I got it on turn 223, immense, all races, normal difficulty. I was playing Tor.
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Some choices just don't make sense for races like the Yor. What do they care about food, disease or ghosts? They might have problems with earthquakes or radiation, but otherwise, they are machines. Same with planets. What the heck do machines care about happiness or culture? They shouldn't even come into the process for a race like the Yor.
Or maybe the Precursors seeded two worlds with human/altarian dna prototype that would eventually evolve into the current form.
Also, just because your computer is new doesn't mean the drivers are up to date. You should check, especially your video drivers. Try disabling any virus protection software while running the game and see if it helps.
I was checking through the names for random stars when I came across my first name, Forster. I am honored. Thank you whoever submitted that. Never thought I'd see the day! [e digicons]:blush:[/e] [e digicons]:P[/e]
If you have any virus programs, disable them.
I don't know about the techs being useless. I kinda like the last one on the force field branch. [e digicons]>_>[/e]
Are you sure the influence modules don't work? I have been running constructors out and creating star bases next to other race boundaries, adding more constructors to build the various influence modules and watched my borders expand, such that the other race's planets start flipping to me.
[quote who="Bamdorf" reply="42" id="3512382"] After some thought and the realization that I have not reinstalled windows since I got my XPS 8100 (4 yrs), I have decided to reinstall the OS and go from there. I found a guide on the web for doing a clean install for a Dell, so here goes nothing. He's pretty thorough so I bet I won't be up and running for a while! LOL, it's the journey that is the fun, right?
Have you gone to the opposite side of the artifact and tried from there?
Well, There is always the remove the game and reinstall pain option, but that should be your last resort.
I doubt its a corrupted system. I had the problem where it would freeze on the first attempt to load, but would run fine on the second attempt. I really believe after SD does a couple of it tweaking patches, the freeze problem will go away until the next major overhaul. That has been the how it has gone for me so far. Although I must admit, this is the first time I deactivated all of my spyware/malware programs and it seems to be doing ok now. They must have some initial controls for the larg
[quote who="DARCA1213" reply="18" id="3511213"] If all goes as planned I will be a Army medic in about a year. [e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Ok, the Semper Fi in your profile confused me. So, you will need a laptop you can drop and take to the desert. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Did 20 myself, 3 tours in Vietnam. Wouldn't like being a medic, I prefer to shoot back. [e digicons]B)[/e]
Have you turned off virus check programs? I found out that was causing my problems. So, until the 2nd or 3rd patch comes out for this version, I have to disable the programs before I start.
No joke, thought you were a marine.
The first game I tried had uncommon for habitable. I found 2 planets in the area reachable by my survey ship before colonizing any either of them. I restarted and set it to common and managed to get 5. That is the game I am in now. Haven't met anyone else to see how their distribution was. I was using tight clusters on a huge map.
Does that pertain to additional planets assigned to support a planet's shipyard, or are those adjustable?
Darca, is your laptop one of those you can drop, take to the desert and other exotic places? [e digicons]
I may bbe remembering wrong, but this seems to happen after every major overhaul. I didn't see this thread, so I posted one of my own. I don't know that the game freeaes so much as hangs and then drags along, I have 12 g Ram and i7 q, everything is up to date.
It seems like we have taken a step backward as far as smoothness of play. I am back to playing with no problems for 30 to 35 turns, then everything starts dragging. Finally, turns are taking so long, when the turn lights up I have to hit escape, save, escape and exit. I had hoped we had seen the last of that a while back. Now, I have to either wait while for Gal Civ to unload, or open task manager and physically shut down the process to restart and play again for another 20 to 30 turns.
You don't have to play with the UP. When you first set up the game you have the option to have the UP disabled, That is what I do.
Small ships that stay far enough away to have time to avoid missiles and kinetic rounds are too far away to be able to hurt a big ship, I believe. I also would think missiles would be guided with internal systems, making dodging a bit more difficult.
Congratulations.
Who said anything about being unhappy with Stardock or anything? I just don't like playing with the UP, and problems like the EPA just confirm my decision.
The dog must be the morale booster. Nice to see who does all the dirty work. [e digicons]|-)[/e]