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Reply to Design features or flaws? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote](1) When you focus your production on a given category it doesn't update the research time-to-discover value. [/quote] Flaw. [quote](2) If you fly a troop ship near a starbase the civilization owning that starbase decides to go to war with you.[/quote] Feature for planets, flaw for starbases. [quote](3) If I fly a freighter to a planet and I already have my limit of trade routes the freighter will sometimes just disappear. I mean really.

Reply to Computer AI and hidden map not being hidden from AI debate. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! Here we go again... ;-) All AIs start with the tech that shows habitale planets. For resources that should not be true, as it was stated in quite some topics from developers. Those two statements above are all you'll ever get. BR, Iztok

Reply to spore ships :( in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]what defense can I make??? [/quote] 1) Turn off Korath. 2) Have a tiny ship with one weapon in orbit of each planet. BR, Iztok

Reply to stupid AI in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! BigJKU, you obviously don't know that the AI stands for Aritficial Idiot. ;) Seriously, AI was programed mostly by one person (Brad Wardel) with the intention to give a casual player a good run for his money. If you're experienced strategist, AI simply isn't in your league. [quote]The programing, while challenging, is still a bunch of yes/no questions that the game already does on a global basis when deciding to declare war or not and so on.[/quote] Eh, you

Reply to Mass colonize strat problems. in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! With Super Breeder you should have minimal money problem, because they breed so fast. There's just one thing you must pay attention to: morale at a planet must be at 100% for them to breed with 800% bonus. When planet gets to ~3B pop it usually pays for itself, and that's the treshold when you can start building/buying buildings on that planet. [quote]like start off with a heavy colony rush. I start off first couple turns purchasing a research lab and factory and

Reply to Military Starbase tricks and tips in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]I've seen a lot of people poo-poo the military starbase. I'm still pretty new to the game[/quote] When you'll bave under your belt more sandbox games, you too will pop-poo on the mil SB most of the time, because of 3 reasons: 1) they are static. 2) price/performace ratio for DA and TA is bad, and just average for DL. 3) In DA and TA they can't survive fleet attack. BR, Iztok

Reply to Getting a race to declare war on you. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]Just start building influence starbases near many of their planets. Surround their homeworld (and any other high PQ planets) with maxed out influence bases and they will not hesitate.[/quote] AFAIK just un-upgraded influence SBs should suffice. More cheap method to get a war is also: park some troop transports in their space. It doesn't matter if you have troops in, just make sure they "see" them. Having very strong fleet in their visual range, or

Reply to Spin Control Center + Military starbases in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]Spin Control Center + Military starbases[/quote] I remember reading that Mil SBs don't work on ships in orbit, where SCC only works. I could be wrong though, I haven't played GC-2 in a long time. BR, Iztok

Reply to Cheat problems in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! How to enable cheats is also fully described in galciv wiki . BR, Iztok

Reply to Jupiter impact. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]Crunching numbers isn't counter measure(s), coincidental or predictable.[/quote] True, but crunching numbers, or more specifically "bean counting" is the basic moving force of our civilization. Virtually noone will invest 1M$ per year for the next 100,000,000 years, for no return, and extemely low chance of some interesting finding. :( Besides, there are more serious and imminent thr

Reply to What are the factors affecting research? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! You seem to be new here. I suggest you to check wiki: https://www.galciv.wikia.com/wiki/Galactic_Civilizations_Wiki . Lots of useful explanations there. BR, Iztok

Reply to Jupiter impact. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! As usual is wiki also in this case your friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker-Levy_9 The comet was discovered 16 months before the impact by Shoemakers and Levy. If Anthony Wesley would discover it, it would be named by his name. However Anthony Wesley isn't mentioned on that wiki page. Not at all. [quote who="Grottenolm85" reply="12" id="2316850"]they wou

Reply to Please explain why the AI isn't broken in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]Try it on Gigantic [/quote]Don't try gigantic. AFAIK the AI is programmed and optimized for medium galaxies (~10 colonizable planets per player), not the gigantic ones. When I played one gigantic suicidal game, it simply didn't feel suicidal at all, but more like a maso one with a bit weaker start. BR, Iztok

