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Reply to why am i addicted to this game? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

if you figure out how to get your girlfriend interested in the game you'd have to be even smarter than brad wardell and all the staff here at stardock. hope it works out for ya

Reply to why am i addicted to this game? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

yeah that's one of the only bummers with this game. i was actually surprised at how much power this game needs, but i dialed down some of the graphics options now its running ok

why am i addicted to this game? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

i have never played a turn based strategy game until this one. previous to galciv2 da i only played rts or sim games, but i was curious to see if i would enjoy them.i downloaded the demo thought it was ok then read some reviews online about galciv2 they were all really good, so i decided to put down the cash and give it a try. now i can't seem to stop playing until my eyes are blood shot or i have to go to the washroom. but i can't figure out why i like this game so much? if i can't

Reply to This game is a pig! in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

is the button to turn off the ships defending planets in the video options menu or somewhere else?

Reply to dark avatar choppy even with graphics all the way down in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I thought that it was anti-aliasing that was causing the lag and framerate problems in my game but it wasn't. When i turned off the bump mapping and or ship rendering in the video options menu i got greatly improved results. The biggest problems came when i scrolled over stacked ships or planets with lots of tiny ships defending them.The devs should come up with a button that turns off rendering for ships that defend planets and create an icon that represents stacked fleets or ships.This should

Reply to This game is a pig! in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I thought that it saw anti-aliasing that was causing the lag and framerate problems in my game but it wasn't. Whrn i turned off the bump mapping and or ship rendering in the video options menu i got greatly improved results. The biggest problems came when i scrolled over stacked ships or planets with lots of tiny ships defending them.The devs should come up with a button that turns off rendering for ships that defend planets and create an icon that represents staced fleets or ships.This should h