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Reply to Crash on startup in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

For what it's worth, after installing the latest ATI drivers as Cari requested (which required that I install the .NET framework), my system started to degrade. To make a long long story short, this last weekend I wiped my C drive and reinstalled XP. I have now reinstalled Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and several TotalGaming.net products. Miraculously, GC2 works! I am delighted that I can finally participate in the beta (unfortunately so late that I don't know i

Reply to Crash on startup in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

It's not just GalCiv2. I hadn't played GC:AP for about a month, so I tried to fire it up and it failed to start, too. SmartException didn't catch it, though. GC1 doesn't work, and neither does the Political Machine. All of these worked not long ago. The only things I can think of that I've installed recently (since GC:AP last worked) are: - Many Microsoft patches automatically downloaded - New versions of Stardock Central - A couple of

Reply to Crash on startup in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I've installed the latest drivers from ATI and continue to hit this problem. I sent the SmartException report to [email protected].

Reply to Crash on startup in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I have the latest ATI drivers available via Windows Update. I'll check the ATI website and let you know.

Reply to Crash on startup in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

More information, if needed - my DirectX level is 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904), my display adapter is an ATI Radeon 9200. It sure would be nice to be able to join the beta.

Reply to Females in Diplomacy GalCiv2 Forums

While agreeing with Yaguer on the thesis, I must point out the inaccuracy of the original statement that there has "NEVER been a female ... human". The original GC (for OS/2) had static images of 2 human women that appeared announcing GNN news items. One appeared for good civilizations, and the other for evil. GC for Windows replaced them with the robot moving its arms.

Crash on startup in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I installed the beta for the first time today, and on trying to start the game for the first time hit a CTD. The crash is repeatable. The SmartException report has been sent to [email protected] with the subject "GALCIV2 - 0x5c7a50".

Reply to Stardock Central - This forum completely gone... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Strange. Reset list is not greyed out for me ... it took 3 tries to get it to actually update, though. ~SDC~

Reply to Stardock Central - This forum completely gone... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It's fixed for me. SDC updated itself when I started it, and after right clicking on "GalCiv Forum" and selecting "Reset List", I can now see new posts. ~SDC~

Reply to Stardock Central going down the drain (again...) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]GalCiv forum still gone.[/quote] Try this: Allow SDC to update. Right mouse click on "GalCiv Forum". Select "Reset List". SDC will download a new list of forums. After doing that GalCiv Forum worked for me. ~SDC~

Reply to How to check whether your info is sent to Metaverse... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I agree with Martin that there should be positive feedback on successful submission of a game. Last week I had to submit a game 4 times to get the metaverse to accept it. ~SDC~

Reply to How to check whether your info is sent to Metaverse... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thanks for the tip, MoseyingAlong. Resubmitting my last end game save caused the Metaverse to recognize my last 2 game submissions. ~SDC~

Reply to Colony ships in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I use the mini-colony ship exclusively. If I know I'm going to a good quality planet (19 or higher) I'll put up to 300 or 400 on it. For unknown or known 15-18 I'll usually load up between 100 to 200. For class 14 and the rare 13 that I colonize I'll only load up 50 to 75. I'm sure others have their own rules of thumb, this is what has worked for me. Once you colonize a system with fewer than 200, beware of building more colony ships from that system too fast - if you drain the po

Reply to How did Tech do it !! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Re: "more presents" - ok, thanks. I thought I had waited more than 3 months, but maybe not. And yes, I had the Diplomatic Translators, I always go for those ASAP. I've been submitting tiny maso military (cultural flip) games for quite a while now, but I just submitted my first gigantic maso alliance win using this strategy. I'm not planning to grind out games like those of you on the top of the Metaverse, but I thought it was interesting trying out the strategy. Thanks to al

Reply to Overlords in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Peace Phoenix is correct, GC Gold was the final OS/2 release. I still have my CD ;) ~SDC~

Reply to How did Tech do it !! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]It really depends on your "diplomacy" rating. But, you should be able to brive them with a tech each three turns, or 10 bc for 50 turns and that will keep them at least neutral if not move them to friendly.[/quote] I was using Research, Inc, but not the extra diplomacy picks. When the Korx started to turn on me I tried bribing them, but started getting the "Oh, more presents" response that doesn't improve the situation. Maybe my diplomacy wasn't high enough or I wasn't giving g

Reply to How did Tech do it !! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

In the other (hopefully dead) thread you mentioned that you set the AI opponents to all the same morality, the one that you intend to end up as. I gave that a try recently (set them all to good) and didn't have enough morality events to move me out of neutrality. The Korx moved from neutral to cool to hostile and finally declared war on me, even though I was trying to bribe them. So, my questions, O Great One, do you use any event mods? Like the Saints and Sinners pack? Do you set

Reply to New player saying 'hi!' in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]The Yor are always on the top of my hate list but the Korx and Dregin get not so honorable mention as well.[/quote] But the Drengin are so cuddly! :D :D :D ~SDC~

Reply to Will GalCiv 2 fall under the TotalGaming umbrella? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Which is why I'm keeping my TGN subscription up to date ... forever ... ;) ~SDC~

Reply to New player saying 'hi!' in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Nice to make your acquaintance. :) ~SDC~

Reply to Why races Join others in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]From my experience they do surrender to you when your at war with them but very rarely.... [/quote] VERY rarely, in my experience. Twice in all the games I've played. But it can happen. And it's SO nice when it does. :D :D ~SDC~

Reply to Slow Ship Graphic On High-End Graphics Cards/PCs in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Real Programmers code in assembler. With no comments. If it's hard to code, it ought to be hard to for others to read and debug. LOL LOL LOL ~SDC~

Reply to I finally won on normal. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you like the pacifist/trading strategy you might want to check out the "Research, Inc" political party mod in the mod library. IMHO it's a very nice mod. ~SDC~

Reply to Slow Ship Graphic On High-End Graphics Cards/PCs in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I bet I have most beat at 50 years old in March! [/quote] I'm not as old as Elrikk, but have you beat by 3 years, DF. ;) ~SDC~

Reply to HAPPY NEW YEARS! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Happy New Year, DF! Well, almost, we've got 8 1/2 hours to go here in California ... ~SDC~