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these are also known as the modding tools, which we know are going to be in.

Banned for bringing up death panels again

banned for lazy spelling

banned for hypocrisy

You have no chance to avoid a ban make your time

GalCiv2 had an 'upgrade' button which gave you a selection of ships to upgrade to, a price for each, and an option to upgrade all ships of that class. Could have done with an 'upgrade all in this fleet' option too though

Banned because this is about as politically charged as this thread is likely ever to get Oh and danielost you are banned because Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with MND in 1963 and we've had universal healthcare since 1948. I do know what I am talking about.

banned because the NHS death panels are a right-wing myth. The ' Stephen Hawking would have been left to die by the death panel' incident was highly amusing.

I don/t really think a 'cauldron' fits in particularly with the lore. It would look cool, but would probably feel out of place

Unfortunately, Athenian democracy was little more than controlled anarchy, and would never have lasted if it hadn't been for the unusual politics of the Hellenic world (no -one was there to take over Athens when the old government collapsed). It was never a particularly successful form of government, despite what Wikipdedia says. I happen to know a historian...

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Alternatively you could have a system where rare resources aren't rummaged at all, but instead could be obtained in volume (say 1 or 2 units or more) by chance events, like a hoard being found etc. This would still allow players access to some elite resources but you wouldn't be able to rely on them.

I woke up at 10 (last week same as inerz) despite the extra hour in bed...

I don't like the idea of 'choosing' techs, since this kiind of undermines the whole idea of tech researching. Perhaps you could have a random thing (although weighted by which faction you are) where you get selection of bonus techs to research - say someone has an idea "Joe Bloggs the eminent alchemist has published interesting theories relating to smelting of new forms of iron. Do you wish to pursue research into his ideas?". Possibly this could have a percentage chance of

It is indeed something seen since beta 1.

Its a new feature suggested by beta testers. Hence it was implemented at relatively short notice, without most of the images being done. Seeing whether the info cards work is more important than having all the images done

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Sins of a Solar Empire uses continuous turns. That picture is not a good demonstration as its basically a mockup to give the general concept.

Out of interest did you get the GalCiv 2 expansions? They make it SO much better.

so did you

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As a disclaimer, the current beta is most definitely NOT a demo, the main graphics engine isn't even in yet and most features aren't implemented.

Last night I got the new build and still had my startup CTD of doom. This morning there was an additional fix and it worked [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] Finally I can get back to real beta testing!

Yay the minor second update fixed my startup crash [e digicons]\o/[/e]