install stardock central, load it up, under free stuff get smartexception. Wait till the game crashes (force a crash though alt+tab then alt+f4 if necesary) and check your debug.err file, if you cant make sense of it post the final lines, first page, and last few pages (preferably in that order) here, and we'll all be glad to help. EDIT: This is a turn=based strategy
No, its not broken. Its damn hard though. You need soldiering like hell, dont let them conquer you, or take them back. They have very powerful sensors, and it's easy to miss those tiny scout ships. I don't know why everyone says "cower in fear, the redships are coming!" Damn, thats not the attitude! good logistics, a DL weapon (or if you must, plasma) and medium hulls, four of these things, and it's cilit, BANG! and the dread lords are gone.
I like Saber's idea. Although 1000 bc would be a bit small, especially by late game when you can make at least 2000 a turn, with low taxes, if you have a powerful commercial empire. And the exploit would be, you take all the money from a poor empire, force them to attack you by being provocative, cripple their economy, and get more cash to boot. Plus, the AI would need to be scripted. So, a percentage of yearly income would be a better, say 60%. This will keep the poor ones away from you, hoping
Do people never think about this sort of multiplayer? ship design takes ages, it would be a nightmare.
WARNING: LONG POST Ok, I've seen quite a lot in the forums now, because I comment a lot. In fact, the sad thing is I'm actually on these forums more than the game (Because forums require five minutes whereas games require a few hours, and I don't get free time in huge amounts, some work occasionally happens) So, the main things I've seen are people posting multiple posts, reporting the same thing over and over again, and bemoaning the lack of
Needs delete!
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Right. questions first. 1) raceconfig.xml allows you to tweak EVERY bonus, even under-the-table ones like government etc, of which I don't touch, not needing it. 2) I believe there is a mod allowing this to happen. If I remember rightly, it was on Darth Griffin's mod site, and allowed you to purchase them. It was also the source of the ZOMG!!!! YOR ARE ULTRA!!!! NERFNERFNERF! (despite them having a built in diplomacy weakness that is unchangeable, and 9 customisation points instead o
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Aw, I didn't even get to read it! Retail is the version to be shipped, this is the "full" game, version 1.0 The other versions are "alpha" (early test phase, normally only programmers do this, so they can fix stuff themselves) the "betas" (Where they take suggestions as well as bug fixes from a wide group of people and occasionally "Gammas" (where it's pretty much the final game, just stuff not implemented but ready) As I say,
- how does one go to Stardock central? - I tried to find Stardock central myself using google, found what appeared to be that site, and could not find any "free stuff" link? Where is that? Ok, when you start the game through the main path (not a desktop shortcut, any other way like the start bar)
Damnit Ben! DON'T GIVE HIM IDEAS! But yeah, on intelligent they both a) get rid of the cash cap and b) the AI would do it first.
Thats the sort of thing that got WWI started. Technically the minor assasinated the major to start the war. Oh, but how I do love assasinations in game. TAKE THAT N-1! bloody robots. And they get those crappy 2 attack "vengeance" class snipers, by which time I'm using disruptors <img src="http://im
And I can imagine that when I just wish to add a description or change a stat, it takes rather long to search pages and pages for the right line of text to change Well, the stat changing is very clearly laid out, like it's surrounded by the name of the stat, it's not much to scroll, and whatever you chang is changed. ctrl+f is your friend
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Well, it isn't the case if you update through SDC. Hang on, I got the Beta through the downlaod section. How are they different downloads though? Granted, I haven't r
On the contrary, AEG is one company that does use guerilla marketing on online boards to affect people's perceptions of products. I was being sarcastic....
Oh please, people who troll in forums and are hired by companies don't exist. You're all paranoid. On an unrelated note, DOONT BUY GALCIV2 TIZ TEH SUXX0RS! LOL! CRASHES! BUY CIV4!!!!ZZOMG!11!one!!! I must go and... not buy a house...
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Irritating, thought I did. Told it to search inside the file, did nothing. So, what might have caused the problem? Does the average debug.err contain that many could not find file errors?
right, heres some things you can do. #1 well, 3rd world is more about lack of education and birth control. But happy=frolicking, miserabale= apathatic. My way of thinking. #3 c/program files/stardock/totalgaming/galciv2/data.english/stars. Allows you to edit star names. The current names are tributes to things such as Final Fantasy, HHGTTG, famous people etc. (Yes I do realise that betelgeuse is a real system anyway) #4 Heh, they do. Charges for exploiting slaves
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Odd, I was hoping like hell you would either be able to figure it out or somehow had old drivers. Neither. Impossible tech? errrr, Just done a complete search of my computer (and I mean COMPLETE, word for word in any and all possible files) and ImpossibleTech only shows the history of this page. No wonder it can't find it. Stardock are going to be needed with that matter by the looks of it.
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Beta material belongs no where near an official automated game patcher utility. Whether you like it or not, it has to be on SDC. That's stardocks main way of getting updates out quickly and easily. You can disable beta by turning off the "Show pre-release version" button. However, I admit t
Nick: careful, 1.1 is a beta. It might crash on you, and be buggy, it's not yet finalised. You might be better off with 1.0x, available from the "download" section in these forums. Spinee: what zild said. Yup, this works.
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Sublifer, There is. You can reinstall 1.0x in the downloads section. Also, if you check your debug.err, as a computer tech, check what is doing the crash, and email that to stardock, tell them exactly how it's gone wrong.
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BingJack, it says quite clearly during installation "This is a beta, and liable to have bugs as such. If you don't know what a beta is, DO NOT INSTALL THIS" while giving you the option. Someone in a similar thread said that you should be required to type it out, not just click yes. Damn microsoft and their enormous service agreements have made most people stop reading things, even if they are important. Also, when will people EVER bother to
Ok, heres the strategy I use. It needs to be intelligent, so your allies can work on tech with you. Figure out what they're researching, and do something else, share out the tech. The more planets the better, more research and the Dread Lords get distracted. You need plasma weapons to beat down the Yor, but thats later. First, you need medium ships to have a hope against the DL. Then, soldiering tech. With soldiering (planetary invasion, defence, and tir quan) all maxed out (maybe even soldierin
Have you got a job in graphical design? Because if not, you really should have. Wow. Any chance you could change them (when you've done any more) to basic hulls, like xzanon said? I'd love to fit phasors and some warp drive on there. "Cap'n there's Drengin off the starboard bow" "Mr scott, give me full power!" Huh. I think I just made my geek rating skyrocket. Hey wait, this i
It's not really ideal for german, they have said to run it in US english. A pain I know, but there were some problems in the EU paradox versions, mainly in things like translation and a confusion of which version it was meant to be shipped in.