Hi, With 3.2 I've just started getting an error where Free Trandal units and especially shipyards don't display properly but are black and in the case of shipyards square (quite large) when you zoom out. I uninstalled and and reinstalled the DLC but it persisted. I'll try rebooting in a moment as well. Anybody else had this? Cheers, Jon
Thanks to you both, I've got 3.10 now and it's still the same so I guess I'll submit a ticket. Cheers, Jon
Hi, The battle viewer hasn't been working for me since 3.05. Not a big deal but a little annoying. I tried a vanilla game without Crusades (ie-DisableDLC "Crusades") and it worked fine so it can't be my graphics drivers and I've just uninstalled and reinstalled Crusades and it persists. When I try to run a battle the ships appear in the viewer but don't move and if I enable the battle log it's empty (ie no ships shown at all) which suggests that something null is being
[quote who="GalCivius" reply="8" id="3732429"] Just one more q' re citizens - the "epiphany" promotion for scientists - does it basically rush any currently researched tech, regardless of tech cost? [/quote] Hi, Yes it rushes anything and therefore is pretty essential to success. I normally use it for large and huge hulls. expensive weaponry, some government techs earlier on which are transformative and take too long otherwise; and once I've started taking planets an
Hi, After answering a post about the command line switch to disable Crusade, I was intrigued by the state of “Enhanced Vanilla” (no Crusade but all other DLC including Intrigue working) and decided to try. it It's very different from Crusade and I think harder but not te
Hi, There is a launch option which I believe is "-DisableDLC "Crusade" after reading https://steamcommunity.co
Hi, I don't have any solutions but thought I should say that I also have/had the same problems. Since 3.05 I haven't been able to view battles at all. The screen just freezes but I can resolve the battle and continue. Not a huge problem for me but still irritating and something I'm imaging will disappear with the next patch. I had the generic name thing too for a while but that does seem to have been resolved on my system at least. Cheers,</
[quote who="altak" reply="26" id="3726326"] There is a screen shot above that was Yor on incredible/gigantic/V 15 opponents. With 273k at turn 100. Once you buy/conquer more planets and have 12+ and place POC + MC the rate of increase in income is just unbelievable. Anybody can pick POC by putting a few points into benevolent ideology. As for Resources I usually buy all an opponents star-bases before i buy his planets. [/quote] Wow that's se
Hi, I've just completed a game and didn't have any problems when i went over 1 million (except that it displayed as exactly 1000,000) so maybe they've quietly changed the number type? I hadn't previously remotely appreciated the power of the the port of call but was intrigued by the initial post and tried the Yor at Genius on a huge ,map with nine random opponents. Although I only managed to colonise three more planets, one was a precursor research world and using
Hi, In the latest build, the combat viewer seems to have stopped working. Not a big problem for me, since I hardly ever use it but a very mild irritation. I tried validating the files and got three to replace but no difference. Has this happened to anybody else and presumably, if so, Stardock ought to fix it. Cheers, Jon
[quote who="Nilfiry" reply="1" id="3724511"] Are you using a USB mouse? Have you checked to see if the problem is actually your mouse drivers and configuration first? If it is not a PS/2 mouse, it probably has some sort of software to configure it. [/quote] Hi, Yes it is a usb mouse - hence the comments about the usb devices. It was working fine until there was some sort of usb incident so yes I will reinstall it and see if that sorts it out. But I was wondering whether
Hi, I've recently been having trouble with USB devices unplugging and replugging themselves so it may just be the bus playing up. But I recently had a mouse freeze while playing (Intrigue 3.05 or whatever it is now) and after getting the mouse back by rebooting have now apparently permanently got a larger than usual mouse after starting galciv3 - though it's normal otherwise. (I presume I'm not misremembering the mouse appearance before the crash - if so apologies) <p
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Hi, I also mentioned this in a previous thread entitled 3.05 Name Display Bug https://forums.stardock.com/490175/page/1/#3721579, noting that ship names suffered the same effect. I didn't have it in my latest game so perhaps it's already been patched. But it is irritating and presumably should be easy to fix. Cheers, Jon
