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Reply to Tactical Combat, Curious in Ideas Stardock Forums

A couple of things people should know about Brad (Frogboy): # He was the top ranked Total Annihilation player in the world on Boneyards.net for over a year. # He was in the top 10 best players on Battle.net during the Starcraft beta # He was in PGL (Professional Gamer's League) on a number of strategy games. # He was in the top 100 in the Warcraft 3 beta and top 10 as a the human faction. So he knows strategy and he puts his knowledge into the computer

Reply to Balance issues? in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

These are things that are being addressed actually. 1) Colony maint is now up front. 2) It has been reduced since your version. 3) Starting funds will be higher.

Reply to Change my Pre-Order in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

No problem, just email [email protected] and she'll take care of you.

Apolyton.net Audio Interview in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Apolyton.net has an on-going audio interview series with Stardock's Brad Wardell with regards to the design philosophy and state of Galactic Civilizations II. A lot of common questions are answered directly. Here is the series so far: Part 1. Part 2. <A

Reply to The Desktop Pet arrives! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Stardock got permission to use a Gremlin... LOL. I wonder if Furby got permission. I wonder if Creatures got permission. I wonder if the trillion other similar things got permission. Little harry critter with big ears is pretty generic these days.

Free Christmas games on TotalGaming.net in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

TotalGaming.net is one of the fastest growing electronic distribution channels for PC games. With award winning games from Stardock, Strategy First, Ubi Soft, Take 2, and numerous indie developers, it allows users to purchase and immediately download games without having to hassle through the pains of digital rights management. For Christmas, Stardock has made available 3 free Christmas games that anyone can play. North Pole Showdown, Elves, Inc. and Stack N Sack. Ch

Reply to Where is kol_s Vista XP skin?? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

There are a zillion Longhorn skins out there. It's like free advertising for Vista.

Reply to Mac Zealots Strike Again! in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

What's sad is that Yahoo apparently has killed Konfabulator. Now it's Yahoo Widget Engine. Just rolls off your tongue.

WinCustomize users! Where are you? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The holidays are almost here. Putting together a New Years eve party and looking for more people to invite? WinCustomize has a Frappr community that gives the locations of many WinCustomize users. Find out what potential friends may be living right down the street! Add yourself!

GalCiv II: User Manual Draft 3 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Brad Wardell, Tom Chick, and Kristin have been putting together the GalCiv 2 manual this week. Check the link below for the latest PDF. Note that the ON-LINE PDF in the final game will NOT have a background so that it's easier to print. This is a copy of the PRINT based manual. UPDATE: Draft 3 now 12/15/2005.

Reply to Beta 4D Moral in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

What is the population on your home planet versus other planets?

Reply to Planet maintenance looks whacked. in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Colonies now cost a lot to maintain off the bat but planetary improvements cost relatively little to nothing. This was put in so that players who choose not to play the "colony rush" are not punished to the extent they were in the first GalCiv.

Reply to Beta 4D notes - Mini Map in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Use middle-mouse button to scroll mini-map.

Reply to Problems with starting Beta 4.0D in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Need your debug.err. Please read: https://www.galciv2.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=162&AID=79994

Reply to Beta 4D Moral in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Here's a tip: If you have taxes > 50% people will tend to get pretty ticked off. In the United States, few people pay over 30% in their taxes -- and they still get mad.

Reply to Beta 4D bugs in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

1) That would indicate that your video card can't handle 4X on the game. Reminder: You should post your hardware and OS configuration. 4) Saved games from 4C won't work on 4D. 5) Thanks! 6) Will check out.

Reply to User Manual - Draft 1 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Intel graphics boards have supported hardware T&L for some time.

User Manual - Draft 1 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The user manual is starting to come together. It's somewhat larger than the GalCiv I manual was. Go ahead and check it out and let us know what you think. Bear in mind this is the first pre-print draft.

Reply to Rethink Wormholes in Ideas Stardock Forums

There's no permanent wormholes in GC2 and there won't be.

Reply to Terran-style dates for all races? Come on. in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Why is the game in English at that point? We can assume that the entire game is being translated on the fly for human players and that the date on the screen is actually in whatever alien format you want.

Reply to PQ Concerns in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

There are planets as high as class 26 in the game. They are just rare.

Reply to Play till the end! Blasted AI threw in the towel too soon and literally affected outcome in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The AI won't surrender unless it's at war with someone far more powerful and its population has become tiny and its military has been wiped out.

Apolyton.net's awesome coverage in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Leading Civilization community site Apolyton.net has been providing extensive coverage for Galactic Civilizations II. This includes: Exclusive screenshots such as: Runner series of screenshots Moreover, on December 5th Apolyton will be featuring an <A

Reply to Quick impression in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Thanks for the report.

Reply to TD Beta Tester Call in ThinkDesk Stardock Forums

Scott, As Brad mentioned, early experience programs have been part of Stardock since its inception over 10 years ago. In fact, some current Stardock employees first came in contact with Stardock from being part of an "Early experience" program. We would certainly be interested in finding out what problems you are having with our software. While we don't claim that all our software is perfect, we do feel it's pretty solid with fe