Why not just make a backup, and then directly edit the main game file? If it were a complicated change, I would make a separate mod file, but something as simple as changing one line for each improvement is as simple as a search and replace function. Step 1. Make a backup of ImprovementDefs.xml. Step 2. Open the file. Find false Replace with true . (or something like that
[quote who="EazyWin" reply="9" id="3730510"] Endgame engines use a ton of promethium (6 per, iirc). Advanced sensors use Thulium as well, although I imagine the argument against them is that you don't need them to defeat AI ships either. I'm one of those people who likes to get to the top of the tech tree though, so I usually am scraping the barrel for those 2 resources. [/quote] Nah, my argument against sensors would be that you only need to have one ship with sensors per f
Who cares about min/maxing unless you are playing against another player? You can easily roll over AI ships even if you capped yourself at plasma pods. Terraforming uses Thullium, and that is rally the largest sinkhole for most of the game for me.
The AI does NOT get smarter on higher difficulties. They just get more cheats. One of my biggest complaints with this game--and I have very few--is that the AI is terrible. I guess to be fair, this is the case in most games (bad AI and higher difficulties just mean more cheats).
Yes pl0x. Even on evenly spread galaxies like scattered, loose (which is a lot like scattered anyway), or spiral, the spacing is random no matter how much you play with the tall and wide values in the xml. Sometimes, they will be decently spread out, but more often than not, you will have one or two (or half of them) close together in one cluster. Starting positions makes a HUGE difference in this game, and for the AI, it literally makes or breaks them.
Nah, 305 is basically a bug fix patch with like one new ability. No updates to the AI.
The AI do build carriers if they even have it and huge hulls researched. Resources is also a factor of course. I see the AI build carriers all the time when I play on godlike with a fast paced game. The only problem is that the AI does not know how to make good carriers anyway, so it does not even matter.
[quote quoting="post"] playing as the Yor, at war with the Altarians, went to make peace with them and the option was greyed out. hovering over it, a pop up indicated the option wasn’t available because they had embargoed me. a couple turns later they asked me for peace and i accepted. i went into the diplomacy screen and wanted to trade with them but the option was greyed out, saying they had embargoed me. if i couldn’t make peace or trade with them, how were they able to ma
[quote who="altak" reply="10" id="3725754"] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HW2KMQoeS9d7XIIiHLyh3iblmUmY3Uj5/view?usp=sharing So. How do i put a screenie here. [/quote] If you just want to attach a screenshot, you can click on the + button on your formatting menu, and click on the "Image" option from the drop down menu. Use the "upload" tab to upload from your computer. <img src="https://cdn.stardock.us/forums/64/59/6459125/8f258809-3ea3-4d23-bd5e-e
[quote who="goxwerd" reply="5" id="3725659"] For the life of me i cannot seem to find what defines this in the xml. All the places it could/should be i either am missing it or its somewhere else. Does anyone know what file this setting is in? [/quote] GalCiv3MapDefs Look for... </PlayerStartSpacingNar
Or we need a money sinkhole of some sort.
If you are making that much money, you pretty much have no reason to just let it collect. Might as well spend it on buying up colonies and rush ships to take over the galaxy asap. lol
[quote who="altak" reply="5" id="3725556"] That doesn't explain the game reporting my x amount profit as a actual loss. So that, from that point on my income is x amount in the negative. Which in my case instead of having 2.3mil in profit every turn, The game says i am losing 2.3 mil. per turn. [/quote] What is happening to you is just the result of incrementing beyond the maximum value allowed by the data type (which seems to be
The game engine actually has a hard cap on how much credit you can have, even if you tried to raise the upper limit in the xml files (which would error out when you try to save the changes).
You need Atmospheric Cleansing to colonize that planet, which is normally researched in the Age of Ascension under the Planetology line of techs. It should tell you in the tooltip when you hover your mouse over it.
Are you using a USB mouse? Have you checked to see if the problem is actually your mouse drivers and configuration first? If it is not a PS/2 mouse, it probably has some sort of software to configure it.
[quote who="altak" reply="1" id="3724399"] How can i post my save game here as an attachment ??. [/quote] You have to upload it elsewhere, like google drive, and then link it.
I also agree that the AI needs to put more weight into your tech and manufacturing capabilities than anything else because at the end of the day, if you have better techs and more manufacturing than everyone else, you can basically ramp it over to military manufacturing whenever you want and trounce everyone. Whether or not you actually have a sizable standing fleet or not should not weigh as much. In most of my games, I am usually so focused on going tall that I neglect my military,
Military power also factors in your military manufacturing and liquid credits to a smaller extent. If you really want to boost your military rating effectively, though, just make a few very expensive ships loaded with nothing but weapons, which is effectively what the AI has (minus the expensive part).
But the real question is: How would you make the AI's Fleets stronger than the player's fleets?
No way to disable it. We need a way badly, though.
This game becomes more ridiculous in many ways as it tries to find a balance in its mechanics. -Has advanced technologies allowing for space travel and interplanetary colonization. -Neolithic level of agriculture. Humans in this alternate universe must have never figured out hydroculture.
Are you saying it is visually larger or smaller, or do you mean that there are literally less tiles in a medium map than in a small map?
How about the civilization info page that breaks down your income/spendings and lets you adjust your global tax rate?
Got pics?