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If you mouse over the tech you're researching in the top right corner of the main screen, a tooltip will appear, showing you how many turns are left until the research is done.

I've only played about five hours by now and, so far, I'm pretty impressed. The Alpha is much better than I expected. It's obvious, that there is still a lot of work to be done, but the start is already very promising. During the five hours I had one CTD. According to the debug.err a crash report was send to Steam, but I can upload the crash.dmp, should it be needed. Okay, here are some thoughts about the game: 1. Options: A. <img style="vertic

[quote who="qrtxian" reply="177" id="3452929"]In theory, maybe, but isn't it a moot point until someone has infinite energy?[/quote] That quote was only meant to illustrate, that the Stellar Folder, unlike regular Hyperdrive, is capable of handling infinite speed. Travelling to another galaxy should, therefore, be possible, because you don't need infinite energy for that.

Here is what Island Dog [quote who="Island Dog" reply="16" id="3421944"] There's no hard information on NDA information right now. I know in the past we haven't placed any restrictions on videos, it was always recommended to make note that the game is in an alpha/beta state and not to be presented as a final product. [/quote] and <a href="https://forums.galciv3.com/450321/g

[quote who="Earth Force Captain" reply="16" id="3452870"]I hold out hope that Mue is alive and being held in some Drengin prison somewhere.[/quote] I don't think so. [e digicons]:([/e] [quote who="Frogboy" reply="42" id="3423970"] Unfortunately, what happened to Elsys is tragic. She won't be coming back.[/quote]

[quote who="LtAnders" reply="175" id="3452721"] I'm a nub. How do I get most of my Founder stuff. Just got the alpha today since I'm horribly busy, but what about the rest of my cool prizes?[/quote] Either click on the link in the OP, or click on Game, at the top of the page, and then on Founder's Vault. Both ways lead to the same page. You'll then have to log in again to verify, that you are really a founder. Once that is done, you'll have access to all the

[quote who="UnleashedElf" reply="14" id="3451956"]Isn't it the Korath that do that?[/quote] No, the Drengin do it too (via Death Furnaces), but not as extreme as the Korath (who burn up part of the biosphere in order to fuel their Aul Incinerators).

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="173" id="3451793"]Hyperdrive is really tied to mass. The more mass in the area, the slower the ship travels in "real" space. But at a certain point, Hyperdrive reaches a point where if there's no nearby mass, it no longer is stable. While in theory, Hyperdrive would allow infinite speeds outside the galaxy, the current technology of it can't handle such small amounts of mass. The Ascension technology is partially tied to this co

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="8" id="3451773"]Are you sure you don't mean "empathic"? That's what this sounds like. Telepathic means being able to read another's thoughts and to send one's thoughts to another mentally.[/quote] That's what I'd say too. However, the part of the lore where this is mentioned (description of the Arena of Agony tech) specifically mentions telepathy first, so I kept it. It's possible, that the author confused telepathy with empat

It's pretty impressive how far this series has come. Makes me curious what the future will bring. As for the list itself, two things I've noticed: 1. Galactic Resources are mentioned twice. 2. I'm pretty sure, that GalCiv 1 had Cultural Conquest and Invasion Tactics too.

If Lord Kona thinks, that he'll beat the Yor, then he should think again. He doesn't stand a chance against the highly efficient and powerful Yor Colle... eh Singularity. [e digicons]:cylon:[/e] As for Akari, she sounds like a good character. I can't stand her already. Well done! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] One question, when will the other four races (Yor, Thalan, Iconians, Krynn) become available?

I think you exaggerate a little. Yes, the Drengin are stereotypically evil. However, they're not completely one-note. Here are some things I know about the Drengin: 1. They are patient. If a plan takes tens of thousands of years to come to fruition, they are perfectly willing to wait. See the first conquest of Toria as an example. The Yor are probably the only race more patient than the Drengin. 2. They are calculating. When the Dr

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="21" id="3451477"]How can that be? I have never loaded the DL version of GC2 on this PC. And that file I listed came from what Steam has for GC2 ultimate, and the game shows in the title bar "GalCiv2 v2.04 Twilight of the Arnor". Also, the Steam app that verifies the integrity of the game files says the files are ok.[/quote] The Ultimate Edition includes DL and both expansions. You can even play DL (or DA), instead of TotA, by using the GalCiv2.exe in the

