This is one is a bit of a bother.

After a turn occurs and I get my GNN, with pop-ups along the right frame... once I click on a ship icon, I START to center on that planet, but then I'm diverted to the first ship that has a move! Thus, if I hadn't paid attention to WHICH planet just made that new ship, I have to go through all my ship moves and THEN search each planet, looking for the new ship.
The little icon along the right side goes away as soon as you click it, regardless if you actually do anything with the ship.

So yeah, the redirect thing is a beating. I want to do the things in MY order computer, not yours! I will go inspect my newly ship BEFORE I decide to move ShipX !!!

Please consider:

1. Adding the ability to view technologies in the trade window.

2. Add some sort of value to the technology windows, akin to Civ4 beakers, so users can more accurately value the technologies they have and trades received by computer opponents.

3. Please provide a downloadable (PDF?) version of the tech tree.

Starting Locations

How about a way choose starting locations for each race.

I always have to restart each map at least 5x till we all get spread out evenly around the map.

I always find we get huddled all close together and large portions of the map are empty.

Would be nice to be able to start the enemy on the opposite side of the map or chose if you could have an ally near to you for example.

Or even a randomize button to remake a new galaxy layout without having to resign and go through the character selection process again

All my UI suggestions involve the shipyard.

#1 Replace the UPGRADE Button with a COPY Button
I create base ship designs with just cosmetic (i.e.,eye candy, no functional components) features. During games I click the UPGRADE button on a base model, add ship components, and save under a new name. This can't be done with the core ship designs because you are not allowed to modify them. However, I should be allowed to create new designs based on them. Allow me to select a core ship design, copy and modify it, but require I save it under a new name! For example, I should be able to create a Colony Ship or Transport which is cheaper, faster, and/or has better range than the core ones but retain all of Stardock's eye candy!!!

#2 Add a CLEAR SHIP COMP. Button
The CLEAR button will clear everything on the current design but what if you want to clear the functional ship components but retain all the cosmetic (i.e.,eye candy) ones?

#3 Add a Show Obsolete Ships Checkbox
By default this would be clear but if checked would show obsolete ships. Selecting an obsolete ship would cause the OBSOLETE button to change color, clicking it would change it back and change the ship back to non-obsolete. Currently if you accidentally obsolete a ship you can't undo that action!

#4 Add a Show Future Ships Checkbox
By default this would be clear but if checked would show grayed out ships that are not yet available because you don't have the required tech. You would not be able to build these ships but it would be nice to be able to view them and see what techs I need to build one.

#5 Add a Show Obsolete Ship Components Checkbox
By default this would be clear (currently they are shown) but if checked would show obsolete ship components. An obsolete component is a component which is inferior in one of the three categories (size, cost, value) and inferior or equal is the other ones. Due to the rebalancing that took place between the Beta5 and release, there are a lot less obsolete components since now the more advanced components are usually more expensive; however, I still think this might be useful.

#6 Add Sorting Ship Components Based on Size, Cost, or Value
Sometimes when choosing a ship component I'm focused on size (since my design is almost full and I looking for what else I can place on it, cost (because I am designing a cheap ship), or value (because I'm looking for the fast engine or most powerful weapon/defense). Being able to sort the components would help in finding the right one!

Thanks Stardock for making a great game. The above changes would make it even better!

Paul D.

As a first thing, thanks a lot. to Stardock but also to all the GC fans!!

I haven't been around for a while, so most of my thoughts were already pointed out.
Here are my suggestions (or you can consider them my votes):

- Individual ship data are currently not visible in the fleets.Should be fixed.
- Auto-launch for ships should be available.
- It should be possible to select the tile where thr ships pop out.
- Autopilot should give an estimation of the turns needed to reach endpoint
- Radius for a starbase should be hinted on the map while building a new one
- Whole starbase management should be redesinged (not a minor one), need to haev a dedicated tool
.- Trade tech helper (should be easier to evaluate the techs we're trading)
- Upgrade core ships (by copy-paste) should be made possible - not all of us want to play doll dressing but we all want to have nicer ships
- Text entry management should be easier
- Cartesian coordinates should be visible

This is something I haven't seen - yet:

- It should be possible to change the intelligence level of your opponents during the game (not sure how it would affect AI though). For the Metaverse rhe level used in the rankings will be the lowest one.

Once again, thanks. You do deliver.

mini map (and main map for that matter) - ship range should stand out better. A thin grey line over a grey fog of war isn't easy to see.

mini map - update fog of war changes while the ship is moving, or at least after it moves. I tend to use the mini map for some by -hand exploration and find that I have to move a ship, click a filter on the mini map, move the ship, etc...

starbase upgrades - when a constructor reaches a starbase, it would be nice to center the map on the starbase so that you can tell which one is going to get upgraded.

1. Adding the ability to view technologies in the trade window.

You can already, rright click on a tech in the Diplomacy screen will tell you the same info as you get in the tech screen.

I would like to see anomalies respawn so that i can continue to find them and have use for research ships. all to often they run out way to early. and id like to be able to continue to discover them even if they only occasionally reappear.

I'd like to be able to rename "Custom Star" when playing as a custom race. (Unless that is already in place and it is my incompetence preventing it!)

Much much higher cost for buying equipment : Buildings ; ships and perhaps you should need at least some groundwork (certain production put in) Even with the resources of a planet how do you instant create buildings ships? OK perhaps if you spend 100x the normal cost... I think instant buy should be some kind of real emergency tool and not a common affair.

Slow down the Starships: feels like walking down to the end of town and not sending out Starhips to the end of the galaxcy...

Slow down tech trade: Ever treid to sell to Somalia the design of an airbus? Could they use it in any way?
I don´t thinkt that trading techs should be as simple and as common as in GalCiv2

Perhaps its possible to scale down the numer of peple a little bit.... 80 million soldiers attacking... Colonies with 3,5 billion people after a "few" years....
It destroys for me alittle bit the "feeling" of reality.

Perhaps its possible to scale down the numer of peple a little bit.... 80 million soldiers attacking... Colonies with 3,5 billion people after a "few" years....
It destroys for me alittle bit the "feeling" of reality.