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Reply to Rediculous ship XP + HP in Warfare GalCiv2 Forums

My thought is a level cap of 10, a greater amount of time between levels, and no hitpoint increases for going up in level. Instead, offense and defense become more and more effective. Instead of being totally random, ships of higher level have a greater probability of rolling higher. An easy way to implement this is rolling multiple times. If a ship has an offense:defense of 9:6, for example, the current model is basically: off

Reply to This is rediculous II in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Turn off SLI and use only one card. It's been mentioned that SLI often does not work unless NVidia configures a profile for it to work with a specific game. Turn it off and try again.

Reply to Lag/freeze when a ship is destroyed in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I have 512 MB of RAM and my page file is set to 1.5 GB. I still get that problem, though I've gotten used to it and pretty much just ignore it, now.

Reply to Building your homeworld/colony-help please? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I don't know if there's really a #1 best way of doing things. I build three factories, then a farm and an entertainment complex. The rest depends on what bonus tiles there are. If there are none, then I fill the rest with factories, quickly giving me a good manufacturing world, which is handy especially early in the game. When it's not a homeworld and just a colony, I follow the same pattern for the first five buildings, then fill the res

Reply to Game Crashing with new games in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Since you're using a Mobility Radeon it might be difficult finding up-to-date drivers. If your laptop manufacturer doesn't have any recently released drivers, then try OmegaDrivers. They're an unofficial repack of official drivers, but others here have reported that they work quite well. Link

Found my first PQ26 planet in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It was the second system NW of my homeworld, but I colonised toward the opposite direction, an area that was far away from the AIs. Fortunately, the Altarians, who had that gem, decided to declare war on me and only had 5.0b people on it. Now it's mine. . . After full terraforming it'll be PQ32. Link Right now, it's PQ28, due to basic Soil Enhancement. I'm still b

Reply to Linux on PS3 in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I use KDevelop for all C++ and Python development that I do. It's a great IDE, though its version of Intellisense could use some work.

Reply to Linux on PS3 in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Posting from Linux!! GalCiv2 is one of the few reasons I still use Windows. . . Anyway, unless the PS3 allows one to use a keyboard and mouse, that it uses Linux is only interesting to the geek in me. In a practical sense, it's just another operating system.

Reply to PBeM in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ostsol that wouldnt work simpy because a lot of ships can move further than they can see. Well, yeah, that's how things were in Stars! . Actually almost every ships' moves were into unknown territory until you had really long range scanners on your planets. Technically, Master of Orion

Reply to PBeM in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Easy: when you want a ship to move, you order it to do so, but you don't actually get to see the ship move. You just give the order. When all turns are submitted to the server, all movement is evaluated. If your movement order was an interception, the server would evaluate the move such that it always tries to make contact when the other player's fleet, regardless of whether that fleet is moving or not. This is how it worked in Stars! , which was released about 10 years ago.

Reply to AI Influence Starbases in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, this has been mentioned before. Basically, it'd be nice for diplomacy to be expanded at least to the point where players can do the same things as the AI.

Reply to Space stations - why bother in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

In my most recent game I had the wonderful situation where one of my systems neighboured two Yor systems. I built the military starbase initially to help defend my world, but since it was so close it also proved very useful when I attacked, too.

Reply to Trade goods in Trade GalCiv2 Forums

Correct.

Reply to PBeM in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I think that a basic client-sever setup would be best for this type of game. PBeM works best when all players' turns are evaluated simultaneously, rather than in sequence.

Reply to Memory usage in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

More RAM will definitely help. I'm running a 512 MB system and my page file usage peaks at around 1.1 GB when playing just on a large map. That's probably why things slow down: there's so much data that alot gets shunted into virtual memory -- which is, of course, a heck of alot slower than RAM.

Reply to finding anomalies in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I rarely build more scouts than just my flagship. Usually I only build such ships as forward observers when I'm moving deep into enemy territory. Anyway, though, in the campaign I used a cargo hull for my scout ships. They can have alot more more engines, life support, and sensors than a tiny or small hull.

Reply to How do you name your ships? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I use a basic little naming code, then a fluff name. My colony ship is "UC-1 Coloniser", for example. 'U' for utility, 'C' for colony, and '1' for the generation. With warships the code is a bit longer. "WF-MP-1 Wasp". In the first section: 'W' for warship and 'F' for fighter (tiny hull). 'M' for missile weapons and 'P' for point-defense (any anti-missile defense).

Reply to Minor Irritation - Surrender in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Heheh. . . Don't forget that the opposite can happen. In my early games the AIs kept surrendering to me when their wars with another AI didn't go well. I conquered most of the map without firing a single shot or building a single influence base.

Reply to INTRO VIDEO AND GAME DOESNT DISPLAY in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Post the contents of your debug.err file. It's in the GalCiv2 directory.

Reply to Should I buy this GFX card? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I don't think you should bother with a video card based on such old technology. That's a DirectX 8.1 video card. I'd bite the bullet and go for a more current low-end card. The Radeon x700 is definitely a much better choice. It does cost about $80 more, but in the long run you'll probably be more satisfied.

Reply to Screenshots in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Oh and please wait for the message to appear or at least wait 60 secs to make sure it wont before hitting submit multiple times I'm shocked! You mean to say that mashing the submit button doesn't make things go faster? <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Gasp.gif" border=0 ALIGN="ab

Reply to Notebook graphics cards are scarce! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Video cards for laptops are often tightly integrated with the motherboard. In general, you won't find any upgrades except perhaps though the labtop manufacturer. Even then I'm not so sure.

Reply to Things that Pi$$ me off...and can you help? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

1) Yeah, I would personally like it if the computer didn't automatically jump to the next idle ship/fleet. At the very least, I'd like it to be an option that I can turn off. 2) You have to go into the Shipyard screen and create your own upgraded ships.

Reply to Attackers Advantage in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

In the absence of a deeper combat system, I think that giving the attackers the initiative is perfectly fine. My preference would be for a simulated tactical combat system. It'd have all the depth of what games like Master of Orion had, but like Stars! it wouldn't have any player input during the battle itself. The player's control is limited to ship design, fleet composition, and perhaps a set of operational directives for the fleet.

Reply to how to make alliance? i reaserch that, but i cant in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Your relations with the other civ have to be "close", which is a step up from "friendly".