pndrev

pndrev

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Reply to GameSpy: 5 out of 5! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

In a game with the main focus on sandbox play, 'cheesy storyline' isn't really a con. So, indeed, 5 out of 5 were the minimum to be expected. Outstanding success for one of the last true single players games, which was a majour seling point for me. I even stopped playing Sins because all the patches seem to focus on multiplayer balance...

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Installation path for Twilight wrong in Impulse Beta GalCiv2 Forums

I (and several others) noticed this during the release of Twilight: After choosing an installation path*, Impulse adds 'Stardock/Totalgaming.net/' to the path. That is clearly wrong, if I choose a specific path, I want the software to be installed exactly there. (*) Expansions shouldn't ask for a path anyway, as they need to be installed in the correct subfolder of the main game.

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Reply to Important note for Impulse users in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Impulse is, sadly, always going to add the "Stardock\TotalGaming..." etc. to your path, so when installing, you have to be sure to tell Impulse to point a few levels higher than where you THINK the expansions need to be installed.[/quote] Not helpful. I don't want any Stardock or Totalgaming folders on that drive. ;)

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Reply to data editor know one? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Editors for DA won't be released, if you're talking about the 2.0 version, I think the latest dev journal said something about Q3 this year.

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Reply to Game changing random events!?!?! in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I also found the rangers far from indestructible. Usually my opponents find one - it's just a matter of a concentrated effort to avoid and later destroy that ship. The AI may not be able to deal with that situation properly, though.

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Reply to Please slam my game in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

1) Zoom-To-Cursor instead of Zoom-To-Centre 2) Fix the MCC description 3) A third tech trading option: Allow trades except for the racially unique techs ('No tech brokering') 4) Allow espionage on Minor Races 5) Allow more AI players - on Immense maps, 9 opponents aren't enough

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Reply to I am working on the issues... in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Too bad this game is probably of non-interest to us European players. But I guess a dose of reality between the sci-fi of GalCiv and the fantasy title is a welcome change for you guys. ;)

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Reply to The post-Twilight road map in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Sounds great! Especially the Metaverse updates, a lot of people have been waiting for that. Any information about the 'enhanced espionage system'? Will it be as different as the current system is from the original DL?

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Reply to Cheaters in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Magnumaniac just posted a new legit record of 40600 points on a ZYW. That should be enough to see that these scores can't be achieved without cheating.

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Reply to Ascendency crystals in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]your supposed to need 5 of them i thought to even start that[/quote] Each crystal gives one Ascension point per turn. There is no lower or upper limit on the countdown.

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Reply to Deathstar = useless ? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quoteBut truthfully, as cool as it is to watch an entire system go Ka-BLOOIE, I really don't use them. Too much effort to build them, and then to fragile when they are done.[/quote] I think the only purpose of Terrorstars is simply 'being cool'. By the time you can afford them (and build / escort them) you most likely already have one. They MIGHT be useful to blow up a system of the Dread Lords, if they have more than one planet. But it's unlikely that you'd be able to guard

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Reply to Year Zero Club in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I think you can use a custom race with a chosen tech tree, but no completely new tech trees. That would make the most sense, anyway.

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Reply to Cheaters in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Based on your analysis (that no amount of planetary boni can achieve that score) I'd say that either the scores themselves are edited or, to put a new idea out there, the turn-counter for the calculation was somehow changed. Depending on what IDEs those two have access to, it may have been even at runtime and then GalCiv itself would do the writing of the necessary checksums.

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Reply to No Files found matching mask... in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

These messages are perfectly normal. The game looks for any possible additional files and reports there aren't any. I'd say it's actually helpful - if you place a file there and it still reports 'nothing found', you know that you've done something wrong.

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