Well, I just found out GalCiv2 has a massive error!
Apparently, green stars do not exist;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlIJl2_ncJQSo, maybe not include them in GalCiv3?
Also, will we be seeing binary/trinary etc star systems?
You just really can't take a joke can you?
I honestly don't care that much about how 'accurate' certain star colors are. if you want realism go play some simulator game.
Still, there is the argument that stars unlike our own exist in a different galactic super-cluster beyond the (current) visible range of telescopes. Or that Galciv3 takes place in a different universe where the laws of physics are close, but different enough from ours to allow such things to exist. (Technically multiverse theory would guarantee that a universe with green stars exists somewhere )
OR, you could go with the argument that this is a completely fictional piece of work, for entertainment purposes only; and scientific accuracy is not guaranteed, implied, or required. I'd rather they make the game play good, then sit around and argue about what stuff is scientifically accurate anyway....
This thread really got... "off-topic"
"GalCiv is unrealistic!"
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"Let us discuss the scientific repercussions of negative Kelvin!"
Don't take this topic too serious. You never know what crazy ideas might come up and end up in the game, making it better.
Might as well start adding in the monopole magnets and FTL neutrino guns....
Dear lord, all this hard science... I prefer hard por...ridge.
+1
If GalCiv was a real space simulator, each turn would take a week. And that's assuming we'd have the technology in the game. I'd hate that.
Also, to say things can only be the way we perceive them is incredibly arrogant. Saying things like "I understand the physics of..." and then claiming to be joking when called down doesn't make one look very smart. It's pretty funny though.
Maybe from your perspective...this is the third thread that has discussed the realism of "green stars" (one on GC3, one on GC2, one on Sins)....each and every time, someone tries to claim they "understand physics" and use "science" to explain why green stars are realistic...each and every time, I have tried to explain why that is incorrect....naturally of course, these threads wander....people who don't understand science continue to argue and I (like others) get to a point where it is far easier to just throw in obviously bogus responses because it is a lost cause...
It's one thing to "correct" me when I'm making a joke (thought it was obvious that "cold stars" was not an attempt at realism)...it's another thing to "correct" a joke with another wrong explanation....of course, it's a matter of perspective -- what's "funny" depends on how much you actually know about the physics being discussed...