Reply to Artificial Cowardice in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]Sure, why not play against live opponents? What a brilliant idea. I'll just hop on Multiplayer that this game so graciously provides.?[/quote]You probably missed I haven't mentioned GC-2 when I mentioned live opponent(s). There are other 4x MP games around. [quote]Why should we purposefully gimp ourselves and hold back...[/quote]Ever heard of handicaps? ;-) [quote]... in a game whose selling point was the "awesome" AI?[/quote]Awesome AI <strong

Reply to Artificial Cowardice in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]"Intelligent" is the AI setting that causes the computer to play at its maximum ability without receiveing any economic bonuses[/quote] I stand corrected. I wrongly used settings for "normal" AI. [quote]The computer-controlled civs are way, *way*, too timid toward the player even on the most aggressive setting.[/quote] IIRC while there are planets to settle, are most AIs in "expansion mode" - they don't "waste" resources on warships, but ar

Reply to This is a huge step backwards in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote] specifically the idea that"bonus production should do more than simply let you spend more."[/quote] In GC-1 a player that pushed bonuses to the limit, could have 300%+ as much bonus (=completely free) production as "regular" (=payable) production. Because of that in late game versions developers started nerfing bonuses, but game was still quite un-balanced to those that were smart enough to misuse bonuses (=live player). [quote]why is industr

Reply to Getting Ponded by Advent as Vasari in Strategy Sins Forums

Hi! [quote]I play 1v1s against my friend on a two star map. I play Vasari, he advent.[/quote] Since this set-up gives him as an Advent quite an advantage, simply stop playing this map, and request something smaller. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] BTW what game version you play? BR, Iztok

Reply to Artificial Cowardice in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]Why does the AI in this game act so cowardly all the time? ... I play as Drath, huge map, 9 civs, Intelligent AIs.[/quote] IIRC inteligent AI has only 75% income and some higher "brain" functions disabled. Play the "tough" game and you'll get in war very soon. Not that it will matter much in that huge galaxy of yours, because the AI is optimized for medium maps and tactical decisions. BR, Iztok

Reply to Trade, Stations, and Strategy in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]Any other nifty strategies with trade?[/quote] Don't build your econ on trading. Compared to income one could get from trade in GC-1 it's now over-nerfed. Trade routes also have a bit too many events that make them go poof. So you better use trade just as a diplomatic tool that also makes some money, and forget econ SBs. OFC there's also the exception: if you have only a few planets, trade can make a big part of your econ. [quote]

Reply to Is there a detailed economy explanation somewhere? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! Galciv wiki is your friend. ;) BR, Iztok

Reply to Massive game slowdown in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]9 races, Immense Galaxy, abundant everything[/quote] You're just paying the price for exaggerating with the game size. Game engine is simply not designed to process such large numbers of ships. Even if you somehow remove all AIs' ships, they'll rebuild them, and you'll be at the start of your problem again. So either you need to be patient with turns, or don't play immense abundand games. BR, Iztok

Reply to planet quality bonus trait 10% 20% is it worth it? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote] however we are also getting 5 more tiles for a hypothetical PQ26 research planet [/quote] IMO the keyword here is hypothetical. How many have you seen recently? ;-) [quote]A PQ26 planet will receive 5 more tiles[/quote] Have you tested this or are you just speculating? Also, what game version? BR, Iztok

Reply to Question about population caps in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote] is there any way to do a special mod or something[/quote] Like you already suspect when writing your IF... THEN... statements, that's in code and can't be modded. OFC you can edit your exe file to make desired changes, but making such a large change and keep program working is even for me way beyond my expertise, and I'm in informatics for 25+ years. BR, Iztok

Reply to What happened to Galciv I Web page? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote] GalCivI can be revived [/quote] I did that some time ago, on my old portable, that could not run GC-2. Game was quite interesting, but after I've seen the final result I decided I'll not try another one. The reason was simple: the final statistics said that Arceans researched 12 techs, and obtained 43. Yep, OBTAINED. xo I had to research like mad, I had to struggle and trade and invade and whatnot to get those techs, but they just OBTAINED them, prob

Reply to Question about population caps in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! [quote]how do I mod the morale structures or the game itself to allow for any amount of population with no negative morale modifiers applied to population size? [/quote] Approval calculation is explained on wiki: How approval is calculated (DL 1.5 and DA 1.8) . If you read it carefully you'll see that just modding morale structure bonuses will break the game balance, beca