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Reply to GalCiv II WIKI is up in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Just to note - the wiki is still here , and it's just 30 articles away from the magic 500 mark. Perhaps some of you guys can think of a few new topics for it to cover?

Reply to Brand New Game DOES NOT REGISTER in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

For those in this situation who have not already done so, please send your serial in an email to [email protected] so that it can be looked up. That is the only way to tell for sure whether or not a serial has been previously used to register a game. Please be aware that Fry's is perfectly happy to re-seal boxes that have been returned to them, and they have no way to tell whether or not the serial

Reply to Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it? in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

ATI has fixed the suspend problem .

Reply to Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it? in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

I didn't even try to install Quickset. I assume that those kinds of system-specific tools will be non-functional. I did attempt to use the touchpad software, but it was broken as well.

Reply to Wasn't there an upcoming sound theme manager? in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

Vista is coming up fast. Some of our development time had to be diverted to making our other projects work on it. As far as I know (aka not an official response ) it's still a project that we are doing, it's just not ready for release yet.

Reply to Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it? in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

I would strongly recommend that everyone take time to evaluate any Vista-related purchases, be they software or hardware. It is a big change, and it is likely to take some time for things to settle down. Windows XP SP2 is still a fine operating system and it will do for just about everyone for now. Even I do not even plan to move my own main home system to Windows Vista (. . . immediately <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif" border

Reply to Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it? in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

liquidguru: I'm afraid I have not had time to test a large number of third-party apps - as mentioned above, that's one reason why MS is going to need to get a full RC1 out soon, otherwise the people who use them will not be able to test it thoroughly. My experience with previous builds has been that most programs could be made to work, except ones that had a reliance on graphics hardware: some took exception to the new driver model.

Vista 5536: Is there time to fix it? in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

As the developer in charge of Stardock's Vista labs, I'm one of the few who gets to "play" with the new builds right away. Up until now this has me

Reply to How do I upgrade to Object Desktop 7 in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Just to make it clear: No, we do not yet have support for Vista in Object Desktop. We are making our best effort to ensure that when Vista is released, Object Desktop components will work with it. However, we can't make any guarantee that any particular pre-release build of Vista will work with any of them. They keep changing stuff and breaking it.

Reply to How to install Icon Packager 3.1 silently? in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

I'm not sure it has a silent install option, though I'll ask. I do wonder, though, why do you need to know?

Reply to Please add the Early Loan Repayment option in Economics GalCiv2 Forums

Loan companies are sharks, and they have no reason to let you get out of their loan agreement. That's part of what you have to consider when you take out a loan: look at how long you'll be paying for it, and how much it ends up costing you. If you don't want to end up paying through the nose, I think you should save up until you can afford the ship to start with. Of course, if you really need the ship, you'll have to take it out anyway . . . but that's where they make their money. <br

Reply to U.S. Govt Tells You To Patch Windows in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Regardless of Homeland Security, you should install this patch. It is a dangerous bug and it is quite possible that someone will make it into a worm. Indeed, the prevailing opinion is not "if" but "when" - and "very soon" is the average estimate.

Reply to Some cool ideas you came up with in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Test post, please ignore...

Reply to Lots of Object Desktop programs about to get new versions.. in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It is, alas, a Windows problem. Windows does not correctly preserve the order of layered windows. Thus, while the cursor is meant to remain on top, Windows paints it underneath, instead, particularly after you change display resolutions. This is a problem in Windows Vista as well, and they keep closing our bugs on it with "won't fix". It's exceedingly annoying. Fortunately it does not appear to affect the system when glass mode is enabled, so th

Reply to Windows Vista and Stardock in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Yes, we recently fixed a bug with DesktopX that would cause it not to work on Vista. Unfortunately, gadgets will need to be recompiled to take advantage of the fix. This affects things like the Aquarium Desktop, Natural Desktop and the Desktop Pet which are built using it. Updates should be available for these in due course. In general, some programs will work straight off. A few, such as WindowBlinds, have needed major work but we were aware that was coming and have been preparing for so

Reply to GCII Website Backup?? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Speaking as someone from Stardock, I can honestly say that we do care. Really! Truly! We just no longer seem to have the time to make great games and provide great forum interaction at the same time. We may have to choose one, and that is always going to be making great games. This is a bad excuse, and it's one I dislike having to use, but it's true. We cannot be everywhere at once, or solve every problem, even if the problem has been around for a while. You've already talked to Cari

Reply to Opening Theme Lyrics in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

This was answered here, post 8: https://forums.galciv2.com/?ForumID=162&AID=71741

Reply to Relationships on Myspace in Virtual Communities WinCustomize Forums

MySpace is not somewhere I choose to spend my time, because I find it is more of a personal advertisement than a dialogue. I have LiveJournal, which is a better fit to my needs in terms of keeping up with the activities of those I know about. As for the person who didn't have 200 friends - well, with the Internet, it is certainly possible to at least have 200 people you know to a degree. Maybe they're not all close friends, but you can still know them to a reasonable exten

Reply to Funny: How to Break Windows Notepad in Windows Software WinCustomize Forums

Here is another explanation of this, which I happened to read after reading this here: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/06/14/630864.aspx

Reply to Window Blinds 5 doesn't skin Windows Explorer in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

My initial guess would be that there's something plugging into Explorer that is breaking WindowBlinds' skinning of the app. Do you have any addins that add functionality to Explorer windows, either on the right-click menu or elsewhere? Most things like compression programs work fine, but sometimes something obscure pops up . . . and often they're less than perfectly coded. They may work right enough to not break explorer, but could do something that st

Reply to ObjectDock generates a lot of Page faults in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

Despite the name, a page fault ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page%20fault ) is not a big thing. It just means "I couldn't find this information immediately to hand, so I had to go elsewhere to get it". It is part of how Windows memory management works (and indeed how most moden operating systems work). The only time it breaks something is when the application didn't actually have access to that memory to start with, which usually indicates a bug in th

Reply to Difficulty levels make this game useless! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hmm. Couldn't you adjust the number of opponents that you start with, or fiddle with the starting conditions in such a way that it makes it harder or easier for you as well? I can't honestly say that I know many people who can handle cripping, so your "surely you can't be alone" may not be the case. If so, well done, try and get the attention of Frogboy and tell him what you're doing so he can beat it.

Reply to Quick stroll... in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

We don't want to release a program that we [b]know[/b] does not work for a significant proportion of people and which we cannot reasonably support. If we release another version of BootSkin, it will be more likely to implement a safer method of skin application than it will be to provide full-colour (though that ability may remain if people [i]really[/i] want it). Brad's right - you can do a lot in 16 colours. Here's two I use from Creatures

Reply to Game Price in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

To confirm what others have said: Yes, we could sell the game cheaper ourselves, but it's a catch-22: if we do that, then fewer people buy it retail, and then the retail channel re-orders fewer boxes, and so even fewer people buy it at retail, and thus fewer people actually get to play the game because it's not available at stores and they either don't know about its availability online or don't want to buy online. And then next time none of the retail stores order GalCiv III because they think

Reply to New Media Player Features in DesktopX 2.4 in DesktopX JoeUser Forums

Pfft. You're just sayin' that.