AncientAge

AncientAge

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Reply to Confessions of a GalCiv gamer in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

BFD! I drove by the gas station this morning and regular gas was $1.29 a gallon. This evening when I filled up the tank it was $1.59 a gallon. DUH... two things: fill up Tuesday morning $.30 / gallon x 20 gallons = $6.00 delta from $1.29 Do it right a few times and the cost of the game becomes moot. Signed, Subscribe to my own preaching... shut up... enjoy the game. AA

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Reply to GalCiv Trainers? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

TJL1 (et al), I could take either side of this issue, but at the moment I would argue in favor of a "trainer". You're recommendation is certainly correct, but I submit that the simple "dumbing" of the opposition is not the answer to the question. The use of a "trainer" is viable in situations where a player has found themselves in a difficult situation (quite certainly from their own ineptitude and/or inexperience) and need to be "bailed out" by the use of some "influence" in order to contin

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Odd-ball question that I don't think belongs in the 1.02vs1.03 tracking. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

After I've won (or lost) a game, how can I get rid of save iterations in the menu selections? I thought I remembered a selection to delete these things, but I seem to have lost it (won't be the first time), or maybe something's changed. Bottom line - what does one do to get rid of the old saves? There appears to be no option (click or right-click per item). AA

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Reply to Where are the "Space Sharks"? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Sorry, I don't miss the "sharks" or otherwise vial vermin - at any level. Pre-cursor "finds" are a lot more relavant and distributed among all civilizations. Some have spoken of GalCiv as a chess game. The introduction of extraordinarily capable "creatures" seems to cheapen the point of strategy vs tactical; just feels like something I would deal with in an XBOX or PS2 environment. IMO AA

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Reply to Am I the Only One. . . .??? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Sorry all, off on a tangent. Perhaps there's some opportunities here for forum improvement. But then... game, improvements, forum... military, social, research...pick what and when... watch the morality and the senate vote. Just a thought. AA

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Reply to Am I the Only One. . . .??? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It is with distaste that I refute one of my old principles (agree in toto) with another previous post (or poster). But MadMaz couldn't have said better. I continue to spend more time playing the game than commenting on this forum - that's a good thing. I'm also continously thrashing about trying to get completed gamew posted to the Metaverse. I've won four and only have credit for one. Whining now, bring on the cheese. But while I whine now, I am still frustrated. And yes I've logged my

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Reply to Starbases attack in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Brian has a good point. As a commander of a starbase with defense capabilities and a knowledge of undesirable ships within my venue, I would certainly designate an attack stance (and execution) as opposed to maintaining a passive - don't shoot until attacked -position. Sort of along the lines of the current ship Sentry, Guard, etc. capability. Starbases should not just be targets. AA

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Reply to Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have an autosaved game that will yield the same results every time - a clean crash to the desktop: Load autosaved game "Done" to clear Yearly Report "Done" to clear Research Screen "Done" to clear project Earth screen From common game view select "Foreign Policy" Click Stats tab - initial view is Altarian stats If I click on Torian view the stats screen changes fine If I click on Arceanian view from either the Altarian view or the Torian view, the appl

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Reply to Brad - Please come clean in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yeah... heard that, but I wouldn't know about a 20 or 20+ planet if I fell on it - have never seen one. My current situation is that I have 7 seven decent planets ranging from 19 - 13 in a 64 sector map. At maximum spend/build rate my total colonization capability yielded this result... and I'm OK with how to maximize that capability. I am cranking hard to establish other supportive attributes that will allow me to be a player, but having major infrastructure planets in support ain't there for m

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Reply to Brad - Please come clean in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Brad, I think "dearmad"'s observations are realistic. I also have observed that in my most recent game - after some 10 or so turns - it yielded an unsolicited comment from my mouth - "hey, how come they got all of the yellow planets and I get J... S...! Maybe there's an issue here... not sure. AA

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Reply to Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Senate voted me out: Me the Federalist had been steadily gaining Senate seats up to about 46+ or so (don't remember exactly). But it was enough to keep control. Re-election occurred and @#$@$@ I lost control of the Senate (I later lowered taxes - gee what a stealth move - and got the Senate back some moves later). The bug that I would like to report is that during my loss of the Senate I had about 38% of the vote, but the voting against me (from a combined populace) was greate

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