I'll have to admit that jwquinn beat me to it by some hours - thanks to crashing savegames earlier.

On game crashes. I have adjusted the auto save to save every other turn. That way I will never lose more than one and a fraction turns. An autosave does not take but two or three seconds between turns, and it can save you lots.

And, when a CTD does occur, just work it into the fabric of the game. Say, "Oops! Another interspatial time warp anomaly has occurred sending me a week back in time... those pesky things. This new method of hyperspace travel intoduced by the Terrans must be responsible!"

On game crashes. I have adjusted the auto save to save every other turn. That way I will never lose more than one and a fraction turns. An autosave does not take but two or three seconds between turns, and it can save you lots.

Sure, I know about the wonders that are called autosave.
But I had a crashing savegame, one that I couldn't load (or three of them to be precise), that's why I couldn't continue my Drengin game until the experimental .exe turned up. It was the last brick in the wall of racial victories.

Good morning Diplomats...

Grats to jwquinn and e-stab on the new shineys.

And am I the only one losing posts in this place?!? Posted twice in this thread yesterday and they are both gone this morning.

And am I the only one losing posts in this place?!?

Who said that?

We must have some strange form of undead wandering the forums, randomly snacking on unsuspecting posts.

Hey Mangnum... That would be me... The one who said...

LUNCH!

We must have some strange form of undead wandering the forums, randomly snacking on unsuspecting posts.

The last word is spelled wrong, Mag. Not "posts", but "posters"

Hello.
I just joined the diplomats. I almots alwas win a Diplo victory. I am new to the metaverse, so what do I do now?

just joined the diplomats. I almots alwas win a Diplo victory. I am new to the metaverse, so what do I do now?

Play to your hearts content. Post your results and strategies so others can learn. Visit www.galacticcore.com and join others in a great website where you will get lots of pointers, fun, games, and great people to talk with.

Good morning Diplmats...

Welcome aboard TyrGodOfWar! And what Weyr said.

But I had a crashing savegame, one that I couldn't load (or three of them to be precise), that's why I couldn't continue my Drengin game until the experimental .exe turned up. It was the last brick in the wall of racial victories.

Ouch! That hasn't happened to me with GALCIV 2, but it did on GALCIV 1. I made hard saves every few turns... and saved when I I had to quit for the day. When I came back, the last save game would not load.... neither would several of the others.... I had to keep going back until I found one that loaded.

On one of the changes they are doing this month... not this week's but the next one.... the attackers and the defenders will both get their shots off every round before the damage is inflicted... that will lead to some design changes for me (I have not been using any defense until late game large and huge ships) . Plus tactics such as ambushes with fast ships will not be as successfuk without some tweaks in builds. But I like the change. It makes more sense this new way.

the attackers and the defenders will both get their shots off every round before the damage is inflicted... that will lead to some design changes for me (I have not been using any defense until late game large and huge ships)

The change is actually included in the test version that e-stab & I are using (that fixed the saved game problems). It really does change things - and I've discovered this whole new tab in the ship design interface called "Defenses" Also means you can get less weapons on a ship, so you need more of them to do the job.

I've discovered this whole new tab in the ship design interface called "Defenses"

Wait a minute - "Def-what?".

diplomatsGlacticCore .com says I shoud E-mail darkGriffen but not where? What is his e-mail???

Wait a minute - "Def-what?".

Def-initely going to lose a lot of ships if you ignore these now.

diplomatsGlacticCore .com says I shoud E-mail darkGriffen but not where? What is his e-mail???

You should be able to send him a private message on the Galactic Core, that's what I did.

Well I finally completed playing all the races and got my new shiney. I'm going back to custom races now. I think that its too bad that you don't get an all-victory type medal too.

Greetings fellow Diplomats

Congrats to Moser on the new races medal.

I just noticed some welcomenews. Frogboy, under another forum topic ("recalc..." something or other) has said that the recalc will take place "soon" (his word). He also said that game scores from early editions will not weigh nearly as heavy as from 1.1 and later. . What this means, ladies and gentlemen and others,
is that even if your score is going down presently when you do metaverse with the newer versions, keep doing them anyway because it will help your score in the long run when recalc happens. Those still using the older versions just to keep their scores higher now are going to suffer a dramatic drop.... "Yikes! My score just got swallowed up by a black hole!"

Welcome to TyrGodOfWar.

I agree that it's a shame there is no all victory types medal. I tried looking for the thread which described the medals but (as I'm sure you already figured out...) I couldn't find it. I was going to suggest both an all Victory conditions medal and an all races/all conditions medal. I am currently about to finish Tech win # 2 with the Yor (race #2) and will cycle through all the races on Tech before moving on to the ~slightly~ more desirable Political Victory and cycle through them all again, then to Culture and finally to Military.

I must say that it is interesting to play an "evil" race and see the communications that I recieve from the other "evils". (My normal style of play is to lean toward saintly.

Hello Diplomats!

It's Friday!!! Let loose the dogs o' war!!!!!

I am currently about to finish Tech win # 2 with the Yor (race #2) and will cycle through all the races on Tech before moving on to the ~slightly~ more desirable Political Victory and cycle through them all again, then to Culture and finally to Military.

Chip, if you can suffer through winning 10 tech victories, then you deserve a box full of medals I'm sure DG can whip something up for you at the Core, even if Stardock can't

Now, why don't you try to win each victory type, as each race, at each difficulty level - that would probably be as long and drawn out as the "battle squares" game in Icewind Dale 2

Sheesh Mag, one thing at a time eh!!! (As if I'm not going to be pulling my hair out enough waiting to get to military condition. Seriously though, I don't think I'll be going backwards in difficulty level (now THAT would really be tedious). Good weekend to all...

Good morning Diplomats...

It's Monday...

Afternoon Moose. Does anyone else notice that posts they make here sometimes disappear?

What I have notices is that not many people post here period. Not like the old GC1 forums. The Core is a better place anyway. cheers, diplomats and good morning.

Does anyone else notice that posts they make here sometimes disappear

Yup... Mentioned that a couple of times already. Definately busted.