Mac2411

I wouldn't mind seeing a favorite or two from the MOO Universe, but I know that is highly unlikely to happen.

It's Stardock's game, but it makes no sense whatsoever to not permit orbital bombardment.

[quote who="Voqar" reply="25" id="3413759"] Wishupona Kind of dreading seeing some of the stuff people come up with, actually, and hoping the quality control is pretty tight on this.[/quote] Amen on that.

Has anyone seen any information on CPU, graphics card and memory requirements? Probably a premature question, but who knows.

Would love to see the track(s) from the Trailer posted.

[quote who="Seilore" reply="66" id="3413875"] I got an option, give us an option for a hard copy of the game?? A way to play the game, even if it had limited features when not online... Just don't be like SimCity and require a constant Internet connection to play the game, even though I am online 99% of the time, I do like to play games on the road when I have no Internet access, as I don't have a mobile hotspot, or mobile Internet of any sort.[/quote]''

[quote who="Shandzin" reply="28" id="3405534"] Did not like parts of the trailer 1) Liked: a small prologue - i hope that besides random maps there will be a single campain with a good plot and cinematics 2) Did not like: How the battle on terrain was pictured, a single marrine got out of his capsule and took two shots at something, then another marrine took two shots at two lonely enemy soldiers (seemed to be an invasion army)... well not too

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="6" id="3404480"] Best part of the trailer? Seeing the bottom half of a Thalan. I was always wondering how the rest of their, or of any of the other races, body would look like.[/quote] I was disappointed to see them as bipedals. In fact, the bottom half looked suspiciously human. Edit: On second thought, "disappointed" is a rather strong word. This is a game after all. Let's just say I did not envisio

[quote who="UnleashedElf" reply="26" id="3413183"] Quoting Tyrantissar, reply 10 Um, in order to deplete metal, you would have to of had chemical changes to all metals in the galaxy so that they are no longer metals... this is by far the most stupid threads ever, any of you that has taken chem of any level know that there are such things as "physical" change and "chemical" change, ones that are reversible and one that is not. I am sure aliens wouldn't b

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="23" id="3413130"] Quoting Mac2411, reply 21 I'd also like to ask you, since you seem to be a reasonable forum goer; what do you think about this gameplay-wise?[/quote] I think it's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure it's workable or a good fit for this particular game.

[quote who="joeball123" reply="17" id="3413023"] Quoting John Falkenberg, reply 12Next to go, would be marginal planets with poor atmospheres, moons, high gravity whatever. After that-closest metal rich asteroids Then-you go for most distant and miserable asteroids and hunks of rock in your solar system. I disagree with this. Presumably, even marginal worlds have gravities similar to the gravities of inhabitable worlds, yet since they are marginal

[quote who="John Falkenberg" reply="12" id="3412761"] A lot of the commenters here clearly dont understand issues like EROEI and depletion rates. You dont have to 'run' out of physical ore or energy source or whatever your extracting for it to become uneconomical to continue extraction efforts. Since there is clearly a lack of understanding of the basics here. Humans, and (aliens) always go after the 'low-hanging' fruit first. The easiest (ch

[quote who="JPowell" reply="18" id="3405904"] I would also like to see a return to the original Gal Civ (and MOOII) galaxy map, where "hyperdrive" was between star systems, and the systems had their own separate screen showing the planets and asteroids surrounding the star. Star systems have virtually no importance in Gal Civ II, as habitable planets are sprinkled randomly around the map. Returning to the star system maps emphasizes the vastness of space, improving the atmos

[quote who="Tyrantissar" reply="10" id="3412734"] Um, in order to deplete metal, you would have to of had chemical changes to all metals in the galaxy so that they are no longer metals... this is by far the most stupid threads ever, any of you that has taken chem of any level know that there are such things as "physical" change and "chemical" change, ones that are reversible and one that is not. I am sure aliens wouldn't be stupid enough to burn precious metals like oil and gas.<br

