Quitch

Reply to Another Option we need added to the game: AI Surrendering OFF in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I think one of the complaints about surrendering is that the AI is failing in many cases to consider external pressures on the player which might cause the war to shift direction at some point.

Reply to Late game graphical stutter in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Actually, I've also encountered stuttering sometimes, but with no obvious reason for it. It sometimes happens early, sometimes late, and it appears to affect any screen. I can only summise that Windows thinks the PC is idle and so has begun indexing the disc or generating a system restore point. After a short time the stuttering stops, which makes me thing is this indeed the case.

AI in 4X games in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I've not much experience in the world of 4X games, having tried Colonisation (which I hear is the poor cousin to the Civilisation series) which I enjoyed, as well as Space Empires III, which I dearly loved and the memory of it was what drove me recently to try getting back into 4X games. A lot is spoken about the AI of GCII and how good it yes, yet it is my experience that if an under the hood feature is touted enough, people will often acce

Reply to Difference between top three difficulties? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The bonuses for the AIs are theoretically determined by the AI level, but the final three difficulty levels use exactly the same AI level (as do the bottom two levels IIRC), and I can find no documentation on the difference between them.

Reply to Difficult level should spread AI intelligence in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

I added all nine AIs and then changed the difficulty, though I suppose those fools might well have appeared every time I flicked back to the difficulty level selected prior to my adding more AIs.

Reply to finding anomalies in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Basically all AI have steller cartography so know where all the planets are, i think it even explains this in the instructions. Actually, it's that every race bar humans starts with Steller Cartography.

Reply to Difficult level should spread AI intelligence in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

No, it's isn't, you're getting confused with randomise intelligence which is completely different.

Reply to Is the 2000 max debt limit an exploit or a feature..? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Frankly, once the difficultly slider is beyond normal, this limit should be removed.

Difference between top three difficulties? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I setup a game with nine AIs and then flicked between the difficulties. As far as I could see the top three difficulties all used the top AI difficulty for every one of those opponents, so what's the difference between the top three difficulty levels??

Difficult level should spread AI intelligence in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

On certain difficulty levels you will have multiple AI intelligence levels (actually, Easy is the only one I know of, where some AIs will be Beginner and some Fool), but the smarter AIs are ALWAYS the ones on the left, and the dumb ones are ALWAYS the ones on the right. This should be randomised.

Reply to Imperium Galactica Vs. Galactic Civs 2 ?? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Imperium Galactica was a much simpler game than Gal Civ II, but I did like the promotion aspect of it and rather wished that section had lasted longer rather than acting as a fancy tutorial. There is an Imperium Galactica II, but I never played it. I believe the third in the series became Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.

Constructor fleets don't build together in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Operating under 1.1, but haven't tried this previously. If I send a fleet of two constructors to build on a resource, the first one will build but the second one won't offer my an upgrade, rather it will fly into the same space as the mining station and then you will need to move it out of the space and back in again before you get the option to upgrade the mining station.

Reply to Issues in 1.1? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

D'oh! Sorry, this was supposed to be in Bug Reports.

Reply to New surrender conception in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Vassal states... I like it

Reply to STICKY: EASY TWEAKS to make the game better for you in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

* Please stop switching ship focus when a ship ends its move or finishes a battle. Perhaps I want to create a fleet or check hitpoints? * Allow me to upgrade ships when there are multiple ships in the sector, or the ships are part of a fleet. * Add hotkeys for every button that doesn't have one.

Issues in 1.1? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Haven't tried doing any of these things before the 1.1 Beta patch, so maybe not 1.1 issues: 1. When a ship is built at a planet with a pre-determined rally point, it is automatically launched upon being built, but it is not always displayed outside the planet. Clicking on the square where launched ships go reveals the ship. 2. Ships auto-piloting to a nav point which is set to Fleet which contains other ships causes the End

Reply to Invalid Serial code?!?! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I bet Stardock are really beginning to feel the hate for Paradox around about now...

Reply to A player's 1.1 beta impressions. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Actually, the problem with tech trading isn't that the AIs trade amongst themselves too much, it's that you can buy a tech off one AI, then sell it to every other AI IN A SINGLE TURN and make a profit. It can become your sole source of income, and the AI just doesn't do it very well. Disabling tech trading is just really a temporary fix for people who are masters of abusing this. Hopefully something better will come along, since there reall

Reply to GalCiv 2 Desktop uninstall? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Best bet would be to re-install the theme (over the top) and then try to uninstall again. An alternate theory would be that you've disabled 8.3 filenames and the uninstall uses an 8.3 path to the ini or uninstaller file, and this isn't working because you've disabled that feature.

Reply to 1.1 needs online activation ?! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Stardock Central can, IIRC, mail you your serial at any time. Checked, and so long as you registered the game in Stardock Central (doesn't your online account for Gal Civ II do this?) then you can request them mail you your serial from inside the Option area of the program. They've said quite clearly that they will prevent piracy via serial key activiation of patches (in my experience of casual pirates, this is probably the most likely method to get them to buy). Patches i

Reply to Making minors minor in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Not quite the same in my eyes, partly because that wouldn't use the minor races, and secondly because they'd be starting from a pretty even footing, and doesn't that defeat what a minor race is?

Reply to WindowBlinds 5.01 released in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

That "smash hit" GalCiv2's interface was created using, as I recall, DesktopX... but don't hold that against DesktopX j/k Great program, shame the skin sites for it are all seriously lacking in the ability to actually find skins. They're missing filters you'd want, or don't display enough skins to page... haven't found one yet that doesn't annoy me. Bought the program though <img sr

Teams should trade more? in Trade GalCiv2 Forums

I'm speaking from a relatively n00b position here, having only played a short way (three missions) into the campaign, therefore maybe my udnerstanding of teams is off, but being on a team would mean that you win and lose as a team and cannot break your team, yes? If that is the case, then should the AI instantly be gifting me every tech it researches, and in turn be unafraid (and there be no negative consequences) of asking for gifts? My Al

Making minors minor in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Does anyone find the minor races a little unsatisfying? Its been said that they exist as a way to make money, but is there anyone else who would really prefer to see them as, literally, minor races making their own way in the galaxy, but held back in some way, like retarded AI, no tech, etc?

Reply to omg at this activation crap (v1.1beta) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

European CE editions didn't have a serial number. There is a link in the downloads section top-right "Bought your game in Europe? Click here" which generates a serial, which is in turn e-mailed to you and which Stardock Central can re-mail to you at any time. That's what it requires, and since it's a beta I really don't think there's any room to complain at all. Yep, I just tried it now and that's exactly what you need, the serial and NOT the collectors edition code (which