kryo honorably neglected to mention that if you choose to order direct from Stardock, they get a much bigger cut of the action (thereby supporting this wonderful company more effectively with your money). drrider
BTW, kryo, I wasn't trying to call on the Stardock wizards necessarily to fix G'pedia. I figure there are one or two bored retired geezer geeks, or hyper-adrenalized 15-yr-old forumites, who might appreciate the break from their modding. drrider
Can't define the specifics of the conflict(s), but it chokes during loading on some data parameter of 1.60 and 1.61. Indicator in the error message (sometimes) that at least one problem may involve the SB Repair Module. I have found by experimenting with my SDC archives that I could create a working Galactopaedia by restoring the 1.59(b).127 Dark Avatar archive to a separate folder (actually I used my Galactopaedia folder) and pointing the applet to those files. I blew away
Are any of the Forum wizards out there going to take Chris up on his release of Galactopaedia, and update it for version 1.61? I would love to do it but I just don't have the skill set. drrider
You definitely DO steal more techs when you have the High, and especially the Advanced Intelligence levels. I have observed it in multiple games, and I generally play with a lot of spying. There is a contrast between the amount of stealing from a given civ when your espionage is still low end vs later high end, and there is also definitely a contrast between how much you steal from races you have Advanced knowledge of vs those you have minimal knowledge of. You won't steal anything fr
Where did you get the idea that 2 races were gotten rid of?? Not true. Some race characteristics change, though, notably the Drath become more diplomats, the Iconians become more spies, and the Altarians become more researchers and less Irish pookas. One can say that the Drengin become less the embodiment of totalitarian Evil, as well, but it is only by comparison. 2 new races: The Korath Clan is a sub-set, actually apparently a sub-species, of the Drengin. They are to g
The section of the manual you are recalling was meant to refer to how approval affects your government, your political party, and the nice bounuses you get from your party being in power. BTW, if your party is out of power, all of their bonuses are applied in the inverse! ugly! But the Imperial model civ-wide government doesn't have to worry about going out of power. Approval ALWAYS affects pop growth rates, and quickly. The premise is that there is a lot more pop on the planet than
But of course you are not entitled to official reponse and support, and may find a cool reception among the forum crowd, until you aquire a legit issue of the game. A download from Stardock, or and install from an original CD will probably work better, too. drider
Good example for those new to both Vista and CG2. kryo, you should retitle this thread something like "Advice for 'new computer' newbies". drrider
Look for them on the Minor Races tab of the Foreign Relations Display. Of course, if they think you are just a planetary infestation, getting them to respond may be problematical... drrider
There is a toggle-box in Options / Interface entitled "Follow Auto Pilot Ships". I believe that when this is turned on, the Interface will track ALL computer directed ships within your visible envelope, yours and the other civs. However, it jumps between tracked ships very quickly, and it may not be much use for situational awareness. Being zoomed out to near max when triggering the turn, with this option ON may help. drrider
I have noticed that if you have a spy on a planet that you invade, you lose that spy. So I remove any spies before invading. I don't know about invading, but for certain if you flip a planet with one or more spies on it, they go into the "Spies Available" pool. drrider
They run OK at 100% on my stock 2-year old Inspirion, with 6800 class graphics (well, on rare galaxy settings). Any newer graphics rig should be calm. drrider
Oh, and once it is d/l by SDC, you just have to toggle it on in Options and set a slider. If you've got a good rig, start at 100% and back off as needed if things are dragging going to / from planets. drrider
Provides vastly increased variety to planet surfaces on the planet screen, at the expense of putting some labor on your graphics sub-system and processor. Should be cool on any adequate gaming rig of the last 2+ years though, and it is throttle-able on the Options screen / Video tab. drrider
See if you have a scenario selected, on the very first set up screen. Read over the manual section on the game parameters setup options. The pre-set scenarios all limit your choices. For sandbox mode, you should be selecting a galaxy size, and the other galaxy and scenario parameters should be on "None" or "Normal". drrider
What general difficulty do you have set? Set it at Normal or below until you can beat the AIs, then tweak it up a level at a time. If you DON'T get the hang of it at Normal, back it down the scale. Once you get the hang of dominating the galaxy, you'll probably be able to go up a level per game for a number of levels. Oh, and put your galaxy settings somewhere in the middle ranges, so there is enough stuff to work with, without giving the already competent AIs too many resources Foc
I was trying to poach about 3 recently, along with 3 other resources, to catapult me from weakest to strong in the mid-game. They all belonged to a civ that was "in the corner" behind my civ territory, and in any other circumstances it should have been cake to flip the 2 planets, and have my horde of constructors pounce on all the resources. Unfortunately just before I committed converting my fleet of constructors to Influence SBs in the target system, the United Planets decided that
actually found out you cannot auto repair ships by upgrading to itself, has to actually be an upgrade....it won't take if its repairing to the same type of ship unfortunately.... I beleive this DOES work...if you go into shipyard and change the LOCATION of a system on the ship first, like life support. drrider
Actually, it sounds like he talking about the facinations of developing a distant and alien planet from scratch, as if it were orbiting around Alpha Centauri or sommething... drrider
Computer forcast models can be "tweaked" to say whatever your bias is. Look at your typical weather forcast, how accurate is it 7 days from now? People are making major plans that effect your world based on computer models. Had a (very smart) friend who worked as a geek (sysad type) for NOAA for a few years. He told me that the most advanced developers in this field were shooting for ~80% accuracy for a particular locale/city (25 mile radius) 5-
Darn! Posted the cite to its original thread instead of to the recent one asking about "biggest planet seen". Just got confused fingers while departure-for-work deadline was decending upon me. Sorry, folks. drrider
I suspect that this tech puts them "on" the tech tree and allows them to develop additional techs, even if they do not start with any at all in certain branches. Hence it would do nothing for a custome race with several 1st order techs. drrider
Reply #213 Gee...I'm only 14. (Is that young?) Yes, son, it is. Best advice I can give you is: 1) Keep that question and answer in mind in your approach to new things for the next 20 years. 2) Remember what it was like for the 70+ years after that. 3) Try to pay it all forward (you'll understand this one when the time comes.) 4) Continue playing games - but don't talk about it on dates. drrider
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