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ESC Key and Text Entry Behavior in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

This is a carryover from GalCiv2, and I can't believe they're still doing this. The text entry has got slightly better but it's still not standard. Text entry should work just like it works in Windows, which considering Stardock does lots of development for Windows and undoubtably has some MS certified developers, they SHOULD know how to impliment standardized text entry. The normal text edit keys should all function normally. Why they go with some archaic custom sys

Reply to Game too easy? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Krelian77" reply="3" id="2726488"] But if it can get people with your attitude to not play the game ("Will not play untill game is fixed") then maybe that is a blessing in disguise. [/quote] Fanboys of this game crack me up. Seriously. GalCiv2 is one of my favorite games to this day and I love how Stardock does things, I'm a huge fan, I refer to them vs other companies all the time. I'm not posting my impressions til I play the release vers

Reply to Elemental: VIDEO TUTORIAL in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Great stuff, thank for these!

Reply to There is something ... odd about this well [huge feedback on game] in War of Magic Elemental Forums

What the OP describes has been my issue with Elemental since pre-ordering it ages ago. I've dabbled in the beta repeatedly and lasted no more than 10 minutes each time. Why? Because I have no clue what to do, ever, and figuring out how to do even simple tasks that I think I should be doing is a royal pain. I was going to write a bunch of stuff but I'll keep it short. I'm at one with PCs and software. I've been a programmer, general computer person, and ha

Reply to My Review of Elemental so far in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]Giant mega-game studios like Blizzard with literally billions of dollars in cash can afford to sit on a game for a couple years and keep polishing (ahem Starcraft 2). Indie studio like Stardock on the other hand have bills [/quote] Mentioning Blizzard all the time is getting old. Blizzard is practically unique. They are so much more successful (with good reason, all their games kill) than anybody else that they are the ONLY game developer that can get a

Reply to Am I The Only One Who Can't Stand Bioware? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I thought Dragon Age was kinda boring. Very scripted and forced and the action just wasn't that great. I'm also already tired of the DLC milking of players and almost never partake. I'm an old school PC gamer, I miss isometric style games like baldur's gate and x-com. I'm really tired of everything being turned into 1st/3rd person shooter style games (or RTS). I'm also a MMORPG player since EQLive...and the first person style RPGs to me always feel like emp

Reply to Windows 7 64-bit Mouse Wheel not functioning in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

SOLVED...I think. I was reading around and found this thread: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7hardware/thread/075a8659-7b3d-4a38-b08d-8451184cf2cb One reply in there said to set the connected device to be a different mouse with the same button config - and now I can scroll in GalCiv2. I haven't tried enough of my other apps to see if

Reply to Windows 7 64-bit Mouse Wheel not functioning in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Switched from using windows 7 default mouse driver to the latest intellimouse 64 bit driver and no change. I can wheel zoom the minimap only - can't wheel zoom main game window or research screen. Really sucks. Two MS drivers on an MS mouse and an MS OS. Seriously doubting it's the mouse or driver. I play a lot of games and use a lot of software and have yet to see the mousewheel fail on anything else. :/ Kinda odd that the wheel works for min

Reply to Windows 7 64-bit Mouse Wheel not functioning in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

It's an MS mouse with driver installed - works fine in every other game (fairly standard wireless mouse with one functoinal thumb button). Works fine in GC2 except on main window (ie, zoom works on mini map and on tech screen). I tend to zoom in/out a lot for overview vs local view - so used to that. Keys will work but are so much more clunky vs mouse wheel. :( I'll dink with the control panel for it or something. Thanks for the response.

Reply to Windows 7 64-bit Mouse Wheel not functioning in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Have a similar issue with TA, Win7 64. I can mouse wheel zoom minimap just fine but the main game window won't zoom at all. Pretty much makes the game unplayable for me.

Reply to New Pc Game in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

I'd recommend Torchlight also. Same dev as Fate and Mythos. It's like Fate on steroids and very diablo-esque. Solid graphics for an action RPG. Simple yet elegant character development. Tight gameplay. Lots of fast action and fun.

