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Reply to Stupid Question in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

You can rotate pieces? I though you could just rotate the view of the ship itself. Tony

Reply to [fixed!! yay!] Mouse Hover text issues in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

It's a little touchy for me too. Another example is the "ships in orbit" section of the planet display. I some times have trouble getting the tool tip to come up when trying to identify ships displayed there. Tony

Reply to How is defence calculated for multiple weapons in Game Talk Stardock Forums

The combat simulator was taken down as it was determined it was not calculating correctly. Tony

Reply to How to know if the trade is fair. in Trade Stardock Forums

The right-click thing does help, but it is difficult to know what the value in research is. Where on the tech-tree does it fall? How much had to be spent to develop it? I just had an AI player offer to trade his ECM or my Advanced Majesty. The right-click traits of ECM look good, but I knew from experience ECM would only take about 4 turns to develop myself, and Adv Majesty had taken considerably longer. In Civ IV, you can at least see how many shields go into a tech, so

Reply to Another simple interface recommendation in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

My scroll wheel works to rotate ships when I press and hold it down. I don't have a middle mouse button either. Tony

Reply to Brad's "Did you know you could do this" thread in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I don't miss diagonal scrolling now that I am used to click-dragging. If you have to move a large area, you can click on the mini-map, or zoom-out on the main map, click-drag, and zoom in again. It's very easy. Tony

Reply to Ship Designing Improvements in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

1. I don't have a middle mouse button, but when I hold down the scroll wheel, I can pan the ship with no problem. 2. It would be nice to be able to scale pieces after they are applied. It is sometimes tough to see how a piece looks for size till after you have snapped it onto the ship, and then you want to change the size which involves, deleting, resizing and then fiddling to get it onto the correct hard point. 3. Not a bad idea, but not a biggie for me. I zoom in pret

Reply to GalCiv 2 backordered at EB Games in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

EB's status does not always show correctly either. I have actually received orders from them in the past before their system says it shipped. Tony

Reply to The Tutorial Vids are Cool in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I hate scripted walk-throughs myself. For me, they are too structured, and I spend all my time trying to click on the next item and loose concentration on the overall lesson. I much prefer the vid approach where I get a overall feel for what I am to do and then I can go off and try it. To each his own, I guess. Tony

The Tutorial Vids are Cool in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I just wanted to say I apprecate the Tutorial Vids. They are well done, informative, and not to long. I had a very good feel for most aspects of the game by the time I finished watching them. They even have some great interface tips included. Good job, gang! Tony

Reply to Crashing... alot in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Have you read through the sticky's at the top of the forum? Tony

Reply to This game really need... in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Time sure does fly. I sat down this morning to play for about 45 hours, and spent the next 4 hours playing before it occurred to me to check the clock. Tony

Reply to No diagonal edge mouse scrolling? in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

I noticed the speed of the scrolling is also dependant on the zoom level. The more you are zoomed in, the quicker it moves. Once I figured out dragging my view with the left mouse button, the lack of diagonal scroll does not bother me as much. It would still be nice to have. Tony

Reply to Post screenshots of your custom designed ships here! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Looks like you're having fun! Some great looking ships there. Tony

Reply to How do I get the pre-order goodies? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The dowload included the Extras. Tony

Reply to EB Games "Waiting for Stock" !!! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The code is only if you ordered from Stardock, not other retailers. Tony

Reply to Define Pre-order in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Did you place a order with a retailer or Stardock before the game was released? That is pre-ordering. That said, it sounds like all copies you will find in the next couple of weeks will be the Collector's Edition, as I don't think there has been a second manufacturing run yet. Tony

Reply to Anyone find this in a store yet? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Remember, today was listed as the Shipping day, not the Release day by retailers. Tony

Reply to Digital Download very slow... in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Even Steam was extremely slow on launch day. Anyone that pre-ordered Gal Civ II has had a week now to pre-load all but a small 6 meg file. I think they have done great at launch, and in the next 12 hours or so the servers will be up to speed as the rush will be over. Tony

Reply to Just a few...more...hours... in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

A demo is coming, estimated for mid-march. Why no demo yet? Because its not ready. Tony :

Reply to Question about ordering in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, if you buy directly from Stardock. Tony

Reply to Should I buy this game in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Baahhh, goats. They are over rated. Tony

Reply to Playing the GCII now in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Wow, I am very impressed so far. I love the new nterface, graphics, new options such as ship building and everything . It looks like it will be fun to just customize the apperance of ships. I can't wait to dig in deeper, but can't play more till this evening. So far, though, it looks to be an excellent release! Tony

Reply to Downloading update in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Perhaps they always planned on releasing a bit early. This spreads out the load on the servers a bit. Tony

Reply to Just a few...more...hours... in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

For those waiting for it in stores, I think tomorrow is more realistic. Today is the SHIPPING date, so they usually ship from their warehouses today to reach their stores or direct order customers the following day. I am sure there will be some sightings in some stores today, but the vast majority of retailers will be receiving their stock tomorrow. (I have no inside information on Gal Civ II, but having worked years in a Big Box retailer, as well as being a rabid commuter gaming f