David Schapira

David Schapira

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Reply to Does minor race AI play fair? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The minor races do have supercharged economies. This allows them to purchase a lot of goods early, but it also allows you to bend them over later in games. Short on cash, sell them some techs or trade goods for 5K/turn for 20 turns. Really strapped, sell them a crappy star system for 20K/turn for 20 turns. Really Really strapped (but with a decent military), declare war for a few turns, then offer them peace for 100k/turn for 20 turns (you read that right). They are like little banks! <

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Reply to If I have a Solar System occupied how do I occupy other planets within the same in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Sooth, once the new ship hits the star system, you can move the mouse over each planet in that system (similar to when you colonized the first planet). Put the cursor over the planet you wish to colonize (note the blue outlines on either side of teh planets as you mouse over), and then click. If you click on the already colonized planet, you will add the contents of the Colony Ship to that planet. -Dave ~SDC~

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Reply to Wanted: Best solution for "wasted" resources issue (Slider allocations to non "active" projects" in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I really see this as two issues: 1. What to do with empty build queues 2. Planetary Spending Sliders My ideas: 1. Empty Queues - Similar to what Thraq suggested, but with some gameplay elements thrown in. How about a tech (or even a trade good :)) that provides the option to divert funding into different areas. There could be multiple techs/goods that give you different options. For example, researching something like Advanced Interstellar Banking would g

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Reply to Metaverse Submission Question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There is no submission verification. If it is working correctly, however, your score should appear almost immediately. Consider the following: Have you quit and then re-started GalCiv since you updated the .dll? Have you tried re-registering your player AFTER updating the .dll? Try quitting and restarting GalCiv more than once, or even rebooting (this probably does nothing, but seemed to be what I did when the Metaverse FINALLY worked for me ;)) Try reading "Brad's On

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Reply to what not to do on opening moves in Strategies Stardock Forums

I avoid 14 class planets unless I have Planet Quality Upgrades (as a racial bonus). These can work in the long-term, but will drag you morale down and not produce much early in the game. Some times they are useful for strategic purposes (increase range, etc.) -Dave ~SDC~

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Reply to trade routes....troops.... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

To build transports you need Impulse Drive, http://webpages.charter.net/trevorpowdrell/40.htm. Later on, you need Battleship Technology to build combat transports (higher defense, can hold more troops) http://webpages.charter.net/trevorpowdrell/13.htm. -Dave ~SDC~

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Reply to Major Reload Bug in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Warp, the same thing happened to me. In fact, while I was playing out the end, all of the AI worlds defected, adn I ended winning a military victory 5turns ahead of my cultural victory. My score ended up being higher because of it. That's somewhat of a silver lining, but it was a little annoying. Cari mentioned that she is looking into it to see if it can be fixed (though it may not be possible). -Dave ~SDC~

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Reply to Is the Metaverse broken? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Everyone interest in this, please see the thread, "Brad's ongoing GalCiv update thread". Most of it deals with this issue. You will need to download the new .dll, and possibly re-register your player with the metaverse (http://www.galciv.com/playerreg.asp). -Dave ~SDC~

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Reply to Major Reload Bug in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

This is because of the complex algorithm that generates the influence. It takes a few turns to gather the necessary data to generate Influence. Keep in mind that this should affect all of the players (view the Influence graph to see this). After a few turns, it will back to where it was when you saved. -Dave ~SDC~

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Reply to Planetary Morale in Strategies Stardock Forums

Please see some of the threads in the GalCiv forum. There have been many answers to this query. The most likely is that your population is getting too high, or that you are being destabilized by another race. -Dave ~SDC~

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Reply to User Interface Change in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The UI will change based on your alignment. The different morale choices you make will affect your alignment. If you turn evil, the UI will shift to Red, and if you are good it will shift to White. Your Reporting Robot will also change, which is pretty cool. -Dave ~SDC~

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