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Introduction & Questions (of course... newbie)

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Mahlzeit Everyone! :)

Introducing myself as a newbie to Galactic Civilizations, I am curious about some parts of the game and -version.

I bought the GC just some days ago at my retailer´s, and I´m now experiencing the in-game-strategies as I advance through the game. Which is the German Version 1.05. Well, going the cakewalk on a gigantic map :p And now, as my frustration about the lame instruction booklet is literally gone, I am now looking for clues. You should first know, that I already went throughall the headlines of the subjects in this Board, so please don´t feel bothered to repeat all the same answeres (I might have not found by own mistake).

Ok here we go:

- Defections
I experienced that a minor civilization was defecting and joining mine. Great I thought, without any big efforts. But now I am at the point where I want to give some boost to my luck. I built a StarBase at one adjacent sector of a star system´s sector of a major civilization (in this case: the only star system of their´s), have more influence than them (though not twice as much), but more.

Is there any rule to the Propaganda Settings, at which mc-level an effect on the "enemy civilization" occurs? I noticed some break-even-points in accumulated spendings for espionage until "advanced", so I´m just wondering if there is also a related scheme to propaganda.

How can I influence a minor race by my own will to defect ? In two sectors inhabited with minor races, my influence presently approx. 1200 vs. theirs 200 and still all of their people are quite happy. :notsure:

- German Version 1.20
Big thanks to Icho Tolot, but I also noticed a patch at galciv.de... one single exe file at 20MB !!! ... but Icho´s zipped files only peaks to approx. 200KB. What shall I do ? (Sorry, that´s really a newbie question... but I just want to go with the right patch ;) ).


Thank you for your help !!!

Regards,
Knight


P.S.:
Haven´t had the chance to write english for more than 4 years, so please keep me still in one piece ;p
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Reply #26 from Stardock Forums Top
*applause to our generous math-magician* :CONGRAT:

*sigh* :D

It´s really a good thing to have individuals like him in a community - I´m quite thankful to have such great assistance. :)
Reply #27 from Stardock Forums Top
Hey there, :)
I do come up with another curiosity:

Yesterday I continued my game for only 1+/- hour but there were two odd occasions:

Right at the absolute beginning of the game (after it finished loading) there was the Torian "Prime Minister" (sorry I don´t know the english word for this guy) on the diplomatic screen who gifted me 43cash for 3 turns. Nice I thought and accepted. THEN came the Research Screen and the Earth Screen, which usually appear at the start of each loaded game.

The more curious:
There was an event telling me that on a particular planet something was found, I translate: "a device of the ancestors" (="es wurde ein Gerät der Vorfahren gefunden") which boosted that planet´s PQ to 40 (!!!). Actually, the Drengin inhabite that planet... :notsure:

O.k., it´s clear that I will or must invade them soonest, but somewhere in this board I read that the metaverse does not accept games containing PQ more than 40... can´t remember where I read that (Strategies/Mods?)... but in fact that means I have to abandon that nice perle as soon as the game is close to be won (which, of course, reduces my score) >:(

Any recommandations ?
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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top
but somewhere in this board I read that the metaverse does not accept games containing PQ more than 40
End of quote

Be cautious: metaverse flags as anomalous game with an EMPIRE WIDE PQ bonus of 40 or greater. But there isn't any restriction on the individual PQ of your planet. :)

So you can keep playing and submit the game since only the PQ of a planet has changed, your empire wide PQ bonus hasn't yet reached the limit :)