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Reply to Minor race steals tech and wants star systems in exchange? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I agree that the event certinly doesn't seem to work as implied/described. The one (minor) thing that is accomplished by the event is that the minor power involved subsequently has those stolen techs in its "portfolio", and you may be able to do regular trading with them for some of those techs, over the course of time. drrider

Reply to Creativity bonus in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

No guarantiees on that 12-15% estimate. Its just a general estimate from looking at several debug files and considering the techs being researched at the time. Too much uncertainty in the tp award to get closer than that without the actual controlling formula. And it probably tends toward the lower end of that range. I'm empirically convinced it is worth more than any one characteristic point put into research alone, however, especially for a long game with slow/very slow research.

Reply to Culture Bug in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

It recovers, you know, as soon as a turn or 2 is processed. Its only a map display quirk; the numbers are still there in the game engine. drrider

Reply to What defines an "all factories" strategy? in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

[quote]I think I will give it a try the next time I have a planet with the 700% bonus. Maybe designate one world as my manufacturing center for the fleet. See how it works with the artifical slave center. Vuk-[/quote] You should understand that you cannot pursue this strategy on a planet by planet basis. If you are going to try to do all-factory or all-lab or the lab-to-factory-flip version, you are committiing to doing it for your entire civilization. This is because you nee

Reply to Creativity bonus in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

[quote]Creativity gives you a chance that the tech that you are currently researching will be completed ahead of schedule. When you are researching a low level tech that takes 6 turns to complete, and creativity kicks in on turn 4, you save two turns of research time. This is no big deal, but... when you are researching a high level tech that takes 26 turns to complete, and it kicks in on turn 2, you save 24 turns of research time, and this can be huge. It's a roll of the dic

Reply to Twilight like SoaSE - Achievements a must in Game Talk Stardock Forums

[quote]That's exactly what I'm saying: I don't want to make my own goals. Games are my brain-dead time. I'm not a kid anymore, so I don't spend my day fantasizing about different ways to play a game, I just shutdown for an hour or two. Remember the casual player: We pay money, we want fun given to us. If I want to choose my own fun, I'll write my own game (yes, I am a software engineer and have written games along with device drivers. I decided game development wasn't fun and device drivers were

Reply to Oh you silly Drath in Game Talk Stardock Forums

Well, if you's just give them their planet back, they'd stop...eh...what exactly is it that they are doing to/for you, again? ;-) drrider

Reply to Why are the Arceans so weak in Dark Avatar? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

[quote]I dont know if the arceans are weak but i do know that the altarian RESISTANCE is has one of the strongest militaries in the game, eventhough it says that they're supposed to have a weak one-Dave[/quote] Remember that they are only the RESISTANCE in the context of the Campaign(s) storyline, where, without gong into detail, part way through their civ gets pounded pretty bad. In sandbox games, without the built-in crush of their civ, they are great. Long Live the Altarian

Reply to Brad - Can we can get an update on not-MoM? in Games in Development Stardock Forums

[quote]I'm eagerly awaiting Not-MoM. I'm torn between wanting to take part in the beta, and waiting until the game is released in its full-blown glory. If my wife is pregnant by then, I guess I'll probably be waiting until the final release. And then still not playing the game for two years after I buy it![/quote] There are so many ways to tease you about this paragraph that I'm just going to point out the general possibility and leave it to everyone's imagination. ;-) -drrider

Reply to Mega Event List *Spoiler* in Game Talk Stardock Forums

I think it should be allowed...with a 1% chance per turn per 100 production-on-planet for one of your planets to get swallowed by the rips in the space-time continuum. Scoff-law. ;-) drrider

Reply to Mega event question - race will eventually advance to become invincible in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

There are 2 versions of the event, one a standard random event, one a Mega Event. In the standard event, the affected Civ starts getting a 1% increase every turn in one of the many global attributes that take % modifiers, weapons, defense, economy, etc. If you maintain several survey vessels throughout the game, in the 1.8 version, with spawning anomalies, you the player may actually improve faster from the anomaly bennies. In the Mega Event, the named civ also gets a

