Gaunathor

[quote who="DMF" reply="285" id="3621699"] What did you change in the starbases from the version I'm playing? [/quote] The defense and military-assist modules unlocked by the Starbase Militarization and Starbase Fortification techs got a complete overhaul. There is now one module per weapon/defense category, just like in the original game, instead of one module that increases all three weapons/defense categories at once. The total bonuses are also still the same as in th

[quote]My home world is set to "manufacturing focus" and "military subsidies."[/quote] The Military Subsidies project sets the spending to 100% Military Production for the planet.

[quote who="DMF" reply="280" id="3620194"] Am I supposed to change prefs.ini to ..\Mods\Autumn Twilight manually? (BTW, does it handle embedded spaces gracefully?) [/quote] Yes to both. It's not possible to change the path to where the mods are located from within the game. So manually doing it within the file is the only option.

[quote who="Mystikmind" reply="8" id="3620096"] What i learn't in Galciv2 is that the Drengin are no good. [/quote] What was the last version of GalCiv 2 you played? v2.04? If so, then the Drengin most likely failed, because they couldn't get the critical mass necessary for a long-lasting war. The AI used by the Drengin, Korath, and Yor had a bug which prevented it from colonising outside of its sphere of influence. This made those three races much weaker, because e

[quote who="Mystikmind" reply="22" id="3620103"] Oh, i just got a memory flash.... were there space monsters in galciv1? [/quote] Yes, there were.

[quote who="DMF" reply="278" id="3620062"] I reset the option to Default and it now points to the Mods/Default folder of the 2.20 installation. [/quote] You mean, you clicked on the Default button? Yeah, that is one of the stupidities of the game. A fresh installation uses Galactic Civilizations II - Ultimate Edition\Mods\Default as standard path. However, if you click on Default, this changes to Galactic Civilizations II - Ultimate Edition\Twilight\Mods\Default, even thoug

[quote who="markmid" reply="7" id="3619924"] Snathi, Yor, Drengin - Evil Thalan, Iridium, krynn - Neutral Iconian, Human, Altarian - Good [/quote] The humans are Neutral (Pragmatic), not Good (Benevolent). Also, according to the game files, the Krynn are Evil (Merciless) now.

[quote who="DMF" reply="136" id="3619818"] My memory usually isn't that faulty. I'll load my copy into 2.20 and check in the next few days. Hope it works. [/quote] Tolmekian's Mod does work with v2.20. It's not optimised for it, but that's to be expected. The mod hasn't seen an update in three years. Also, your memory is working fine. Manufacturing/research boosters do provide base production/research in Tolmekian's Mod, while

[quote who="DMF" reply="276" id="3619697"] In the sheet, when you flag 'Old/New Values', is that in relation to toA or to the CU? [/quote] The spreadsheet is using TotA v2.04 as a base. The changelog is using the CU.

[quote who="DMF" reply="8" id="3618909"] I'm used to editing the xml directly so I know how, but the editor would be so much easier. [/quote] I find using Notepad++ much easier. You can't even copy+paste techs in the editor. Every new tech you make needs to be done from scratch. Even if it is an iteration of a previous tech. [quote who="DMF" reply="8" id="3618909"] Are you saying that one can't save at all in the Tech Editor and get a usable result?<

[quote who="DMF" reply="123" id="3618902"] (though they are still notoriously unwilling to actually research defense) [/quote] That could be because the AIValue for the defence techs is set very low (4). I've set it to 10 in my mod, and the AI is much more willing to research defences. Though the actual behaviour still depends on the individual AI. [quote who="DMF" reply="123" id="3618902"] 1) Yor want to build Charging Stalks out the wazoo. I had to g

[quote who="jirkaesch" reply="23" id="3618444"] BTW Has the AI hugging been fixed in 1.6? [/quote] Seems like it, according to this post.

