Current state of the game?

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I have been passing time at work by watching Babylon 5 out of nostalgia (got to love night shifts) and it has been creating a huge craving for playing Gal Civ 2 again.  :) 

I used to play this game ALOT and I am planning to get back into it (I have all night to read forums/wiki etc. to refresh). 

 

I thought about the reasons I quit playing and they are the following (not a ragequit, just a gradual playing less until I stopped).

1.  Playing massive sized games:  While I love the idea of a massive game then I tended to burn out before finishing any of them.  So I am planning smaller and much more focused games.  I also found ship range to be a bit to good for the map size (even on huge map), tiny nitpick but thats what I remember feeling about it.

2.  I like the idea of slow gradual tech, to allow ship versions to stay in the game for a little while, but tech stagnation turned this into an astronomical wait (as far as I can remember).

 

I know that I have missed some updates since I stopped (its been ages since I played), so I am very curious on the current state of the game expecially the tech stagnation mechanism. 

I enjoy playing the game slowly and gradually, writing in a describtion for every single new ship type I produce (mad but immersive), so I´d rather not start a game and find out that I need to wait 100 turns for laser IV.  :D  And on the flip side I´d rather not have the game to quick paced... Any recomendations for a good game setting?

 

 

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Try Fast tech research speed and a Large or Huge galaxy.

It's also possible to mod ship range, by the way.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Fast tech seems a bit much, I like the slow tech increase, but the tech stagnation was making it a bit absurd (as far as I recall).  I´d like it nice and slow, but without it suddenly and without warning turning into eons of waiting.  Is tech stagnation slowing down the research on fast to a similar level to slow before tech stagnation was introduced?

Modding ship range sounds promising, would make those epic games have a point (I want to play several smaller ones first though), where can I find it?  :)

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting North, reply 2
Fast tech seems a bit much, I like the slow tech increase, but the tech stagnation was making it a bit absurd (as far as I recall). I´d like it nice and slow, but without it suddenly and without warning turning into eons of waiting. Is tech stagnation slowing down the research on fast to a similar level to slow before tech stagnation was introduced?
End of North's quote

Yes, pretty much.

Quoting North, reply 2
Modding ship range sounds promising, would make those epic games have a point (I want to play several smaller ones first though), where can I find it?
End of North's quote

Find the RaceConfig xml file and edit in a penalty to range for each race (and don't forget the minors), like so:

        <RANGE>-150</RANGE>

I've found that a penalty from 100 to 150 works well at making ship range significantly more important, without crippling some AIs.