Island Dog

We have a discussion going on about what great space battle scenes there are in either a movie or TV show. You have big movies like Star Wars which had a huge space battle in Episode III above Coruscant, and Star Trek had some epic battles in both the movies and TV series. I thought it would be fun to get a post started and ask our community what they think are some of the best space battles and why. If you have a YouTube clip or specific movie/episode, be sure to include

If you have the time, I'd also suggest watching some of the dev livestreams. :) https://forums.galciv3.com/454038/page/1/

We've updated the tentative schedule! Check the original post for the updated info. :)

I like how you did a video for this, great way to give feedback.

Welcome! :)

We've been doing some streaming of the game, answering questions and showing off features as they make it into Galactic Civilizations III. You can always catch them at http://twitch.tv/stardock , but if you miss them we've been putting them on our YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/stardockgames . Check them out! 11/6 --Latest build-- Lead Designer Pa

Finally got to play around a bit.

[quote]Can't believe there is no ship screenshot post yet! [/quote] You didn't look hard enough. :P https://forums.galciv3.com/454014

Starting soon! :)

The ship designer is out now in the the alpha 2.0 patch, so when have a that ship designed feel free to post it here and so others can see what kind of cool things you can build with it.

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The Lead Designer on Galactic Civilizations III, Paul Boyer, appears on the latest Quarter to Three Games Podcast with Tom Chick. The topic of discussion is sci-fi and game design. It's a great podcast, so have a list over at Qt3. http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2014/05/01/qt3-games-podcast-sci-fi/

Yes, remember this is a tentative schedule that was posted, and things come up and change during that time. :)

We love our fans. We love websites. So both of them together is like peanut butter and chocolate or something. :) We have resources for those individuals who would like to create a fan site based on Galactic Civilizations III. The fan site packet can be downloaded here: http://galciv3.com/game/fan-sites There are images and other resources available there, but I wanted to reach out and ask if the

[quote who="AuraBoy" reply="286" id="3461622"]Also - for our names in the credits - are the majority of people using their screen names or are most people using their real names? I want to use my screen name, (as more people online know me by it) but I don't want it to look out of place if they are all real names. [/quote] It's a varied mix. Some are using their real names, first name with screenname, etc.

Lead Designer for GC3, Paul Boyer, was on the Three Moves Ahead podcast where the obvious topic of discussion was Galactic Civilizations III. "In our 2^8 episode, Rob and Troy talk about Galactic Civilizations 3 with lead designer Paul Boyer. Paul explains the goals of the alpha and what early backers can expect at this stage of development as well as future builds. Rob and Troy rattle off a few items from their wishlist and both of them are wrong once again about ho

[quote who="drusie" reply="96" id="3459204"] Quoting Island Dog, reply 94 Quoting drusie, reply 93 So I bought the Founder's Elite Edition from Steam and logged in to my Stardock account on first startup but the Name a Star website keeps saying "We couldn't find a registration for Galactic Civilizations III Elite Edition on your account". It's been couple of weeks already so I think database etc. related delays are ruled out at this point. On the othe

[quote who="drusie" reply="93" id="3459188"] So I bought the Founder's Elite Edition from Steam and logged in to my Stardock account on first startup but the Name a Star website keeps saying "We couldn't find a registration for Galactic Civilizations III Elite Edition on your account". It's been couple of weeks already so I think database etc. related delays are ruled out at this point. On the other hand I can access the Founder's Vault just fine.

[quote who="fantasticlees" reply="16" id="3459019"] so if im correct right, system is to be updated so name can be 2 words with numbers? will there also be a shutoff when we have to have the name in by. im waiting until youve updated the system before i decide on and put an entry in and dont want to find ive missed my chance.[/quote] Spaces and numbers will be allowed up to 16 characters total. Star naming will end near when the beta starts, so estimated next month maybe.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YDtiPSGHgA[/video]

[quote who="Teao" reply="91" id="3458615"] Quoting Island Dog, reply 78 We're going to be updating the system to allow space/numbers, and allowing people to submit an edit to their name. It probably won't be until next week as we have to get the system in place. Has this been updated yet?[/quote] It should be up early next week.

This is the on demand link for the video from Twitch. http://www.twitch.tv/stardock/b/518973768

This might be of use. :) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

[quote who="-Russell-" reply="269" id="3457707"] Quoting chuckjaywalk, reply 267 I went with Newton. It is my son's name and there is the obvious astronomical significance. Good choice. Does anyone know when the star naming ends? I still can't think of what to name mine.[/quote] It will end when the beta starts. You have time, but don't wait until the last minute. ;)

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="260" id="3457309"]Are you also going through the official names? I'm only asking because the planet-name Po, from the Altarian homesystem, means "butt" in German. [/quote] A word like that has several meanings. I'm sure if we dig enough we can find lots of words that have "colorful" definitions in other languages.