Nicholas Vargish

Reply to Windowed Mode? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You don't have to run it from the command line -- at least, I don't. I created a shortcut to the .exe and called the shortcut "Galciv Windowed" and it works fine. You do have to set the desktop color depth to 16 bits, which is sub-optimal but not a big deal. I wish the window was resizable and had a minimize button, but heck, it's nice to have the windowed option there. Nick (Bander) p.s. How do I set a nickname for posting? Not totally wild about having my full real n

Reply to What do you listen to while playing? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Delphic, you inspire me. Tonight I will listed to the Chrono Cross soundtrack, and if I'm still up after that, a couple of Cowboy Bebop discs! Nick ~SDC~

Reply to I am trying to buy the game but am having no luck. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Gamestop/Software Etc (even the clerks don't know which flag they are currently flying) in my local mall didn't have it yesterday when I went by to pick up the Wind Waker preorder -- for my wife, really -- so I bought it online last night. The whole purchase, confirm purchase, download stardock central, create account, register software, start to download... Fail, redownload, and so forth is quite tiresome. It had some novelty value and I finally managed to get it to work, but it felt l

Reply to What do you listen to while playing? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Vangelis, Bladerunner does nicely. A little Wagner for variety. I'm thinking of making a pop mix with stuff like Transvision Vamp's "Hanging Out With Halo Jones" and Bowie's "Major Tom" and whatever other sci-fi oriented stuff I have lying around. But for now, the classics are doing me fine. Bander ~SDC~