Qouting Froboy on the Alpha status :) 1. Multiplayer works. Great I hope it works :) 2. The AI colonizes planets, builds up planets, invades (poorly). Awesome to hear, don't want them invading anyways ;) What's rough: a. Lots of missing UI elements. I'm sure it's a work in
[quote who="guizan" reply="10" id="3436209"]This is why I asked when I lived in the north of Sweden the winter almost stayed into May, in other places winter ends in the end of February. And if you live down under it is actually summer now...[/quote] Winter by context used here, would be the observance of Winter which is from December 21, 2013 to March 20, 2014, not when it physically appears to be the end of Winter or the begining of Spring. Per an earlier post by Frogboy, th
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="19" id="3436158"]Now, that said, I would guess that the alpha won't come out until early March. [/quote] okay so 6 weeks out give or take :)
[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="10" id="3435995"]Have you ever advised someone not to think about an elephant too much? [/quote] You can get too hyped over a game one in example for me was the disasterous release of SIMCITY a year ago which EA/Maxis messed up that game. Good thing Stardock isn't all greed and actually listens to their fans which is why Stardock will not let us down with Galactic Civilizations III :)
[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="15" id="3435982"]I doubt they would ever allow something like this on the Metaverse, if there is such a thing this time around. Home systems were set for a reason - it's too easy for specific combinations to be overpowered.[/quote] For one you can make it close to the way the home worlds are already with little difference. And still everyone would be held at the same standard. [quote who="DARCA1213" reply="16" id="3435994"]Don'
[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="13" id="3435960"]Borderlands let you mod stiff why not them.[/quote] Not saying they don't let you mod, there is a difference if you actually read the posts you'll see... GCII Metaverse games = no modding (this is where I'd like the customization to go further in assuming simular to GCII) This was to keep games balanced for scoring reasons, which makes perfec
[quote who="Starbound_Dust" reply="2" id="3435932"]Let's not. No countdown is going to be worth it even if we do get a estimate release date from frogboy or any other Dev. Even if they say the alpha will definately be released on such and such a day, it's best to expect it to be delayed. That's just how these things work. It's still on target for Winter release for Alpha they said last, so let's expect it in the spring.[/quote] If Frogboy hinted at the end of Febru
[quote who="Flamescreen" reply="11" id="3435912"] Not a bad idea at all. Though obviously if it can be modded from release day it shouldn't pose a significant problem if it is not implemented. The guide to modding helped alot to start modding easily when I modded GC2, regarding this. I hope they will make one for this version as well(and keep the best modding aspects for this and improve others, like modding starting year or starting star type being other than yellow sun if desirabl
So, with no exact date for the release but with a general idea let's say 4 1/2 weeks away :) I know many are awaiting some more than others. Some keep thinking it's already out, but sadly not publicly :( So at this point is everyone ready? My new computer is built ready to go, are all your upgrades set? Does everyone have a win 7/8 machine, 64 bit with a gpu that supports directx 10/11? Have your vacation ready? Your overtime killed?
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="35" id="3435696"] Added new music today.[/quote] Woot!! Thanks Frogboy you rock! no matter what Island Dog and abiessener say about you ;)
[quote who="DARCA1213" reply="3" id="3435484"]You can already modd the game files to gave you any class plant you want, for all five and you can put rings on them and moons, and asteroid to. The points idea is good. But I wish there was a galaxy editor in game like the world builder in civ4 would make things easier.(frogboy I know your listening, please use your magic to make galaxy editing more effective!)[/quote] you could yes, but not a metaverse game in GCII, I'm just saying i
I think this is one thing that was lacking in Twilight of Arnor, I loved that you could customize your race many different ways with different bonus'. However, when it came time to the planet you always got the same system if you chose the custom race or stuck with it seeing you as one of the other major races if you just took that race and customized it for your race. You should have the ability to create your system. See example below... you get 30 habitable
Thanks Frogboy for the update :) sorry you've been busy, hopefully you'll get a little rest soon.
After over a month (5 weeks) of any official word in the founders vault and almost no communication since the 1st of the year (3 weeks). Is the lack of any news bad news? Did they run into a wall and need to fix something major before resuming the normal process with the development of the game? Or... Is the lack of any news Good News. Is the team hard at work trying to get as much as they can functional for the Alpha release, hopeful to be about a month aw
Still nothing new :( everyone has gotten hush hush on the game since the break [e digicons]:'([/e]
[quote who="Rudy_102" reply="10" id="3434142"]But at beginning there will be silence... Or here in Stardock people play games differently - all other alphas I participated turned to some wasteland upon release of new version. [/quote] Don't know what games you're playing but every alpha/beta I've ever participated in there was tones of forum activity both positive and negative.
[quote who="Rudy_102" reply="7" id="3434115"]Actually I think the opposite - should alpha be here, we would have awful silence on these boards, because we would be, well, playing. [/quote] Yes, there would be chatter as some people would be having difficulties or people would be frustrated as missing something they were hoping for or simply feedback on what players are seeing. So, yes, you will know when it's publicly released. [quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="
[quote who="Campaigner" reply="7" id="3434101"]Will the stronger i5 4670K give better performance vs the FX-8350 ?[/quote] In another article featuring a 40 min video regarding nitrous with mantle they were saying that the FX8350 was out performing the i7 3770k but barely, using the demo.
[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="5" id="3433937"] Alpha installer what's that I want to see the Alpha is it out already.[/quote] I would think if the Alpha was out there would be a lot more chatter here... This is not the case, you'll know when the public Alpha is released.
Anyone notice the Galactic Civilization III music in the background :D
yeah seems they've been busy since being back at work after the holiday's little activity on this front the last couple of weeks :( posts by Stardock reps or founders vault. I hope that means great game :)
[quote who="Rudy_102" reply="113" id="3432165"]I'd better got alpha access earlier than some pictures. Or even godly music.[/quote] Alpha access will not be till late next month, I would hope we'd have more extras in the founders vault by then, as once we get alpha access we will have many extras with that release.
Almost a month with no new founder information :( although I suppose they were off for two weeks for Christmas and the New Year. I hope they are hard at work looking forward to it :)
[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="2" id="3429904"]I doubt we will have any usable answers (or even clues) until 2015, so I think it is useless to raise this question at this time.[/quote] I think there is a goal here, reading Frogboy's post and watching the video from Oxide, which mind you Galactic Civilizations III is not using but, instead using it's own internal Stardock engine. Frogboy has said that it's designed for the multiple cores, so brings up a question did t
Now here is a question. AMD has been slaughtered by benchmark tests against Intel, when testing it with games such as Battlefield 4, in such, For instance the AMD FX 9530 8 core CPU against the Intel i7 4770k 4 core CPU was very close to being the same with Intel having a slight advantage. Here is the question, with a game such as Galactic Civilizations III designed specifically for more CPU cores will this make a difference for AMD or will it be the same or similar result