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Reply to The Mini Dump Needs To Go Up In Flames! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

The mini-dumps are there so that the devs can debug crashes. They aren't the cause of the crash.

Reply to AI/pathing request in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Your description makes it sound like you are not using A* for pathfinding. If you did (or do?), the check could be in the heuristic.

Reply to On programming gaming AI: "Good" vs. "Fun" in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Soren called his presentation "Playing to Lose" as that is essentially what he did for Civ4, made the AI play to lose in an entertaining way.

Reply to Anybody know anything about memory dump files? in Sins Modding Sins Forums

To make full use of minidumps you need the source code. With that it'll usually take you to exactly the line (in the code) that had a problem.

Reply to Sins on Steam? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]it will not let you play games you buy in a box without being online (even for single player).[/quote] Sure it will. I play nearly all my Steam games offline (with the obvious exception of TF2).

Reply to This game takes too long? in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Why is this thread still going on? Weeks ago the developers said that the next patch would provide a very fast speed.

Reply to Sins passes 100,000 copies sold in just under 23 days in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Unfortunately, a publisher like EA would never have given the green light to a project that was projected to only sell 100,000 copies the first month. Times change (and not always in a good way). This is why there aren't as many good games out there, IMHO.

Reply to Strategy games suggestions? in Strategy GalCiv2 Forums

The best strategy game of last year in my opinion was Armageddon Empires. It is about conflict though (with extermination of the enemy being the only VC).

Reply to Games for Window The Official Magazine's crtics= mean in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Tom Chick who wrote the article said (on his website) that he was rating the game on a 1-10 scale with 5 being average (and he felt that it was below average).

Reply to I forgot how good MOM is in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

If you think game play has gone out the window, you are looking at the wrong games. Armageddon Empires, Dominions3, and Dwarf Fortress are all awesome games where gameplay was put first.

Reply to On programming gaming AI: "Good" vs. "Fun" in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

One thing to note, that GameSpy article is about 2 or 3 slides from the beginning of Soren's hour long presentation. It went a little deeper in the actual conference. FWIW, I plan on asking Soren for advice if I get stumped on AI issues in my next game (I feel confident he could set me straight).

Reply to We need a CHEATING AI. in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote]CIV4 both have unique A.I in a Turn-based system where Even on Emperor, some A.I's don't cheat and still beat your ass...why?[/quote] Why? Because Civ IV AI cheats like wild on Emperor. Look in the XMLs and you will see the huge bonuses they get. On Emperor, they only pay about 85% what you do for stuff, get 2 free defensive units in every city, only pay half support for stuff and can go a lot longer before war weariness sets in. If a respected game like Civ is

Reply to Vista Problem Crashing in Technical Sins Forums

Are you implying that XP was good from the start?

Reply to Noobs quitting - and why wouldn't they? in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Annatar11 makes a good point. How do you distinguish between saving and quitting (with the intention of finishing the match later) and just plain quitting?

Reply to Running Sins on a Laptop in Technical Sins Forums

I play all the time on a Vista laptop very close to that in specs. You will likely not have a problem. Is this hypothetical or are you having actual problems?

Reply to Menu text invisible [with steam] in Technical Sins Forums

You do realize that Steam is a direct competitor for Stardock's services. I don't really see Ironclad or Stardock giving money to their competitor (but I could be wrong).

Reply to Objectivity in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Since when are peoples' opinions objective reality? They are obviously subjective. Some people may honestly feel that this is the best game they ever played. I personally reject your version of reality and substitute my own. I personally find it a refreshing change of pace from the current crop of RTSs and 4X games.

Reply to This game takes too long? in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote]Who has 6 hours to play a game? Little kids with no supervision? Retirees? Welfare rec? Nerds that have nothing else to do with their life? I mean, come on.[/quote] [quote]No bashing from me[/quote] Sorry (okay, I'm not), but this reads like bashing to me. It doesn't take much reading comprehension to read the negative tone you have put into your posts and the people you are "not bashing".

Reply to This game takes too long? in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote]Who has 6 hours to play a game? Little kids with no supervision? Retirees? Welfare rec? Nerds that have nothing else to do with their life? I mean, come on.[/quote] Insulting people isn't the way to influence people. Some people like long games and make the time to play them (there is a save game option after all). In particular, nearly every fan of turn-based 4X games is willing to do a short game like a 6 hour game. A fan of Stardock's GalCiv II can easily spend 5 times that

Reply to Future content you want to see in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

More races which have different play styles.

Reply to We need a CHEATING AI. in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Pu me down for wanting an improved and cheating AI (since I contend that even if improved it will not be competitive with a real human in the long run). My work schedule dictates that I play games in fits and spurts which doesn't work well for MP (I would rather play against real humans), so nearly all of my games will be against the AI.

Reply to Reading the minidump file in Technical Sins Forums

Well, if you have the source code for the project you can see exactly where the crash occurred. Without the source, I hope you are good at reading assembly without a symbol table. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263

Reply to The AI Issue in Technical Sins Forums

One thing I see is the AI sending large fleets back and forth between stars (I'm guessing because they failed to assault a world in another system).

Reply to Sins and Vista? in Technical Sins Forums

It runs fine on my Vista laptop.

Reply to Let us know what you'd like in v1.03 in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote](ever thought of a downloadable manual for those of us who took the digital download option?)[/quote] Did you look in your folder?