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Reply to Help..!! Having problems updating GV to Altarian P in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

iCapn, I agree with your assessment of Brin's novels, but the film of The Postman was abysmal. If there was a little smiley icon vomiting I'd use it here. ~SDC~

Reply to re poll: Would you pre-order on-line a Master of Magic 2? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I would certainly renew my Drengin subscription for a MoM2. ~SDC~

Reply to Why Master of Magic is Cool. Might want to get a drink and cancel any appointments. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Wow. I never played MoM, and really appreciate your summary. It confirms my opinion that I'd renew my drengin subscription for it. ~SDC~ [Message Edited]

Reply to Research Inc. in Mods Stardock Forums

Late game I got hit with some incredibly strong escaped space monsters. They went through my lucky rangers like a knife through butter; I had to hit them with AMMs to kill them. ~SDC~

Reply to The Metaverse Admiralty in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Great, I missed that news somehow. :CONGRAT: ~SDC~

Reply to Bug Reports for Gal Civ 1.20 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Oh, sorry, I see this is discussed in a different thread. ~SDC~

Reply to The Metaverse Admiralty in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]You don't get to be a pawnbroker by cranking out games, just by playing them. They all add up eventually.[/quote] Do they? I thought they got aged out. ~SDC~

Reply to The Metaverse Admiralty in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Only pawnbrokers? Hey, I've got a job and a family, I can't crank out games like some people. ;) ~SDC~

Reply to Bug Reports for Gal Civ 1.20 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Annoying to suddenly find I can't research anything along the tourism path.[/quote] Tourism? Are you using a mod? ~SDC~

Reply to The Metaverse Admiralty in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

OK, sorry, but I must immodestly bump this thread.

Reply to AP first impressions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I submitted 2 games to the metaverse today. Both were played under identical settings. The difficulty level of the first is recorded in the metaverse as "suicidal", while the second was recorded as "masochistic". Both were recorded as AP release level 1.50. What's up with that? I had been under the impression that the "suicidal" level was removed during the AP beta. Why would 2 games played with the same level of code and the same starting conditions (same 7 opponents, all incredib

Reply to Research Inc. in Mods Stardock Forums

Two thumbs up! I used it in the game I just submitted. The research boost is very helpful. ~SDC~

Reply to Research Inc. in Mods Stardock Forums

Wow, looks even better than the Sneaky Diplomats. ~SDC~

Reply to Tiny masochistic walkthrough v1.01 (patch 1.04). in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]I try to have combat transports ready to take over the minors or any other major that is about to kick the bucket. This way I get the planet[/quote] Thanks, I wasn't paying close enough attention to have prepared some transports. The Arceans had some battleships and transports in the neighborhood that had been on their way to attack the Yor. They made peace with the Yor and attacked the Carinoids the next turn. I'll remember your advice. :) ~SDC~

Reply to Tiny masochistic walkthrough v1.01 (patch 1.04). in Strategies Stardock Forums

One further hint for those as dense as me. Don't try the no military/cultural conquest strategy if there's a minor civ in your home sector. Despite having the Carinoids in my home sector I was doing quite nicely, trading my way to tech superiority, when they got taken over by the Arceans. Next turn the Arceans demanded that I hand over my starbase that I'd started building up with cultural modules. Oops. >:(

Reply to Espionage levels and creativity? in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]Does espionage give anything else than info? I have never gained anything new after reaching advanced.[/quote] I have, on rare occasions, been told that my spies have stolen a tech. ~SDC~

Reply to Alternate Governors graphics pack in Mods Stardock Forums

[quote]As it is an animation[/quote] Which raises the question, why the cheesy animation that looks like a TV with bad interference? Is that something that can be changed? ~SDC~

Reply to Tiny masochistic walkthrough v1.01 (patch 1.04). in Strategies Stardock Forums

Even with the diplomatic power of the Sneaky Diplomats and Diplomatic Translators, the AI's tend to demand an exhorbitant number of techs if you ask for a significant military tech like Battleship, Dreadnaught, or Avatar. I haven't tried offering them money, does that work any better? I've always been able to get those techs through trade eventually, since the AI's will offer them much more cheaply when they initiate the trade. ~SDC~

Reply to Altarian Prophecy (Beta) Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]When I have Mods enabled, I find that if I do a Control-N to redo the "Galaxy" at the start, the came now crashes and goes back to the launcher app.[/quote] I'm using 4 mods, all "Stardock Certified", and have not seen this problem. I've got the latest AP from Stardock Central, and have done Control-N on 2 of the 3 AP games I've played recently. Which mods are you using? ~SDC~

Reply to Tiny masochistic walkthrough v1.01 (patch 1.04). in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]if you control a resource in a sector that is occupied by an AI they do not complain if you build culture mods on it. [/quote] Nice hint, NewfyScotian! I've played my first few tiny maso games on AP 1.49 with this strategy, and found it still works but is harder. The extra two alien races are just 2 more you have to bribe, and the AI's research strategy has changed somewhat so that you can no longer rely on them not researching certain techs (leaving you free to get the

Reply to Altarian Prophecy (Beta) Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I hit the divide by zero again: Stardock SmartException Logging Information ------------------------------------------- OS Version : Windows XP Video Card : RADEON 9200 Application Exception code: C0000094 INT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO Crash Addr: 004E7BF2 01:000E6BF2 D:\Stardock\Drengin.net\AltarianProphecy\galciv.exe Processor Registers (x86): EAX:00002CED EBX:00000000 ECX:00000000 EDX:00000000 ESI:000000C8 EDI:0012DB68 CS:EIP:001B:0

Reply to Alternate Governors graphics pack in Mods Stardock Forums

AeonOfTime, What file format and size do you need for your governor images? I've got one or two jpegs that might be useable, but I'm not sure they're large enough for your purposes. ~SDC~

Reply to Sneaky diplomats party in Mods Stardock Forums

BTW, that luck bonus really seems to have an effect, at least on AP. I've "found" 7 Rangers in the one game I've played with this party. ~SDC~

Reply to Sneaky diplomats party in Mods Stardock Forums

Thanks very much for this nice mod. ~SDC~

Reply to Dread Lords in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Ah, thanks, SLW and Vision of Tomorrow. Next time I get that I'll try saving the game and trying those approaches. BTW, this was on AP. I've played more than 30 games on GC and never hit that event. ~SDC~