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Reply to Twilight of the arnor, when can we expexct bug fixes? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The game balance was changed for TA, and an increasing cost had been applied to Techs later in the game. Long Story ;) Upshot was the result you experienced. For now they have rolled back that tweek, make sure you are using V1.95, download from Impulse or SDC, and you will not get the draconian increases, it has been reverted to the old status Quo. They are still addressing the Tech cost balance, but for now have reversed the changes connected to Tech costs to back to what it was.<b

Reply to Update 1.95 on Stardock ? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

No - thats downgrading, as you pointed out its a lower number. Ignore any lower numbers that show up. They do for a while, I assume - assumption only, I dont know fact - its a way of giving you an easy roll back to the previous one in event of an issue. The latter is just a guess tho... Ignore lower numbered version. Regards Zy

Reply to Piracy & PC Gaming in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Good article elias001 ! That article presents what is an unpopular view, and many interpret it as supporting or "glamorising crackers". It is in fact an intelligent, well written article on the problem. Be absolutely clear - Crystal Clear - give me an anti-cracker ray-gun, and I will fire it without hesitation at any Cracker in range without warning. To a Hacker, I will probably add "stop or I fire", as there is a world of difference between a Hacker and a Cracker. Even tha

Reply to So I got banned from Eve, again. in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I have no idea of the circumstances of OPs problem as I dont frequent those kinds of on line Sites, so I wont comment on the validity or otherwise of the circumstance and outcome on this particular event. As a statement of general principles however, Well Said. Those kinds of games are driven by revenue flow not standards, and as long as the gamer keeps turning up and paying their dosh, the owners could care less - whatever their local spin doctor puts out. I dont come on line to be surrounded

Reply to New Video Card in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Dual Core / clock speed They have hit a wall on practical cpu speed re heating issues, so they had no choice but to go down a multi core route to try and keep up overall processing speed. It is cheaper by far to provide a second core on silicon, than the investment currently needed to overcome a virtually impossible conundrum re physical limitations on increasing single core clock speed, due to heating effects. Multi Core is though, a known dead end for consumer hardware. On

Reply to Metacritic shows TotA's average rating at NINETY-FIVE percent! in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

There is no "secret" to making an immortal game, it is in fact very easy. You have to not just "Like", but "Love" the Vision, the Concept, the Game. Finding the people prepared to dedicate themselves to that (The Stardock Team) - and find a suitable Leader - not manager - Leader (Brad) to come up to their aspirations and demands is the very hard part. For me, amidst all the reviews, articles, competition to sound more profound than the last, yacking about - iconic - imm

Reply to Future politics, what do think it will be like when we can colinize other planets and fight space battles. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Neurologists have put forward many theories as to why that myth exists. The best one I have come a cross is that Einstein quipped "The average person typically only use 10% of their brains". Its claimed that the popular press took this as absolute fact, reporting that Humans only ever utilised 10% of their brains, whereas in fact Einstein was being facetious :LOL: That in itself may only be a myth, but it raised a chuckle in me ;) Regards Zy

Reply to New Video Card in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Hey, my PC Card sucks too![/quote] ROFL !!! Careful they might give you CrazyC0330's old card :LOL: Regards Zy

Impressive Free Download Music Site www.we7.com in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

I am a Leona Lewis fan, an incredible singer of stunning quality. Tonight I had a look at one of her fan sites, there was a post there about a relatively new music download Site (all genres) http://www.we7.com , there was lots of attention from the fanbase as she got paid for each download or streaming. The Site initially was downloading to UK addys only, however Global addys were being worked on, dont know the latest, worth checking that out i

Reply to 1.95? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

If you dont already have it Go here [link="https://www.galciv2.com/Downloads.aspx"]SDC Download[/link], and download SDC, then "follow your nose" its easy to use. It does have its quirks like any piece of software, and if you hit an issue, post - its been around for a long time so its a solid mature piece of software - most SDC issues are more "fingers & thumbs" with something new than anything else. If you already have it, and 1.95 is not visible, open up Tools - Settings - Internet

Reply to Index Of Tricks in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

One I put on another thread, but its more appropriate here. Use Minor Races as a free tech source. They tend to go for non yellows, and in the main go for trade and military. Whilst keeping some low value ships around as tokens to ward off crys of "pay me dosh", concentrate on yellows etc, not military, initially, and get a the invasion techs / Ti(thingy)Quan whatever its called.... for soldier bonus. Get good diplomatic techs to have a better level than the minors (more efficient t

Reply to What would you do with a class 26 planet? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Restaurant drastically enhances your area of influence, extending your "boundary". Over time it is very powerful pushing out your influence boundary by an order of magnitude. Its importance is not in its immediate effect after getting it, its the cumulative effect it has on each turns infuence bonus. - If your border is pushed out further you have a greater reach for things like minors, upgrade costs (always cheaper if you upgrade inside your own influence area) etc - More po

Reply to What would you do with a class 26 planet? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Your going to hate this answer ..... :LOL: It depends on what I feel like .... its instinct more than anything. I play Gigantic / Immense, and specialise worlds into dedicated Eco/Tech/Production worlds, each of the three categories being built on a ratio of around one specialisation for four of the other specialisations. The early ones like microrepair(Thingy - whatever its called) and Xanthium Hulls, the one's I know that the AI is going to have a go at - then I'll use up a Tile o

Reply to What would you do with a class 26 planet? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

To quote an extreme - you can argue that on Tiny maps, there maybe little choice as you could wait sometime for another suitable Planet. I usually play Gigantic/Immense, so a suitable one will invariably turn up without much of a wait, so I usually wait for a high PQ planet to be available circa PQ18+ (or circa PQ14+ that is likely to turn into much bigger after tile techs are done. I usually stay away from the Homeworld with the eco capital as it ties me down, and invariably I

Reply to Future politics, what do think it will be like when we can colinize other planets and fight space battles. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]It will be just like it is now, except in space.[/quote] Oh Goody - more to fight about :LOL: Regards Zy

Reply to The China Post in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Of two dozen or more Chinese colleagues in the law firms I've worked in over the years, each a graduate of at least Bei Da/Qinghua/Zheng Fa and often also of at least a Masters' program overseas, yours is the best by quite a clear distance.[/quote] Tell them you know of a great guy in Beijing who could Manage a knock out Field Office for them :LOL: Regards Zy

Reply to The China Post in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Grateful thanks for that, I never realised China had a Constitution, of any nature. To a degree its content is not relevant - initially. Its importance lay in the fact that it exists, and therefore is able - at some point in time - to be challenged. It seems from what you are saying, the latter process has started, albeit with some difficulty, but it has started ..... I believe in the concept that the "glass is half full", not "the glass is half empty" [quote]Does this mean that sudd

Reply to Serious tax income bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

We are Poles apart on this, and always will be. The game mechanics, especially the AI is programmed to meet an agreed concept for the game, true of any game not just GalCiv. Its impossible to write software to cater for all and any eventuality. You'd never stop. [quote]And I still don't see how the 100 econ planet guy vs. another 100 econ planet guy is imbalanced.[/quote] Thats just putting on blinkers, of course its unbalanced, unless you believe a software AI has the sa

Reply to Future politics, what do think it will be like when we can colinize other planets and fight space battles. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]how did this go from politics to green stuff[/quote] Politics is "The Art of the Achievable" Green Stuff is "The Art of the Unachievable" The common ground is both spend other peoples money, without being held accountable for a dime of it in any meaningful way, ending up with hugely fanciful "solutions" that enhance reputations but never solve the issues. In Real Life, some issues are simply unsolvable, and whilst we should always strive for solutions t

Reply to Service Pack 3 in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]thanks everybody! just needed some input..before i installed update, guess i read to many bad review's[/quote] You were very wise to check, regretably many dont bother to do any kind of background read on this stuff, and wonder why the world falls apart. Until you read the bad ones, you dont know which are the good ones. Until you ask questions you dont come across the good gems from people, like the one from Coelocanth. Good luck with the install, I'm sure it will go f

Reply to Serious tax income bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Maybe being able to out-right purchase ships and such is wrong; maybe it should simply be a switch on production, increasing it by 3x for a 4x cost increase. Maybe it's something else entirely. What matters is that it shows that the rules have a problem.[/quote] Exactly ..... "Maybe being able to out-right purchase ships and such is wrong" .... So whats with the "nonsense" ..... you just said it yourself! The capability to pile up cash, can attract "Strategies" involvin

Reply to Unlinking PQ with pop cap in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Far from boring, in my mind.[/quote] Mod away I have no issue at all - its all good stuff. My only personal thing about it is I see little point modding a game that causes such a massive imbalance that the end result is you cant even avoid winning, let alone have the risk of losing (if thats an individual's desired outcome). Its not the end of the world, thats the whole point of moddable games as you indicated, having a bit of fun achieving what an individual wants to a

Reply to Unlinking PQ with pop cap in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Where are those files located? I think I'll jack with them a little.[/quote] Such evil thoughts :) Look under the Twighlight subdirectires in the "Program files - Stardock" part of the disk. You'll see a multitude of them - all over the place. Do NOT mod an inplace one, if you want to mod one, make a copy, do the changes, then put the altered one into the "Mods" folder, and most important [I][B]leaving the original in place[/B][/I]. Then check mark "use mods" in the

Reply to Future politics, what do think it will be like when we can colinize other planets and fight space battles. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]World hunger, that is not caused by a lack of food. It is caused by a lack of money, infrastructure(ie money), and dictators trying to control their populations.[/quote] Another glib unaccountable solution for you - raise taxes by 5% to pay for the extra food, usually gets individuals reassessing their principles ;) Yea .... I know .... the Government should pay :LOL: Food riots over the last few months around the world were caused in the main by the switch

Reply to Let the Internet Burn in FPS GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]this involves weird glitches with flare guns being held in an off-hand of being stuck in someone's leg[/quote] Sounds positively eye watering ;) To think that once all we had to worry about was the quality of the vinegar used to soak the conquer before baking :LOL: Even thats under attack by Health & Safety freaktards who banned the collection of conquers from a local Council's trees because of the danger to health of individuals being hit on the knuckle by