Races, customization and disappearing stuff

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I'm a bit new to the game. Got most of the basics down, but one thing still puzzles me: the race customization.

Assuming I'm going with one of the default races (not a custom one), am i supposed to use the leftover points in the customization screen? At first I assumed they are supposed to "flesh out" your race and let the player adjust them to his/her own style, but I ran into some problems...

For instance, whenever I try to add something to the Yor, they lose their innate +100% Loyalty. Any touching of the reset button messes everything up, and to make matters worse, most of these changes seem ireversable.

The original 10 points are often insufficient to "recreate" a race, and some bonuses can't be duplicated anyway (the +100% loyalty for Yor).

So, my questions are:

1. Am I supposed to mess with the default races or are they "complete"? Basically, am I supposed to have leftover points on them to spend or should I just move along and ignore the customize race screen (except for the cosmetics)?

2. Is there any way to reset them to the default stats (barring a reinstall)?

3. Anything else I should know about the pick/customize civ screens?
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok, I stumbled upon the GalCiv2 wiki and answered a few of my questions (inherent bonuses, leftover points and how I managed to lose the inherent bonuses). My only question now is: Can I restore the default civilizations without reinstalling the game? Is there a button to press? A file to delete? A kitten to sacrifice?
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Managed to undo the changes (deleting the files in the GalCiv2 folder in Docs&Settings), but I'm back to square 1:

Whenever I try using the leftover points for customization I end up losing a random default ability. For instance, as I mentioned in my original post, using ANY points as the Yor, whatever I pick replaces the +100 Loyalty.

Is this supposed to happen? Is this a bug? If not, I could use an explanation as to how the damn thing works...
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Whenever I try using the leftover points for customization I end up losing a random default ability. For instance, as I mentioned in my original post, using ANY points as the Yor, whatever I pick replaces the +100 Loyalty.


A 'free' default ability (any one that cannot be chosen as an option in customization) should only be lost if you choose that same ability in a different amount (the two cannot stack). I play Yor most of the time myself, and regardless what customizations I make the Loyalty bonus sticks fine as long as you don't try to pick an extra Loyalty bonus.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yeah, I assumed as much from what I read, so i tried to pick a totally unrelated bonus. It still replaced one of the default ones. Not just the Yor. For instance, the humans lose the diplomacy bonus even when I try taking something that they didn't have before (creativity or some such).

Currently, I'm stuck not spending those last 3 customization points at all...
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It certainly shouldn't be doing that. Do you have the latest patch (1.4x)?
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Nope, running a 56k modem which makes 40 MB patches a bit hard to manage *embarrased*

Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What I used to do on dailup is use a free download manager and just let it d/l overnight.I downloaded a 360MB file on dailup that way. Took 28 hours, but it got there.   The patches have significant gameplay tweaks and bug fixes, it's worth the effort to get updated.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Nope, running a 56k modem which makes 40 MB patches a bit hard to manage *embarrased*


In that case, I strongly suggest downloading it at a library or friend's house and transferring it home via USB drive or CD-R, if you can't succesfully download it overnight at home as DethAdder suggests. There have been a great number of bug fixes, improvements, and additions to the game since release.