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Reply to Tyranny of Evil - A Metaverse Empire. in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Like I said, you have to remind yourself that when it comes to empires, we're all just playing roles. ;)

Reply to Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I think it is a system where users can give out 'positive karma' for particularly helpful or insightful posts.

Reply to Genocide, everbody is doing it! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Riiiight. Nazy (sic) Germany. How about native Americans? South America? Australia and the Aborigines? The crusades? Human history is a little bit more than just WW2, you know.

Reply to spawning anomolies? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What I'd like is a notification icon instead of a popup, though... Easier to dismiss, but you still get the information what was found.

Reply to spawning anomolies? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You can disable the popups in the options menu. ;)

Reply to Genocide, everbody is doing it! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

'Any PR is good PR.' :P

Reply to Genocide, everbody is doing it! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Looking at the Terran history of discovering and 'civilisation' of new continents, I seriously doubt we would avoid killing population.

Reply to spawning anomolies? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

It started either in 1.8 or 1.7. Note that you can't turn anomalies off completely, just set them to 'rare'.

Reply to Comparison to Sword of the Stars? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

TA improves the graphics in several ways: - Better improvement icons from higher resolution models - Better planet textures - Better ship textures (much, much better...) - Animated ship parts! That radar dish or engine part? It can now rotate! Of course, TA also has unique tech trees, new invasion screens, better AI, larger maps, new victory conditions, autodesign of ships, editors for just about everything (tech, component, map, campaign, improvements)...

Reply to wHERE'S iS eVERYONE? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Your keyboard's broken.

Reply to Metaverse points in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]How do you know when to end a game for maximum points?[/quote] Practice. And trial and error. You don't HAVE to submit a game once you finish it. ;) Basically there are two different extremes: ZYW: Finish in the first year, ideally on turn 12 (the earliest possible turn without getting cheatflagged). This allows you to completely ignore some aspects of the game (like, say, building a stable economy) and can net you up to almost 40k points. Gig abundant

Reply to Metaverse points in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Victory type is one of the major factors. Military always gives you the most points. Other factors are time (the more turns you take, the lower your score is) and generally your ratings in game. Again, military being the most important one, economy and research being two others. It is also important to increase these rating as soon as possible and keep them high - the score is in fact some sort of integral, meaning that achieving an extreme rating two turne before winning doesn't do muc

Reply to need help. (dread lords) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yep. Laptop simply aren't for gaming. On the other hand, the Latitude works like a charm under Linux, just right to do some coding and LaTeX stuff. ;)

Reply to need help. (dread lords) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, I got one of the better Latitudes as secondary computer and even small maps take two or three minutes to load. I think more than the CPU, the lack of RAM is the problem. But, I never bought a laptop for gaming anyway. ;)

Reply to TotA and Metaverse Scoring in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

AFAIK this low scoring only affects tournament games. Normal TA scores seem to be on par with DA.

Reply to The Realm of Despair in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]+Year Zero ClubThe Year Zero Club thread is not an empire. It is just a bunch of people who have played a certain strategy. Sentient species taste better...[/quote] Indeed. Although I feel a certain pride that the Club is included in this list. :D

Reply to Autopilot never seems to work for me in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It's important to remember that autopilot movement happens at the END of your turn. That way, you can always react to enemy movement and change the destination of a ship. If autopilot moved at the beginning of a turn, there wouldn't be any moves left to do that.

Reply to An Apology To Stardock in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Heh. I stopped pirating software when I came close to my degree and started to work in the industry myself. Though, given the quality of some titles, I wish I HAD pirated them...

Reply to The exact release of Twilight of the Arnor in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I think the release date for the digital download version is April 30th.

Reply to My last post. in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Heh, it seems his 'never return ever' lasted about two or three days, as he's posting in the ToA news thread anyway. :P

Reply to Grand Theft Auto IV in Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, if I actually could find time, I'd probably get GTA4... But I already have way too many games lying around unfinished. :(

Reply to Is there going to be a campaign? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Release will have a campaign, just like DA had one.

Reply to what does advanced planetary colonization give you? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

With the basic colonisation tech, you still have a 50% penalty. To fully utilise a planet, you need the corresponding Advanced Colonisation.

Reply to data editor know one? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Data editors: Ultraedit, Notepad++, MSVS200x (for XML). Or just wait for the TA release, which will have every editor you need.

Reply to Twilight of the Arnor enters final gamma testing! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I honestly don't get why people are upset about this. Everyone usually rants how publishers push out unpolished titels, yet when a company takes the extra minute to really squash the last few bugs, they should just push it out the door? Keep in mind, TA is in PUBLIC BETA, which, for all accounts, probably is pretty close to the final product. There are constant updates about the curren status and what's being worked on. In the last poll, the majority voted 'make sure it's bug f