Big GC2 DA visual guide - in progress

a guide for easy to miss features and game enhancements

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Hi everyone. I've been working on a guide for several days and should be done with it this afternoon. It's a fully annoted graphic guide to tweaks, gameplay options, and help for newbies and even veterans. There are things some of us do that add immensely to the enjoyment of the game, that has become abundantly aparent the majority of people miss... and this seriously hampers how much they enjoy the game.

Expect it later today, and I hope it is useful for everyone.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sounds good and if you are *the* jpinard (which I assume), it surely will be useful. Looking forward to it.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Thanks Jeff,

And hope you saw the IGN review...they were considerably more impressed by the campaign this time around (than the campaign in Dreadlords)! It's always nice to know that your hard work has paid off

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Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Thanks Jeff,


And hope you saw the IGN review...they were considerably more impressed by the campaign this time around (than the campaign in Dreadlords)! It's always nice to know that your hard work has paid off



Thanks. Wow that makes me feel really good. I put so much time into it! I wonder if they noticed most of the campaign maps were based on real star systems?


note - I'll be posting this a little later than this afternoon. It's becoming kind of a big monster.   
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I wait expectantly for this guide. It has been hard for me to adjust to the madness of the new enviroments. "What? A Toxic world at class 17?!? AAAAARGH!"
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Oh crap. The board just ate my long reply.

I'm still working on the guide. It's highly visual so I might have to do it on my website (not sure this forum will do the screens right).

Ironically this guide is just as much for me as everyone else, so I don't keep forgetting things.

Cari, you can use any part of it you'd like for the wiki. Also, did you get my e-mail from earlier today?

I'll post one of my screenshots as a test - I have all the races starting conditions taken like this:

Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'm really excited for this guide...I'm curious to see what kind of tweaks you have made.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well, I was up all night, and I'm not even half done yet! Ughh, I've been up over 26 hours now, and I need some sleep. But hopefully what I have completed will be helpful to some while I compile the rest (the most important stuff is yet to come).

Until then here it is! (and please be kind, I'm not a web designer, so I'm stretching my paltry web skills to their limit)

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Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Looking good
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well done jpinard looking forward for more Now get some sleep (and wake up refreshed so we can get more of the guide!)
Reply #12 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Good so far! Keep it up, and you'll do half at the rate you're going.
Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Very nice so far!

Reply #14 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
OK, will be putting more together now that I got some sleep.

....Thursday afternoon edit....

I've got about 20 pages done. Have a ways to go. New stuff isn't linked yet... but it's coming slowly but surely.
Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Please see this thread for the guide itself and feedback.

https://forums.galciv2.com/index.aspx?AID=144320Gal Civ 2 forum link