Re: Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations
 

In SEIV you can simply upgrade facilities from the Construction Queues screen. There's even an Upgrade All button which upgrades all old facilities on all of your planets.

Re: Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations
 

*sniff* If only SEIII had had something so beautiful... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations
 

I'm pretty sure TDM includes an AI that likes to drop troops and capture your planets.

And they're all in general much better at designing ships and building up.

By the time TDM was put together, the community had weeded out the bad strategies and narrowed down the best ones.

Re: Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations
 

You just were not playing the right people. 25 turns was a long game agains some. Many games were over in 7 or 8 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

Re: Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations
 

That would depend on the size of the galaxy and the number of players occupying it. Sure, a favourite setup may have emerged, but the fun was that you were free to setup however the hell you wanted.

Re: Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations
 

I take it then, that all your friends wanted to play gigantic maps, and you couldn't find others who preferred the small ones?

You should be able to find lots of people to play a game with your settings on PBW. ( http://pbw.cc )

Re: Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations
 

Quitch said:
I tried to understand the greater community a couple of times, but I didn't find the forum crowd particularly helpful at the time...

Clearly, you caught us on an off day or something... Unless you are not refering to Shrapnel?

Re: Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations
 

Number of players, yes, most of the time. Size of the Galaxy, not a problem. Starting tech set to nothing was the best defense.

Re: Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations
 

I don't think Malfador sold through Shrapnel when I was around. At least, I don't remember these forums http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I tended to play the AI, but my favourite ever game was from the demo, when it became a 2v2 with only a single sector in the centre of the map linking the two halves of the galaxy. Ah, the wars that happened there... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations
 

Yes, back in the SEIII days this forum wasn't around. I wonder if there was some SEIII forum around somewhere back then. Anyway, SEIII is a wonderful game. Many late nights and some all-nighters. Of course, when SEIV came out I stopped playing SEIII. I did try to start playing SEIII a few times but it just wasn't the same anymore. I can't wait for SEV...