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Reply to The Galaxy and Useless Objects in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Or any planet, really. What if your Survey Ship comes across a habitable world and you tell it to survey the planet before your colony ship arrives? Better yet you can make these surveys take longer, reduceable using technology. This adds greater value to Scouts that can keep exploring while your Survey Ship commits to longer missions. Maybe some sensor technology lets you find things you wouldn't otherwise find? Naturally the habitability of the planet wouldn't be aff

Reply to The Galaxy and Useless Objects in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Oh, I think having uninhabitable worlds is an absolute [i]must[/i], don't get me wrong. However I just think it's a waste of time to have worlds that are both uninhabitable, even if permanently uninhabitable, that also don't have any other purpose. Which is what Evil Max War picked up on. Even if you can't settle them you should be able to do [i]something[/i] with them which is the root of my point. So no, I would never advocate the non-existence of uninhabitable world

Reply to The Galaxy and Useless Objects in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

It seemed way too obvious for them not to, which is partly why I brought this up! I'd love to see some of the smaller things as well. I think the more character the game has, something Stardock is never usually light on anyway, the better it'll be. Particularly the genocidal rabbits. I can see that being both hilarious and fun. If not, well, that's what mods are for.

The Galaxy and Useless Objects in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Nothing on the map should be without a use or a purpose. By not making use of that I feel like this game, and the ones before it, are lugging around dead weight for really no reason. At least that's my opinion! Let me explain: On the map you have an assortment of objects. Right now you mostly have planets, stars, and asteroids. Starbases are constructed later on. Right now you'll sometimes have planets spawn with absolutely nothing at all. No asteroids or planets. Othe

Reply to [Crash] On Game Start in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

It seems to still disagree with having the dual cards in a laptop, at least for me and my 555M coupled with the generic integrated card. I'll pass this along to the development team using the support link that Lucky Jack provided, that should shed some light on this issues. That aside I've been playing away on the desktop.

Reply to [Crash] On Game Start in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Naturally I updated the driver first thing. I've actually since managed a sort-of fix for this. I had to completely remove the Intel card drivers, everything. This caused the game to launch but with a blank UI and terrible frame rate. Running it on my gaming desktop went just fine, though.

Reply to CTD when starting new game in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Here, I'll walk you through it just in case you're not sure how. Go to your Nvidia Control Panel. This can be accessed through the control panel or the notification around your system clock. Go to Manage 3D Settings. Open your game list and look for Galactic Civilizations 3. If it is not there click the Add button and add it. Click "Select the preferred graphics processor for this program" and make sure the "High-performance Nvidia processor" is selected. Click

Reply to I miss the incentive to NOT quit playing in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Nevermind. This man has me beat.

Reply to I miss the incentive to NOT quit playing in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Do one for every race, that'd be super cool. The Yor would be [i]perfect[/i] for that drone one.

Reply to Cant See any thing other than the UI in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Are all of these cases on laptops with dual video cards? I actually finally managed to get it to launch on my laptop only to have the same issue. I have since moved to the gaming desktop that was built recently and have been playing it without a single problem.

Reply to CTD when starting new game in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

I tried forcing the Nvidia GPU in a number of previous starts. There was a change, mind you: All text vanished from all menus and the frame rate dropped to nothin'. However I still got the same crash with the same debug, except with mentions of Nvidia instead. I'll see if I can come up with anything new.

Reply to [Crash] On Game Start in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Yes I did. The first five times to no avail. Good catch, though!

Reply to CTD when starting new game in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Looks like you and I have a similar problem that I mentioned in my own thread . We're also using the 500M series card from Nvidia. Something might be up with the driver for that series and the game right now. Have you tried updating and/or using older versions of the driver? I'm doing that after I get some rest. Good luck!

[Crash] On Game Start in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Long time player of Galactic Civilizations here. I've gone from being a pimply-faced middle schooler to a much less pimply-faced Systems Administrator in the amount of time that I've been playing Galactic Civilizations. I'm more than thrilled to have the Founder's Edition and be part of the Alpha for the next incarnation! [i]Sadly[/i], the Alpha isn't quite as thrilled to have me! I'm obviously not alone here but though I'd throw my report in

5 Days and 3 Games later... in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

So, since I finally did get TotA working I had a mini-marathon of empire-building this past week. I can say, it's been quite the adventure. Game 1: Big Mistake So, eager to jump into the game I quickly start one up on a Large map and begin playing. After a couple of hours and 10 colonies later I find the Terran Alliance is MASSIVE. Unbelieveably so. And they don't like me. At this point they have to control over 1/2 the galaxy and it all decends upon my

Reply to Display Drivers Failure Crash in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Well, for me removing the Mod worked. I lost two games in a row, but at least I got to play. Terrans, Torians, apparently I'm not having much luck with the T's. >.>

Reply to Display Drivers Failure Crash in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Hmmm...makes sense to me. I had considered trying it, but didn't think it was that big of a deal since I use the DA version of that Mod as well. What kind of memory is it running out of exactly? Maybe I can increase it.

Reply to Display Drivers Failure Crash in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Why on Earth would I bring it up with Acer when it ONLY HAPPENS WITH TWILIGHT? Even Dark Avatar and Dread Lords work, just NOT TWILIGHT. I've double checked everything, and everything is setup properly. I shall attempt running it in 1024 X 768 and post the results here.

Reply to Display Drivers Failure Crash in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

There are no drivers for the X193W+. It's plug and play. I also tried playing the game in 1600 X 1200, and everything is kinda blurry and stretched. Monitor doesn't like that resolution apparently. Gah! I want to play TotA! >.> Should I just go directly to Stardock Tech Support?

Reply to Display Drivers Failure Crash in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

O.o *Looks at Monitor Box* Optimal Resolution: 1680 X 1050 I'll try it, but again. It's ONLY TotA that does this. No other game. Not Oblivion, not Crysis, not Civ 4, not SPORE, not Medieval II, nothing. It still doesn't seem to add up.

Reply to Display Drivers Failure Crash in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Which ONLY does this when playing TotA? Really? My brother just finished a 3 hour spree on Crysis, and I finished up a Nuclear War in Civ 4 BtS last night, so... Yeah, I'm not thinking it's the video card. I've had zero issues when not playing TotA, hence why I asked here.

Display Drivers Failure Crash in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I swear, I only show up when I've got bad news. >.> So, here's the deal. When playing Twilight of the Arnor, which is awesome by the way, I'll randomly get an error message that says this in general: "The nv4_disp Display Driver has stopped functioning normally. Restart windows to return to normal screen settings and and send an error report to Microsoft." So, I responded naturally. Update my driver and send an error report. Then the error reporting had..

Reply to Spore in Games in Development GalCiv2 Forums

Wow. And year and a half ago I posted this. >.> And screwed up that original post beyond all means of my understanding. But yeah, people, this sucker comes rolling in on September 7th, 2008 for us Americans. Two days earliers for those in Europe. And actually you CAN make realistic looking creatures if you try REALLY hard. It's been done, look through some screenshots and you'll find a bad-ass grasshopper guy. Most of what we see is cartoony due to demo time constraints. Darn t

Reply to Mega Events...good or bad? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I've never even hit a Mega-Event. Not once. >.> Apparently I suck that much.

Reply to A Future Upgrade in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks for the assistance but here is my configurator: http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=119 And I was considering the GTS but it'd cost another $77 and that machine costs almost $900 already, at lot more than I want to pay. >.> And I knew about the Power Supply but I don't see why it's a major factor. So feel free to poke around that thing and give me another list of suggestions.