Met a new race, want to send my freighters to their worlds but... where are they?

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Hi everyone,

 

Newbie question here, when meeting races in the galaxy they always seem to know where all my planets are so their freighters just come on in lol which is fine but how can the AI know this without exploring my territory. Am I missing something? I want to trade with them but have no idea where all their planets are.

Is there some diplomatic or easy way to have the AI reveal where all their planets are and the vastness of their borders. I don't want to use a cheat and exploring their territory can take a long time and I would like to send some freighters in there and make some money.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Sorry didn't mean to make the same post twice. I couldn't find a delete post option

Reply #2 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Currently the only way I know of to get an AI race to show you where their Civ is located, is to open an Exploration Treaty.  Unfortunately that requires relations to be a +2 or better, and of course Navigators can't do treaties.  It would be nice if they added an option under the "I have something else in mind" dialog tree like "I would like to send a trade ship to your Capital, would you reveal its location for 500 credits?".

There is a "one per Galaxy" improvement called "Eyes of the Universe" (at least I think it's still in the game), that shows every Civs Capital's location.  Usually the AI beats me to it.

The only other way to see distant sectors is to use flag ships to survey artifacts and find a "Distant Vision".  Obviously this is pure luck of the draw and they're too rare to use just pointing at vacant space.  The odds of finding something would be way too low since the area they reveal isn't that large.

Maybe someone else knows something I've missed.

 

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Hi and thanks for your reply, yes I was thinking something similar too. I was thinking something like in the Civ games, I believe you can exchange maps with other civs through the trade window. Something like that would be really nice. 

Reply #4 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Best idea so far is to construct freighters with a probe module and begin a search. 

 

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