The Survivor Guide is a "quick start" strategy guide of sorts. There should be an icon for it in the same program group as Galactic Civilizations. There is also some useful information in the Encyclopedia (link at top of galciv.com) and this forum of course! ;) ~SDC~
Yeah, I think I was wrong about the higher PQ part. It was probably coincidence that the few purple stars I've found had good planets. ~SDC~
Just out of curiosity: Has anyone having this issue tried playing the cutscenes outside of the game with the Bink player? If so, does the sound play? The cutscenes are the *.bik files in the ...\Galactic Civilizations\movies directory. The Bink player can be downloaded from http://www.radgametools.com/down/bink/radtools.exe ~SDC~
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From my own experience, it seems the first ship to take damage is always the one with the toughest defense. ~SDC~
I submitted a UP issue to the library this past weekend. I created it using HawaiiFive-O's awesome GalCiv Writer application. I was waiting to see if it would get published before saying anything. I'm not sure if it will pass Stardock's QA department and get published or not. *crosses fingers* :) ~SDC~
I respectfully retract what I said earlier. Just because it hasn't happened to me doesn't mean it's not possible. Thanks, Freddybear and 01Anxiety - you have restored my faith in espionage. :) ~SDC~
You could visit Brad Wardell, a.k.a. Frogboy's personal webpage => http://www.joeuser.com/ ~SDC~
I know this is grossly off-topic. I was reading through the customer reviews of MOO3 at amazon.com and am surprised by the number of people calling it "Masters" (in the plural) of Orion. How can so many people be wrong about the title? Sort of reminds me of the days when I worked the helpdesk and had to hear countless people discuss their problems with "American" Online. Is this a symbol of american educational decline? Who knows. ~SDC~
European Alliance ranked 3rd. New Texas Republic - 22. :D ~SDC~
I was disappointed in the first X-Men movie so if I had my choice I wouldn't go, but my wife wants to go to see Halle Berry (I think she's secretly attacted to her) ;) So, uh yeah - I'll be going. :D ~SDC~
Hey, that's interesting. Didn't notice it until now. I updated all the separate components last night, so maybe a recent change/bug? ~SDC~
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but Vridian - Rheinland empire? Two questions: Are you german and/or have you played Freelancer? ~SDC~
Stardock is the developer, Strategy First is the publisher and Infogrames is the distributor. Ever wonder why MOO3 included that nifty ad for GalCiv? :) ~SDC~
I can't believe we're even having this discussion. It's a well known fact that the AI gets huge bonuses on incredible. Frobgoy has already discussed this in the forums and in the Library. Ellestar, perhaps you should educate yourself before making demands on Frogboy. Sheesh, it's people like you that could spoil Stardock's participation in these forums. Have some respect, will you? >:( Play on Intelligent or lower and the AI won't get any bonuses. ~SDC~
Yellow stars have the best chance of finding habitable planets, except for the rare purple star. Purple is supposed to have a better change of having high PQ planets. ~SDC~
It's not possible to steal technology using espionage. You can get technology by invading an enemy planet, but not through espionage. The minor race stealing technology thing is a random event, it will happen even if you have invested 0 in espionage. Also, if you think about it - you have to trade with the minor race to get, say stolen Drengin technology, why not just trade directly with the Drengin for it? ~SDC~
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To each his own. I don't see how anyone can play on a map larger than medium. I have limited time to play and it already takes me days of playing to complete a medium map. ~SDC~
Has anyone ever seen the humans receive this random event? ~SDC~
Frogboy himself has participated in threads where people discussed how to get GalCiv running on a second PC. I would say he's fine with it. :) ~SDC~
Uh, Infogrames is the distributor of Galactic Civilizations. ~SDC~
Darn, I was hoping that some of the deleted scores would boost my own pathetic Metaverse score. Checked today and my score is actually lower than before - ranked 1040th. Oh well, I suck but at least I'm still having fun playing the game. :) ~SDC~
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Also, check your soundcard. Make sure it's using the latest drivers. I don't remember which soundcard's outdated drivers had problems crashing the game, was it Soundblaster? ~SDC~
I just installed the GalCiv Writer. Excellent app. I hope they add a link to the Encyclopedia > Fansites page. It's certainly worthy of it. ~SDC~
I use the overall ranking of each race, as well as their amount of military spending to determine who needs to be subdued and in what order. :) ~SDC~
Edit: Silliness. ~SDC~