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Reply to DEFCON in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

DEFCON = fun. Though I agree, the AI does suck. Who tries to defend South America against Europe by putting two thirds of their navy in the Pacific Ocean?

Reply to AI cheats when they against you... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

1. There are three possibilities here. I've listed them in order of descending probability: A. The fighter's pilot is very experienced. Ships in GC2 have an experience/level progression system, and high-level ships are far, far more dangerous than they first appear. B. The AI controlling the figher is very, very lucky; damage numbers are random, so it's theoretically possible for it to win that many fights. C. It's a bug. 2. The AI never surrenders to any player. I he

Reply to Game Example : A Fatal Mistake in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Interesting. There's definitely some promise here. A few points, however: 1. How the hell did the Iconians get to Mars before you? 2. Gameplay examples belong in the "AAR" forum - AAR stands for "After Action Report," if you don't understand why.

Reply to StarGate Daedalus (Preview) in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

So they mount several of the warheads on one missile, aka. ICBM. If one doesn’t blow, one of the others will. Either way the evidence becomes space junk. That is all. That approach suffers from some key flaws. How many gatebusters can we afford to build? How many cloaking devices? Can we build cloaking devices? What about the power

Reply to Stargate in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

As we've already established, the Dread Lords = the Ori. This is because: 1. Both are Ancients (or Precursors, Forerunners, First Ones, whatever you want to call them, it's the same idea) 2. Both are EVIL Ancients 3. Both fought a war with the good Ancients 4. Both are far, far more powerful than any other faction in their universe. That last one is probably the most important. If the Ori were a standard major race, it would completely throw off the balance. So, the

Reply to Upon a Sea of Stars in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Chapter 2 UES DESTINY , SOL SYSTEM, UNITED EARTH ALLIANCE 9:32, JANUARY 7TH, 2225 TERRAN STANDARD TIME “We have new orders!” Cain announced as he walked onto the bridge. “Where are we headed?” “Command wants us to head to a nearby system – the one pre-War scholars called Alpha Centauri. Its name on the Arcean Standard Starchart is Siblia.” He pulled up the tactical display and zoomed in on a yellow star near Sol. “It’s a binary sy

Reply to Dark Avatar: Character Contest Results! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Wooh! I won! And congratulations to all the other winners and to those who almost made it in. I look forward to a universe crowded with some very interesting characters.

Reply to Upon a Sea of Stars in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Alright, that didn't work. New plan: I need a volunteer to post the chapter for me. I'll e-mail the code to them, and they just have to copy and paste into the editor. Hopefully this will be the last time I have this problem.

Reply to Upon a Sea of Stars in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

It seems that the chapter is too big for the forum software to load and post. I've decided to post each scene seperately - hopefully that will get around that problem.

Reply to Upon a Sea of Stars in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Next chapter is ready, but will be delayed until the forum will let me post it.

Reply to Stargate in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

That actually occured to me today when I was watching Atlantis reruns, but the Thalans/Wraith won't work. The Thalan AI naturally inclines towards good, while the Wraith, as we all know, are inherently evil. Then again, the only Wraith capable of getting to our galaxy anyways is Michael (unless he's dead by now, the Great White North is about a season behind you guys), who seems to be basically trustworthy. The Drath might work as the Geniis. Both are masters of espionage and d

Reply to Upon a Sea of Stars in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Chapter 1 CHICAGO, EARTH, UNITED EARTH ALLIANCE 8:00, JANUARY 1ST, 2225, TERRAN STANDARD TIME Bradley had never gotten used to the early mornings at the Presidential Residence. The President normally pulled long hours, and since the Crash he was almost always up. “Mister President?” Bradley looked up from his desk to see Jonathan Ford, Director of the Interior, step inside. “Jack. Good news, I hope?” “We just got a report in from the No

Reply to Upon a Sea of Stars in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Game Settings : Galaxy Size: Gigantic Habitable Planets: Occasional Planets: Occasional Stars: Abundant Star Density: Loose Clusters Anomalies: Abundant Technology Rate: Normal Other: Blind Exploration Enabled Race Settings : Name: United Earth Alliance (modified Terran Alliance) Leader: Alan Bradley Homeworld: Earth Abilities: Morale +10 Research +10 Trade +25 Diplomacy +10 Hit Points +10 Trade Rou

