preferred settings Gal Civ 4 ( newbie )

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Hello everyone,

 

I bought Gal Civ 4 last weekend and having a blast learning and playing. I have played Gal Civ 3 years ago but never got really deep into it but have a basic understanding of most concepts.

 

What im wondering though is what galaxy setting most people would suggest for beginners.

https://tweakbox.mobi/

Last night i played in 1 cluster with the biggest galaxy size and 8 other AI's - while it taught me a bit about how the AI reacts i found i ran out of space quickly. The substream space seems intruiging but im probably going to get steamrolled by the AI who discovers it first.

https://tutuappx.com/

I have 16gb of ram and an i7 processor in case it helps - i noticed turns took up to about 7ish seconds in year 23... so i guess the slowdown happens fast.. but i had 8 AI's so...

 

Also, do most tutorials on Gal Civ 3 still apply ? I found out there isn't alot of general info on 4 yet and im kind of struggling with influence and starbases. Do i build them in my planetarea or right next to it ?

 

The same goes for colonies and core worlds. I know anything under 20 is best left as a colony... but what if i have two +20 worlds right near eachother is it still worth it to develop both?

 

Also can i rearange what colony supplies to what world or is it only the nearest one?

 

Anyways, thanks for reading and possibly replying to a noob.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

In Game settings:

Set Galaxy difficulty to beginner, game pace/research to normal and proximity to far.

Largest "map" your puter will play, game will tell you, set sectors to Galactic, Sector size I use medium Star freq. abundant.

For planets I set the first two at abundant and extreme planets to none.  

Set Hostiles to none, set minors to none, for first game or two, minors will be the first option you will "change"/ add back.

Anomalies, relics, resources, and asteroids I set to abundant Nebulas to common, black holes uncommon and Accession Crystals none.

In advanced settings I'd check all.

In Victory Options unclick all but Conquest for now.

Next will be the opponents window choose your opponents do not under any circumstances choose The Drengin, Mimot, Festron, Corporate Sector, Xeloxi or Yor these are not races you want to have as opponents while you are learning. Also do not choose the Torian or Manti as they live on water worlds. 

This is the basic advice I give to all that are new to GalCiv as well as any other 4X game.