Beta .41 bugs/comments

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Forgive me if this is a repeat as I can't read all the posts, but I have found the following:

1 - Event "tragic genius" appears to be spelled "tragic genus" - I am 100% sure it is supposed to be genius not genus

2 - Logistics - if I gather ships at any planet or shipyard or starport and select all, eject - they all eject into 1 fleet.  In this case, I can create a fleet of any size, regardless of current logistics.

So this also means I have a question:  I assume it is a bug, but if so, can ships still defend together in orbit or at a base as if they are 1 large fleet? 

Also - we need some way to show when an enemy appears within scanner range, otherwise it is very tedious to find them every turn.  An alert is a must-have.

 

Edit:  One more thing I noticed was that sometimes event bonuses re-labeled the planetary bonus.  For example if a desert planet (+25% manufacturing) had a bonus of 10% for cultural trash on economy, suddenly it shows +25% manufacturing for cultural trash, even though the bonus is from the desert planet.

2 more questions:

1 - I don't understand exactly the difference between the arrow and the 4-way thingy on planets.  It seems like the arrow affects only what you build on the spot and the 4-way affects all adjacent?  Does that include the spot too?  Anyone have any details on this?

 2 - Do we know where colonists come from?  i.e. is it divided amongst all sponsors or just the first sponsor?  Can we have some options for this and transports too?  I am also not really clear how exactly transports and soldiers work.  Planetary invasion seems too easy.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Your original points 1 & 2 need attention although I believe spelling mistakes are a low priority.

Regarding your edit point 2, in my experience it seems that the colonists originate from the first Sponsoring Planet; I would like to see this altered so that we could choose from which sponsoring planet(s) the colonists come from, ideally with the ability to select a proportion or amount from each planet or even an auto-choice for selection from the planet with the largest sponsoring population.  Because we could choose the number of colonists and had to confirm colonizer launch in GC2, I'm presuming for the time being that this will be something that will be worked upon [for Beta2 ?].

I am unsure exactly what you mean by your Edit point 1; however I venture to suggest that you're talking about planetary Improvements, and that, when you have researched the appropriate tech, they show a vertically pointing arrow and double-clicking on them puts them in the build queue to be upgraded and the tile graphic changes to reveal what the improvement will be when completed.  Single clicking on a tile highlights that tile and displays the production level of that tile and the adjacent tiles to which it gives bonuses.  Otherwise I don't have a clue what "4-way-thingy" you're referring to.


Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

#1 = planet tile bonuses, e.g. Deep Caverns, Haven, and two Planetfalls per planet.  (I love that one -- they must have tied to be first ones down)

  • Yes, the green up-arrow is for the improvement in the tile itself.
  • The four orange arrowheads is for all improvements in adjacent tiles.
    • [Bug] It should be six triangles, one per side.  Four is an anachronism!
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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top


1 - I don't understand exactly the difference between the arrow and the 4-way thingy on planets.  It seems like the arrow affects only what you build on the spot and the 4-way affects all adjacent?  Does that include the spot too?  Anyone have any details on this?
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I didn't get this until I watched the Let's Play game that Paul did. You are exactly right. The top bonus is for the tile and the bottom is for all adjacent tiles (and not the tile itself). 


2 - Do we know where colonists come from?  i.e. is it divided amongst all sponsors or just the first sponsor?  Can we have some options for this and transports too?  I am also not really clear how exactly transports and soldiers work.  Planetary invasion seems too easy.
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Currently all colonists/soldiers come from the primary sponsor. They have said that they are changing this so that when you build a colony ship or transport you will get a pop-up that shows all your sponsors. You will be able to choose how many people to load and which sponsors you want to draw from, and it will take from all selected sponsors evenly. They haven't said, but I'm guessing this will come with beta 2.

Planetary invasion is too easy, but because the whole system will be revamped for beta 3 I don't think we'll see changes before then.