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Reply to You changed the DL didn't you? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

SWEET FREAKIN CHRIST!!!!!! Check THIS out!!!!! That's from 1.1 Beta 4. On "Normal". Good god... I'll have to go back to beginner if this keeps up : (

Reply to You changed the DL didn't you? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Forum broken. Post deleted

Reply to why moo and mooII are better than gal civ 2 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

What the heck is MOO anyway? I keep seeing it while reading through this msg board. I'll have to check out this MOO, whatever that is (is there a demo?). anyway... Comparing one game to another - from different companies - is pointless. Every game has its high and low points and no company is going to blatantly copy another's game. They could run into patent issues, if nothing else. All I can really say is that I've ne

Reply to What's this number next to influence? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

and while I'm asking dumb questions.... "4x strategy game".... What does that mean?

Reply to Steal all techs at once? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

It means that the other race now has every technology researched by the "target" race. You can trade things to the first race in exchange for their technology. It works just like any other trade, so you almost certainly can't get ALL the techs at once, unless you're willing to pay through the nose for it.

Reply to Beta 4A shipbuilding bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

It WILL be fixed for the release 1.1. : )

Reply to Please Please Pleeeeeeeeeeease... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Just in case one of the developers looks at this thread.... Yes, I know I'm whining, but this is so freakin annoying and I'd like to hear from one of the devs about it. You guys are very responsive to your users and I love that. I'd like to have a response about this, even if it disagrees with me. I've worked with and for other software companies and I've never seen anyone redesign their software so quickly and frequently in response to user

What's this number next to influence? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Sorry, dumb question probably. What is the number in parenthesis next to a colony's influence points?

Reply to Blue Nebula - Noob Q in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The better question is, how do you make it STAY gone, once you've disabled it? It seems to come back every so often and I have to restart.....

Reply to Does AI tends to build influence buildings on tiles with research bonus? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

A: Please don't hijack someone else's thread. "Create new post" is the button you want to start your own topic. B: nobody is going to email you (probably) C: send an email to support @ stardock.com

Reply to Cheat Codes in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Control + 0-9 (not in numpad) hail's major races, not quite sure what this means.... It opens a communication window with that race. No idea which number == which race.

Beta 4A shipbuilding bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I saw this same bug in beta 4, which seemed to happen only when the "cheat" parameter was used. https://forums.galciv2.com/?ForumID=274&AID=113024 I'm seeing it now in beta 4A with the game started normally. When I tell a planet to stop building a ship, it keeps building it anyway. If I click on another ship, then tell it to build "nothing", it builds the last ship I selected. The only way to stop building is to tell it to bui

Reply to Is it just me? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

That influence resource really is WAY overpowered. Grab just two of them and the other civs start dropping like flies.

Reply to Removability of The Manufacturing Capital in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I bought one by accident once. I had loads of cash and was going from planet to planet buying things and OOPS ...... Thank god for autosave

Reply to Please Please Pleeeeeeeeeeease... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, please. I hate having to fight with the game instead of ... you know... PLAYING it. Anyone tapping my keyboard must be REALLY confused..... ENTER G G G G G G G G G MOUSECLICK ENTER G G G G G G G G G G G G G G

Reply to I'm not about to invade, please shut up in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah... I just read the changelog for 4A and spotted that. These guys put new betas out so fast, there's two more every time I think of something to complain about : P Now, if only they'd fix it so I didn't have to fight with the game to keep my ships selected and keep the view where I want it.

I'm not about to invade, please shut up in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Stop. Just stop. You're embarrassing both of us. Let me guess, you are going to line up your invasion ships around our worlds and then, with a lightning strike, take out our defenses and then invade? Oh, you're a real strategic master. We are awed by your brilliance! You are lucky my generals are not set to "Intelligent" or highe

Reply to AI's build choice on a captured planet... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

That's by no means the wierdest I've seen though. I've seen a factory on a research square and a research building on a manufacturing square ON THE SAME PLANET. That's nothing. I found the Torians building an EMBASSY on top of a precursor mine. I wanted to invade it, put a damn factory there and the

Reply to strange damage values in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What really irritates me is when this happens: Me: Stingers + shields Him: doom ray + no defense Me vs him: 0 Me vs him: 0 Me vs him: 0 Him vs me: 10 - fighter dead Me vs him: 0 Me vs him: 0 Me vs him: 0 Him vs me: 10 - fighter dead Me vs him: 0 Me vs him: 0 Me vs him: 0 Him vs me: 10 - fighter dead - Fleet destroyed - defeat I realize OCCASIONALLY I'll miss complete

Reply to Transport can’t keep up in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Also, there is no reason to make escorts faster than the transports, it just wastes space and money. Take the extra engine of and add a weapon, or lifesupport, or armor. Are you deleting the escorts after invading or something? I like to reuse them to escort newer transports, which means I'd like not

Reply to Early Game, Research or Factories in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I do factories first, to build up an industrial base. Then market centsrs, so I don't go broke. Then farms, to make more money. Then entertainment, so the people don't riot. Then labs. Unless there's a research bonus tile, labs are low priority, although usually I'll build at least one on %homeworld% early on. Lately, I've been researching xeno ethics and going neutral as quickly as possible. I've discovered the "Neut

Reply to Surprise! We're Militant! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

This has already been taken care of in the betas. The release will likely be out next week. ? What's been taken care of? Are upgrades being changed to where they're outrageously expensive again? I was just getting used to upgrading existing units, as opposed to replacing them outright.......

Reply to Two Starports in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Hmm.... I had a weird bug in a recent game, playing as Altarian. The Terrans would continually build a manufacturing capital, then start "upgrading" it with soil enhancement, then build it again. on and on and on and on. OT - I sure wish they would let us turn off that stupid "%race% has built a %thing% on %planet%". I really don't CARE that someone now has a politcal capital and would prefer if the pop-ups didn't happen and get in the way

Reply to Empire getting more powerful event in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Supposedly it adds a +1 to an ability every turn. I've never seen it make any difference. I've never noticed anyone new going to war with them. I ignore it, as it seems not to actually mean anything.

Reply to I think there is a problem with the Dark Yor AI in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What I tend to do, once I realize they are most definitely beat and they begin begging for peace, is to avoid going near their planets and to go on the defensive ...... just long enough for the troop ships to arrive at any planets I want. And I try to take all of them at once. I don't know if that works at the higher levels or not, but it usually works at "challenging" and on down.