Phaedyme

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III: December Update in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

What the heck? I've always had fun in Stardock betas. What did I do wrong? I mean, I didn't beta test Elemental, but still!

Reply to Meet the Altarian Leader, Akari Malara in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Reading the first few pages might answer the whole "blue" question, being as it was rather extensively discussed. :)

Reply to DLC control for GalCiv3 with Steam in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

That is what I was slightly confused about. Thanks.

Reply to DLC control for GalCiv3 with Steam in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Well, Steam supports launchers that manage DLC and other things, as all of these games are on Steam. Also, re: Civ V, I believe it also uses an iteration of the same engine as Skyrim. I could be confusing it for Civ IV, though.

Reply to Meet the Altarian Leader, Akari Malara in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I like the colors all being cool-cold. Also, her eyeliner is epic.

Reply to DLC control for GalCiv3 with Steam in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Do something like what Bethesda does with RPGs - give a list of tickyboxes with DLCs (and mods) and let people select which ones they want to use or not use.

Reply to War of Magic, should it be brought back? in Elemental Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="28" id="3425060"] If you like 4x games you'd probably like Fe:legendary heroes. whst we would do with a wom remake is start it after the third elemental game is done and creste wom as a branch in that tree. It wouldn't be a major game project. More like a stand alone DLC level thing for players who wanted to see what awOM was supposed to be like.m what shipped, and even 1.4 is not even close to what was originally designed.[/quote]

Reply to How did Altarians come into existance in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

It is just one former human, the mithrilar Draginol. And the Altarians do not have human DNA, they simply resemble humans quite closely. Sliders was an old TV series in which the characters were sliding through various alternate universes. The crystal was the Telenanth, which was used to create the Arnor (the more powerful Dread Lords and the weaker but more numerous Arnor). The Telenanth was shattered in a struggle among the five Mithrilar, that left only

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El jefe del corporación

Reply to Meet the Altarian Leader, Akari Malara in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Illauna" reply="116" id="3425507"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 112Cari, the lead developer of all our games (other than War of Magic) is on extended maternity leave. I'm not the lead developer on GalCiv. My area is AI and UI and helping on design elements. Regarding the backstory, this has all been planned, seriously, over 20 years now. Draginol, the Mithrilar, has a name that is derived from a beginning and an end of a previous name.

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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="110" id="3425456"] BTW, strange fact, the Entlebucher mountain dog has blue skin under its fur. No idea why. [/quote] Thank you! People all up in this thread acting like blue skin is some kind of bad science fiction made up nonsense need to chill. :D

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Does that mean there are red and green Altarians?

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Okay, regarding evolution and Altarians, that's in GalCiv materials. The Mithrilar and Draginol (the Mithrilar who was hanging out on Altar) are explained in links from this thread: https://forums.galciv2.com/127754 Altarians look like humans because Draginol ended up there and made them look like humans, I think through passive influence. There were also wars involving the Dread Lords and the Arnor, resulting in a cataclysm

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[quote who="Ashbery76" reply="32" id="3423910"] The problem with Smurfs,Navi and Asari is why have they evolved blue skin on a green planet?[/quote] Kinda late, but Blue-skinned people exist on Earth . Certainly this happens for particular reasons, but it's not impossible for such reasons to be widespread. And af

Reply to The evolution of the Drengin in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="The_Tsurani" reply="2" id="3420618"] So... the Drengin are looking... well. Especially you, Lord Kona, you're looking....eh... spry for someone of your age... Please don't eat me, Humans aren't as tasty as Torians!!![/quote] I'm kind of late, but I wanted to say that anyone who played Galactic Civilizations 10 years ago would know that Drengin consider human skin to be a delicacy.

Reply to The moral code system form GalCiv 2. in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="5" id="3413481"] I also think this is a point of view. If the enslavers really believe that the enslaved will become extinct if not enslaved and the enslaved believe that they would prosper if not enslaved, how to you judge which is true? It is better not to judge than to judge incorrectly and have to endure the unintended consequences.[/quote] You can't really go wrong with a policy like "slavery and genocide are bad." Our own history bears thi

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[quote quoting="post"] I feel that no person or group of people can be described as good or evil in absolutist terms. It's too subjective. Adolf Hitler is widely seen as an evil man, but along with wanting to commit genocide on the Jews and having a relaxing afternoon drive into Poland, France, and the USSR, he also liked kids (as long as they weren't Jewish or Slavic) and dogs - things you'd normally associate with a 'good' person. I'm not saying Hitler wasn'

Reply to Green stars are a no-no! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

As much as I like science fiction I am not yet prepared for a science fiction 4x game that proposes that cold is something other than the absence of heat. :)

Reply to Stay Out Of My Space!!! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Well, there's a difference between allowing trade and allowing a military presence.

Reply to Stay Out Of My Space!!! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="yarodin" reply="41" id="3416272"] Of course one could cross every border, i don't think anyone suggested a "force field" or something like that. Crossing a border just means you may get the party which space you violate pissed of on you. It's your decision if you ignore that or if you say "ups, sorry, was a mistake". A civ should just have the right to say who has permission to pass and who not and to decide what to do about it. As a human player, may

Reply to Stay Out Of My Space!!! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Invisible force field? What? Borders are enforced by the presence of military, of border police, and diplomacy. Anyone can violate borders as an act of military aggression, but you should be able to tell other empires to back off if they do not want a war. I mean, in GalCiv2, the non-player empires can tell you to get out of their territory, but for some reason I don't recall options to tell them to leave.

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Heh. You are correct. :D Just saw this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgqoB2kk8f8 I suspect what the poster above was talking about when he said 10 Earthlike planets was the 10 planets identified by the Kepler space telescope. Of course statistical extrapolation leads us to the conclusion that there are billions of Earthlike planets in this galaxy.

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[quote who="Seilore" reply="38" id="3416128"] Quoting Phaedyme, reply 37 I am not opposed to teal. Anyone for Pink?? lol[/quote] I was going to mention magenta and fuschia, but I thought maybe I was already pushing my luck.

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[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="36" id="3415929"] Quoting Phaedyme, reply 35Oh, as far as green stars in the game: I like them. They're kinda aesthetically pleasing. I personally would prefer teal...[/quote] I am not opposed to teal.

Reply to Stay Out Of My Space!!! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

This only annoyed me in one of the campaigns in GalCiv 2: I think the first one, where you're allied with the Altarians. Except they just build influence starbases all around the Terrans until the Dread Lords drop by.