ThreeSpy

ThreeSpy

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Thoughts on gameplay and AI in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I have played through a number of games now, most of them on intelligent or higher, and gigantic galaxies. I have found a couple minor bugs. Most of them I have found posted elseware so I won't go into them except for one. The minimap. Whenever I zoom in the minimap the influence circles get confused/corrupted on the minimap. If I zoom in two levels and then out one it seems to correct this. The second part is, when I am zoomed in to say 200%. How do I

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Reply to How to contact Brad in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

ok, I'm not Brad (surpise), but I am a programmer. As far a picking a topic... Decide where your interests lie (Hardware/software/OS/Theoretical/etc). I have found it a little bit easier to write about hardware. I did a tech overview of ATI's Xxxx series cards about a year ago that was 2500 words. Some thing like that could easily be expanded into a much longer, more indepth article. If you list some specific topics that you are interested in I (or oth

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Reply to Shipped to Early, definatly needs improvements in system requirements area in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Actually the graphics are very intensive even by today's standards. On gigantic you are talking about a lot of polygons that your videocard just won't be able to handle well. You will probably need to turn off more graphics features than just AA. Also, my understanding is that it can become a bit of a memory hog on big maps. An extra 512mb of RAM would help out there. The game is designed to run on even low end systems (By today's standards you have a

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Multiplayer alternative in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I don't have the game yet (It will be here tomorrow) so I have been dreaming about it. I was thinking that a great way to expand replayability would be to extend the metaverse. Here is the idea: On the metaverse have SD create a model of the galaxy (or something similar) say 1000x1000 parsecs or so. Next divide it up between all of the civs with a generous portion that is unclaimed. Each week SD can create specific points in the

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Reply to Retail Availability: UPDATE! in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

DAnderson: I'm glad that you have DDO early as a reward for your pre-order. For GalCiv2 you will get extra cosmetics, a tech-tree, and a shiny box for your pre-order. Why did Stardock choose this instead? I have no idea. Welcome to the crowd, I am still waiting for my pre-order. I had this entire last week blocked out to play GalCiv2. Yeah, that screwed up my week. Here's the thing. Stardock made an honest mistake and they are do

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Reply to Retail Availability: UPDATE! in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

Solutions for getting the game: 1. Download it from Stardock. 2. Buy the CD from Stardock and then download and play with a temp key until the CD arrives. 3. Search all the stores (Walmart, Bestbuy, EB, Gamestop) in your area for the last copy of the game. 4. Wait for your pre-order. 5. Steal your friends copy. 6. Splice together all of the screenshots and video online to make your own pseudo game. (Limited replayability)

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Reply to Friday Status Report in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

I just figured something out! None of this is real. The reason that nobody can find the game in retail is that it doesn't exist. This is a giant hoax played on the ignorant masses. Brad created all of the posts about the game to boost pre-order sales, and now he plans to flee the country (or the world). Brad, Let me know when you open a

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Bored in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ok, I am sitting here not getting to play the game Here is a moment of silence for all of us that don't get to play the game for a couple of days yet......and a swift kick in the junk to EB for not getting it to me when I want it.

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