Philocthetes

Philocthetes

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[quote] v1.1 update with tons of quality of life improvements[/quote] Hi. The 1.1 release thread you pointed to there are only two UI improvements listed in the OP. I skimmed the full thread and didn't see anything like a list in a follow-up post. I got very excited by the headline here because, for me, the QoL in 1.0 was very bad. I'm a GC player from the first Windows version (I forget the name of the OS that Brad wrote the original version for). I'd love to be a GC4 booster

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I was hoping that by this version the devs would have done something about auto survey ships gleefully running into heavily guarded anomalies. Is auto survey meant to be a late-game option even though you can gain the tech pretty early? They only way I can see an 'acceptable losses' ratio for survey ships is when you've got a large population and several shipyards. Otherwise, replacing survey ships eats too large a portion of the population and takes up yard time that should be available for

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[quote who="SAMarcus" reply="3" id="3850826"]Instead of continuously manufacturing SOMETHING just to allow you to advance to the next turn, you should be allowed to let it idle if you want. [/quote] I see the new supply ships as a better option than idling. It would be different if we could see/adjust the ratio of shipyard vs. planetary production, but to my casual eye it looks like you'd be wasting production by idling a shipyard. Then again, I haven't gotten into extensive p

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I wonder if it is tied to the length of a particular game session (not turns, but time since the game started/loaded). I've seen variations in how much of the panel fails to slide into view, sometimes less than 1/4, sometimes maybe 2/3. I've been interpreting it as a bug with the feature of helping me shrug off just-one-more-turn. I have a screen cap if a dev reads this and would find it helpful.

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Hi all. I'm around turn 380 and have just noticed a core world where the citizens are saying "We hate our culture" for -6% Happiness. I have no idea how I could work to reduce that. Is because the world is mostly developed (26 of 37 tiles built) and has no Culture improvement? Population is 10/22.

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[quote who="bradleybradley" reply="9" id="3817499"]...to think 4x attracts "casual players" is a misreading of the market...[/quote] I don't sign on for most of the language here, but for my neighborhood of the mythical market, this is spot on. I'm all for streamlining micromanagement with enriched UI (e.g. screen-advertised keyboard shortcuts, which I've never seen) and assist automation. For me, 4x needs to be 5x and the heart of that experience is <span style="text-decoration:

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[quote who="rap33042" reply="1" id="3817271"]...still only halfway through Alpha. These poor folks haven't had much of a chance to fine-tune things yet. I say, give them that chance before making comparisons to games that have had time to mature[/quote] Seconded @ OP: you'd get a far better chance of seeing changes that you like if you took the flies/honey/vinegar approach. Or at least a tasty vinaigrette.

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[quote who="Seilore" reply="18" id="3809218"]Awarded colony ship when destroyed ship yard, however, no colonist came with it. [/quote] Maybe this is a BOF? It seems logical, and fun, to me that scoring a colony ship from a defeated shipyard would not include population. That would yield at least three choices: use as a pop mover, collect a new founding prop 'ahead of schedule,' or station somewhere awaiting pop growth before boarding colony founders. Functioning like that

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It's probably odd, possibly not helpful, but in early Alphas my attention tends to focus on quality of life. I've not had much time to play yet, but I already think: The core/colony icons on the zoomed-out map need to be much, much smaller--they can block out too much info sometimes. Perhaps shrinking to just the faction icon unless we point to that icon and ask for the details and maybe setting a shrinking scale of some sort that reflects the map size, zoom level, and density

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[quote who="neilkaz58" reply="4" id="3808713"]OK so unless I read incorrectly, if I buy the Alpha for 40 bucks I will also get betas and the release version when it comes out?[/quote] I'm hoping that at least one would get a credit towards the full release on whatever platform(s) Stardock choose for the official first release.

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Banning myself because I can't believe I forgot to keep looking for GalCiv IV starting up. Banning everyone else because you probably did something to deserve it. [e digicons]:O[/e]

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