Reply to HUGE Morale question in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Read this about 3 times: [link="https://www.galciv.wikia.com/wiki/Morale"]WWW Link[/link] Then follow the established wisdom of the various great players who have answered you: -Don't grow a pop over 20. (Your homeworld/captured minor/captured homeworld or a planet with a Mystic Spring can probably manage 20 OK. BTW, in DA the only way to get a homeworld/ex-minor to exactly 20 is capital + 1 Food Distro Ctr.) -Mundane colonies stick with 13+ pop. -Build lots o

Reply to FURIOUSLY MALCONTENT in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Brad, you ARE a glutton for punishment. It's 12:40 CST! I'm at least off work this week. Oh, well. I guess its pretty certain that you have 'flextime'. TA looks, feels great, BTW. drrider

Reply to Downloadable 1.8? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Most likely. However, there will be a free update in a month or so to version 2.0 that I believe you will be able to download without using SDC. [/quote] I wouldn't count on GalCiv2 v2.0 until at least a month after final release of TA. Personally, I'd bet on March or April, even May. Just count up the devs names you see popping in and out of the forums, and look the evidence in their posts of what they are working on. Heck, Carielf has v1.8f [I]ready[/I], except for

Reply to FURIOUSLY MALCONTENT in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I'd say just play smaller maps, or best of all play gigantic with rare stars. To me thier the most interesting anyway. Shame they are not good for metaverse scores tho...[/quote] Hey, gallagher, I thought I was the only one out here who was facinated with playing in a big, sparse galaxy. Makes a PQ 5 planet really delightful to see, doesn't it? Do you habitually set the tech rate to very slow, too? I find that bonus tiles, minors and anomalies become [I]very[/I]

Reply to Hey TA Users--should I start playing it? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Its incomplete. Its buggy. There are no Terror Stars til tomorrow; they will be buggy. There are only 6 (tomorrow 7) races. There is a list of bugs that have been reported but not fixed yet as long as your forearm (was as long as your leg - some more will get killed tomorrow but not everything on the Reported list). There is no Metaverse option. Not sure if the espionage system is working yet, possibly deliberately off. In short, it is very much a [U][B]working[/B][/U] beta (in bo

Reply to Reintroducing the Iconians in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

DW, You [I]know[/I] you are not going to find out at 2300 hours; there is no mouse stirring in Stardock house to answer you. (Ok , well, Brad posted at 2100, so I guess there was a shot.) In any case, the beta phase that includes the Iconians is due to be posted to SDC tomorrow, so if you have preordered and have access to the betas - you're about to find out all you want to know! drrider PS - just checked...no

Reply to Movement Problems in DA in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Very well documented issue, back several weeks ago. There is a fix. See the top sticky post at the top of Bug Reports, or this link: [link="https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=274&aid=167594"]WWW Link[/link] Follow Carielf's instructions, to download and install the 1.8f .exe and .dll. drrider

Reply to Quite a conundrum. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

And make sure all drivers are UP TO DATE! drrider

Reply to Quite a conundrum. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Therein lies the rub-- it's a laptop. [/quote] For many modern laptops, and your specs indicate your's is no more than a year old, you can get a graphics chip upgrade. Check with the chat support at your manufacturer's website. drrider

Reply to test in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

{double post. please delete.} drrider

Reply to test in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

You're not lost, Dan. drrider

Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Not a Kzin, but I'll speak for my patriarchal pal. No. Metaverse is not turned on for the beta, and probably won't be. Maybe on the last iteration. drrider

Reply to [TA Beta1] "...But I don't *want* your crappy tech..." in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I just think there should be an ethics, and maybe an actual production modifier (like -1 from the building's optimum) for building another race's racially, culturally specific item. Would it really be worth losing your Evil label (and benefits) by building too many of those namby-pamby Schools? How about if every non-native building gave you a -1 to Morale? Let's turn this 'problem' into a game enrichment. drrider

Reply to Hardware requirements in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

No. With all the latest upgrades, and the way the graphics improvements are oriented for TA, possibly slightly less. (More accurately, same requirements, but may run more smoothly, more features 'on', on minimum systems.) drrider