Dread Lords Event Crashes Game in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Every single time I get the dread lords event (Twilight) the game crashes. Debug Message: Eval Debug Message: Dark Yor (19): Researching: Laser II Debug Message: Destroying ship Constructor 2013. Orbiting: 0 Debug Message: Destroying ship Constructor 2039. Orbiting: 0 Debug Message: StarbaseDetailsWnd: Cannot find OBJID Starbase_Details_Disband_Button Debug Message: Error. String Not Found. Table: StarbaseDeta

Reply to [Suggestion] How we select units. in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="ghoulas" reply="5" id="2380274"] Quoting LDiCesare, reply 1 (hitting n key for instance). n-key should be for end turn [/quote] That's what the ENTER key is for (and is for in galciv, civ IV, etc). Beying able to remap such keys would be nice.

Reply to BETA 1 Series: What We're Looking For in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Reading this should be a prerequisite to using the beta forums.

Reply to Meaningful Dungeons in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

It's a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements and randomized content. Having dungeons with deep story lines seems a bit outside the scope of a game like this, and more appropriate for a more pure RPG. Maybe for campaign-oriented gameplay.

Reply to anyone know how to exit the program? in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

If you go into the kingdom management screen there's a button that gets you to the main menu, where you can exit. It's a beta...it's rough around the edges. What bothered me the most was that the game doesn't minimize when it fires up and gets halted by a firewall and you can't ctr+alt+del to get task manager up, or get out of the game in any way. You have to shut down and restart your PC. I don't like when games assume full control li

Reply to C&C4 to require internet connection for singleplayer in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I don't mind, and would actually prefer, a one-time online validation rather than media-oriented DRM. There can't be that many people with PCs capable of playing today's game that lack internet. But having to connect regularly for a SP game is just idiotic.

Reply to What Games are You Looking Forward Too? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Diablo3 if they don't screw it up (if it doesn't have semi-randomized content it's just another weak diablo clone). Elemental If Dragon Age looked anything like BG or IWD I'd be interested but I have zero interest in yet another FPS style bastardization (Fallout3 comes to mind) of a classic style or classic game. Why devs are incapable of making modern versions of beloved classics is beyond me. PC gaming dinosaurs like me who started back in the days of X-COM, Wa

Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Maybe steam has changed, I haven't run a game tied to it for some time, but in the past the only way you could fire up a steam game, or a Valve game, was for steam to be running, and to me, that simply is not acceptable. I'm all for digital/online distribution until it gets to be intrusive or "controlling." I also happen to pay for my software, and I understand that companies want to protect their intellectual property, but I get tired of getting treated like a criminal when I

Reply to HELP: good MMORPG in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

WoW is the best, by such a wide margin that it's ridiculous. If you don't like WoW, maybe the genre isn't for you. Maybe you just didn't try it long enough. To really get a feel for any MMORPG, you need to play for about a month solid, getting a few characters developed enough to get a solid feel for the gameplay. MMORPGs are simply too complex compared to other games and require a experimentation to truly be able to speak about

Reply to 2.0 update must be made available on Stardock Central in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

This is a bummer. SDC always worked great for my simple needs (updating software I'd PURCHASED). There is nothing Impulse offers beyond that that I want or need, and in fact, it looks like bloatware and glitzware that I really dislike. I really don't like being forced to use software I don't want or need, like Impulse, just to update ONE game I already own. I'm sure I'll eventually have to bite bullet and install Impulse to get Elemental some day (could b

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II 2.0 Released! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

1. Playing a game like Civ or Galciv without all expansions is like playing a partially finished game. I can't believe people do it. 2. I wish this was available via SDC, where I got this (and other games) in the first place. I have zero desire to install impulse and it's annoying to be forced to do it to update software I've purchased. I guess this will finally force me to install it.

Reply to ELEMENTAL is announced! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Q1 2010 release...is forever away.

Reply to Game Critics, what for? in Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

It's hard to take game site reviews very seriously anymore (well, for a few years, really). Half the time you go to the site and the entire site is wrapped up in as an advertisement for one of the latest ultra hyped games (and that they've been "previewing" and hyping for months) which just so happens to have a glowing review. Game sites have become little more than extended advertising for *some* games (the ultra hyped, big budget, payers for big advertising campaigns mostly).</p

Reply to The Power of Speed in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

You hardly need tons of speed to win at GC2. I've played the arceans a few times and enjoyed it - the first strike ability is nice. I play without tech trading on because I think it's silly to be able to easily trade for tech to overcome the "racial handicaps" created by the racial tech trees. (But I digress, and that's just me - tech trading is cheesy in other ways too, IMO) I take creative (almost always since it's a powerful 1 pt) and research their +spe