I just had a look at Brad's new (probably already outdated) feedback, and there is one thing, which really piqued my interest: Hyperdrive can’t operate outside the galaxy for lore reasons. Why? [e digicons]o_O[/e]

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="165" id="3451200"]Do you remember where StarDock mentioned this?[/quote] It was here : [quote who="mormegil" reply="36" id="3410402"]Currently a hex sector, has a 12 hex radius, so there are 397 hexes per sector, which is a bit larger than a 16x16 GC2 sector. The smallest galaxy is currently 7 sectors. The largest we will leave as a surprise, for later. These value

[quote who="Tyrantissar" reply="56" id="3450429"]but it would be nice if you had individual planetary overrides for more specialized sectors of your empire.[/quote] We do have them: [quote]My favorite part of the production wheel is dragging the nexus around and seeing my empire’s ( or colony’s, if I’m managing a single colony’s allocation ) production numbers change in real time.[/quote]

[quote who="JamieK81" reply="219" id="3450006"] I would prefer it to be on steam.[/quote] GalCiv 3 is going to be Steam-only. This has been stated several times already, both in this thread and others. All we were asking for was to have an alternative. In addition to the Steam-version, not as a replacement. Frogboy explained why this isn't going to happen. End of discussion. So, what was your point for necroing this thread ag

[quote who="Space Voyager" reply="41" id="3450005"]Don't "realize" stuff before you try them out. Try Sword of the Stars 1 (really cheap, a phenomenal game with expansions) and you may find 3D is not as indecipherable as some people here claim. It is more than worth it.[/quote] SotS 1 doesn't have much clutter on the map though. One planet for each star system (or one star, if you haven't explored the system yet), and a couple icons around it (for fleets in the system, Hiv

[quote who="lecek" reply="3" id="3449704"]In regards to fleets, it is a matter of how you play. Lets say that you have all your fleets on sentry or strategic locations. War breaks out and you need to move many fleets over to the other side of your empire. You would have to click on each fleet and tell it go. Even if you have a rally point you have to click on each fleet.[/quote] No need to tell them individually. Just press CTRL and draw a frame around all the

Here is what Island Dog [quote who="Island Dog" reply="16" id="3421944"]There's no hard information on NDA information right now. I know in the past we haven't placed any restrictions on videos, it was always recommended to make note that the game is in an alpha/beta state and not to be presented as a final product.[/quote] and <a href="https://forums.galciv3.com/450321/get;3422165" targe

[quote who="EvilMaxWar" reply="45" id="3449596"]Look at StarCraft 2.[/quote] I'd rather not. [e digicons]#:([/e] Don't get me wrong, it's a well made game, but I hate, hate , HATE what Blizzard did to the story.

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="41" id="3449524"]You realize you're not contesting anything we/he said right?[/quote] I decided against it, because I would just end up repeating "How do you know how the devs are going to implement those ideas?" most of the time. Well, except for this: [quote who="joeball123" reply="37" id="3449503"]Not that withdrawing from the UP really needed significant encouragement if some of the really crippling resolutions came up - "space time

[quote who="joeball123" reply="37" id="3449503"]It isn't just the Conquest victory that this is bad for.[/quote] Nor did I say it is. If you don't go for a Conquest victory there is still a chance of getting declared war upon, but at least you can try to keep the war as short as possible, if it happens, or even prevent it outright. [quote who="joeball123" reply="37" id="3449507"]You can't seriously believe me to expect that every game that you've won by any met

[quote who="qrtxian" reply="33" id="3449437"]"Crippled" is an exaggeration, particularly because you could pick and choose which ones you took the hit on, especially when playing a race that started out good. I don't deny it was sub-optimal, but there's quite a difference between that and (to paraphrase DARCA1213) good being so terrible that it's unplayable even by ordinary roleplayers.[/quote] True. I always roleplay, and I have no trouble playing a Good race. No, I don&#

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="25" id="3449345"]The devs have announced that the alignment feature was being replaced. I can't find it now, but it may have been in one of the interviews they did with one of the game review sites. I think they said it was being replaced with something called "Ideologies", but I can't be sure without the link to where the announcement was made.[/quote] First quote: