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Reply to 1st- slow download speed/impulse + 2nd-changed ingame language after update in Technical Sins Forums

Thanks for all the replies and helpful suggestions. [quote who="Wrath89" reply="3" id="2975851"]If you haven't had any network connectivity issues with anything other than this particular Sins download, I only see two possibilities: * something deeply embedded on your computer really doesn't like Impulse downloads and slows them to a crawl (unlikely, since you said all other programs were closed - did you verify this through taskmanager?) * Your router if

Reply to 1st- slow download speed/impulse + 2nd-changed ingame language after update in Technical Sins Forums

Thanks for the reply. As far as I can determine it should not be an network issue as ALL other downloads seem to be fine (2k dsl connection, usually at 200kb/sec.). As a test I tried to download a small file at the time I was updating (patch 1.31) to see if there was a general problem and it downloaded fine enough (3MB at appr. 60kb/sec.), I think Impulse hogged the remaining bandwidth. Furthermore the problem had not been there some time ago as I updated sins and downloaded s

1st- slow download speed/impulse + 2nd-changed ingame language after update in Technical Sins Forums

Hi to all, I just discovered 2 very annoying technical(?) problems. Please also note that I did not play (despite updates) for some time due to workload. I own the german retail version of Sins o.a.s.e. - Trinity (kalypso). The first problem I noticed day before yesterday is the EXTREMLY slow download speed of Impulse. Just updating Impulse was several hours ! Updating from 1.21 to 1.30 was more than a whole work-da

Reply to GC2 Endless Universe 2.0 update in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="nicodaemus" reply="13" id="1959416"] Quoting fdlu, reply 11 As a direct inquiry to stardock just to satisfy my curiosity (if it does not violate any business agreements or such), is there some reason for the foreign publisher NOT to include the original version (if possible) and NOT to allow a choice which version to install, localized or original ? If you change your language of the game (via registry) to english, you have virtually the

Reply to GC2 Endless Universe 2.0 update in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="di55ec7ion" reply="10" id="1958921"]I am german and luckily i bought the us original of the Gold edition + Twilight download. What i have read this far EU is not very good in terms of translation. The parts of the german manual i read on amazon.com were awful. Stardock, you may criticize your european publisher for this, one reason that GC is not that well known here in germany surely is, that the german localized versions are very bad. I know that you did the localization not for

Reply to GC2 Endless Universe 2.0 update in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="nicodaemus" reply="11" id="1946028"]If you don't want to wait for the patch you can always edit the registry to play EU with the english language files. That fixes any crashes related to minor races (which would be the main reason for ANY crashes as far as I know). I played two games (see metaverse character) with EU - one with 5 and one with maximum number of minor races without any crash. Before the language switch it was almost instant-crash. As for which key to edit: I thin

Reply to GC2 Endless Universe 2.0 update in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="zarith" reply="20" id="1941949"]fdlu - latest (and afaik final) vanilla gc2 version is 1.53.136 and no, it's still impossible to register eu in impulse so no 2.0 yet:([/quote] Thank you. But at least now I know am not stupid or blind. Siiigggh

Reply to GC2 Endless Universe 2.0 update in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="CariElf" reply="18" id="1941838"] will it also be possible to to install the original (english) version via Impulse as with "Sins of a solar empire" when it is finally up? I am a native German but due to work my english is fairly well and a localized version normally feels very ..odd due to habit and preference. Due to various problems (Patches, Mods..) I also avoid them like hell. If you go into the registry and change the language string to be English, then you would b

Reply to GC2 Endless Universe 2.0 update in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Dumb question maybe, but as I was forced to buy the localized (german) version but usually prefer the original version (PC-games, books, DVD..) will it also be possible to to install the original (english) version via Impulse as with "Sins of a solar empire" when it is finally up? I am a native German but due to work my english is fairly well and a localized version normally feels very ..odd due to habit and preference. Due to various problems (

