DocCBM

Greed is the operating principle....This is not a bad thing. The vast majority of people do things to better themselves. In a true socialist society, everybody is equal and gets the same share of the resources. Therefore, there is NO reason to work harder or smarter. No reason to try. Without reward what is the point? Sure there are some who want to do things just because it is right, but they will be in the minority. Don't get it? Well

Lets start with basic principles. Science is based on Facts. Facts are true until proven false, then they are forever false. This tells us that things which have been considered facts for a long time are likely to be true. Facts which have been 'proven' recently are less robust. Faith is based on truth. Truth has NOTHING to do with facts. Everyone has their own truth. In order for a religion to survive over time in needs to do two things.&nb

So on what beta is the map editor being released?

Map maker would be wonderful (one that works) Also remove the 4x food. Basically useless since have to use the rest of the tiles for morale. chris.

The update also killed my huge game. After updating, I have a memory leak in 3 different save games. Ah well. As long as a NEW game doesn't do this. Chris.

You know, there have been NUMEROUS SciFi movies about pissed off AI. . . . . . . of course, they NEVER mentioned that this AI did NOT come from military science labs, but from GAMING LABS!!! Come to think of it. . . . DUH!! All for it, but lets keep this thing under control, attacking my quicken is going too far. Remember, we DO know where Brad lives.... Chris.

REALLY hoping a map editor/creator is in the expansion. Any clues? Chris.

Hell no is about right. Instead of MP, I want a map editor/maker. If you REALLY want to add a big feature, consider the tactical combat of MOO2. But it would be better to add more STARS features. Especially the world stats (temp,grav,atmos) and have different races need different combinations of stats with the ability of terriforming to a better combination. If not this complicated, at least do it like MOO2. Chris.

The stardock (other) is misleading. I expect most of these are like me in that I heard about Galciv2 while on the GalCiv(ONE) site. Basically you stated that there was a new web site called Galciv2 for the new game being created. I then lurked at this site since it was created. Chris.

Will the AI be able to deal with increasing the ship size or logistics (ship number)? I want to setup a doubling table where ship sizes are twice the size of the lower size (yes, that puts huge at 250). I also want to increase logistics to create true fleet battles (yes, my computer has some power). BUT..... Will the AI be able to make competitive ships at the larger sizes??? Will it use the larger fleets??? OR, am I handicapping the AI??<br/

I want to change logistics to create larger fleets, can the AI adjust to this to keep fighting a good game? I want to make each ship class twice the size of previous classes ( yes this will make very large class about 250). Will the AI be able to make a good ship with the increased size? I want to change these things because I think it will improve the game, but will this make the AI too vulnerable? Chris.

Actually it is back to #2 Chris.

I went nuts last night because many important sliders appeared to be missing. Overnight I thought about it and realized that I had changed my interface color to 'black' in my first game. Now I wanted a race that was 'dark and dangerous' so a black interface made sense.....Unless it is on top of a black background. Then it makes that interface invisible. DUH!!!! Chris.

The economy interface is missing. When I go to the taxation screen, I see the numbers of tax and percents for military, social, and research, but THE SLIDERS AND LOCKS ARE ALL MISSING. I am unable to change anything. ALSO, when given a morality choice, I am unable to make a choice. I also can't seem to see making a choice about which kind of starbase to make, though I can click in the general area and get what I want. All in all, the interface is bugged. Chris.

'The game appears to be validated, but the serial number of the machine SID does not match'??????? HELP!!!! Chris.

Guys, good grammar is nice, but when trying to translate from a whole separate alien species, I like the idea that the universal translator isn't grammatically perfect. Chris.

OK, I downloaded it without any difficulty. BUT, I DO NOT like the folder/location in which it was placed. How do I move it (Say to another computer, or different location on this one)??? Chris.

I was thinking about this on a Journal response, but thought it deserved its own subject. People have mentioned difficulty finding the right AI setting. Setting 'Intelligent' is too hard but the setting lower is too easy is a good example. Some (like me) remember from GC1 that they wanted to see the 'full power' AI, but were not good enough to deal with it. SOLUTION. Separate the AI from the Money cheat. This way people can titrate their game to exactly what t

Will we be able to edit/create galaxies from the start? If not when? Chris.

I have preordered the Retail CD from Stardock (wanted them to get all the money, and wanted the extra content). However, I don't want to wait. Can I also do the electronic download? (Don't see any reason why shouldn't be able to.) Chris.

Chris here, mainly lurking . . . so far.

Resources have NOTHING to do with habitability of a planet. I think many sub 12 planets would have great resources (STARS handled this the best of the previous games). Chris.