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Reply to Galciv 2 Video Card Temperature Observation in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

No probs here. ATI 9800 Pro. Usually sits around 30 in just Windows. GalCiv2 it gets up around 45-48. Civ 4 pushes it up around 60 which is the highest I've ever seen it go.

Reply to Complaints about too much choice?????? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

So don't design ships. Just go with the Core ships and it'll be just like GalCiv 1. However, once you design a ship then it's saved for all future games. So my mega fast scout I designed in my first game will be waiting for me once I discovery the correct techs in all future games. Having said that, it's been posted elsewhere they are looking at being able to upgrade core ships as well has having a spot in the Library to be able to download other peoples ships so you won'

Reply to EB Games Backorder? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

If you order directly from Stardock you'll get the collectors edition.

Reply to Have a view in the Shipyard or the Tech Tree to show required tech for future ships in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

How about this as an idea Boogie: Have a checkbox in the ship builder screen when looking at Core ships. This checkbox would be "show all". It would then show all core ships including those you cannot build yet. The ones you cannot build yet could be "greyed out". If you hover over the ship it will list out what technologies you need to build it with the techs you have in green, the ones you need in red. OR, have small icons along the bottom row ala Civ 4 tech tree whic

Reply to how can i see the influence points in number in a sector in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The borders are cool but I would like to be able to see the numbers so I know if my influence is actually doing anything. That way you can see if your influence is going up or down in a sector and you'd be able to do something about it like build up a starbase or something.

Reply to Post here if you have no major bugs in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

There really isn't anything major that I see. I reported one minor bug where a window gets stuck behind another. Certainly no show stopper and I think you'll find a lot of the posts for bugs are just minor things. If there is something major or a show stopper you'll see Stardock post a sticky for it most likely.

Reply to Crash from ship builder in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

No biggy. Only happened once and the GNN was annoying me anyway so I turned it off. Now if I can just remember to click on the icons that drop telling me when something has been completed I'll be all set.

Reply to Possible bug and some confusion in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

I watched the tutorials on customizing a race and there is a reset to default type button in the upper right part of the screen which will wipe out any changes you have made (at least according to the tutorial).

Reply to Viewing combat in cinematic mode in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

In the options make sure you have full battles enabled and the proper checkboxes checked to see battles.

Reply to Can Someone Explain Range? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Also if your galaxy is tiny or small even the smallest range may include most if not all of the map.

Crash from ship builder in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Here are the steps that should reproduce it. GNN informed me a new ship being built. So I click the GoTo button. I then enter the ShipBuilder as I had also just gotten a new tech a couple turns earlier. So I design a ship, choose a name and hit save and the popup (to enter a description) doesn't appear. Argggg. So I try again and no poup. Try several times to no avail. So I finally exit and it takes me back to GNN news report. I close that and now I see that popup to

Specialized Planets - Class 5 worlds are good in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I've already realized the value of those class 5 worlds and specializing them for specific tasks. Couple example from my game last night: 1) Colonized a class 7 world in a system. Nothing special about it actually but I planned to build more influence related buildings on it since it was smack dab in the middle of the galaxy. Also in the system was a class 5 planet. I eventually colonized it as well and it had a manufacturing bonus tile. So I decide to try to make this a s

Reply to Which settings for your first game? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Will do as I normally do and play at the easiest level possible first game. Terran, Medium, Clusters, rest defaults.

Reply to Game disappeared from Stardock application in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Sweeeeeeeet. Final might be up before I get home. Whoohoooo!

Reply to STICKY: YOU have questions? WE will try to answer in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Thanks for the link! That saves me emailing Kim for the upgrade. Just placed the order. Even though I don't really need the tech tree, I still want to support you guys more so I'll give ya another $20.

Reply to Just a few...more...hours... in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I guess my question is... if the game is in stores today... why did I bother to pre-order if I have to wait until the afternoon to have the game... when I can easily drive to my local gaming store and pick up a copy?... If, of course, the game ISN'T on the shelves today... then by all means disregard this ridiculous question... if not... umm... why did I pre-order? </T

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

Awesome on the pre-orders. Maybe you'll get lucky and hit a top 10 sales list somewhere and then the sky's the limit after that cause the hard core gamers will see it and scratch their head "what is this Galactic Civilizations thing?" and then check it out. My wife already knows I'm unavailable for the evening (other then to watch USA vs. Russia hocky). Whoohooooo!!!!!!

Reply to Join the Colonial Fleet! in Metaverse Stardock Forums

So say we all...

Reply to Electronic Download Very Expensive? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

If you buy directly from Stardock you can download the game the minute it's released tomorrow. In fact, you can pre-download 99% of the game right now and only need to download a couple files tomorrow to make it active so you can play. If you orded the CD version from Stardock then that will be shipped to you separately. Or if you ordered the electronic version only through Stardock then using Stardock Central you can simply "archive" the game and burn that archive to a CD and t

Reply to New Design in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Getting odd behavior on the login fields using Firefox on my Mac. When I type in the fields, the default "Enter Here" text doesn't go away... it just sits on top of whatever I type. Same here with Firefox on Windows XP. Latest patches for both.

Reply to Moving install in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Once they game is complete (i.e. Tuesday) simply make an archive of the game in SDC. Then burn the zip archive it creates to a CD or copy to external storage and simply install that on your computer with no net connection. I did that a lot with the original GalCiv. Creates both a backup (inlcuding saved games and mods) and allows you to install or update on another computer easily.

Reply to Game Availability in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Yes. It'll even be in WalMart.

Reply to GETTING THE GAME FAQ HERE!!! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

RE: Collectors Edition. It was already posted just a few posts up that if you have a TGN subscription you can get the Collector's Edition sent to you for $20 which includes shipping and handling. Look for the post by our leader Frogboy.

Reply to Preload worked! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Downloaded perfect for me. No idea what server. I just did it the "dumb user" way and allowed SDC to update itself and then I just started downloading. This was around 8pm EST on the 14th. Average download seemed to be around 300+k. The slowest piece was actually the tutorials. Nice job!

Reply to Masochists wanted: GalCiv preloading this week. in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I'll be downloading it about 120 miles west down I-94.