In: Galactic Civilizations II, Games

Galactic Civilization II 2.0 ship designer

Wherein Paul plays with Galactic Civilization II 2.0 standalone ship designer. Shows off some designs and gets really happy.

Lets get the ‘really happy’ comment out of the way first shall we. Galactic Civilizations II is one of my favorite strategy games, only a few get close to beating it – Master of Orion 2 anyone – but for the past couple of years I’ve been unable to play it. Why? Simple, I switched to Mac. Which meant using Bootcamp to run XP for all my gaming. That in itself isn’t a problem as all other games run fine under Bootcamp. However GCII refused to run for more than 5 minutes without crashing the computer to restart.  I’d almost lost all hope of playing my beloved game again. Then came GCII 2.0 and I dared to hope.  I’m glad to report that yes 2.0 fixes most of my problems – I still get the odd crash mind – so thank you Stardock. It only took a complete rewrite…

Anyway on to the standalone ship designer. Which some would say should have been there from the start. But I’m not one to moan I loved it without and I love it the same with.  One thing I will note though: if you have a game started and then create ships in the standalone creator you’ll be unable to use them in that game. So either create the ships first or build them in your game as you go.

RP mode on!

Kaizhing Drive Systems (KDS) are a relatively new ship builder but that hasn’t stopped them from being one of the most profitable construction yards within the allied systems. Their strengths are in robust hull design and advanced technology development.

KDS Mining Barge

KDS Firetail Class Homeworld Defense Interceptor

KDS Stalker Class Patrol Cruiser

Fhidai Shipyards (FI) is an aging shipyard based on the edge of allied space. For a long time they were thought bankrupt but on the eve of the insectoid wars their CEO came to allied commanders with impressive ship designs.  Where they obtained the new technology is still unknown.

FI Griffin Class Troop Transport

FI Interdictor Class Battleship

RP over!

As you can see I had great fun with the ship builder and I’m sure they’ll perform excellent on the field when I play a game. I’ll leave the Huge size ships until later. Got to have something to look forward to.

Posted: Monday, November 10th, 2008
Tags: battleship, galactic-civilization-II, Games, GCII, RP, ship-builder