator have made are already playable?

Hi, I find the idea of the mega home-systems very good. It should help in balancing games, even on larger galaxies.

[quote who="wolkenwand" reply="1754" id="3639674"] Hi, in this patch the starting bonuses ability points of each race i selected is 100, is this normal? because in every video in youtube it is usually 10 or below. I can't find this changes documented in patch notes. [/quote] Hi, yes it is normal, maybe they just forgot to indicate that in the updated manual.

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1752" id="3632767"] You don't need to do anything. The CU is already included. [/quote] Ok thanks

Hi everybody, I just reinstalled GC2 Ultimate from Steam. Now I'm not sure how to procede to install the CU? Should I install the beta from steam, or it still has problems and it's better I install CUFI.exe I find here? Anything else I should do?

Sure, I'll be busy in february, but in march I'll get back to gc2, and after playing CU I'll check your mod, for sure. Thank you.

Hi, it's good to see someone is still working on GC2 mods. I understand you consider many changes made by the CU too extreme, and want to make a step back in the vanilla direction; do you think you can improve the game balance of the CU in this way? Or your main focus is to get back to the original gameplay? I'm asking this because, for me, balance is, by far, the most important aspect when playing a strategy game. Of course there are other aspects, whi

Hi, I'm just a user of the CU, so maybe you will consider this comment out of place, but I want to tell you anyway. I have noticed that you are discussing about some game-play changes; are you talking about the CU or about a future mod? If it's about the CU, I want to warn you against making any change that go below the surface. I don't know much about GC2, but I know a bit about software, and making last minute changes to a software that is already availab

Why don't you just enjoy GC2 as it is now, while you wait a few years for GC3 to mature? Nothing will ever be perfect

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="231" id="3610886"] Quoting Maiden666, reply 230 will this make the Minors being able to colonize? No, it only gives them full access to the AI algorithms. However, if you want to, I could upload another version that does that. [/quote] I played only a coupl

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="227" id="3610535"]Pretty much, yes. However, it is safer to run it as a mod. That way, you don't need to overwrite any files. Here it is. Simply extract the file into Galactic Civilizations II - Ultimate Edition\Mods. In the game-options, activate 'Use Mods', change the 'Current Mods Directory' to Smart Minors, and then restart the

That would be awesome. So, if I understand correctly, after downloading from steam GC2 updated with the CU, I should just get your RaceConfig.xml and replace the CU one.

Hi, is your mod modular? After the CU has been completed with the last corrections I want to try it first without all the changes made by your AT mod. But I would add immediately the smarter minor races, if possible. Thanks

[quote who="leiavoia" reply="1425" id="3609845"] So i keep tech trading on to at least have a chance. [/quote] I keep tech trading too, it makes the game more interesting. What I disable is tech brokering, but I guess using a race with a bad diplomacy skill like Yor it is not a game unbalancing choice.

[quote who="tekknej" reply="1419" id="3609700"] hello, i'd like to ask an advice on what settings to use, mostly for tech trading/brokering (and stealing i guess). ... in general, just asking experienced players what settings do they use and why. [/quote] Hi, mainly it depends if you like tough challenges or not; tech trading is nice, keep it, but tech brokering can make the experience a little too easy, especially if you enable the minor races in the game.

Hi guys, I have received an email from Stardock and I checked the news on galciv2.com. The CU is finally an official update. Congratulations to all of you for the excellent job, you can be proud of it.

Well done [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

[quote who="MabusAltarn" reply="1317" id="3536165"] Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2lsqlq8mnn17zl0/Community%20Update%20V6.0.2.zip?dl=0 [/quote] Thanks! I already installed the experimental version of the trade window you posted few days ago, should I upgrade anyway?

[quote who="MabusAltarn" reply="1305" id="3533381"] In this version the player side's of the screen displays planets but the AI's side doesn't. This means you can offer planets in trade or peace offerings but you can't trade them back or buy them. [/quote] Applausi!!! [e digicons]:grin:[/e] I'll check it. For me it's a very good solution, and it also has a nice side effect: I always hated to get the complete list of my opponents p

[quote who="MabusAltarn" reply="1295" id="3532830"] Conclusion: Super Diplomats can buy planets low population planets for a good price but no one else can. Extra diplomacy helps lower the price. This is a feature not a bug. Considering your economy while buying up planets is a viable option I'd say you could buy two, maybe three planets before you cripple yourself financially. [/quote] Ok, maybe it's not a big deal, but for me playing

I forgot to ask you: which version of the game did you buy? Is it the ultimate edition? And is it the steam version? Good choice, better to use a dedicated folder for games rather than program files, it can give troubles.

[quote who="februarius1982" reply="1272" id="3531281"] Any idea why some of us have CTD when applying the CU exe? No problems with original exe on win7 64. Sorry for posting it here, there is a separate thread, but no one answered. [/quote] Did you try to download it a second time? Maybe it's just a corrupted download. In which directory did you put the new exe? Are you starting the game by a shortcut on the desktop? Try to run directly the exe

[quote who="februarius1982" reply="3" id="3529589"] I dont get any error message. Just a short black screen and then CTD. [/quote] Does it happen only if you use the mod or you have the same problem with vanilla?

Hi Ragic, at the moment this is just a mod, so you have to install it yourself following the instructions provided. It will be part of an official patch (sooner or later), but according to what the mod authors say, it is still not clear when this will happen.