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Crash on Mars Invasion as Drengin in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Why I dunno but reproducibly when I invade Mars with my standard Transport, it crashes. Beta level: 4a Last seven lines of debug.err follow: Debug Message: InvasionWnd: Cannot find OBJID Invasion_View_Toggle Debug Message: InvasionWnd: Cannot find OBJID Invasion_Right_Def_Title Debug Message: InvasionWnd: Cannot find OBJID Invasion_Left_Def_Title Debug Message: InvasionWnd: Cannot find OBJID Invasion_Progress_Image Debug Message: InvasionWnd: Cannot find OBJID I

Reply to Terraformation/planet conversion in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Seems to me the natural use for uninhabitable planets would be to act as resource sites. Just replace resource starbases with resource outposts on planets. Why resources would be floating out in space I can't imagine. Of course, extracting minerals from pluto is still different from extracting gasses from Jupiter, ferinstance.

Reply to Sensor Glitch in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Don't get too happy. Are you sure you are not still paying maintainence on the invisible ship :p

Reply to Miner stuck in Asteroid Field in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Same problem here. I was wondering if it was a Drath problem somehow, as unlikely as it seems. What other races have this issue?

Reply to TA Beta 3- -- Rotating parts!?!? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

B5 rocks

Reply to Logistics make smaller ships useless? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

What about military support starbases? Let a support starbase add +3 to missile attacks. Now the smalls have 9 FP each for a total of 90. Still not as strong, but getting better fast. This makes an empire with less hull research and production able to hold off an empire with better ships, at least in their own backyard. And you can prolly crank out a bunch of these puppies fast if you really need to. edit: oops, random50 beat me to it.

Production Bug on captured planet in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I conquered Martzia III from the Thalans, who acquired it when the Torians surrendered to them to spite me. My social spending is set on 0% but Martzia III is producing 12 social/turn. Is this a bug (I have a save demonstrating it) or am I missing something? Like, maybe, its under a governor who changes priorities?

Reply to How do I add the ability bonus of miniaturization? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Sorry, was completely knocked out in a fever *grins*. I only did a few runs, but these are the numbers: Bonus - Medium ship size - Engine size - Nr of engines. No bonus - 38 - 6 - 6,3 100% - 76 - 8 - 9,5 500% - 228 - 16 - 14,3 1000% - 418 - 25 - 16,7 5000% - 1938 - 101 - 19,2 1

Reply to Alliances- Do your Allies Help You? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Code Monkey- maybe you were destabilizing the Torians w/o realizing it? I've had my mouse go berserk in the diplomacy screen a few times. Or else they felt threated by your cultural imperialism?

Reply to My biggest gripes so far (war related)... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

starbases are ships, and you can only see yours and those in range. I admit this is annoying, but it's a 'feature', not a bug. I just wish the resource (x) would continue to show even with a starbase on it, altho it does have the useful if hard-to-explain side effect of letting you know when a starbase over a resource has been destroyed (because you can see the resources (x) again).

Reply to What type of starting locations do you look for (ctrl-n) in Strategies Stardock Forums

chao-spy: # of borders doesn't matter. not getting into war matters -- based on your military rating/trade trade matters -- central location helps here trading techs matters -- meet earlier if centrally located getting access to resources matters. getting decent planets matters.

Reply to Is 1.03 worth it in Strategies Stardock Forums

A bargain at twice the price...

Reply to Has Anyone seen a space monster since 1.03 came out? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I saw one briefly, just in time to kill it after it almost killed itself attacking an ally's planet. Out of, I dunno, five games?

Reply to social projects that increase 'starships' in Strategies Stardock Forums

att/def ... but if you haven't got the latest/greatest build, sometimes it loses the planetary improvement bonuses when reloading a game.

Reply to The Fundamentalists took *ALL* the Drengin and Yor planets! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

A lot of people talk about how easy evil is and how hard good is, but this just shows why it isn't that simple. I've never seen the fundies wipe out TWO civs, but plenty of times they have taken out a small civ and chunks of others.

Reply to Things you would like to see in a Galactic Civilization expansion set in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

How about a planet quality filter on the mini-map? It's a real pain clicking on every star in range to figure out where I want to send my colony ship.

Reply to Whats the Official role of the "Battle Hammer" ? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The official role of the Battle Hammer is "slaughterer of corvettes"

Reply to Balance Sheet Not Balancing in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I had this after loading a saved game. Balance said +70 bc/turn, but I was bleading 120 bc/turn. But that's okay; I was happy for an excuse to quit that game, which was turning into a very long grind.

Reply to OK, new best starting Bonuses? in Strategies Stardock Forums

I find that the worst bind to be in (other than having no planets of course) is being hopelessly behind in tech. So I like: +50% Tech (6 pts) +10% Morale (1 pt) with the extra 3 pts going to +5% PQ or military boosts. Then I choose Fed(+20% econ) or War(+50% hit points) or Tech(+20% res, +1 sensor) party. Ironically, in my lastest game half of my planets are 15's, which is the only colonizable-class planet to obtain NO benefit whatsoever from my PQ bonus. (Afte

Reply to Things you would like to see in a Galactic Civilization expansion set in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hm ... definitely like the idea of galaxy 'shape' -- spiral, ring, irregular. That would make a big difference, and might even help the problem of starting position being so dominant. And while scenarios per se might be a bit much to ask, would starfield and resource maps be so hard to do (with starting positions) ? They could be balanced to make for more interesting games. And while I'm at it, some options for the frequency of resources. (Or at least teach the AI to protect it

Reply to Die Arceans. Die. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hmm ... do we need a 'Love to hate' thread?

Reply to Things you would like to see in a Galactic Civilization expansion set in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

One thing I'd really like is a start-up option to make minors civs more common or less common at the beginning. Also, I'd like to see minor civs mine resources in their sector.

Reply to What type of starting locations do you look for (ctrl-n) in Strategies Stardock Forums

2) Planets -- I mean, if you're totally isolated, you'll be pathetically weak when you (finally) make contact, and all the A.I.s will feel obligated to crap all over you. Well, FTS. Also, if you have only one decent sector, it's harder to grab resources early, because your constructors are too far way.

Reply to Is PQ worth it in 1.03? in Strategies Stardock Forums

On larger maps I say dump speed and buy research bonuses instead, then beeline to impulse drive to get the +1 speed. The research bonus is useful longer. Of course if the speed bonus allows you to grab a key resource, it might be more useful. As always, YMMV.

Reply to Excess Colony Ships - What to do? in Strategies Stardock Forums

Never sell population: you'll need all you can get during warfare. That population can be transferred to a transport for invasions.