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[quote quoting="post"] Hi, after these many beta versions I would like to get rid of everything beta in order to have a clean install of the released game. To do this is it ok to "delete local data" in the Steam Options and reinstall GalCiv III or do I also have to delete some folders manually? [/quote] Yes. This support page has full instructions (about halfway down the page, in the 'Refreshing your entire GalCiv3 Installation' section): h

[quote who="Earth Force Captain" reply="36" id="3548711"] It's like buying a LEGO set only to discover it doesn't have all the pieces. [/quote] No, it's like not buying a Lego set, coming back to the store later and finding that the set is no longer available. Which happens all the time with Lego, as all their 'collector's edition' sets - as well as things like the Simpsons minifigs - are time limited. ;)

[quote who="MikusR" reply="7" id="3549422"] 10. Lies, lies and more lies. Sword of the Stars II launched with 64-bit option (but was a buggy mess and was later removed) Endless Legend is 64-bit XCOM Linux version is 64-bit [/quote] Neither Sword of the Stars II or Endless Legend are 'native' 64-bit code (They do not require a 64-bit OS). XCOM Linux requires a 64-bit OS, but to the best of my knowledge it's simply a conversion of t

[quote who="sweatyboatman" reply="13" id="3548498"] But would a new player know this? Would they say "Oh, ideology. Well clearly, instead of all these fun choices that make the game more interesting , I'll pick this 'strategic' choice which should hopefully let me make some more choices in the future." [/quote] Probably not, but then learning and experimenting with this kind of decision is part of learning to play the game. Just because somethi

I'm pretty sure overflow is stored and applied to the next project for everything. The devs have mentioned it several times on the dev stream, saying that the last thing they want players to have to do is the kind of micro you describe in your third point.

[quote who="joeball123" reply="8" id="3547146"] Also, the verb is "affect;" "effect" is a noun.[/quote] While you are right that affect was the correct word to use, both affect and effect can be used as a noun or a verb. (Sorry, I try not to correct other people's grammar, but if you are going to do it, do it right. ;) )

[quote who="Arsenico2" reply="17" id="3545708"] I agree with Ashbery76, the AI shouldn't be able to use political options that the player does not have. [/quote] It's not a 'political option', it's a player notification - 'this thing you are doing is making me dislike you'.

[quote quoting="post"] So I guess my first question is will there ever be a "role" or some other sort of pre-defined behaviour that will allow ships to retreat if a battle gets too hot? I realize that retreat is not currently implemented (and wasn't in Galciv2 either) though I've never been able to figure out why.[/quote] Because chasing down retreating enemies and grinding them down for several turns is a pain, especially when on larger maps you might end up with d

[quote who="tungchiawah" reply="4" id="3545137"] Even if you get to the point where you are 1 turning a bunch of techs, all your extra research is saved up, so you will never 'waste' research. If you have 10,000 research per turn and you research 10 techs that cost 800, you will save up 92,000 research points to spend on that tech that says it takes 10 turns to complete. That way, you'll complete 11 techs in 11 turns as opposed to micromanaging your colonies so that you

[quote who="JacquesGauthier" reply="8" id="3544986"]There's a need because when they request you remove one of your starbases, you can request they remove one of their own. [/quote] Have you ever removed a starbase on the AI's request? Would you ever expect the AI to do so on yours?

[quote quoting="post"] At the moment I have to go to the Govern screen, set my generated research to ~100 points, then to back to the Technology screen to see the turn estimate (it this case - 40). Then go back to the Govern screen and re-adjust the production spending to give me 4000+ points of research so that I complete the tech in 1 turn, while not wasting production on over-researching. Then go back to the Technology screen to verify it says 1 turn. [/quote]</

I agree there should be a way to see everything. Personally I think some kind of 'empire summary' screen that shows all the bonuses/penalties being applied and their sources would be better than showing them alongside the strategic resources, but that would be better than what we have now. This came up in the last dev stream, but unfortunately I don't think they understood the point that the player who suggested it was trying to make.

[quote who="Franco fx" reply="4" id="3544719"] If they do that just remind them that they are encroaching as well. Oh wait, you can't do that. [e digicons]:)[/e] [/quote] I don't see that there's any need. The AI complains when the player does it to let the player know that it's damaging their relationship with the AI. The player's relationship with the AI is entirely up to them - there's no need for the player to be able to let the AI know that th

[quote who="JorgenCAB" reply="8" id="3544734"] The expansion penalty should be changed so it scale both the the empire size and galaxy size. [/quote] The other option that I think they discussed in the most recent dev stream is to cap it so the expansion penalty has a maximum value it can reach.

[quote who="Larsenex" reply="17" id="3544593"] Thus its in you favor to get as many planets at 100 approval as you can. This is one major reason why I play with very few habitable planets in game. On very large maps with common planets you will end up with over a 100 colonies and at a 1% disapproval per planet you will sink happiness faster than talking about Hillary for Pres...... [/quote] I believe this came up on last week's dev stream, and they seemed to agree that i

[quote who="Ex Mudder" reply="11" id="3544477"] So both settings impact the frequency of habitable planets. If that is the case, star frequency would also impact total number of planets. [/quote] Yes, it does. Higher star frequency > more stars on the map Higher planet frequency > more planets per star (so more planets on the map, but not more stars) Higher habitable planet frequency > more of the planets are habitable (so more habitab

[quote quoting="post"] When I started games with abundant / abundant, I got way too many planets. When I went to abundant planets / common habitable, I got way too many planets. It was only when I turned down planets to common that I got fewer planets. XML issue with planet settings, or small of sample set? I'd think tweaking habitable planets would impact habitable planets more so than total planets. [/quote]</p

Yup, have the exact same issue. Have to quit and restart the game (rather than quitting back to main menu) to get it to generate a new map.

[quote who="Vorell" reply="9" id="3543839"]So I'm hoping even though it releases they will keep fixing the game and we won't get just a negative influx of players that will see bugs and things and abandon the game and never come back. [/quote] I don't think you have to hope - Stardock has always provided excellent ongoing support for the GalCiv games (well, all their games, really). They've openly stated several times that they expect to be working on GalCiv III f

[quote who="CreepyD" reply="2" id="3543593"]Some odd bits.. - It doesn't always subtract the correct amount - Just now I took 10 defense damage and yet 11 was taken off.. - 0 damage sometimes subtracts 1 defense, sometimes nothing at all (maybe that's by design) [/quote] I strongly suspect that these are rounding issues. The UI only shows whole numbers for damage and HP, but I suspect that the game itself is tracking fractional values that are just being roun

They think they've found the problem: https://forums.galciv3.com/464280/page/1/#3543298

Agree - it would be cool to be able to place colony capitals manually. Failing that, the game should at least apply some simple rules when placing the capital, rather than it being completely random (as it currently appears to be).

[quote who="marc" reply="235" id="3458948"]Want one good reason not to use steam? Trust.[/quote] Trust is only a good reason if you have a good reason not to trust Steam. As far as I can tell from your post, you don't have one. You some generic conceptual concerns about the nature of digital distribution, none of which are specific to Steam. [quote] If games are no longer available in a form that I can own and hold, then I prefer to simply get into a dif