Galactic Civilizations III Released!

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:35 am

Are minors in yet? I'm 100 turns+ into a medium galaxy and yet to encounter any. Are they just not implemented, or is it a bug?

Also, please, please, please add the ability to search the tech tree. Endless Space was the first (I think) to do it, and it makes a big difference. If I want to rush a hull size or treaty or whatever, I don't want to have to scour the tree to do so.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:43 pm

What's going on with Alliances? I researched the requisite techs, both the Krynn and the Drengin worship the ground I walk on, yet it never appears as a treaty to offer in the diplomacy screen. Am I doing something wrong?

Island Dog · Post by **Island Dog** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:54 pm

The 0.51 patch is out today with a bunch of fixes and memory usage improvements.

Changelog

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:12 pm

Any sense of what the space combat is going to be like? Is that in yet?

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 5:39 am

Combat is supposed to be implemented in Beta 3, due in December. I don't think they've shown it yet.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:58 am

In the current build, when you enter a combat situation, the game asks you to step outside and start a fistfight with a random stranger. Then you report the outcome to Stardock and continue with your game.

JonathanStrange · Post by **JonathanStrange** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:40 pm

I'm looking for a fight! Speak about AI intelligence, aggressiveness, etc.

Tell your thoughts about why you think we must buy in! As if we could be stopped ...

Island Dog · Post by **Island Dog** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 3:05 pm

He's correct about beta 3 for December:

December 2014: Beta 3 - Combat! Yor Singularity!
This is the big combat update. Ground invasions, our new take on fleet combat, and the sinister mechanical Yor join the beta before the end of the year.

And yes, I don't believe anything has been shown or talked much about it as they've been working on it. I can't promise, but it's probably safe to say we'll probably give some type of look at it on the livestreams we have on Friday's.

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:49 pm

I've got a major hankering for a space 4x. Is this playable? Fun?

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:21 pm

It's not out until next year. For space-themed 4X, all the cool kids are playing Beyond Earth.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:44 pm

Mr. Fed wrote:I've got a major hankering for a space 4x. Is this playable? Fun?

Playable, not a whole lot of fun. There's still a lot of placeholder stuff, and some systems haven't made it in yet (combat, minor races). It's worth getting if you plan to get it anyway and want to check out the state of the game, but it's certainly not ready for prime time.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:57 pm

Thanks. I keep staring at it in my wishlist and wondering if the time is right yet. Patience. ...

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:46 pm

Mr. Fed wrote:I've got a major hankering for a space 4x. Is this playable? Fun?

I'd recommend Endless Legends. More mature than BE is right now.

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:03 pm

tgb wrote:
Mr. Fed wrote:I've got a major hankering for a space 4x. Is this playable? Fun?
Playable, not a whole lot of fun. There's still a lot of placeholder stuff, and some systems haven't made it in yet (combat, minor races). It's worth getting if you plan to get it anyway and want to check out the state of the game, but it's certainly not ready for prime time.

I reloaded Space Empires IV instead.

Island Dog · Post by **Island Dog** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:28 pm

If you enjoy the ship designer, we have a contest going on where your design will be included in the game and a chance at $1000.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 3:22 pm

Damn you Stardock!!!! You and your darn 50% off promotion getting me to buy a game I want to wait until it's completed to play...

stardock50 coupon code until 11/24, for the other weaklings... gets you a steam code (actually, it's a smidge over 50&, as I got 22.50 of off the 44.99 price

It was probably that single, extra Abe Lincoln which got me...

Stuie · Post by **Stuie** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:22 pm

Pyperkub wrote:
stardock50 coupon code until 11/24,

Note that the code is good for ANY game purchase at the Stardock store, so you can pick up Off-World Trading Company and/or something else as well.

Island Dog · Post by **Island Dog** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 12:41 pm

Yep, and the sale ends tomorrow too.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:32 pm

50% off Galactic Civilization 3 = Purchased.

RMC · Post by **RMC** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:42 pm

Lassr wrote:50% off Galactic Civilization 3 = Purchased.

Yeah, all my grousing about not liking this game was apparently because I am a moron. I like this game, so it is now purchased and downloaded on Steam.

JonathanStrange · Post by **JonathanStrange** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:11 am

I'm in too; I'm a grognard for GalCiv so may as well admit it. I'll always have problems with something in the game but I enjoy it. Just wish the ships weren't so cartoony still... See? Grumbling again.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:24 am

JonathanStrange wrote:I'll always have problems with something in the game but I enjoy it.

It's a feedback thing. There's a by-the-numbers aspect to it that only hardcore gamers (like us!) can love. Build this, get a 2% boost to that is straightforward and I think most of us appreciate the transparency, but it doesn't exactly stir the imagination. The fiction has a sterile feel even as the game is well designed and balanced -- what narrative exists doesn't exactly carry one away.