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="5" id="3412518"] Quoting Gaunathor, reply 3 The Precursors look like humans, but they are not humans. You're right about the continuous cycle though. Maybe I should dig up some of Frogboy's old post again? He explained most of this stuff already. https://forums.galciv2.com/127754/page/1/ Is that close enough?[/quote] Some of the links that are found with the link in this quote indicate o

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="6" id="3412611"] Quoting Mac2411, reply 4 The game would have to take place along a longer timeline than previous games. Even on huge galaxies the game time that took place wasn't that long-certainly not so long that one would exhaust the resources of an entire solar system or even planet. The Civilizations in the game consume trillions or quadrillions of tons of metal in the course of

[quote who="Xsifilad" reply="20" id="3412609"] This post reminded me of that time when i conquered Thala and was rly looking forward to the manufacturing matrix to only find out that the moron NPC placed it on 300% food tile while there was a 300% Manufacturing tile already. DOH!!! That @sshat left me with a crowd of some 32 billion or something around that. [/quote] Yes. I HATED that. My solution was to use that world as a transport hub and just

[quote quoting="post"] Hey all. Just throwing out an idea; what if resources, be it in the form of asteroids, minerals on planets or galactic resources (amoung other possibilities) were able to be exhausted? Different sources of resources could have varying amounts of them to start, while building things which take advantage of them would use up a certain amount per turn. This would eventually lead to depletion, which would cause new resources to spawn elsewhere, mandati

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="18" id="3412591"] Quoting Mac2411, reply 17 Quoting Lucky Jack, reply 16 I always saw the food tile/morale balance problem as a challenge. I think it was put there deliberately. If the AI was unable to handle it, well, Brad has made some comments about the difficulty he had programming the AI in 1 & 2, and about how that is going to be different in GC3. I just didn't use the 300% tiles at all bec

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="16" id="3412529"] I always saw the food tile/morale balance problem as a challenge. I think it was put there deliberately. If the AI was unable to handle it, well, Brad has made some comments about the difficulty he had programming the AI in 1 & 2, and about how that is going to be different in GC3.[/quote] I just didn't use the 300% tiles at all because to me having such a large population on a planet really created more pro

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="12" id="3412541"] You know, back in 1989 when I wrote most of this lore the idea of "This has all happened before and it will all happen again." seemed more original. I have been wanting to get to the Thalan's story for a long time. In GalCiv II, there's a lot of dialog regarding their concern over the crusade the human's were destined to go on that would destroy the universe. Now, we finally get to get to the meat of it. [/quote]

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="5" id="3412518"] Quoting Gaunathor, reply 3 The Precursors look like humans, but they are not humans. You're right about the continuous cycle though. Maybe I should dig up some of Frogboy's old post again? He explained most of this stuff already. https://forums.galciv2.com/127754/page/1/ Is that close enough?[/quote] Interesting series of posts that I'd not seen before. Still w

[quote who="jim_viebke" reply="9" id="3412531"] I think bipedal Thalans is a retcon. If you look at Hithesius (?) in GCII, it really does appear by the angles that his weight is resting on the appendages protruding from his shoulders.[/quote] It's a retcon that is most unsatisfactory to me.

[quote who="NitroX infinity" reply="1" id="3412505"] Though I make no speculation on the Thalan I've had the idea that the Precursors are actually Humans and that it's a continuous cycle. The end of this war would result in all other life ending and the Humans becoming the Precursors and seeding the galaxy with life, including their own original 'forms'. [/quote] Yeah, I think the Dread Lords are definitely human.

This idea may not be new or original, but I have a sneaking suspicion the "Thalans" may actually be humans from the future in some sort of encounter suit or otherwise having modified their appearance. Why they would want to do so I do not know, but I find it a somewhat interesting idea. The bipedal look of the Thalan in the trailer only reinforced my suspicion as it is quite uninsectoid like to have two legs instead of six. Feel free to agree or disagree as this is purely sp