Blue_Oyster

I'm sympathetic to your points. Perhaps there is a way to turn lemons into lemonade? If discovering the ratio of your planet distribution to your opponent's is your prime strategic goal, then make decisions that accelerate the time of discovery--I assume your decision is to quit in either case 1 or 2? Or, resolve to create a strategy for each of the three scenarios: (1) Survive with fewer worlds than your opponent--I know, easier said than done, but probably a prerequisit

And speaking of anomalies and survey ships, I'd like to be able to keep the survey ship commanded to "Survey", reducing micromanagement, yet keep the survey ship from surveying wormholes, reducing forehead slaps.

Summary: The resolution requires all members to provide one tech that will be shared with all members. A random tech is chosen from each race and is given to the others. Techs must be unknown to at least one of the member nations. Request: I need to know which tech I received, as a minimum requirement. It would be nice to know who "donated" it, and which of my techs was distributed, and to whom. In fact, it would be nice to know what everyone gave everybody. I think it wou

Since the big pointy thing oscillates, perhaps the visual cue could do something at the same oscillation. For examples, dimming/brightening; changing color; pulsing.

Just to further extend this concept, Gravitational Lensing could be implemented. A dense object laying in the line of sight and directly between two observers will cause multiple images of one observer to appear to the other. The distance between the center of the dense object and the faux images is a function of distance and mass; further, the faux images are symmetrical in distance only if the hidden observer is perfectly centered. Off-centered, one faux image might appear close to th

Yes, this has merits. Perhaps ships with only a single hit point left should need to be towed into dock; otherwise or until then, a badly damaged ship would just drift until someone uses it for target practice. [e digicons]|-)[/e]

In addition to changing the game setting for how often the UP should meet, as Rhonin said, (sorry can't quote right now), perhaps there should be a UP Resolution for meeting frequency that modifies the in-game setting? So one could, for example, halve the frequency?

A "picket line" concept is pretty much begged for in the game. One often just wants a ship to go from here to there, and back again, repeat forever.

[quote who="Gilmoy" reply="1" id="3502832"] First, tho, we embed Emacs Lisp ... so there's that overhead [/quote] Ah, LISP. The second computer language I learned. It's one of the oldest--1958--but still in use.

[quote who="trumpeter87" reply="10" id="3502377"] Okay, since we're getting nitpicky... [/quote] Oops! Sorry, the purpose of the post was more about getting in the Winston Churchill quote, in the context of Altarians (can you imagine them wearing Winston's signature Homberg hat smoking a cigar?), than it was meant to be "nitpicky." As you said, it was OK the way it was, except for the preposition at the end, which many people do not mind, but in my case put me in min

I found the ship type "Pirate Attacker" in the XML. It shivered me timbers a little bit. Can't wait to find a real one. Also, I apologize if you thought this was a post announcing the discovery of actual marauding pirates. Maybe Beta III?

Perhaps the rate of research speed selections should vary with the size of the map. In other words, not only should the rate of research be adjustable as an independent variable, it could then be further modified by the size of the map.

[quote who="Raynman" reply="1" id="3501825"] "Advanced farms will enable us to grow more food than ever before, even on the strange alien worlds Altarians now so often find themselves [on]." [/quote] I'm not sure it needs the change. But, if it does, you know, I'm going to go with this: "Advanced farms will enable us to grow more food than ever before, even on the strange alien worlds [which] Altarians now so often find themselves." I just have a feel

I second Speedy2511's suggestion. (2511? There goes the immersion.) Multi-player hotseat is the only way I can get my wife or girlfriend to play.

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="11" id="3502268"] I am retired, and if I wasn't married I would still be out chasing girls (actually, women). Why does "old" (I'm 75) have to imply lack of energy? [/quote] I'm beginning to form a theory on why you are called "Lucky" Jack (quotes mine) [e digicons]B)[/e] [quote who="Publius of NV" reply="13" id="3502330"] Faster horses, younger women, o

I agree. It would be handy.

[quote who="Thecw" reply="20" id="3501766"] You find the xml files in a sub folder... [/quote] ...and etc. Thank you!

[quote]By NGC7000 [/quote] That is one beautiful emission nebula! I hadn't realized it is visible to the naked eye. I hope all those numbers didn't break anyone's immersion. [e digicons]O:)[/e]

[quote who="Folgra1" reply="12" id="3502022"] there are some pretty puerile names now [/quote] Hi Folgral, I hadn't seen any puerile names, I thought all the names were screened before they were approved. That would probably change my opinion. But now you know where to go to change the ones you dislike. [quote who="RobTzu" reply="14" id="3502148"] How many player named stars are there? [/quote] By my count, there are 3,777 Star Na

[quote who="Publius of NV" reply="1" id="3502128"] I'm almost retired ... So maybe spending my entertainment dollars on GC3 isn't such a waste. [/quote] Strategy and tactics games, unlike the quick-twitch variety, show positive effects in both delaying the onset, and perhaps even reversing some of the aging effects to the brain. So I like to use that as justification. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] GCIII could be anti-Alzheimer's.</p

[quote who="Gilmoy" reply="4" id="3502104"] Is that the Dagwood Bumstead Midnight Snack Ship? It even looks like a sandwich ... [/quote] I see the Ham Ray mount, but I think he held the Mayo Blaster.

Agreed! Thanks for sharing.

[quote who="Director" reply="7" id="3501903"] Is there a way to substitute my own starname list? [/quote] Hello Director, Maybe look here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Galactic Civilizations III\data\English\Text\StarNamesText.xml

[quote who="mrblondini" reply="6" id="3501897"] Don't get what people mean when they say the Star names "ruin the immersion". [/quote] I agree. Discoverers get to name things. All kinds of weird names get attached to things. Drunken unschooled ship captains bumped into things all the time that needed names. There are all sorts of languages with strange sounds and words, who am I to judge? I think the weirder and stranger the name, the more immersive.&nb

[quote who="Hamilmac" reply="4" id="3501448"] Quoting Blue_Oyster, reply 3 Playing as the Terrans, I found that the game starts me with both a single and double constructor. There were actually two singles, a short-range, and a long-range. </div