But yeah, I enjoy it too. Maybe this one will have more personality than its predecessors had. Graphics don't matter since I play 90% of the game at the zoomed-out abstract level. Sorry, artists.

Island Dog · Post by **Island Dog** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:48 pm

The winner was announced in the GalCiv 3 ship designer contest.

Tezmagorian's ship will be included in GC3 when it's released.

Island Dog · Post by **Island Dog** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:56 pm

Beta 3 is out today and the Yor are now available in GalCiv 3!

Beta 3 adds everyone’s favorite synthetic sociopaths, who laugh at the idea of feeding their colonists or worrying about growth rates. Need more population? Just build some new units to augment the Singularity’s physical capabilities. Simple.

Also included in Beta 3 are big-moment cinematics done by our in-house team to mark occasions like your first capital ship launched or first colony founded, and our first pass at combat animations including visible damage states for starships.

We’ve also dropped in unique art for many events, made the UI reflect your empire’s color (GalCiv III is approximately 62% less blue, on balance), added a ton of (perfectly realistic) sound effects to many objects in space, completely overhauled balance, and much more.

Read the full patch notes here: http://forums.galciv3.com/459763

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:37 pm

So, does this mean combat is in?

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:47 pm

Over at Qt3 they are saying mid-January for combat.

JonathanStrange · Post by **JonathanStrange** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:32 pm

Sonofabitch that's a nice warship! Could've used it in the last Kurian uprising. Kraken doesn't know what he's missing being all strategic.

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:18 pm

From what I understand, the only thing that will be added to combat will be the non-interactive "watch it" option.

I'm going to buy it. Brad Wardell has been seriously irritating me, but I'm going to put him in the category of good artists whose politics I don't like but I will still enjoy, like Wagner.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:44 pm

JonathanStrange wrote:Sonofabitch that's a nice warship! Could've used it in the last Kurian uprising. Kraken doesn't know what he's missing being all strategic.

If there was tactical combat, I'd use the tactical view. Since there isn't I will rarely see it (if ever).

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:02 pm

OK. Noodling around with it.

I understand how to adjust the money/research/production numbers empire-wide or on a plant. But one thing I'm not clear on.

I get that you build ships in starports, and I get that you can set the starports to receive "contributions" from different planets. But is there any way to make planets contribute more or less to ship building? In other words, can I set a planet to devote more (or less) of its production to a local starport's ship construction? Is that something I have to research?

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:20 pm

Mr. Fed wrote:OK. Noodling around with it.

I understand how to adjust the money/research/production numbers empire-wide or on a plant. But one thing I'm not clear on.

I get that you build ships in starports, and I get that you can set the starports to receive "contributions" from different planets. But is there any way to make planets contribute more or less to ship building? In other words, can I set a planet to devote more (or less) of its production to a local starport's ship construction? Is that something I have to research?

Starports can be moved, although I think production halts when doing so. In the menu in the lower left hand corner when you click on a starport there's a command called "unanchor", or something like that. You can then move the starport like any other vessel (although I'm guessing the distance is limited). The amount a planet contributes is based on the proximity of the starport.

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:18 pm

Is there any way to devote all of the planet's production to the starport, rather than building stuff?

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:22 pm

nm, figured it out -- the flat slider under the globe thingy.

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:12 pm

Now I can't figure out how to create a trade route. I've got a freighter.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:46 pm

Mr. Fed wrote:Now I can't figure out how to create a trade route. I've got a freighter.

I assumed it works the same way as II. Just send the freighter to the AI world you want to trade with. Doesn't that work?

There's also the possibility that trade routes aren't working properly yet.

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:49 am

Right, but I thought you could do routes with your own worlds.

jztemple2 · Post by **jztemple2** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:47 pm

On sale now on the Steam Holiday Sale for half off, for the next 22 hours. I'm guessing this is a good time to pull the trigger and get it. Any reason not to? I'm pretty burned out on early access, but I'm not seeing this being any cheaper before the eventual release.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:55 pm

jztemple2 wrote:On sale now on the Steam Holiday Sale for half off, for the next 22 hours. I'm guessing this is a good time to pull the trigger and get it. Any reason not to? I'm pretty burned out on early access, but I'm not seeing this being any cheaper before the eventual release.

Go ahead and get it. It's not quite feature-complete, and there's a lot of balancing and polishing to be done, but it's playable and enjoyable.

Mr. Fed · Post by **Mr. Fed** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:24 pm

I agree. Though it will be much improved with tooltips and other explanations of how things work.

jztemple2 · Post by **jztemple2** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:27 pm

OO effect happens again, GCIII is now mine!