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Reply to A couple of observations I would like to get you guys ideas on in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

You might be able to sell them in the later game, or even gift them to allies, minor races, etc. Upgrading them is also an option, though perhaps prohibitively expensive.

Reply to Biosphere - planetquality 72 for everyone? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I can see it now...a 5-world Altarian empire in an Immense galaxy just thrashing everyone else. Of course, woe to you if you lose a PQ-72 world... Devs...was this intentional? Just curious.

Reply to Yor in ToA in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks!

Reply to Yor in ToA in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

What are the morale/population growth breakpoints?

Reply to Erasing Core Designs in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

You can mark them Obsolete (button at the bottom of the Shipyard workspace).

Reply to Yor in ToA in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

What about tax rate, morale, and population growth? Do you go for 100% approval early and burn through cash, or do you burn more slowly and live with less population? I'm trying Yor on an Immense galaxy, which obviously makes (some) difference.

Morale/Population Growth Breakpoints in ToA? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Does anyone know what the Morale breakpoints are for the different Population Growth levels? Morale = 100% results in 2 x Population Growth...what were the others? Thanks in advance for any help.

Reply to Super Fast Download! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ideally, I think most people want to be able to download and install in less time than it takes to drive to the store and purchase. I want to at least save some gas money, but I don't want to lose time due to poor upload speeds. I'm running 385KB/sec right now, and that seems to be fine. It's very nice to have the faster speeds on release days.

Reply to Twilight downloading this moment in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

385KB/sec - not bad at all...

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor Info Guide in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Alright, Stardock - time to quit playing ToA and get to posting it so the rest of us cna play. Come on...just 5 minutes away from ToA...just hit the turn button and minimize...

Reply to Long-Term Development on PC games in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I rather liked the "mini-expansion" system used by Bethesda Softworks for Oblivion. The content was all stand-alone--meaning you didn't need one to use another--small, and relatively inexpensive. I obviously don't have insight into the financials, but I would think this would be a good way to pay for light development work (I know, I know...the real cost is in testing, not in building). You could possibly even use the built-in mod functionality and sell them as lightweight, standalone

Reply to Excerpts from the Reviewer's Guide for Twilight in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

(N+1)

Reply to Highlights of what's new in Twilight of the Arnor in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I love the Tolkien references in the planet names.

Reply to Twilight of the Arnor enters final gamma testing! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Maybe they added one more size up and called it "Ridiculous".

Reply to How do I install Windowsblinds on a separate disk from GalCiv2 and SoaSE? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

I totally missed that option. That should do it. Cheers!

How do I install Windowsblinds on a separate disk from GalCiv2 and SoaSE? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

I have two (2) hard drives, the second of which is sometimes removed to use a DVD-ROM drive. I would like to install Windowsblinds on my C:/ drive, and to install GalCiv2 and SoaSE on my D:/ drive. Using Stardock Central, it always installs to the same drive Stardock Central resides (C:\ in this case). Is there a way to do this?

Reply to The perils of multiplayer in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Heh - they always forget they can mod SD games with Notepad...

Reply to Regarding Used Copies of GalCiv II in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It'd be nice if they could disable the previous serial number and enable a new one for a transferred license. That said, for a mature, updated product like GalCiv2, it's hard to ensure that all copies have been removed withour resorting to online verification, which SD has (thankfully) avoided. If the cost of no copy-protection--and the convenience that comes with it--means I can't transfer a license, then so be it. It's better than having Sony put root-kits on my machine.

Reply to Dark Fleet in Strategy Sins Forums

Hotkey the Phase Gates and disable Autocast if you need to build something else (support cruisers, colonizers, etc.). Likewise, you might be able to select a phase gate (not the planet) and set a rally point for it (not sure).

Reply to Strategy Guides in Strategy Sins Forums

The big advantage of hangars? Range. They can hit anything in the gravity well, unlike guns which have to be placed? Only 1 way into the system? Guns may be the way to go. 5 phase lanes into the system? Maybe think about hangars.

Reply to A "'What would you have done?' question" in Strategy Sins Forums

Devious...

Reply to Next Beta Update in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

oh...darn.

Reply to Next Beta Update in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

New beta is on Stardock Central. v0.96a[b].006

Reply to TA United Planets in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The evil races which voted "yes" may have been trying to weaken another evil race with whom they were in competition. They might have figured they would lose some, but their adversary would lose more. Were any evil races at war with one another, or on potentially bad terms (lots of influence fights, long shared borders, etc.)?

Reply to AAR : Advent vs. TEC in Strategy Sins Forums

Note that these guys developed strat zoom independently.