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I paid for Gal Civ II a long time ago in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

Stardock has changed its download system to Impulse. I already paid for Gal Civ II and all the expansions. How do I download again?

Reply to All games start w/ 3 races!!! in Games Sins Forums

Galactic Civ II has 9 races I think and Warhammer 40,000 has 7.

Reply to Newbie Question: How do I build Capital Ships? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Thanks for your help.

Reply to SPORE offical release date!! in Games Sins Forums

The release date is in September. Sorry to rain on your parade but we have a few more months to wait.

Reply to SPORE offical release date!! in Games Sins Forums

The release date is in September. Sorry to rain on your parade but we have a few more months to wait.

Reply to what would you like to see in a Sins expansion?? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I would like a more complete tutorial. I went through all four tutorials and I still don't feel like I know much about how to play this game. For example, I know how to build Capital Ships.

Newbie Question: How do I build Capital Ships? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I know this may seem obvious to most of you, but its not covered in the tutorials and I can't find the button to build a Capital Ship. I know you need a Capital Ship to have a chance of winning so I haven't been playing SoaSE until I can figure this out. I've looked everywhere on the internet and haven't found out how to build a Capital Ship. Can some one help me? Please don't flame me for being a newbie. You were a newbie once too. Thanks.

Reply to Gameplay Example: Sins of a Solar Empire in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

If the tutorial was working I'd play now and get in on the fun. But I guess I'll have to wait for the 1.2 patch...

Reply to First Tutorial Doesn't Seem to be Working in Technical Sins Forums

Playing a game without doing the tutorial would break my cardinal rule that I don't play a game until I am thorougly familiar with all the rules. I am a "game lawyer."

Reply to SPORE offical release date!! in Games Sins Forums

The cartoony graphics are necessary to appeal to teenage girls, who are the mainstay of Will Wright's previous games The Sims and The Sims 2. Will figures if the game isn't "cute" girls and women won't play. He's right. My wife is a Sims 2 fanatic, but I find the game a bit boring. The only part I like is building houses and shopping malls, but I can do without the diaper changing.

Reply to First Tutorial Doesn't Seem to be Working in Technical Sins Forums

OK, well I guess I'll have to wait for it.

Where's My Post? in Technical Sins Forums

I can't see my thread on the forum? What gives?

First Tutorial Doesn't Seem to be Working in Technical Sins Forums

The first tutorial doesn't seem to work. I just hear an old guy's voice saying "If it's out there, I'll find it." Then enemy ships come and attack my planet. There's no tutorial explanations for anything going on. Please explain.

Reply to Camera Manipulation in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

My mousewheel allows me to pull back from the action, but doesn't allow me to get closer. The only way to get closer to the action is to keep clicking on a ship and have the camera follow it.

The Tutorial Just Kicked My Ass in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

The other faction had this bad-ass gun that wiped out my fleet!

Reply to How Do You Blockade An Opponent's Trade? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

So blockade is not really an option. All it does is cancel YOUR routes. Thank you for answering my question.

Reply to What do you call your ships? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Colony ships: Named after one of the 13 United States colonies. Transports: Named after famous soldiers, or "Heinlein" in honor of Starship Troopers. Medium warships: U.S. Presidents or States. Scouts: famous explorers.

How Do You Blockade An Opponent's Trade? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I see a box giving me the option to blockade an opponent's trade routes but how is that accomplished? Thanks in advance for the help.

Reply to Farm and overpopulation in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

If you have a planet with high population growth, keep building transports on that planet and take away the excess population on a regular basis. And don't build farms, they're just not necessary.

Reply to Tell us what you'd like in Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar 1.6! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

More: 13) Asteroids: I don't really see the point of asteroids the way they're implemented in Dark Avatar. We already had Resource Nodes, and I always assumed those were asteroids, but now it turns out they're something else. So what are they? Magical sources of energy? There is no rational sci-fi explanation for what the Resource Nodes are now that we know they're not asteroids. And what is the point of asteroids? They add some resources to the nearest planet, but unless

Reply to Tell us what you'd like in Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar 1.6! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

My ideas: 1) Spies: I don't think this feature is implemented very well at all. Spies are VERY expensive and they get killed off very quickly. It's hardly worth building spies. Another problem is that spies are barely necessary because the game gives you LOTS of information about opponents even when you have no spies on their worlds. I can figure out what techs they have by looking at the trade window. I can tell if they like me by looking at the foreign relations window

Reply to The forth alignment in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I always choose good or neutral. I tried evil once or twice, and the Altarians used my evil alignment as an excuse to declare war on me. If you want to be evil, take Altarians out of the game because they do punish you for it.

Reply to 3 Things You Would Like Added Since DA Is Released in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I believe you're right about Spore. Once Spore comes out I won't be playing anything else.

Reply to Hows the new AI? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I understand that the AI is "supposed" to make mistakes at lower levels, so maybe that's the problem. But maybe the people complaining about the AI are just the best players.

Reply to Modding Political Parties question in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I would like to see political parties mean more than a set of bonuses. I would also like to see a Congress that is more active in criticizing the President, as in real life American politics. I would find it fun to hear in the news about "Senator Blowhard criticizes war with Altarians." etc. Such news events could effect morale of the citizens.