Bill Ko

Reply to Altarian Prophecy (Beta) Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]There is another bug in AP. When I doubleclick on a starbase to view it's properties, it show 0 attack and 11 defense points, while having all possible upgrades (attack should be 11, defense should be 50)! Seems that it puts the attack-points where the defense points should be. If I click on a starbase in the main-window, and view the starbase information in small lower left/middle box, it says AT: 0, DE: 11 + 50... [/quote] I didn't think starbases could attack... In the usual

Reply to Altarian Prophecy (Beta) Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I've never had an AP version where I didn't have "string not found" for some alignments. I believe it to be something to do with the english.str files. If someone who doesn't have this problem could make both of their english.str available to me (I believe AP uses both its own and the GC english.str files) I' appreciate it. Thanks, Bill ~SDC~

Reply to Altarian Prophecy (Beta) Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I don't think this is a bug, it's just something that happens occasionally. [/quote] I think you're right. I had the same thing. If you read the little blurbs that pop up in the beginning of the game, it reads: Our scientists believe that Earth-like planets are much more likely to be in orbit of yellow stars... That means that the chances aren't 100% that they will have habitable planets. One thing, though... has anyone found habitable planets

Reply to Altarian Prophecy (Beta) Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I submitted successfully both alliance and conquest win games with current build. It must be a "bad" update on your end.[/quote] "Current" meaning rc.002? Bill ~SDC~

Reply to Why I support Stardock (A letter to the Developers) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, I like the game a lot, and upon closer scrutiny, I found a lot of it has to do with the way Stardock supports it. I was a fan of Stardock from the eary days of GalCov for OS/2. Back then the support was pretty much exactly like it is now (sans fancy forums). People's suggestions made it into the game, and GalCiv's first embryonic minor race, the Ominorians, was a tribute to a particularly avid GalCiv player whose impact on the game is still felt today. Bill ~SDC~

Reply to Altarian Prophecy (Beta) Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I'll save the observations on how shocked I am that this is a release candidate for somewhere else.[/quote] I'll second that... How is it that this can be a relase candidate with something like that? Is there a fix? Maybe a new english.str (for either GalCiv or AP)? Bill ~SDC~

Reply to Altarian Prophecy (Beta) Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]So I have 1.49m003. First thing I noticed was that the GCloader draws in two separate locations when I try to drag it (pieces of each half is drawn at each location). Really weird, and annoying, but not really too big of a deal.[/quote] This oddity seems to only happen when you are clicking on text and drag it. Bill ~SDC~

Reply to Windowed Mode in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Then I have no idea why I'm having this problem. [/quote] I believe the correct command is "galciv.exe w" and NOT "galciv.exe -w." :) Bill ~SDC~

Reply to never-never needs a new name in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Don't forget he gets eaten by a giant rat in the fire pits. [/quote] He was also "mostly dead" for a while. Bill ~SDC~ [Message Edited]

Reply to Altarian Prophecy (Beta) Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Dropped a bombshell one me, Miss [quote]I do not yet know when we are putting up the next beta.[/quote]. ;) ~SDC~

Reply to just an idea i thought of, might be bad but... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think the screen would be too small when playing huge galaxies - it's hard enough to see stuff on the minimap with a 17 inch LCD screen! ;) But maybe it could be limited to small galaxies, since I suppose you'd go through a few hundred batteries playing a huge map. ;) Bill ~SDC~

Reply to Will the mods please move all Empire threads to the empire forum? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]...I think that this exile is a form of slow death for empires. I myself might not have joined any empire had I not seen MW's post in the GF. Many players are missing out on the empire experience from not reading about it in the GF. I believe that new players now view the empire forum as something out of the mainstream, isolated away from Galciv itself. [/quote] This may be so, but the empires really brought this upon themselves by being utterly rude and without regard for any ki

Reply to Miss spelled word on front page in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Oh come on people! This is crazy. Let's talk about something interesting, like Quantum Foam or something. [/quote] You can talk about that in the "Quantum Foam" forum. ;) Bill ~SDC~

Reply to Altarian Prophecy (Beta) Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I removed the CustomMap key from my prefs.ini file and started a new game. I found that I still can not submit the result. Unfortunately, this workaround does not work. [/quote] Did you do all the other stuff, too? (Disable alliance victory, etc.?) ~SDC~

Reply to Miss spelled word on front page in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]OK, no problem...[/quote] And, of course, every paragraph should be indented... and you shouldn't begin a sentence with "and." ;) Bill ~SDC~

Reply to Miss spelled word on front page in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Even so, it shouldn't be two words, which was the point Mr. Nand was trying to make.[/quote] Well, Mr Nand's point was somewhat diluted when he failed to realize his grammatical mistake, using "your" when he should have used "you're." ;) Hey, we can just go on and on with this... ;) Bill ~SDC~

Reply to I've seen enough in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Captain Jack... Truly words of wisdom, sounds like he should be rubbing shoulders with "Mr. Too Much Cologne Wearer!" :) Bill ~SDC~

Reply to I've seen enough in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Now if you'll excuse me, I have one final unistall to perform, and this is my last comment on the matter. Brad Wardell and co. can take my comments to heart or leave them on the cutting-room floor, but from now on I'm adopting a "show me" attitude toward any new such games: I won't buy another unless the box cover SHOWS ME that this sort of problem has been resolved. I'm weary of spending $50 on every new 4X game only to find it's no better at epic scale than the last one.[/quote] <br

Reply to Miss spelled word on front page in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Mispelled was mispelled as he spelled miss spelled.[/quote] If we're getting picky, "mispelled" is spelled "misspelled." ;) Bill ~SDC~

Reply to I've seen enough in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Those of you complaining about not being able to order online shouldconsider yourselves blessed and leave it at that: the game isn't worth it.[/quote] I know you won't be responding to this posting because trolls like yourself hardly ever do, but I have to say that obviously they (who want to order online) obviously think it is worth it. [quote]The advantage that a computer is SUPPOSED to bring tostrategy gaming is the avoidance of such drudgery and repetition, NO

Reply to Altarian Prophesy[beta] doesnt submit! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]It's a common problem, I'm sure they'll fix it in the next update. For now, if you want to submit, I recommend you switch back to regular Galciv. It's a beta version, it's not supposed to work perfectly, discovering and fixing bugs is what beta testing is for.[/quote] The regular GalCiv (1.20) has its own set of problems. AP is supposed to be the proving grounds for fixes which will then be incorporated into GC. Bill ~SDC~

Reply to Problems with latest SDC update in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The new update with the fixed odzip.dll worked. Of course, being that you have to have a working odzip.dll to update SDC in the first place, I had to uninstall it, install the version of of drngin.net and then upgrade. Thanks for fixing the problem! Bill ~SDC~

Reply to GC: Altarian Prophecy Beta 4 (1.49J) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Just a brief thought - given the games 'E' rating, is it appropriate to describe the Korx as 'evil bastards'? [/quote] Why not? Maybe they were all offspring born out of wedlock. Maybe that's why they're cranky. ;) Bill ~SDC~

Reply to Is there a forum for basic strategy tips? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

This post is ALMOST in the wqrong place. You are asking for directions to the right place, which actually makes this post in the right place after all. Get it? :) Anyways, the forum you want is two doors to the right. Look for GC Strategies. :) Bill ~SDC~

Reply to SDCentral not accepting my Dregin.net registration number in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thanks! I appreciate the effort. :) Bill ~SDC~