Phil Wheeler

Reply to Freighter/Trade questions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think the longer the trade route the more profitable it will be. ~SDC~

Reply to Windowed Mode? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Or just listen to Frogboy....above. Didn't see his post :)

Reply to Windowed Mode? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There is. You can install it and run it from StarDockCentral. Just make sure your desktop is set to 16bit colour.

Reply to Bonus pak 1.01 questions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Try Menu-->Message Options-->User defined playlist-->load playlist for the mp3 player. 1024x768 is the only resolution as far as I'm aware. ~SDC~

Reply to Installation volume in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, with multimedia my galciv directory is c.541 Mb. ~SDC~

Multimedia size question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Just wondering how big the Galciv multimedia directories should be. The game runs fine, but whenever I install the multimedia, it stops downloading about 3 Meg short of the total file size. It then decomparesses the files but seems to stop about halfway through. The intro movies etc play, just wondering if its installed the whole thing. Thanks, ~SDC~

Reply to Cant get stardock central to work in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you go to tools --> edit stardock.net account and enter your email and password for this forum that should do the trick....I think. ~SDC~

Reply to FAQ: Download Problems! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you right click on the component you want to install, ---> Archive ---> Restore Existing, might do the trick. ~SDC~

Reply to Just got my ass handed over to me... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Double-click on the colony ship's icon at the bottom right of the screen, while its in orbit around your planet. There should be a slider with "loading troops" above it, and a "launch icon". That should do the trick. ~SDC~

Reply to Downloaded Galciv - where are setup files? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm pretty certain you should be able to archive the files, even if you installed them normally....at least I could. However, I don't think the archive feature is working fully yet. There's a bug with the versioning when re-installing the Multimedia from an archive. Not sure if it applies to everyone, but I ran into it. Apparently they'll have a fix availiable some time today. ~SDC~

Reply to SDC and Bonus Pak and MP3 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I might be wrong,haven't tried it myself, but have you tried the "user defined playlist" on the right hand side ?? ~SDC~

Reply to So what is the average age of a Gal Civ player?? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Still young and impudent (relativley), at 23. ~SDC~

Reply to Start downloading folks... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Seems to be fluctuating quite a bit. Somewhere between 5-45kb/sec (on 512kbs DSL). Average seems to be c. 20kb/sec. ~SDC~

Reply to GalCiv beta-pack available! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Seems to be up for some of the Drengin.net people too. I just missed the beta period, but I'm downloading it now :) Oh yeah, thanks to everyone at Stardock for your hard work....just wish my DSL was faster ;) ~SDC~

Reply to Stardock Central Discussion Question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thanks, worked like I charm :) ~SDC~

Stardock Central Discussion Question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I may just be being stupid but I can't seem to get the discussion boards to work under SDC. None of the threads or boards show up under the discussion tab. If I check the settings under Tools --> Settings --> Discussion I get an error informing me that I have to subscribe to at least 1 discussion board, but there aren't any available in the list. I'm running SDC 0.99.138. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas? Cheers,

Reply to quick question about buying gal civ as opposed to the drengin.net package in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

As far as I'm aware you get 1 year of GalCiv updates no matter how you purchase the game, whether its retail or direct, GalCiv alone or Drengin.net. :)

Reply to Where do you reside? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

London, UK.

Reply to Download Price in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm fairly new here so I might have this wrong, though I'm sure someone will correct me if I do... Apparently "It will be $44.95 plus $5 shipping if you live in North America, or $10 shipping elsewhere." You can check this out at www.galciv.com/direct.htm, I think. There will also be a download only option, through Stardock Central, if you don't want to pay for shipping. I live in the UK as well and recently purchased the subscription to Drengin.net (

Reply to Simple one line responce to help developers know. Where did you hear about GaCiv? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Saw it mentioned on the Stardock website when buying Object Desktop / Windowblinds...then in the MOO3 box...then on the MOO3 forum.