CraigHB

Reply to Planet quality bonus and planets acquired through influence in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Happens all the time for me. In my current game, I killed tons of soldiers invading a PQ16 planet with traditional warfare and it had only 10 tiles!!! Not too happy about that one. I've heard tell of a bug with the orbital terrformer that causes this. I haven't tried playing a game without building it so I don't know for sure. It's a nasty bug and should be on the "critical" list. The advertised PQ of a planet is critical when determining what type of invasion tactic to use. It's also dis

Reply to Deleting all ship designs in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

No, they show up again. Can't delete core ships. Wish you could. Personally, I don't there should be any core ships. They're useless and only serve to confuse things. Also wish the game would not try to "remember" ship designs from one game to the next. Causes all kinds of problems when upgrading a current design. I've done upgrades and had the ship revert to some version in an older game. Any why would you *not* use the same name for an upgraded design like the game tells you too. What

Reply to Help please in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Didn't say what kind of processor you're running, but there's a sticky thread on AMD dual core CPU's here . I like to keep peace with the other races until the end of the game when I'm ready to conquer the board. There are some tricks to keeping other races from attacking too early. Keep an eye on your relations through the diplomatic screen. Check relations every few turns. Relations will move to hostile befo

Reply to Help please in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Didn't say what kind of processor you're running, but there's a sticky thread on AMD dual core CPU's here . I like to keep peace with the other races until the end of the game when I'm ready to conquer the board. There are some tricks to keeping other races from attacking too early. Keep an eye on your relations through the diplomatic screen. Check relations every few turns. Relations will move to hostile befo

Reply to Any tips for a newbie? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Sorry about the double post, forum problems, won't let me remove it

Reply to Any tips for a newbie? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Didn't say what kind of processor you're running, but there's a sticky thread on AMD dual core CPU's here . I like to keep peace with the other races until the end of the game when I'm ready to conquer the board. There are some tricks to keeping other races from attacking too early. Keep an eye on your relations through the diplomatic screen. Check relations every few turns. Relations will move to hostile befo

Reply to Any tips for a newbie? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Didn't say what kind of processor you're running, but there's a sticky thread on AMD dual core CPU's here . I like to keep peace with the other races until the end of the game when I'm ready to conquer the board. There are some tricks to keeping other races from attacking too early. Keep an eye on your relations through the diplomatic screen. Check relations every few turns. Relations will move to hostile befo

Reply to Running GCII in a window in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Game resolution needs to be less than desktop for window mode to work. For example, game resolution 1024x768, desktop 1280x1024.

Reply to Map! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I like to set 2 then zoom all the way out with minus. Like the strategic view better when it's not directly overhead.

Reply to How many ships can I buld? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yea, love those huge hulls, but the bee swarm approach sounds very interesting. I'll have to try that some time. Thanks for mentioning it.

Reply to Ship Names in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

One thing I do that makes things convenient is to name ships starting with a - like -freighter or -fighter, etc. That way they always appear at the top in the various lists. I also prioritize them with other non-alpha characters like * and ! I do the same thing with fleets. The game does sort non-alpha characters and names that start with them always appear at the top of lists. Makes things easier for me at least.

Reply to Video Card Help! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Oh, I see your problem, it's an eMachines....just kidding. Your video drivers are here in the downloads section. Your sound drivers are there too.

Reply to Dark Matter and Matter in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You make a good point about non-scientific people misinterpreting scientific results. I think global warming makes a good case for that. Unfortunately, it seems to be gaining ground as a political issue more than a scientific one. That's not a good thing. Global warming (and cooling) are a natural cycle for our planet which is something people don't understand. Science is merely trying to evaluate how the increase in carbon dioxide levels (due to our industy) will impact our current warming

Reply to Regular crash shocker in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Well, that's a bad sign that your drivers won't unpack. Assuming you get the driver situation resolved and you're still having problems, go into your Catalyst control panel and check all your settings. Try all the 3D parameters set to application controlled and then try them set by the Catalyst sub-system. Make sure the AA setting in the game agrees with the AA setting in the Catalyst control panel. Try it with AA disabled both in the game and in the Catalyst control panel. Don't

Reply to Food Bonus Planet Tiles in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I ignore the food tile bonuses. I put something other than a farm on them. It's not worth the tiles it takes to keep approval up. Of course, if you run taxes low enough, you can run up your populations without any morale buildings at all. I haven't experimented with it. I've been going for 15B populations at 80% taxes using morale builders. You could try higher populations with lower taxes and probably get positive results. Either way, I'm sure it's a subject for debate. In the end, it m

Reply to Needs more Depth in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

So, are there games not lacking in these areas? It's easy to say I want, I want, but without a practical comparison, it's just asking for the moon. Personally, I don't see the game particularly lacking in these areas. But then again, GC2 is the first 4x game I've played. Sure, there's always room for improvement, but I want a a 32" flat panel TV for $500 and a car that gets 100 MPG. I want those things, but it's just not realistic to expect to see them right now. Probably in the future. T

Reply to So, no Multiplayer? (I'm new here) in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Welcome to the forum. Yea MP is a pretty tired subject around here. But, those that want it seem to really want it where those that don't really care, well, don't really care. The polls only indicate where people would *rather* see Stardock put their resources, not really whether people are "for" or "against" it. Most people would rather get improvements in game content. I'm in that majority myself. Stardock is not necessarily anti-MP so we may see it in a future release or expansion pack.

Reply to 'Most Powerful Civs' report - what criteria? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yea, just military power. Doesn't mean a whole lot.

Reply to Constructor suggestions in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

Yea, upgrading starbases is a real drag. So, I quit doing it. The only ones I fully develop are the ones on galactic resources. Other than that, I don't build any starbases except for influence ones to flip planets. I only upgrade them as much as I need and once a planet flips, I delete them. Every now and than I might build an influence starbase to extend range, but then I don't do any upgrades on those. It would be nice if building and upgrading starbases was not labor prohib

Reply to Dark Matter and Matter in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Speaking of string theory, I believe M-theory is the latest adaptation of that concept. It adds a another dimension to the strings to make them 2 dimensional like planes. The assumption leads to an infinite number of parallel universes and provides an explanation for the singularity of the big bang. Pretty wild stuff, but does resolve the "grandfather paradox" of time travel. Travel back in time and you jump into a different universe that follows a different course. Might also create a big

Reply to Fast Fast colonization in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

Speed is key, however, I build colony ships with 1 colony module and the rest engines anyway. Lack of a colony module will get me an extra engine or two. Might be worth it, but I don't see a huge advantage, something to try. Thanks for mentioning it.

Reply to Need convincing, for buying the game. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Not 100% becuase there are a few things here and there that are not fun, some bugs, some things that just suck, but 95% is still pretty darn good in my book.

Reply to Newbie Upgrade Question in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

There's an option to "strip ships when upgrading" in the options menu. I initially had that off because I found it confusing to have my ships come up with nothing on them, however, I recently enabled that option because it *is* useful in making ship upgrades less effort. Most of the time, a good portion of the components have to be removed anyway.

Reply to Boarding Craft/Piracy? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

For me, the pirates always show up late in the game. At that point they either leave me alone, or my fleets are strong enough to kill them. Their fleets are pretty powerful. The escapees always show up late too and they're pretty easy to kill. More stuff like that might be good.

Reply to What is your Custom Race like? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

My custom race is Hole led by non other than Courtney Love (I figure the other races will hate me right off when they see who my leader is, hehe, it's a little joke for myself). Bonuses in moral, econ, and pop growth as well. Techs are stellar cartography and engines. Party is Industrialist.