What's going on with SUPPLY?

Captain Kwok · #1 November 27th, 2006, 02:29 PM

To be fair though, there are reasons why other supply options exist. It doesn't help so much with the low rate from the Resupply Depots in stock, but it does make overall supply management a lot less tedious.

President_Elect_Shang · #2 November 27th, 2006, 02:41 PM

StarJack I think your going to do fine here! Welcome to our forum, now yours too! So take your funky behind off and get an avatar already; sheesh� Oh and don�t forget to start learning how to mod!

AAshbery76 · #3 November 27th, 2006, 03:04 PM

Sounds like Galciv2 is more for your taste.

StarJack · #4 November 27th, 2006, 03:17 PM

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Sounds like Galciv2 is more for your taste.

I have it but I haven't played in a while. The concept of 3-5 facilities a planet rubbed me wrong after SEIV, and building one too many farms and having the population riot just turned me off. I wound up going back to SEIV when I had time to kill, and will probably trade in Galciv for something else over xmas holidays. If things proceed with SEV like I expect, it'll be a better game next spring once the bugs are stomped and the modders have had at it.

President_Elect_Shang · #5 November 27th, 2006, 03:58 PM

Here try The Avatar Emporium by our local graphics guru David E. Gervais. You can see more of his work by playing SE5 too. The thread for the Emporium is located here if you want to make a request. You can also find the rank if you want to get spiffy and add some.

I didn�t care for GalCiv either, maybe because I was already very spoiled to the SE series. Modding does take a lot of time, but if you learn it in chunks starting with the Components.txt file you will be able to fix and tweak some things that irritate you now. Some not all! Boarding isn�t really my thing, there�s just not enough room in space for other ships. I prefer to stand in orbit and carry out a demonstrative strike then demand surrender. If that doesn�t work I can always order in new shipments of ammo; if you catch my meaning.

As for the Strategic problem there is nothing I can say to help you with there. What you are reporting is what I have heard since the game was released. I would strongly advise that you send your bug reports and your save game to support_at_malfador_dot_com. Aaron is the greatest about taking the time to reply. In fact after I post this message I am going off to answer a question he sent me regarding a recent email. He really cares about how we feel about the game and I have never heard anyone say he hasn�t gotten back to them when needed.

Phoenix-D · #6 November 27th, 2006, 04:12 PM

GalCiv 1 seemed to me to be a "civ in space" clone, though I didn't play it all that much. If I want that I'd play Alpha Centauri, which seems to do it better.

President_Elect_Shang · #7 November 27th, 2006, 04:45 PM

Well, actually I like Civ and didn�t want to say GalCiv seemed like a clone; but, since you said it first I agree. Now that I think of it an old friend gave me my copy of GalCiv. Said he had played it and didn�t want anything in return. It didn�t take too long before I was thankful I hadn�t traded.

StarJack · #8 November 28th, 2006, 08:09 AM

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President_Elect_Shang said:
Here try The Avatar Emporium by our local graphics guru David E. Gervais. You can see more of his work by playing SE5 too. The thread for the Emporium is located here if you want to make a request. You can also find the rank if you want to get spiffy and add some.
recent email. He really cares about how we feel about the game and I have never heard anyone say he hasn�t gotten back to them when needed.

Thanks for the info, a request has been placed for an avatar, and I'm copying malfador on my e-mails to strategy first tech support!

President_Elect_Shang · #9 November 28th, 2006, 10:22 AM

I wouldn�t even bother with Strategy First. There is a difference of opinions here about Aaron�s move to use Strategy First in publishing SE5. I don�t want to say anything that would start the fire fight over so suffice it to say I don�t think Strategy First was the best choice. If you really need help ask us (like this question) or contact Aaron. As you get familiarized with the forum and the members you will start to see we sometimes act like a bunch of old hags. We feel a certain way about certain topics (purposely vague) and will argue amongst ourselves. We always come back together in the end and the past is forgotten and forgiven. Well, except in Fyron�s case, we never really forgive him and there is no forgetting him!