Recent content by vLabz

Hi, 1/ Something striked me while watching the Rising Tide intro video is that people don't have any suit in the outside. That means the atmosphere is breathable. I did not have this feeling so far by playing the game (soliders have suits). But I did not play to much I may completely be wrong...

Thanks a lot, that's the kind of thing I need to read! I'm just quoting Sid Meier himself: "A game is a series of interesting choices" => if the choices are uninteresting, they shouldn't be presented as "choices", should they? Maybe I'm trying find some gameplay elements from SMAC in BE...

In the early game city placement is very important, otherwise you loose (or play normal or easy) The city placement dictates the amount of ressources you get: good for growth or good for production (or both). It also works for energy: a small difference will really help research in the early...

Thanks for the detailed reply. Well I can't agree on that with you, I didn't play civ5, but played a bunch of SMAC, and I really feel I need to think twice when I terraform: Several buildings grant you energy or production % bonuses Combined with secret projects you can reach +100%, +150%...

Ok, I expected the choices in tile enhancements and city location to be more important and strategic. Every turn, it can take a long time to "drive" the workers on the fields, for enhancements that are kind of obvious. And it breaks the other interesting actions in progress. The construction...

Hi, I find city construction and its surrounding tiles enhancement a bit repetitive. I'm not having a blast in choosing what buildings and choosing how I'm going to terraform the tiles just around and I'm tempted to automate my workers. Cities are not specialized in BE due to a lack of...

Hi guys, the solution in this thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/8930/discussions/0/648814841918854482/ here is the tip:

I am *very* surprised that no more poeple are complaining about that. The % bonuses are far too low IMO. I want to be able to build cities that shine and sing! Deciding whether this one or that one would be good at health, industry or research! Two specialized cities should be much more...

Hi guys, Got *exactly* the same problem. I was so eager to play V with it's touch optimized interface. DX9 => Works DX11 or tablet mode => Crash before displaying the map My Asus transformer T100 is in Windows 8.1, 32 bits Got the Civ V Steam complete edition. No new graphics...

Hi Quintillus, not that I know: I don't know any way to edit the palette. I would look for other plugins to edit the palette but I fear there isn't. I've read that Paint.NET computes the palette (if any) at save time. Fortunately, there is a "use original palette" option in the PCX...

yeah, at least, I hope so... because even in 2009, Windows ME was already very old, Vista was already there, 7 was about to be released, and XP was the king then... I've revived the thread because I was looking for a free pcx editor, and easy to install and use, no big install, no big...

No way, I just CAN'T believe you're using Windows ME, it's too old now. Hope you changed your OS now we're in 2013. That said, I find Paint.NET much easier than Gimp. Never liked Gimp! (although I respect people working with it and people who made it)

There is an easy and free way to edit pcx files under Windows with Paint.NET there is now a plugin for handling PCX files http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/2135-pcx-plug-in/ I'm using it for Alpha Centauri, just make sure to check the "use original palette" when you save a file...

Can't agree more with you ! Auto trade should be optionnally set up between two towns only, in order to implement a shuttle-based centralized transport hub. Jtraderoutes modcomp does not resolve this well, it still has many bugs and limitations (can't use sort or you lose current route, no...

Just a simple post to say thank you so much for this wonderful manual, I could not have imagined better. :bowdown: