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[0.86][bug] UI disappears! in FE Support Elemental Forums

Anybody else have this? I've played a lot of games... last night, for the first time, I started to get serious slowdowns. These were in conjunction with an intermittent disappearance of most of the border UI: armies, cities, unit details, resources. The only part that stuck around was the minimap and turn/spellbook buttons in the bottom right. I tried lots of things to make the UI reappear. End turn sometimes worked, and after a while, didn't any more.

Reply to [.86][Feedback] City Improvement Review in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Lots of great ideas here, especially re: limiting city spam. Citylevelup bonuses with "cajones" really convince me to focus on growing a few large cities! The one-per-city growth and other buildings make it attractive to spam, plus you get the value of more build queues for units. My thought: could each city (beyond the capital) cost some maintenance? In GalCiv2, new colonies always had a negative cash flow for a while, and that made me think twice before overextending myself.

[Suggestions][bugs?] Likes/dislikes/confusion in the land of Fallen Enchantress in FE Beta Elemental Forums

My notes from playing 2.5 hours last night (between getting three kids to bed, regular clean-up, and having to sleep before work today, that's all I could manage... still stayed up later than I should have): My biggest pet peeve (held over from WoM): sometimes notification messages appear in a very jumbled order, with some events (champ level-up, city level-up, completed research, etc.) taking odd precedence over othe

Reply to Game of Thrones in Movies & TV & Books Elemental Forums

Gotta re-read Game of Thrones now... though I have plenty of time before the DVD release, I'm sure. In the meantime, seeing The Wall in that 15-minute preview was an awesome experience.

Reply to Epic City Thread - My Schwartz is Bigger than Yours in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Stardock should have you producing promotional materials for the game! Nice work.

Reply to War of Magic: v1.3 running log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

onomastikon, I think you've got it!

Reply to Simple Yes Or No Poll - Multiplayer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

No.

VERY expensive champion in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I have hired a lot of champions... it's my strategy. I think, however, that I may have reduced their price too much. My sov is a bard, several of her children are bards, and now it costs over 4 billion to hire a champion. Whew!

No new spells appearing for study in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I've researched up to level 8, and no spells are available to research beyond level 5. I have Terraforming, Mobility, Combat, Air, Earth, Enchantment, and Morgan's spellbooks. Help!

Reply to [3c][Bug/Gameplay] Can not equip armor from item shop in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I also have been unable to equip the Travelers Boots and Leather Armor on either my sovereign or heroes. Wish I'd known that before I bought them at the store!

Reply to [.90][Crash] Crash in Tactical Battle when archer party fires in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

My squad of archers was indeed mounted, and it always crashed when they shot.

[bug] [0.9] Invisible after teleport and other bugs in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

My sovereign's army currently contains one red dragon (and the first time I saw a dragon, I really WAS impressed!), Janus, and a familiar. I've been teleporting them around, and the last time they appeared to stay put, but when I click the sovereign's picture the map recenters where I teleported them, and I can "move" them, recruit adventurers, etc. with this disembodied army. The bodies are still at the point from which they originally teleported. Also, I'm regularly crashing again a

Reply to Elemental: Internal debates made external in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Simple and Fun sounds good to me, and not just because of its name. I prefer to spend my strategic and tactical thinking on managing the military. Realism takes a back seat to fun in my book!

Reply to Planet Colonization Idea - Race attributes for each planet type in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The more the individual races become differentiated, the better. I like this system.

Reply to Stardock to Open Second Games Studio in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I'm glad to hear this, because... A) Who doesn't want to see more Stardock games? B) I'm a Michigander, and we COULD use more jobs. I'd consider applying for one of those new positions if my lab at MSU wasn't already getting a $550-million expansion: http://www.scienceandjobsformichigan.com/

Reply to Gal Civ II: Twilight of the Arnor Wins Best Expansion from IGN PC Awards! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Kudos to all Stardock employees... you've earned it!

Reply to Mechanics 2: Choke and Capture Points in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

GalCiv II already has points of interest... planets and starbases tend to be where ship activity is focused. And asteroid fields can provide an interesting obstacle in a pre-made map.

SoaSE makes a great planetarium interface in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't played it myself, but the guys from Maximum PC have. In their article about the hyper-advanced planetarium now open in San Fran, this is how they described the control interface: "Finally, we were allowed to enter the main control room behind the planetarium seating to check out how the real-time navigation works. Surprisingly, the controls for the Uniview program worked much like navigating through a game of Sins of the Solar Empire!" Full article link below..

Reply to Kings Bounty: The Legend demo impressions in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

OK, now I have to look into this. I've played the original King's Bounty and every Heroes game, and was fairly pleased with HOMM 5 (short description: a pretty HOMM 3), and you say this is prettier? Of course, Hero development and tactical combat are what make the game great, so I'll check it out. Thanks for the tip, Annatar11!

Reply to Farewell, General Hammond! in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

A Ja'far salute for Hammond of Texas!

Reply to Does anyone one else find that they play the game zoomed out far enough for icons? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I always play in icon mode, having set the slider so low so the 3d graphics never show. To reinforce what others have said, the models are very pretty, but the icons are more informative! From a strict strategy perspective, I like the icons better... reminds me of a board game!

Reply to Twilight v1.91 released in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I'm also suffering the "string not found" problem. I also did a full reinstall (from Impulse, since SDC was giving me the endless loop problem) on Vista, but with no luck. I'm remembering to delete the My Games Twilight directory every time. Weird...

Reply to Bugs in Latest Version in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I did a fresh install from SDC after deleting the my games folder... I'll try again tonight...

Reply to Bugs in Latest Version in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Ditto the strings not found... Altarians start with a ton of advanced techs. Also, don't Arceans get a "lite constructor module"? It didn't show in the shipyard.

Reply to TOA String Not Found Error in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I also have the String Not Found... in fact, I have a ton of them in the "Game" screen under "Options". Also on the shipyard. That's all I've seen so far. I did a clean install of 1.9 after uninstalling and deleting all the folders I could. I'm running Vista US English. In addition, I started a game with the Altairans, and they started with all kinds of really advanced techs, like Dark Energy. Also, I saw no "lite constructor module" available for the Arceans.