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Reply to Torians aren't logic? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Sounds a little like the Foundation stories by Isaac Asimov, Darktalon. Anyways, you should probably destroy those colonies.

Reply to Lame tactic in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I think Pherguson has a nice idea about claiming a planet's airspace. It's more realistic, it fixes the exploit, and it gives greater strategic opportunities.

Reply to Is it me, or has range been extended in Galciv2? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Well, the initial ships have several range modules in them, but at the cost of speed.

Reply to GalCiv II: KNOWN issue list in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Technician, you can install the latest drivers straight from Nvidia's site and it will work fine. You don't need the Dell branded drivers.

Reply to Do you usually build 'Battle Stations' for your Resource Starbases? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I always try to add a few weapons. They're cheap and prevent having a single fast fighter take out a fully loaded mining facility. If you add the higher level weapons, the AI will spend tons of ships to destroy it, for a net gain.

Reply to Metaverse Difficulty in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I played a "tough" game that showed up in-game as cakewalk. It's reported correctly on the website.

Reply to [BUG] Metaverse incorrectly displaying Difficulty level in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I played a "tough" game, but it showed up as "cakewalk".

Reply to We Need Heroes in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I like talon012754's moral event ideas. They could add more diversity and humor to the game if done right. Maybe someone could throw together a mod?

Reply to Another lame tactic in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ugrok, play on the "Tough" level (the fair one) before commenting on the AI. Safari Joe, that's like saying that all you have to do to win is win (have a big emp with strong economy). That's kind of obvious.

Reply to How To Increase Trade Routes in Trade GalCiv2 Forums

There is a UP resolution that permanently adds trade routes to every civilization. In addition to what was said above, you can also start out with civ traits to add up to 3 trade routes.

Reply to Max population for planets info? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

It's the amount of food.

Reply to HighScore Woes in Metaverse Stardock Forums

As for your search for the "intelligent" setting, that's for setting the intelligence of the races, not the overall difficulty. It corresponds with a "tough" difficulty. Of course you can set all the smartness sliders to "intelligent" instead if you wish.

Reply to HOT HOT HOT! in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

I can confirm massive (>20C) heat increases on my high end card, but the game runs so smoothly and prettily that I don't care as long as it doesn't cause any damage. I think it would be fine if you capped the fram rate to the monitor's refresh rate, so you don't lose aeven the slightest bit of performance. Speaking of which, has anyone tried to run it with VSync enabled in the nvidia/ati config, and seen if the temps are lower?

Reply to What's wrong with the AI in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Try the AI at "Intelligent", which is the "fair" setting.

Reply to Retail availability: North America in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

I have to wait for the dog-slow Amazon.com free shipping. Woe is me!

Reply to Preorder price discrepancy in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Stardock can not compete with its own customers (stores), hence they will only sell at the MSRP. Notice that Galciv 1 is still $40 on it, even though it's bargain bin material now.

Reply to Is it done yet? in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

to SSG Geezer : It will definately work on your widescreen monitor.

Reply to So much dialog, so few spell checkers in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

Looks pretty cool. Other strategy games annoy me when they don't try to make diplomacy interesting. For example, Alpha Centauri was a great game, but it's diplomacy was dry. Galciv is shaping up to be a great, polished game.

Amazed this hasn't been noticed before in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Go here: http://www.galciv.com/login.asp Check the title of the window. "Galactic Civlizations" (notice the Civl) A bunch of windows are misspelled like that.

Reply to Debugging vs. Robust coding techniques in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

LDiCesare , in a game you have to be able to quickly see and change any value when you're tweaking it for playability. In that sense a game isn't as well defined as a normal app, so you have different needs when you code.

Reply to Giving civs more character- Different architecture for each civ in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

I think it may be worth adding the ability to mod this at some point, but I agree that it's not worth doing it yourselves. Are you still planning to have a year of free support, or are you going to go straight into other projects/expansions? If you do have the year of support, maybe you can add that ability after release.

Reply to Screen Size Limitations? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

There's no limit on resolution for the game. Maybe it's time to upgrade your monitor

Reply to Which is the most usable skin of all times in your opinion? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Skinplant

Reply to Gmail = bad in Internet WinCustomize Forums

I know Google can aggregate tons of information on me. However, I've never seen them misuse it. For now, Google has my support. Think of all the things they've done right (Text ads, massive email storage, brilliant search, great maps, google earth, etc. etc.). I trust them. Also, for you tin foilists: http://www.google-watch.org

Reply to UI enhancement idea in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

triple post! But yeah, it's a good idea as long as it doesn't become annoying. Ideally people wouldn't want to turn it off once they become familiar with how things work.