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Reply to Suggestion for Update in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I like those ideas as well! Less management is a good thing!

Reply to Playing large maps (usability issues) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thank you for your reply! Avoiding wars could be the answer for me to play bigger maps without being bored. Unfortunately I am particularly fond of a good shootout but I could change my pace for variety. That what's so good about the game, it can be played in a variety of ways. My point being that much of the obstacles I find overwhelming when trying to play larger maps could be fairly easily eliminated. Merry Christmas to you All!

Playing large maps (usability issues) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hi, For the last few days I have played a Crippling-Huge setup and it has been a lot of hard work. But not hard work in a good way. Don't get me wrong, I love Galciv and it has been a special favourite of mine since Galciv on OS/2. I feel that I need to vent a little. You are doing a great job, but I feel that some minor improvements would greatly benefit my gaming pleasure. However, I find that I'm spending 90% of my time manually sending ships here and there, changing Rally

Reply to Bug Report for v1.12.079 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

In my last game I built a Death Knight before a Battleship. However, the Battleship video "..capital ships...new ear in warfare..." or something like that did not show until I built a Battleship. One would think that it would appear when the first capital ship was built. A very minor and insignificant bug. :-)

Reply to Gifting Galciv in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have been a Stardock customer since Object Desktop for OS/2, so I guess that I am spoiled with excellent support. But CariElf does indeed seem to rise above even the usual high Stardockian standard. Thanks CariElf!

Reply to Gifting Galciv in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have archived the latest version and burt it on a CD together with the stardock central install file, as suggested. Thank you very much for your help! I registered the game to a new email address (thank god for free webmailers). I assume that it is possible to change the email address later on if he wants to. Thanks again! ~SDC~

Gifting Galciv in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hi, I am considering giving a copy of Galciv to a friend as a gift. This friend does not have a fast connection to the internet. What I would like to do is to buy Galciv (in his name) using my own credit card and download the entire game to my hd (preferrably in a zip file), burn it on a CD-ROM and then being able to give him the CD and the serial number for him to use. It's fairly urgent so shipping the CD to Sweden is not an option. Is it possible? How would

Reply to Bug report for 1.10.072 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm a bit lazy and I do not have the time to read through this entire thread today. Please excuse me if this has been reported earlier. In my current game, in the "Foreign Policy" screen, "Stats" tab, the overall ranking calculations do not seem right. Three alien races are in sixth place and two in fourth. I am the uncontested leader but it does seem a bit odd anyway. :)

Reply to Keyboard commands in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Ah, excellent! Thank you very much!

Keyboard commands in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hi, I have a small grief with Galciv while playing on the laptop. I really miss my keypad which allowed me to move ships "diagonally". I do not seem to be able to do that checking NumLock and punching the corresponding digits. Am I missing something obvious? If I'm not, would it be possible to configure other keys to be used for directional control. I detest having to use the touchpad for this and it makes me a less time efficient galciv player. :-) Best regar

Reply to ***Petition for Screen Resolution Cyber Poll*** in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hmm... I use my 15" LCD on my laptop running at 1400x1050 in galciv windowed mode without any problems. I would run Galciv in black and green on a pure text display if I would have to, it really is of very little importance to me. I feel that the development funds are better used elsewhere than for pure eye candy. Best regards Andreas

Reply to Locked in? in Strategies Stardock Forums

I will go to masochistic as soon as the expansion pack is out! I can't stand tedious micro-management and I see rally points as a real exciting addition. My "crippling - huge" was a fairly easy win but going to war was a real bore having to micromanage all ships. Mm... To be able to play gigantic galaxies!

Reply to Locked in? in Strategies Stardock Forums

I use the exact same strategy for my games and it works fine on crippling as well. There is a possible window of misfortune when you are trying to catch up on military and research but I have not yet failed to do so. In my next few games I'm going to either try masochistic (where I guess that the AI bonuses will make this strategy a bit harder to employ) or try rushing my neighbours. I usually never pick a fight unless I am sure to come out on top. :)

Reply to 1.04.59 or later bug reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

In reference to your question to AIL.ST: When the music stops for me (which it does when playing for hours at a time) cracks and pops still remain.

Reply to Question: how to get a balanced, long lasting game? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well I had to play on at least Large and AI at least Bright to have a longer lasting game. Having said that, I have never had a game last so long that I was able to build Excaliburs. Overlords I have built but never used.

Reply to 1.04.59 or later bug reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have experienced some random crashes when using galciv in windowed mode 'galciv.exe w' and SmartException were running in the background every crash. However, I do not know how SmartException is supposed to work. It opens an empty window and nothing else. Klicking "Submit exception report" does nothing and "Open log directory" opens c:\ root. Is there a manual of some kind? Or a brief introduction?

Metaverse question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I for one would be interested in how many games were submitted and by how many people. Being 200 something doesn't mean much when you do not know your relative rank. :-) Why not a metaverse overview page containing number of submitted games, number of players, etc, etc? Best regards /A

Reply to 1.04.59 or later bug reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

1.0571 Music still disappears when playing for long sessions. Has been so for as long as I can remember. The SFX seem to work, though. Restarinting Galciv works.

Reply to Anyone miss the space monsters ??? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Perhaps the strength of the space monsters should be relative to the average level of technology when they appear. Last time they appeared, in a late game in a huge galaxy, they were easy kills for my overlords...

Reply to Stardock central forums and web forums in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I don't get any messages at all in SDC besides the "sticky" subjects. Too bad but this forum is still useable.

Rant: Awesome! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Played my first game at a large galaxy with normal opponents (I'm not that good yet, finding the game more challenging than the OS/2 version). The playing experience was just plain awesome! The playing field was levelled between altarians, arceans, drengin and myself and finally managed to win a massive cultural victory by securing 5 influence resources. The game is so well-balanced that most paths are viable! For the first time ever I realized what a valueable resource the mi

Reply to 1.03 and Windowed mode. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I like the windowed version also! I like having my usual desktop available to, not to mention ICQ... Cool additional feature!

Reply to System Requirements for Galactic Civlizations? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I played it on a Celeron 300Mhz and 256 mb memory and I played a large galaxy without much problems! At the end of the game (many ship movements) it would take about 30 seconds for the computer to do its moves. I don't see that as much of a problem, put if you are lacking in patience you could play a smaller map och upgrade somewhat. :)

Reply to hot key time in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I concur! Userdefined hotkeys for everything. The goal should be that you could put away the mouse completely.

Reply to Diplomacy polish in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, my last few games I have started "suprise attacks" by building star bases with military improvements in enemy territory. After I am satisfied with the attack/defense bonus outlook I have placed fleets in striking distances of enemy star systems often deep within enemy territory. The buildup usually lasts for 10-20 turns and a AI more "real" would probably object to my military presence. Perhaps it does so on the higher levels of difficulty? I have only played normal.