13-10-2004 10:11									#1
	Galactic Civilizations II: Planet Design Support Apolyton

Little scoop for Apolyton:

Planets in Galactic Civilizations II will be handled totally differently.

In Galactic Civilizations planets were simply rated a given quality level with the higher the number being better and that translated into production which could be enhanced with buildings (factories and research centers).

In GalCiv 2, you still have a quality level but all that means now is that a planet will have that many usable "blocks" on the planet that you can do things with.

You can use things like soil enhancement to turn a useless block into a useable block. But overall, you have to build up your planet with things on the usable blocks.

So by default, a planet would have only 3 production points (the initial colony).

A Factory might add 3 points. Total. No more of thise "25% manufacturing bonus" stuff. They all give X number of production points. Period. That's because you can build as many factories as you want.

In GalCiv 1, you just queued up all the social programs. but in GalCiv 2, each planet is unique. And your strategies will differ.

Plus you'll have things like ruins, mineral deposits, and other things. And this will all be displayed ona really cool looking top down surface map of the planet.

	13-10-2004 22:38									#2
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Good to know you still come here, even though the discussion kinda died out.

So if i understood it correctly, each factory (or any other building) will take up a useable block?

	16-10-2004 03:25									#3
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Precisely. So you can build multiple of the same type of building.

	19-10-2004 15:53									#4
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I just read the interview with Brad Wardell on HomeLan which is linked on galciv.com. There was this passage:

"I also wanted us to address what I considered to be some of the limitations in the first game. Things like ship design, being able to play as other civilizations, fleets, a much MUCH MUCH better way of managing planets, and more customization."

I think that all of these features address the only major weakness in GalCiv: the lack of replayability. Looks promising!

Zenon

	19-10-2004 18:23									#5
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I wondered... if you have all the collection of building, but some attack kills half of your population, will your population still be able to use the infrastructure as much?? For example: a planet with 6000 person left on it because of some bio-chemical attack wouldn't be able to use all of its blocks anymore under a certain minimum population.

	18-11-2004 17:59									#6
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This is good news. The manner of handling planets was really rather mundane and uncreative. This should help make the details much more interesting.

	18-11-2004 23:13									#7
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I didn't have a problem with how it was before, but this does sound better.

And to me GC1 is plenty replayable, and now I'll be able to go get Altarian Prophecy!

	03-12-2004 19:26									#8
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I did not notice this being stated at the Galciv2 forums about the Planets. I agree with all comments and look forward to Galciv2. Is it done yet??

	03-12-2004 23:34									#9
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It's not done but the beta should start being available next year if you preorder or have drengin.net.

	04-12-2004 02:30									#10
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It would be nice if they'd release it on disc as soon as it's finished.

	04-12-2004 21:50									#11
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I have my TGN subscription all set and ready for the GC beta when it is released shortly. I am addicted to Galciv play it everyday unless I am sick.

	18-12-2004 09:57									#12
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That blocky structure sounds like Ascendancy. Great damn game, with great graphics that i enjoyed a lot when kid.