Bamdorf

Bamdorf

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Reply to Please Create a Mod Manager Similar to What Skyrim Has in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Just a small point here. Skyrim has mod managers, yes. But they were not created or maintained by the producers of Skyrim... They are independent efforts that depend on donations to survive. Also, for example Nexus, is a far more open and robust vehicle than the Workshop (good and bad points to that) and in turn almost requires the use of other tools like LOOT if one wants to use more than a very few mods together. The Workshop is fine for casual mod users tho

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Reply to Introduction to GalCiv III AI Talk in GalCiv III AI Talk GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="marigoldran" reply="32" id="3561397"] No, no, no, no, no. Don't compliment them! If you do that, they'll get lazy. They're SMART people, and if you compliment smart people, they get LAZY. I KNOW from experience. They probably know it too. [/quote] OK, I realize this is off topic, but what the heck after a 45 year career in government contracted and private industry science (about 10 different business entities depen

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Reply to So did GalCiv II have good AI or not? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I think the OPs question was designed to get some interesting feedback and therefore was sufficient, but I would have phrased it differently: Was the AI in GC2 good enough to provide an enjoyable experience for the gamer? That's what a game is supposed to provide, in my view. Suppose one could create an AI that was as good in GalCiv as Deep Blue is at chess. Well, that would be interesting to see, but not much use to me as a gamer trying to have an enjoyab

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Reply to [Mod - Beta Release] Star Trek Federation faction style mod in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

OK, it appears there is nothing wrong with the mod. I had to reinstall the game, bring mods, etc. up to date, but then I did not have any problem modifying the star trek ships. I checked this with 1.02 and 1.03. Apparently I was the victim of a computer glitch, probably from another dimension sent to bedevil me. Thanks again for the mod, ships look great.

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Reply to v.1.03 opt-in war bug in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

These are the days that try men's souls. The days of balancing. I can't believe some balancing caused 65 races to go DoW, however. What I do know...well, that's a pretty strong word, I admit, maybe what I should say is what I do...is that at every update, I start clean. New galciv3 directory, copy my factions and mod races only forward, delete the program data Stardock directory. Just got in the habit. With updates flying out

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Reply to Two small bugs (not very important) in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

RE: number 1: This reminds me of the problem that persists: when multiple AIs try to contact you all but the last flash so fast you can't tell even who they are. I assume if it was something important it would pop up again, but I dunno.

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Reply to Loss of Sound Mid-Game in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Interesting; I nearly always play video games with the sound, especially music, disabled. Maybe it's an age thing, but if I listen to music for even a short time it may stick in my head for a week and drive me even crazier than I already am. Sigh, I am missing out on some good stuff, but then, I don't have to get it working either. I think I can pin down exactly when it started; the stunning and surprising scene in Dragon Age when Leiliana sings her song. &

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Reply to Things the AI falls for in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Re: fishing for the bad guys. Ahhh, training. Such fond memories I have of Everquest: "Train to zone!" Now you learn that going AFK at the edge of the zone actually wasn't as safe as it was advertised. A comment if any developers are listening and feeling philosophical. Everquest, in the first 2-3 years, had a boatload of stuff like training that many considered game breaking. Yet it was a blast, and I made a number of friends from i

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Reply to The Universe Isn't Big Enough for The Both of Us in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Turkwise" reply="39" id="3559828"] A game with lots of opponents results in a close-quarters, cutthroat, highly competitive start. Why is that a bad thing? I'm well aware that many people like a peaceful, empire-buildings start to the game, but you have know that cramming tons of AI into any map size is going to result in some potentially unfriendly neighbors near your starting system. [/quote] Absolutely true...for some. &nbs

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Reply to Feedback / State of the game in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="J5S" reply="33" id="3559564"] Quoting Lavo_2, reply 32 Perhaps the biggest flaw I've noticed is that the AI has two big issues; it is terrible at forming proper fleets, often sending ships piecemeal to die, and an inability to protect planets from landing forces. Though the latter is likely, at least in par

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Reply to User interface rough edges in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="The Uggster" reply="3" id="3559478"] I second this post. Theres a lot of stuff that was in GC2 thats missing from this one as far as the UI is concerned. [/quote] I am fairly sure they are planning to put most of this in when it comes up on the priority list; they were mostly in GC2 and they are well aware of them; it has been mentioned many times. I believe Paul has said as much multiple times on the live streams, IIRC.<

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Reply to Suggestions and feature requests in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

There is the immersion thing, which of course is entirely personal. A hex in GalCiv is roughly a light-year or so. Hence a starbase in the Solar System would at present extend its range beyond Alpha-Centauri. I can handle that fleet encounters are actually gigantic magnifications of the actual dimensions, and that somehow with advanced tech different fleets in the same hex find each other. Fair enough. But a starbase that extends its range beyond 5 he

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Reply to Love for Frogboy in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="31" id="3559356"] Thanks guys, that's really kind of you to say. Cheers, -brad [/quote] Must take exception, as Mr. Darcy did in "Pride and Prejudice" when Elizabeth's uncle Gardiner told him, "You are very kind, sir" when Darcy offered him his trout stream to fish in. Darcy replied, "It is not kindness...it is a pleasure."

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Reply to Add GalCiv2 to steam from Gamestop App in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

An important point though is that one of these days, (literally), the community update to GC2 will be released after some Stardock polish is added, and I am thinking anybody who plays GC2, which are a few lol, will want that update. It makes the research trees for TotA better among other things. And I am thinking it will be easiest to get it off Steam, though truth be told you can get the current version now (including an update to the executable provided by SD) which is working

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