Reply to Ground Combat graphics in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Nice ideas, I would like to see a little enhancement in ground combat, at least in the graphics. Now they are looking boring. There is no excitement whatever in looking at some digits counting down. Suggestion to SD. Create some kind of "mask" (HUD, Battlecam...), make some battlefootage (grainy low res bw, night vision....) for various unit types (fighter HUD on attack run, marine helmetcam, tank gunsight), enironments (urban, desert, forest), situations<b

Qustion on shipsets / How to use ? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi to all, I haven't played for a long time due to lack of same I. I wish I could use the ship design feature (which is great), but I lack TIME and also my artistic skills leave a lot to be desired (given a lot of time I could come up with something useful, but there it is, lack of time, the bane of any employed person). I would like to use the nice shipsets available in the library, but have not yet really figured out how to use them. As of this I would as

New manual possible ? (due to updates ) How to play ? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi to all, I haven't played this game for ages (due to lack of time, not interest !!!!!) and with the latest updates there are literally thousends of fixes, GUI updates etc., so the original manual is sadly out of date and to sift through the readmes/histories is time consuming. I would really really would appreciate it, if there could be made a newer version of the manual, pdf or otherwise. Maybe I am oldfashioned, but I do love a good game manual to read over before I beginn to play a

Reply to Snow-white planet surface, ever! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I can confirm this bug with beta 1.3. Changing back to Ver. 1.2 settled that. As I am to lazy to change the settings (using Germany with us-game) I will wait on another beta/final patch 1.3. AMD 3800 GF 7800 GT (FW 84.21) RAM 2GB

Reply to GalCiv II: May Roadmap in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I'm partial to a Galactic Encyclopedia feature. But we'll see what users want. That would be a very nice addition ! It is kind of missing. Please do. Suggestions: This feature can also be used to "flesh out" a lot of things. I would very much like to see some kind of a (long?)"future history" of the different races/universe, maybe some pages of tex

Some questions @ all and @stardock in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi @ all, nice game but some (minor!) things came to mind while playing some test games to feel my way into it. Especially the immersion factor needs some enhancement. If these happen to be already answered please be so kind and link to the respective threat as I could not find them. @all: in the course of my test games I designed a lot of ships just to get a feel for the ship designer

Reply to UPDATING GERMAN and other Non-English versions in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

@matb Thanks. I thougt the 1.1 beta is available in Stardock Central . I am still not sure iStardock Central is correctly installed but I will wait. It also says I can download the english version in stardock central. (I now have the US installed) I do I do this ? I cannot find it anywhere. Such a damn hassle...

Reply to UPDATING GERMAN and other Non-English versions in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ok, after a lost evening please somebody be so kind and help me. After installing the German version 1.0 (which played) I decided to download the update. I registered the game no. (4E...) in the retail update (not the GC2 No.!) and was immediately directed to the collector edition download. (Did I make a mistake? Swaped numbers?) I downloaded this and afterwards I was not able to access any retail update or registration

Reply to VORSICHT VOR DER DEUTSCHEN VERSION!!!! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

HILFE ! Bin verwirrt. Bekomme das Update nicht geregelt, bzw. erst gar nicht runtergeladen ! Habe die Dt. Version 1.0 (Blechbox , limitierte Auflage) Wollte zuerst das Update und dann den Bonus downloaden. ABER...nach Eingabe der 1. Nr. 4E40.....etc. (im linken Feld !! ) komme ich direkt zum Bonus download. War verwirrt, hab ich dann aber geholt, da ich gedacht hatte ich hab mich vertan. So weit so schlecht. Die 2. Nr. fü

Dumb noob question in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Sorry if this had been already brought up. I just got the game and fiddled a bit with it, looked the tutorials, played some turns to know the buttons etc. Hope on weekend for the first real game. But, as nice and interesting the ship designer is.... How do I know which components ARE on a finished design. (core or own) e.g. tiny hull, warp engine, sensors etc. I was unable (or just plain dumb) to figure i