Hi, I'm intermittently getting a problem with 3.05 (which I've never ever had previously) in which some ships and splash screens for events display the internal names of objects rather than the external one for game use. For instance GovermentEmpireShip_Name rather than whatever the ship is (I forget now) which the Galactic Empire government grants. Is anybody else having this problem - which persisted even after I exited and validated files - or is it just me? And do Stardock
[quote who="Croc411" reply="16" id="3720906"] Game is absolutely fine. I will say it over and over again: if you play it right, it doesn't really matter how many and what kind of planets you colonize. Just build up a tall homeworld and then start your conquering spree whenever you feel ready for it. [/quote] Hi, I understand that you only need a couple of planets or even one really good one to get what you need but doesn't this depen
[quote who="jabberjaws" reply="2" id="3720867"] I took the plunge and got intrigue out of curiosity. Is it me or does the AI colonize much faster in 3.04 ? I had it set to incredible and by turn 10 the Arachnid had 5 planets to my one. That is unusual for my past experience. I noticed tech allowing more colonies and I can't research them for a long time. but it does not matter if you only have 1 LOL. [/quote] Hi again, Yes the AI bonuses have been ramped up, especial
Hi, The 4 colony limit isn't a hard one but you suffer discontent if you exceed it. This is certainly worth doing in the opening but you shouldn't choose a government with elections because you might lose them. I have no idea what happens then - perhaps somebody could post to explain precisely. But I doubt very much that it's a positive development. Cheers, Jon
[quote who="altak" reply="12" id="3720853"] If the game is only playable with mods. Then this game is sadly broken. [/quote] Hi, The game isn't broken at all though a good start certainly helps a lot.. In the opening, you just have to more or less ignore discontent and obviously not choose a government with elections - so Imperial rather than Colonial at the very start. Later you can choose a better government and also a
[quote]Fixes When you start a campaign a fleet may be spawned without name if you click on that fleet the result, bittersweet will cause a crash in our game [/quote] Hi, Many thanks for all the work on the game including this fix. However, if I understand a limerick correctly, the scansion in this is a little wonky. It should be (and use other adverb in first line if you prefer and other suitable ve
Hi, I was wondering whether this is new in 3.04 - I see unfortunate genius has been restored under another name - and how others feel about it. I guess I wasn't paying proper attention but still wasn't best pleased when my home world Snathi Prime was destroyed utterly after nearly seven hours' play, admittedly in a rather dodgy position. I can see that Stardock want to introduce some randomness but am far from sure that this is the best way to do so to keep playe
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[quote who="Rhonin_the_wizard" reply="3" id="3717548"] A better method would be to select a project and press "U" multiple times, until an option to repeat projects is implemented. [/quote] Many thanks Rhonin, I hadn't realised that you could use the U key and while it's still a slight pain it's immensely better than scrolling and double clicking endlessly though possibly not totally wonderful for the keyboard. Cheers, Jon  
Hi, I've posted about this before but it still hasn't been remedied and it should be very simple to do so. I understand that people didn't like research or an economic bonus being repeated endlessly on planets because you forget about them but the alternative of one project at a time can become a real pain in the endgame when you have numerous planets with nothing else to do. In the game I've just finished I was the Iconians so by the endgame about move 140
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Hi, The nerfing of mining production for balance reasons obviously had a number of side effects, some of which were presumably intended, some not. The AI's approach to resource trading has been hugely improved but like the human players they now have far less of them so you can't make a large bulk buy - as you could in previous iterations - even if you have enough to trade. Among other things, this has reduced the value of scientists since the 
[quote who="Rhonin_the_wizard" reply="3" id="3711341"] There is a splash screen, it tells you who got the artifact and gives a choice of three ideological choices. [/quote] Ah I see. I do remember some choices but failed to read the screen. Will take more notice in future. Thanks, Jon
[quote who="Rhonin_the_wizard" reply="1" id="3711337"] From your description it sounds like the mega event The Artifact. Search around their home system and you should see it. [/quote] Thanks Rhonin, Ah yes it's called the Artifact not the relic. I've finished this game but I will have a look at some point - didn't know that it was always in the home system. In that case. it would be nice to have a huge splash screen regarding this rather than just a sm