Multiple Altarian civs in meta games

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A while ago I played a metaverse game as the Altarians. I changed their logo and race image back to the old one (good old netro mancer) and changed the name of the civ to the Altarian Empire.

Now, for some reason this has made them a separate race. during this game I encountered the altarian resistance which confused me abit, and now when I play metaverse games as someone other than Altarians I usually have the Altarian Resistance and the Altarian Empire present at the same time.

Does anyone know of a way I can stop this happening? two separate altarian civs is abit annoying.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Unless you are selecting the "Randomize Opponents" option, you can just refrain from selecting the Resistance/Empire as a civ that will play in the game. If you do have it on random, you won't be able to stop the possibility of both of them appearing, unless you permanently delete one of the two races.

What you're seeing happen will happen with any civ you do this to. Even though you didn't click the custom race's portrait, you still created your own custom race, and that's why the game is seeing them as two different civs, which they technically are, since you changed some things.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I see, i.m guessing it only happens when you change the race name as I altered a few other races but not their name and i don't get multiples of them. I tried deleting the altarian empire entry on the screen where you select your abilities etc. i started the game and they were still there!

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I see, i.m guessing it only happens when you change the race name as I altered a few other races but not their name and i don't get multiples of them.
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Correct. The name has to be changed in order for the game to recognize it as a raceconfig.xml file.

I tried deleting the altarian empire entry on the screen where you select your abilities etc. i started the game and they were still there!
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Okay, go to "Owner\Documents\My Games\*Version of GC2 You Want to Edit*", then scroll down until you see a file that says "Altarian Empire." It's a raceconfig.xml file. Just right-click the file, scroll down on the pop-up menu, and hit "Delete." That should do the trick, but to be on the safe side, start a new game as a generic civ, then quit the game right after it is done loading, then perform all the instructions I just listed.

If you need anymore help, feel free to ask.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Why exactly did Stardock get rid of Netro Mancer anyway?

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting GeneralEtrius, reply 4
Why exactly did Stardock get rid of Netro Mancer anyway?
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In relation to a discussion we had the other day in another thread about the fact that the Altarians are practically defeated in the story in DL, the remnants thereof comprise the Altarian Resistance, as opposed to the Altarian Republic.

Granted, the backstory in Brad's posts and in various other places on the site provide more information than the game does, oddly enough (from memory-it's been ages since I played the campaign).

However, my guess is Netro Mancer is among those who perished.

As for why SD did it...Brad did it.  It's his story.  SD is his company, certainly, but I'd make a distinction between something SD does and the story Brad is telling.

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Quoting Cypher, reply 3



Okay, go to "Owner\Documents\My Games\*Version of GC2 You Want to Edit*", then scroll down until you see a file that says "Altarian Empire." It's a raceconfig.xml file. Just right-click the file, scroll down on the pop-up menu, and hit "Delete." That should do the trick, but to be on the safe side, start a new game as a generic civ, then quit the game right after it is done loading, then perform all the instructions I just listed.
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Right, i've checked this directory and no altarian empire raceconfig is present. just need to test a few games now to see if the altarian empire still pops up. I might be back here if they still do!