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DMF

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Reply to A Filthy Casual's AI Feedback in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote]After culture flips, the AI's ships stay on the planet tile. They don't move away from it or try to invade it. I can move much weaker fleets nearby without them moving to attack it. [/quote] Good one. I haven't seen it mentioned before. It seems like a minor annoyance since they (usually) won't do anything like attack you. But they register to the AIs as "PIRATES!" and all the AI ships will rush over to deal with the menace, disrupting their game.&n

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Reply to Why is the reputation of GalCiv III so bad at the moment? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="koopatrooopa" reply="16" id="3695204"] The true cause is quite obvious, especially to anyone who has ever modded AI before. It is actually very difficult to build a competent AI in a complex game such as GC3, which is something that a good developer will keep in mind when designing the mechanics of the game. [/quote] Okay, so what's the cause? No, "toxic personality" is not the cause. Where is the AI programming deficient? <p

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Reply to Ship Designer request - confirm role in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I agree. I haven't run into the Support thing, but it is constantly re-designating my Escort upgrades as Capital, and my medium assault ships as Capital, even though they're half engine. Have they fixed the one where the combat viewer lines up the Support ships in front of the Capitals? (Yeah, I know it's only visual, but it's irritating.)

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Reply to Three little technical problems ... in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

1) A problem with Malwarebytes, not with GC. Can't you tell it to leave the Galciv directory alone? 2) I don't really understand, but I think the answer is the same as 1). 3) That's the way it's designed. It is not a bug. Get used to it. FWIW, some "malware" hunters try to kill anything they see as executables or system configuration files, particularly if your file association link them to an executable that is dangerous to the system.

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Reply to What a difference 4GB makes! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I do have an external SATA II port that isn't in use. No USB 3 on this MB. I turned off Windows Update when they pumped out that evil KB971033 patch, Just when you're willing to believe that MS has turned away from the dark side, they go and do something that proves that a Sith Lord rules in Redmond. Thanks for the tips. I may ask you some questions as I gather the loot for this upgrade. SSDs of all stripes seem to have a floor just below $100. &n

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Reply to What a difference 4GB makes! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I've currently got two system drives: C: which has Vista and bootmgr on it, and E: which has Win7 on it. I almost never use Vista but I can't take C: off line because E: won't boot on its own. So a general reorg is called for. And then there's question about where the page file should reside. But I'm sure that there are online tutorials about all this.

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Reply to What a difference 4GB makes! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

SSD: There are some packaged as "expansion cards" that plug right into a PCIe connector. I gots three unused. Hmm. No gots 3.5" bays or trays, though maybe I could do surgery on the fan controller sitting in one floppy bay - it's only about an inch deep. I wonder if there's an adapter that will let me mount multiple SSDs in a 5.25" bay... gots three of them free too. So what do you do with a SSD? Configure it as a HD a

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Sorry, Purdypog, we disagree entirely. You seem to think that SD owes you something because you bought some of their games. No, they don't. You already got what you paid for. Say, wasn't there a Parable about the workers coming late to the vineyard getting paid the same amount as the all-day workers? You should read it sometime.

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Reply to What a difference 4GB makes! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

The second 4GB cost $14, delivered. The first 4GB were hot OC-able sticks that are out of production but could be matched .. for $60. To go to 16 GB I'd have to buy 4 new sticks, and check that the mb even supports them. Next investment will have to be either a decent video card or a SSD. Neither required for GC3, but I'd like to play WoWs at high res and fps. I did try starting a new game at Insane. Not a problem, though I bet it can get pretty busy ov

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What a difference 4GB makes! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I bumped up from 4GB to 8GB yesterday. Nice! It's not so much that GCIII runs faster (doubtful). It's that the whole system accommodates GCIII much more easily. I can actually run Firefox at the same time! And switch to the desktop without praying to St. Jude. Watching the Perfomance Monitor, GCIII takes 6GB all by its own self. Load a game and it takes another 0.7GB - less than I imagined. Happy now.

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Totally agree! What SD charges for their games and for additional features is small compared to the value. (And this from a guy that can barely afford any of them.) The thing is, we seem to be raising a generation that believes everything available on the 'net should be free. They stoopid. They working for a world where nothing of value will be available on the 'net.

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Reply to typos in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

"+5% to all weapons on all our ships" I think he's suggesting that "+5% to each weapon on all our ships" is more correct. Numerically, they're identical. IMO not a typo.

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