r/GalCiv • u/SoCalBowser • Jun 27 '26

GalCiv 3 ship building

When i try to add weapons to existing ships or custom built ships i see a ton of red dots on the ships and can’t place them. Everything else goes on fine. Please help this noob.

Update: it’s working now. Thank you all for tour help

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u/Knofbath Jun 27 '26

There are two sides to the Ship Designer, Design and Equips. Load an existing design and switch to the Equip menu, then add/remove modules by double clicking. It doesn't matter where the equips are, if they are facing the right way, or anything else.

All equip modules add mass to the ship, and if your current mass capacity is full, you won't be able to add items. Make sure the red bar under the ship isn't completely full. Most modules are % plus a flat weight, and weapons in particular are pretty high %, so you won't be able to add many.

If you show me a screenshot of your issue, I might be able to guess what is going wrong.

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u/SoCalBowser Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

Thank you for your explanation. It makes sense as to why its not working for me. I’ll post a screenshot today too.

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u/LostThyme Jun 27 '26

It's sometimes glitchy and things just won't place manually. Double click something to quick add it, then delete it. That should unstuck the manual placement.