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Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v3.9 (released 8/27) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Yep. I finally fight my through wave after wave of defence and just as I am about to take my first planet from the empire concerned, they surrender, all their worlds are dead. Of course, I get their home world, which being deep in another empire defects in about 3 turns.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v3.9 (released 8/27) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

The "crashes" were really lockups. By memory i think they happened after I selected an attack n a world on a spacelane. Sadly I just loaded a prior save game and after a couple of further lockups it played through. I have the before (previous autosave) and post (One) of the surrendered worlds becoming dead worlds. Burrr is a case in point. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tazbxpgberix7ap/AAC58UzPVKr7DhBtMi8vlUY5a?dl=0

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v3.9 (released 8/27) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Experienced a few crashes running the old saved game. Had all the Mowling worlds become dead planets when they surrendered and gave them to another civ. Anyways, expect a few bugs when a version changes in the middle of a game :-).

Reply to Crusade - Build Shipyard missing from all planets' build list? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Thanks, tried that but it is difficult to track across a big galaxy. I just ended up opening the shipyards one by one.

Reply to Crusade - Build Shipyard missing from all planets' build list? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I have a huge galaxy with lots of planets and shipyards. I can't build a shipyard because I guess it is already sponsoring one somewhere. How do I figure out which shipyard without spending 20 minutes opening every shipyard and editing the sponsors? Wouldn't it make more sense to have the option to build a shipyard but have it warn me that doing so will take it away from the shipyard it is sponsoring or that the shipyard would be built without a sponsor?

Reply to Are you finding too little Durantium on your maps? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Sometimes, in the smaller galaxies, there are no examples of a resource at all. Could we have a check that there is at least one, somewhere in the galaxy please?

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

[quote who="Prof_Hari_Seldon" reply="136" id="3740388"] The Precursors trademark that is still in process? [/quote] You can register a trademark for almost anything. Defending it in court is somewhat more difficult. Cadbury trademarked the colour purple but let it lapse after a couple of court losses made it obvious that they had zero chance of defending it. Precursor is a common English word and its application to earlier races obvious.: <div class="dc_

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

[quote who="GMOrz" reply="112" id="3740140"] What has been said is that you can copyright "a particular expression of hyperspace which is a red space filled with swirling lights and holes that allow you to see in to nearby star systems. [/quote] Cadbury tried to trademark "purple". <p style="border: 0px; color: #404040; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; fon

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="119" id="3740162"] A piece of paper entered into court as 'evidence' be it a contract or a shopping list makes it neither true, absolute, or in fact even real. [/quote] A written contract entered into court as evidence is very real. It demonstrates what was agreed to. A verbal agreement and handshake is just as legally binding, but unless there is supporting evidence it is very difficult to prove.

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

[quote who="Kavik_Kang" reply="121" id="3740233"] It's obvious from the "Prime" and "Origins" titles who is who, and everyone knows that it all comes through Stardock who owns the "Star Control" name. [/quote] Stardock bought and paid for the name. The original authors have no right to it. If I sell you my house that I built, I have no right to come live in the spare bedroom because I used to own it.

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[quote who="GMOrz" reply="112" id="3740140"] You would, surely, be upset if I started selling copies of Galactic Civilizations [/quote] In fact, if I had bought and paid for the trademark "Galactic Civilizations" I would be very upset if Stardock started selling Galactic Civilizations IV. Stardock OWN the trademark, the original authors have no right to it. They also have a licence for derivative works from SC3. They can use anything in it and can add anythin

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

[quote who="tingkagol" reply="100" id="3739904"] P&F must have been so stupid to sign a contract that would effectively bind their IP with the publisher forever [/quote] If they were granting an exclusive license yes, if they were just granting a license to publish with the option of granting other licenses to other pu

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

If there are no sales of the game, the royalties due are zero. This does not constitute a cessation of payment of royalties, this would only be the case if there were sales made for which they were not paid. They were in fact paid the zero dollars due on zero sales.

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

DMCA is a notification that the author believes his copyright is being infringed. It serves the purpose of notifying the party involved and a base point for claiming damages should the infringement continue. In most cases where there is a clear infringement the party notified will immediately stop distributing. Where they do not however, actual copyright infringement must be proven. When SCO Unix tried this approach against Linux, some paid up, some stopped distributing but most conti

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

" A judge already ruled against your injunction, and authorized this DMCA. An expert in law, who has had time to review the evidence, felt that this DMCA claim was warranted: "Insofar as Plaintiff questions the wisdom of the DMCA process, however, its quarrel is with Congress"." This refers solely to the injunction and Brad being unq

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

Latin words are magic has been pretty standard at least as far as The Exorcist.

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

Lotus sued competitors over "look and feel" infringement because of the similarities between Lotus 123 and their products. They won a handful of cosmetic changes but nothing significant. I don't think Lotus 123 is even a product today.

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

I had never heard of Star Control prior to Star Control Origins. I was in fact made aware of it when trawling the net for an updated StarFlight. It was the game's obvious resemblance to StarFlight (stuff like mining resources on alien worlds, having to buy upgrades, a Space Command you reported to etc) that encouraged me to give the game a go.

Reply to At long last, Reiche and Ford state what they think they own. in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

So, you change the color of hyperspace to green. Streaks are just about universal to denote movement in hyperspace in any number of games and tv shows, as is the term hyperspace. Given Stardock does have a right to derivative works from Star Control 3, I can't see a win coming from the color choice.

Reply to Can only create 10 Administrator Citizens in GalCiv III Support Stardock Forums

How does one FIND an administrator t do something with?

Reply to Max Administrators? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

How?

Reply to Vanishing administrators? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Can't see any mention of administrators or ministers in summary screen

GaCiv 3 V2 Slow in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Just had V2 install. It fired up in huge (I guess last time I played), unusable slow. Quit and fired up in tiny. Still unusable. Logged out and back in, seemed a little quicker at first. Waiting 30+ seconds for screen to switch when I press colony update fr instance. Other things keep popping up in between. Had Bazaar screen pop up about 5 seconds after pressing colony edit for instance. Looks like my old machine just isn't up to it. AMD 4170 wi

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v2.0 Update is Now Available in GalCiv III News Stardock Forums

V2 just installed. Fired up in huge, unusable slow. Fired up in Tiny, just really, really annoyingly slow, 30+ seconds from button push to colony edit for example. Lasted 10 minutes and got fed up and ended game. Looks like my old machine just isn't up to it any more.