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DX error invalid call in Fallen Enchantress Stardock Forums

constant crashes with the 'DX error : invalid call ' message after installing map pack, game worked perfectly before.

Reply to GETTING HELP for GalCiv II / Dark Avatar in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Yes, everything is up to date. All updated through impulse. I have TA expansion as well and that had a graphics anomaly, planets just showing as circles etc. but this was fixed with a reinstall, unfortunately that crashes from time to time as well :( Here is another for you. This is starting a new game with TA and creating new opponents. The creation and saving of the races is fine but pressing next causes a crash everytime. I reinstalled e

Reply to GETTING HELP for GalCiv II / Dark Avatar in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Everytime I complete a scenario in the dark avatar campaign the game crashes when I press done on the victory message, debug.err below. Debug Message: Version v2.0 Dark Avatar last updated on: Tue Nov 4 10:37:33 2008 Debug Message: Checking DX Version. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 11/16/2008, 21:11:42 DirectX Version: DirectX 10 Machine Name: ERIC-PC <

No internet=no play in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I bought the game via digital download and everything is fine, this post isn't about me so bear with me a sec. A friend of mine bought the European box but has no internet connection, which means that I download the patch for him and stick it on a disc. When he installs it however the dreaded activation page pops up and he can't play the game. The various steps on these boards don't work so he is stuck with A) playing the original release

Reply to IGN reviews Galactic Civilizations II in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

A single game of Civ 4 in a couple of hours. Civ IV sucks? What planet are you from??? Civ 4 does suck & that isn't only my opinion. The guy I gave it away to was a civ fanatic and he thought it sucked. Looking at what they did to Civ 4 I can fully relate to what the guys here are sayin

Reply to IGN reviews Galactic Civilizations II in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I can't believe that everyone that I don't know appears to think civ 4 was great. everyone that I do know thinks it sucks. I 1st bought the original civilisation with my 1st pc, a 386. It came on floppy disks and took up a whopping 1mb of hard drive space which in those days was a lot. Sure the multiplayer side of Civ 4 is great but the single player side is over in the blink of an eye. No more 30+ hour games coupled with 2 hours sleep inbetween when the average single player game

Reply to Comments on Galciv 2. Moo 2 still the king in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Moo 2 was a great game, I think we all agree on that but it's old now and dated. In some respects going back to playing Moo 2 after GC2 is like dusting off the old speccy and firing up a game of jetpac ( anyone remember that or am I showing my age?) it was a great game for it's time but now just looks ancient. Nostalgia aside there are a couple of things I agree with in the original post, in particular the fact that the AI does cheat despit

Reply to I have no idea what Im doing wrong in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

The biggest thing might be Industrial Spending. If that's not set to 100% you will lose. End of story. Not so, I just won a game without firing a single shot at any of the main races and with the weakest military on the map. The only ships that I had at the end were freighters, a

Reply to Anyone else finding Gigantic Maps nigh impossible to play on after the first 50 or so turn? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

They play fine on my system. Sounds like you'r pc may need an upgrade if you want to play games on a gigantic map, memory would be your best bet.

Reply to Multiplayer in Expansion in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

B as long as they don't dumb it down for speed sake.

Reply to STICKY: EASY TWEAKS to make the game better for you in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

At the moment attacking ships always fire 1st which usually ( not always ) ensures that the attacker wins, sometimes the defending ships don't even get a chance to fire a single shot which smacks in the face of realistic combat somewhat. Would it be difficult to implement simultanious combat so both ships or fleets fire at each other at the same time? I feel that this would add something to the game that it is missing and allow for a besieged side to lay out it's last desperate defences with a