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Reply to Why was my score deleted? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Peace Phoenix is right. Had he managed to do this with the exploit mentioned here, (the "Multiple reload=multiple bonuses" cheese) then everyone can say "That's a cheat", and that would be fair. As is, he exploited a legitimate loophole in the AI, and IMO needs congratulations for being able to sit it out that long. I think the problem is no-one was expected to have that much patience. If he didn't have the patience, and used a macro to auto-turn, yes

Reply to Advantageous/Unfair bug in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Metaverse games know when your points are above, and flag it as cheating. One of my game WASN'T cheating, yet under the beta 3 (and the revaluation of customisation points) it was. So my first metaverse victory was wiped. However, that means that if you cheese it like that (I've seen it too, but find it wipes some but not all of my points while reloading) then the metaverse will just wipe it.

Reply to It's official in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Well, with 1.1 score milking won't work, you won't be gaining enough points to make up for the new score divider.

Reply to Trade Routes in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Sensor bonus is in parsec range.

Reply to Starport happy in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Interesting. There must be a bug that allows you to start building multiple starports, and forgets to cancel the remaining ones when the first is finished. Could you test it yourself to see if this is the case, and then repost?

Reply to Difficulty Medals in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Not sure, never played below tough. Make sure the games you submitted for challenging are valid, and click "default" to update the characters medals.

Reply to Constant crashes in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Ah, vista. The problem is that if you have any form of DRM on vista, which I think has been mentioned once or twice (I may be wrong), the new ruling which is basically the RIAA telling people if it comes down to you dying or DRM being broken then they are sorry for the loss, you will be unable to re-format the hard drive. I am not putting up with that, advantages and ease of use aside, I re-format my comp a fair bit. (I'm just learning how to mod the s

Reply to Beta3 bug: ship upgrade bug in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

That's not a bug it's an exploit. The game is behaving as it should (Recalling the information of the correct ship name, and adding all the weapons it thinks should be there), while viewing the current price. If you crash the game don't complain, I can only imagine the feats of logic your machine is pulling off to do that. Is it so hard to come up with a different name each time?

Reply to Buying GalCiv2 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It's a good deal to buy off totalgaming.net, although you pay more the game works out to cost less, as you can get two games of that price for $20 more. Download works fine. The minority are always more vocal, on release day it went smoothly. It's mostly people who aren't as good with their computers (3 year old drivers etc) who get problems AFAIK

Reply to How does the military resource sb work? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Attack and defence. But until it's upgraded you won't notice it.

Reply to Constant crashes in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

A thing to learn: Live update, auto update, search for update etc are completely and utterly USELESS. You have to actually find the drivers yourself. 2004 are pretty ancient, did you not get a popup warning you? Anyway, here's the drivers I use for my x9000. If they don't work, follow the link in phoenix's post for the omega drivers. https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=293

Reply to Death star thingy? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Oh, I hope they'll be made optional Considering the amount of people complaining about the lack of options for things like "Stop auto movement with fleets" and other useless things, can you imagine what would happen if terror stars had to be on? *goes straight for xml files, burns all reference t

Reply to Request For Planetary bombardment/"Stellar Converter" in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Dear god how I loathe myself for bringing this news. It was confirmed in another thread: Yes, terror stars are in the UP.xml files for a reason. They WILL return in the expansion. Bloody great. Now, they're are going to be screams of "zomg cheats!!! nuked teh planet!". There are enough complaints about colonising from people who can't play the damn game, and you gave the AI which is thrashing them terror stars. I respect there was a lot of demand, but please make sure it ha

Reply to Cleanup/improvements in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, and the AI go for pq improvers, the best thing to do. Why? more space to quick buy something. PQ improvements are a better thing to use, and their quick to do.

Reply to projects not building? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The game version comes up every time you start, it shows by the bottom. If you don't know, you probably haven't updated therefore 1.0

Reply to Voice of Narrator... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'm not sure of the narrator, but I know the tutorials are done by Kristen Hatcher, who does the poweruser.tv podcast. It might be her doing the intro.

Reply to Stupidest resolution in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Screw them. Become evil for the tariff bonuses, and leave the UP. Then use your decent weapons to wipe everyone out.

Reply to Should I update yet? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

If you ever have any worries, just no.

Reply to Death star thingy? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

NOOOOOOOOO! Ah crap. Now I'll have to stop people from building them, because I have too many morals. Plus take back every comment I've ever made about nuking planets

Reply to Submitting Proposals before the UP in Diplomacy GalCiv2 Forums

I've tried to add some resolutions, but they don't work well. Love to propose some, so I can see mine come up more often, more testing.

Reply to 1.1 B3 ship designer glitch in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Something that does need a fix. I don't touch those ship designs, so I woudln't know, but here's a bump to get the dev's notice.

Reply to Desperately Need Help in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Right. This forum isn't buggy, it just needs a bump. STOP MULTI POSTING. Earth is a 10. Not 11. The game isnt buggy. If you dislike it so much, stop playing it.

Reply to Some ideas for future versions in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

NO PLANETARY BOMBARDMENT. Gaaargh! It has been discussed many, many, many times. And they aren't here anymore (terror stars that is). There will be no planet nuking except for invasions. You want to bomb the enemy, use planetary bombardment. And no carrier ships, no 4th weapon type. Argh, horrible gameplay. If it came along I'm sure many people would

Reply to Teammates should gift all tech in Diplomacy GalCiv2 Forums

Lazyness But I mentioned in another thread how it would be good to implement the ability to negotiate tech research, and coordinate yourselves. Doubt it would work, since it would ruin the AI's intelligent research pattern. Remember, no matter how good it is, you're dealing with code, which is complicated writing. It can evaluate and calculate, but n

Reply to New Player in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Well, collectors looks cooler. But that's it, no gameplay difference.