Upon a Sea of Stars in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Prelude CITY OF CHICAGO, EARTH, UNITED EARTH ALLIANCE 22:00, DECEMBER 14TH, 2224, TERRAN STANDARD TIME Nothing lasts forever. That was something that Alan Bradley, President of the United Earth Alliance, knew all too well. Stability was an illusion – the universe was in constant shift, constant change, constant chaos. In the beginning of the third millennium, the leaders of the West thought that their position as masters of the world was unassailable. Then the

Reply to Stargate in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Well, I for one would like the inclusion of the Ori, though not as a major race. Instead, I think they should replace the Dread Lords. There's a lot of similitaries between the GalCiv and Stargate plotlines and races that make them perfect for modding, and the more similar to factions are, the less work it will be to mod one into the other. Some obvious changes: Terran Alliance = Tauri (possibly United Earth Government, or something similar?) Drengin Empire = Remna

GalCiv II RP in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

For Those of You Who have No Idea What's Going On Some of you may have entered this thread with absolutely no idea what this is. For those of you not familiar with the concept of forum RPs, it works like this - each player has a character (or set of characters) whom they role-play. In each post, they describe their character's actions, interacting with the characters of the other players. There are no dice or numbers, and the results of a conflict between two characters works on an ho

Reply to Religious War in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Actually, there already is religion (and religious wars) in the game. The game lore links ethics to religion, hence why each ethical path has a "Temple" improvement. You can see this in the text for alignment-changing random events, in which the shift in ethics is attributed to a major religious movement.

Reply to Heirs to the Arnor - An Unofficial Gameplay Example in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Chapter 1: Meet the New Boss 9:03 AM, JANUARY 1ST, 2225 CHICAGO, EARTH, TERRAN ALLIANCE Locke shouldered his rifle as he entered Parliament Hall. Another day of tedium and despair. The government had been paralyzed for almost a year now - most of the elected officials had been killed in the February Disaster. Locke was dimly aware that a new election had been concluded recently, but it didn't really matter anymore. The golden age that had awaited them, the

Heirs to the Arnor - An Unofficial Gameplay Example in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Inspired somewhat by some of the fanfiction posted elsewhere in these forums, I've decided to dust off the Terran Alliance and write an After-Action Report (AAR) on our future history. The reason this is posted here, and not in the AAR subforum, is because I get the impression that most people don't even know we have subforums, let alone one for AARs. The Terran Alliance Morale +10% Research +20% Trade +25% Diplomacy +25% Hit Points +1

Reply to GC2 AAR’s For All! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I hereby proclaim this to be THE COOLEST FEATURE EVER. No, really - everything from the idea of following prominent starships to, well, just the whole idea, oozes awesome. I am now guaranteed to buy the expansion pack.

Reply to Hyperion...most commonly used title/name in Sci Fi? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I recall reading that the most commonly used name in sci-fi/fantasy is Cain, Kain, Kane, or some other variant of that pronounciation. Not to mention all the times we refer to galactic regions as the "Outer Rim" or the "Core Worlds". And I'd say that more than 50% of all fictional FTL technologies have the word "hyper" somewhere in their name.

Reply to What happened to the "Dawn of a new era.....blah blah message...."...? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Are you sure nobody else had a medium ship? I've gotten the impression that the cutscene only plays if your first frigate is the first frigate in the entire galaxy, which makes sense from the context of the text.

Reply to A Stargate Total Conversion Mod in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Not to rain on your parade (I'm a fan of Stargate too) but I just don't think it would work. The problem is, of course, that GalCiv and Stargate use different strategic models for space travel: although both hyperspace technologies are similar, there's no tactical equivalent to the stargate itself in the GalCiv universe, and without that the entire war dynamic, based around infantry columns and raiding parties, falls apart. Tauri tactics, especially, r