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Reply to zero pop colony ship creates zero pop colony in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The F3 can be useful. Clicking on the little arrow to the right of a ship's icon in the F3 screen gives the ship orders to move to the centre of the main screen as currently viewed. So if you know where you want all your battleships (say) to be, but you don't want to faff about finding them all, just 1) Centre the screen where you want them to go, and 2) Bring up the F3 and click on the battleships' "move" arrows. I've found it very convenient BUT it does seem to empty transpo

Reply to zero pop colony ship creates zero pop colony in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Interstellar: did you by any chance give the colony ship a move order from the "ships" (F3) screen? I've noticed that doing this with transports empties them, even if they're full and in space. Maybe it's the same with colony ships.

Reply to Rally Points in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I know what you mean. All that "click-Esc-click"-ing can get annoying. Still, you've got to hand it to Stardock. Rally points do make starbase building a lot less laborious.

Reply to One of my frustrations with GalCiv... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]In a perfect world... they'd pay me to play silly computer games when I didn't feel like working.[/quote] Ah, Captain, you are a poet: a dreamer of beautiful dreams...:) [Message Edited]

Reply to Bug report for 1.10.072 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You know how clicking on the little arrow to the right of a ships icon in the ships screen causes it to move to the centre of the part of the map currently showing on the screen? Well, doing this with transports seems to empty them. You load 'em up, send them on their way, but if you change their move orders from the ships screen while they're in space, they'll arrive empty.

Reply to Rally Points in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You have to place Rally Points before you can use them. There's a little blue icon at the top of the main screen in the shape of a downward pointing arrow. It's just next to the button that gives you a breakdown of sector influence. Click on the blue arrow icon and the cursor will change to a rally point marker; click on the map to place it. Once you've placed at least one rally point, go to the planet screen. There's a "set rally point" button in the middle, at the bottom. Now when you cl

Reply to confused on morality in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]from that day forth any of the honor found in millitary conflict was lost for-ever[/quote] That's what they said about firearms. And crossbows. ;)

Reply to One of my frustrations with GalCiv... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]liebensraum, literally means lovingroom, or room for love .[/quote] LOL Damn Hippy Nazis! LOL

Reply to One of my frustrations with GalCiv... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I'm guessing your misquote was an accident. (War is the continuation of diplomacy by other means. - von Clausewitz)[/quote] I guess I was assuming knowledge of the original quote and trying to say that the one statement entails the other. [quote]OTOH, Britain and France didn't annex the Sudetenland or invade Poland (geographical difficulties aside) because they were, arguably, moral powers[/quote] I think this touches on galciv's "good" and "evil" quite nicely. Britain

Reply to Black Faction in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

A figure appears at DA's shoulder on DARK EVE's bridge. "A moment, Excellence?" "What is it, de Vros?" The figure proffers an information chip, which gleams prismatically for moment. DA glides it into his wrist console with practised ease. A schematic appears before them on the bridge. "It is a map of the decision nodes on a Mentor class Yor Command droid. This is the model dominant within their highest council. It is believed that this schematic will greatly assist in our pr

Reply to PanGaea Cooperative - We Live For Pleasure! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]it looks fine on the empire-page, but.[/quote] You wouldn't be West Coast by chance, would you, Quack? (Of God's covenanted country, that is) ;) [Message Edited]

Reply to One of my frustrations with GalCiv... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Ah! That fits much better with my idea of how humans are. Thank you, vincible!

Reply to One of my frustrations with GalCiv... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]didn't that have something to do with their surrender in WW2[/quote] Japan was totally demilitarised in 1945, and remained under US administration until 1952. Don't know what's happened since then. I came across these lyrics to a popular Japanese song of the 1880s: "There is a Law of Nations, it is true, /but when the moment comes, remember,/the Strong eat up the Weak." I guess that nineteenth century Japanese would have had no doubts about galciv's political m

Reply to One of my frustrations with GalCiv... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Being the object of extortion for the evil races makes sense, but when their demands are tantamount to war ("I know you humans are -500BC in debt, but we must ask that you provide us with 947BC and a planet or two immediately."), why not just declare war? That is, if the only thing you've got to offer a superior power is liebensraum, they aren't going to let you buy peace in your time, they're going to invade.[/quote] First they extort, then they invade, if Hitler a

Reply to Black Faction in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]There will be some form of command. There would be somebody like the "Speaker of the House" who is technically in charge, then there are 'senior' members and 'junior' members. In case you don't know the 'senior' members will have more say than the 'junior' members, however I do see it like a smoke-filled-room where people from all walks of life gather to one purpose: galactic leadership under the children of Sol.[/quote] In order for the Faction to operate effectively, it must be

Reply to Black Faction in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Good? Evil? What's in a name? In reality there is only - power. This Black Faction thing is gonna be fun. :) DA: Do you have a hierarchical arrangement in mind, with ranks and promotions? Or do you see the Council more as a smoke-filled-room, gathering-of-equals-brought-together-only-by-shared-megalomania type of thing? [Message Edited]

Reply to Black Faction in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Dark Assassin: a word with you, sir. I have been asked to represent certain, ah, influential personages in the matter of the proposed "Black Faction". They wish me to assure you that they understand the need for firm leadership and clear understanding at this time. They further recognise that such leadership must be of a clandestine nature. What is at stake is nothing less than the destiny of mankind. Such a matter is far too important to be left in the hands of mere politicians,

Reply to Stabbed by the Politicians at home! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Damn, you people are good! Thank you, Obi Wan, you were so quick I was still editing my first message. Any thoughts on the updated problem?

Stabbed by the Politicians at home! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There I was, happily building forces for the big push against the last enemy race (the Altarians). I had a Death Star within two moves of their main planet, all was proceeding according to plan. Suddenly, BAM! Alliance victory. Not so much as a "by your leave". I was not allied with these guys, and we'd been the only two left in the galaxy for some time. What gives? Edit: Now this is odd. I've just checked the Endgamesave again and I'm showing up as allied on the Diplomacy screen.

Reply to Awkwardness with Mixed Fleets in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thanks for the feedback, citahellion! It's a small enough problem, I suppose. But when the transports don't have a movement point spare to step aside from their warship escorts on that crucial planetary assault... Grrr!

Awkwardness with Mixed Fleets in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Is there a way of selecting multiple ships within a fleet, or multiple ships from orbit? Can't seem to find a post on the subject, but you seem to be a friendly lot...