Yes this is sadly true I have learned. Starforce does indeed interfear with non-starforce games. The problem stems primarily from games that do DVD or CD checks. Starforces drivers alter the way your Drive reads and writes dvd and cd's. Apparently some copy protections and simply cd/dvd checks fail because of the starforce changes. You will have to use a starforce removal tool to correct the problem. Of course you will
Holy Cow that list is HUGE! this is gonna be good.
OHHNo3s111!!!1 how Dar3 you H4v3 BUZORS in your BROKKE GAM3s11!!!! And the Nerv 2 f1x thEm fer freee. DiD I ask yous to Fixors my GAm3s HUH did I?? U shULD be Ash4med 4 tring 2 ImPr0ve urs product. We demand high priced, "bug free", supportless and rude developers that are more interested in stealing a doller instead of making one. Perhaps we should get a senator to sign some legislation on this. Then we would all be happy. Screw Dec
Please give: 1. your complete system specs 2. what programs you have running in the background (and don't say you arn't running any as xp always runs something in the background) 3. Make sure: a: not to run anti-virus in background b: update to xp sp2 c: latest bios updates d: latest sound and graphic drivers ( nvidia drivers can be the exception to this) e: t
Minor races by design will show up based on random events and take a planet, habital or not. Not a bug but by design.
Oh I left off Planescape Torment..... shame on me.
Ok, new and old these are THE games I STILL find to be my favorites. Deus Ex (warren spector is the man) Deus Ex 2 (good in some ways over the original worse in others either way the story was completed) Elder Scrolls4: Oblivion ( never played Dagger fall so I can't compare, but this is a great great game) NeverWinter Nights + all expansions + user modules = never leaves the hard drive (playing since release)
Yes, it is an obnoxiously cheesy design.
lol, well lets see. How about upgrading your drivers. Update the game, of course if you pirated it guess you won't be doing that. perhaps there is a problem with your memory. Comparing this game to Homeworld2 is like comparing Civ4 to Age of Empires2 or Rise of Nations. TOTALY DIFFERENT GAMES bud. One is a turn based strategy the other is a tactical RTS. go figure. Oh and stop trolling while your at it. Thanks.
Hartford Connecticut. Who ever mentioned that being the Dregs, I whole heartly agree. Spent about 6 months out there when it was considered the Murder Capital of the US...and they weren't kidding. Probably the most depressing and ugly place I have ever stayed at. Of course it was during the winter so that just compounded it all. For some reason I had pictured Detroit to be the same way...guess you can blame t.v. for giving me that idea.
Looks good Brad, that final 10% of tweaking things so they are juuuust right, can take a bit of time. Looking forward to new improvements. Perhaps you can set up a system of AI beta's that you release every two weeks or so, that can be played by your best beta testers. Besides, didn't you do something like that for Galciv1? Where you released lots of little beta tweaks for people to test and then release a main patch several weeks down the r
WHAT THE HELL??!!! WTF is WRONG with you people?! This topic has been discussed since beta add infinum. Get off it and stop making whining post about it. Brad has already as many others have as well disscussed and explained why there is not tactical combat and why there WILL NEVER BE tactical combat. Please stop wasting forum space with hundreds of the same posts whining about the same damn thing that is never going to change....sheesh!<br/
10,000 ships would be waaaay to much for your system to handle. Even if it magically could somehow, the AI would take 20min or more to complete a turn trying to crunch all those numbers. That said I think what you are wanting is a bigger and more epic feeling fleet, right? There is a custom senario in the game that significantly raises the logistics numbers. Through this senario you can have huge fleets. Have fun.
Sounds like the kind of company my wife and I would like to work for. Too bad you guys are in Detroit. Seriously, WHY are you in Detroit? of all the god forsaken places to live and run a tech business. You should move out west. Texas, Arizona, Utah, Washington are all great places to run a tech company. Alot easier to find talented employees as well.
There is nothing wrong with simplicity as long as it has a strong iconic look. Best way to tell if you have something good going is to check the profiles of your ship. A strong, pleasing, and recognizable image from the profiles usually means you have a good design.
Steam is valves digital distribution system. Many developer small and big are signing up for it. It will deliver whatever files they want it to deliver. It's not just for valves stuff. When it was first released it had issues. but now it works great as far as I can tell. Steam authenticates the software when you play it. It's not intrusive, but some people don't like the fact that they have to be conected to the internet for the authenticat
Have you considered taking a vacation?
Don't worry, Brad will indeed improve the AI. He did it for Galciv1. Galciv1 took about six months after release to get to a really polished state. Galciv2 will be no different. Just be patient, and make a constructive thread on the topic. Don't tear Brad down, but work with the guy and give constructive thoughts on the AI. Best thing to do is to explain your strategies and then explain what the ai is doing in return. Play at intelligent ai level for t
Eh? is right. Never post drunk my friend.
The Ultimate Question (tm), Brad, are changes made actually making a better 4x STRATEGY game with soul, or are changes being made to appease fans because you don't feel strongly about a feature or two? I'm of the belief of, never compromise your design if changes arn't actually moving it forward or unless someone is holding a gun to your head. I remember back when I was help working on a N64 golfgame (name withheld) back in the
I have to admit that I really dislike it when people cry about a game not being like an old favorite game. I mean Galciv is it's own thing. It was inspired from board games and civ4 and the like. They were not making "MOO2 the return". Enjoy it for what IT is and not what you wished for. Just because it 4x and in space doesn't mean it has to be "MOO2 resurection" I mean go play moo2 then. It's like watching the movie "Serenity" and getting pissed becau
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You can crush the ai on normal difficulty by focusing on one weapon type and no defense up to a point. But the Ai will and does adapt to this. It will eventualy put out ships with defense. Now your ships with no defense are in danger if they fail to alpha strike. If the ai puts out fleets with high defensive value against your weapon of choice you are sol. You should be putting defense on your bigger ships. Try dueling against th
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Alliances> if you want to ally make sure you have close relations. Make sure that the AI has Alliance tech, if not give it to them, then ally with them. simple. Surrenders> This is influenced by a number of things. If they hated you for a long time they will usually not surrender to you. Influence/culture is a factor. Diplomacy and proximity seem to be factors as well. There are techs and skills which will also help improve the chances of t
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If you have MASSIVE fire power then the defender deserves to be destroyed for doing nothing to counter. manuvering fleets is important to strategy. You can turn on the grid so you can see better how and where you should move your ships so they will attack first. I have had the AI level massive beam weapon damaging fleets at me and get the first shot. But since I had the correct defence in ample amounts they just died like fly's from my count
Lol...invader Zim...funniest thing I've seen in a long time. Hey while we are all on the Destroy StarForce bandwagon, lets not forget about Sony's wicked little Drm known as SecuROM 7. It's just as bad or Worse than StarForce (well starforce intergrates into your drivers and system a bit more). That buggy mess seems to do an awsome job of simply keeping legit users from authenticating their discs or simply hardlock an XP system when trying t