My main goal is to go back to the original gameplay. However, the original game has some balancing-issues too, and I try to fix that, as along as doing so doesn't change the gameplay too much. If you haven't yet, take a look at the spreadsheet I linked to in my previous post. I'm still tweaking some of the values, but it should give you a good overview over how things stand in comparison to the original game. It doesn't contain the tech trees and the ability bonuses yo

[quote who="Achronous" reply="6" id="3618032"] And it doesn't matter who pushed the buttons, I still want the Drath to NOT be completely annihilated [/quote] They're not. I brought up a question regarding their status a while ago, because the entry in the databanks confused me, and Frogboy said this in response: " The Drath homeworld was wiped out. But the Drath aren't necessarily extinc

DMF, a lot of those changes needed to be removed again, because MabusAltarn didn't agree with their inclusion in the CU. There isn't much of a point in discussing them any further. Plus, the update is finished and has been sent to Stardock. Though I haven't heard back from them yet.

[quote who="DMF" reply="4" id="3618004"] I tried this with a similar tech pair. I initiated a trade for Planetary Improvements (PI) which masks Stellar Production (SP) (both PlanetaryImprovements). SP offers +10 Econ; PI offers +10 MP, SP, RP. I received +10 MP, SP, RP, no Econ. Unlock worked as expected and SP disappeared from my available tech and from the full tree display, replaced by PI. [/quote] Yeah, that is weird. There really seems to be no c

[quote who="Achronous" reply="4" id="3617937"] Ouch, please don't say that. I'm keeping hope the Drath will return. They are my... second most favourite race! [/quote] Don't worry. That statement is completely wrong. It was the Korath Clan that did all those atrocities, not the Drengin Empire. See? Entirely different. Heck, the Drengin even reprimanded the Korath, because the Drath were supposed to be enslaved.

[quote who="DMF" reply="2" id="3617909"] Now suppose that the Thalan trades for another race's SM. Won't his DI node become 'known tech' and his Space Weapons/Defenses nodes become unlocked, just as if he had acquired DI? [/quote] Yes. DI is SM, for all intents and purpose. [quote who="DMF" reply="2" id="3617909"] Won't the bonuses from SM be applied, not those from DI? [/quote] In your example, no, the bonuses of DI will b

Hey everyone! I'm currently working on a new version. It's still going to be a while before I'm finished, but I wanted to give you a little view of what's to come. So, what's new? Almost all of the techs removed by the CU are back again. I also undid some of the name and cost changes of several techs. This, combined with some changes to tech requirements and the availability of certain techs, made the tech trees look even more like the original ones

Well, I've sent the update in to Stardock. Six days were enough time to wait for feedback. The new TitleWnd.dxpack and TitleBack.png are not included in this version. I didn't want to risk a sudden outcry, that they should be removed after all.

[quote who="MabusAltarn" reply="1642" id="3615596"] When I was trying to get Arceans to amount to, well, anything, I tried something similar. They get more planets but their initial research into absolutely everything gets stalled by almost a year. (Its very easy to forget how quickly 52 tuns can pass when autoplaying). Maybe you'll have mroe luck. [/quote] As far as I can tell, those values are working pretty well. The Arceans are taking some time off between

Here is the new version of the update, and the new changelog . I've incorporated the following changes from the test-version: English.str [ArtifactsBonus]: removed "100% Research bonus." [FertileSoilBonus]: changed "Sector suitable for building." back to "Rich soil and varied

[quote who="Maiden666" reply="1637" id="3615206"] false. the amount of available base industry is incremental to the efficiency of percentage-enhancer. I wonder how you can make such nonsense-statements when you, at the same time, work with these calculations. [/quote] That has nothing to do with the point I was trying to make. [quote who="Maiden666" reply="1637" id="3615206"] Yes, IF you include the Initial Col. buildings - which you didn't do in your first

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1635" id="3615165"] Yes, they do go for Republic occasionally, but not as often as they should. In most of my tests, they were either buying the tech, or not getting it at all. [/quote] Of course, after having said that, the Yor are researching Interstellar Republic in every single test game today. [e digicons]x_x[/e] Anyway, here is the new

[quote who="Maiden666" reply="1634" id="3615121"] I've seen them get Rebublic, but the others, not. [/quote] Yes, they do go for Republic occasionally, but not as often as they should. In most of my tests, they were either buying the tech, or not getting it at all. However, all races seem to be reluctant to get Democracy and Federation. [quote who="Maiden666" reply="1634" id="3615121"] So its better to simply build a 6th factory instead of the Vortex - which