Warnstaff

Reply to Getting rid of mine fields? in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

I just had a thought based on what I've observed in real life. I don't know how well it'll work with entrenchment, since I haven't bought it yet, but might still work. Seeing as to how mines in the present restrict civilian movement and cause PR problems, we can have it so after X amount of mines, allegience, trade income (trade ships gotta safely navigate through the mines), or both, suffer in the system (maybe adjacent ones as well) with too many mines. That would all

Reply to Sore Losers who refuse to quit even when the game is long-since over in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

When I used to play online, I would always fight right till the very, very end (except once or twice when I was having very bad days). I was actually able to turn around about half of them and win (including several in which my losses would be normally game ending). The way I see it, if I'm still alive, I still have a very real chance at getting a come back. I also absolutely love it when my opponent does the same, and get rather annoyed when they don't.

Reply to Where did you first hear about Sins? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I saw a mention of it in the GalCiv2 forums at about the time of the announcement, and almost dismissed it except for it being published by Stardock. This was back before even the betas were announced, and the old site layout, and only a dozen forum members (including myself, though didn't really post much as it was before beta's announcement).

Reply to Should Stardock provide alternative IP protection? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="11" id="1914125"] Stardock's current protection of making the consumer want to buy the game, rather then forcing on any level to even run the game, is what works best. Changing this will only break it for many Stardock fans, such as myself. Please do not change this. You misunderstand the point of Frogboy's post. Stardock is not changing how they publish/protect their games. They are instead considering giving other publishers alternatives to

Reply to Should Stardock provide alternative IP protection? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

There is no protection that actually works with the exception of making it easier to buy and play purchased software. Stardock, you have mastered this already, changing it will only break it. Publishers and developers who believe otherwise, well, I don't know what they are thinking, but speaking as a life long gamer and game consumer with 20 1/2 extensive (18+ hours per day untill last few months) years gaming, I can tell you without any possible shadow of a doubt that they are wrong. <p

Reply to What would be viable copy protection? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

My 200/2 cents: The only copy protection I will tolerate (and this type I consider a given) is having support and patches resricted to actual owners. Stardock does this quite well, and is a far as I'm willing to go with copy protection (and considering the current alternatives, I am quite supportive of them). All the alternate ones do (aside from having absolutely nothing, even token) is cause legitimate gamers like me to not buy games; some even turn to pirating instea

Reply to what in Strategy Sins Forums

"It's a bird!" "It's a plane!" "It's......... what the heck is it?"

Reply to Sin of a Solar Empire vs Star Wars Empire at war in Strategy Sins Forums

:) Thanks Dragoon. Time was during early betas culture would flip the planets that reaches.... what was it? 10%? I think that is a good thing to bring back, but that was discussed a lot when it was changed, and this thread isn't about it anyway.

Reply to Sin of a Solar Empire vs Star Wars Empire at war in Strategy Sins Forums

EaW was a so-so game. It's space battles were visually great, but always seemed to lack in depth; and I never could get over the tartan/correllian corvettes' ability to cause all nearby fights to spontaneously explode..... but I modded that to sensible levels. Land battles were a real killer though; so much lag! And the galactic map, while OK, had ships auto-repair instantly, which I never cared for. I'll still reinstall it once in a while just for the stunning visual s

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment Announced! in Sins News Sins Forums

Given Stardock's track record of mini-expansion packs in the form of patches for GalCiv2 and the upcomming 1.1, I think I may like the amount of content in these "micro-expansions". However, since this is the first time I've seen SD charge for content of this nature in this matter..... and my past burns from other companies, I think I'd like to see specific details and player reviews before diving in.

Reply to The Gamer's Bill of Rights in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Insanetitan" reply="7" id="1854887"]Quoting Warnstaff, reply 3Amended 6. Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won't install ANY software without their express consent. Other then that, I love it! That what it already says. Since by the orignal 6, you can't have hidden things installed, you should know what is going to be installed. So if you're clicking on that .exe, it's a given that you want said software installed.[/quot

Reply to The Gamer's Bill of Rights in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Amended 6. Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won't install ANY software without their express consent. Other then that, I love it!

Reply to SoaSE Forums, recent posts on front page - have my eye's gone funny? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Looks like the boards are undergoing some "upgrades". And I just had them working right finally :( I want white text back! Blue on blue is hard to read.

Reply to Beta 1.1 carrier bug in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

How did a carrier bug report get turned into an Advent buff thread in the first reply?

Reply to To Steam or not to Steam? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

My experience with Steam: Half-life 2 demo: installed, registered, registered again, registered a 3rd time all the while going WTF do I need steam for a demo? 3 hours later it works and lets me play. Try playing again later, takes forever + a day to log in. Lost all interest after that. I also have some prior experience from way back in Team fortress classic, but don't remember much other then being kinda annoyed. My experience with Stardock: Installed SDC and downloaded GalCiv

Reply to MAJOR EXPLOIT: INSTANT WIN in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

AFAIK, only those who are so much more interested in what numbers on a specific screen say then the amount of fun and satisfaction it takes to actually get good stats are the ones who would use this. I personally think this kind of thing is pathetic to exploit. Hmmmm.... there should be a special "achievement" that appears on all accounts that the CD key is bind to that displays whenever the name is shown and is earned by "winning" games in this manner. Oh, and their stats (assuming any

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire Troll in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Haven't in years. I do have a very suspicious mind though :D I do know that the reason my cat keeps his tail up in the air is because it cover's his listening device's mic that sticks out :LOL:

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire Troll in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Maybe they are hired by rival companies who fear the competition? Like I suspected the DoS attacks on these forums were around SINS release?

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire Troll in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Looks like a piss poor attempt at a spambot to me. I call it an "insult spam bot" or "Insulspam-bot" for short...er. [I]*grammar edit[/I]

Reply to Light Frigate Ability Autocast? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I was looking at the Colbalt's file, and when I read in you're post that the frigates love to focus fire (too what seems like a fault), I searched for focus fire stuff, and literally found: prefersToFocusFire TRUE I figure (though haven't tested yet) that if that is changed to false, then while they won't concentrate fire, they might just be willing to auto-cast more liberally. Off to test that now :)

Reply to So my computer asploded in Everything Else Sins Forums

Had limewire, had viruses. Got rid of limewire, got rid of viruses. Limewire/Kazza/most other P2P apps (and careless downloading from illicit sites) = viruses. Now,it's YOU'RE computer, not the family's, right? I suggest you tell you're sister and boytoy (LOL! couldn't resist) that they have to either become adept at not downloading viruses (you must help with this as you're the one who would be saying this to them), OR, lo

Reply to New copy protection comming for Spore and Mass Effect (EA) in PC Gaming Sins Forums

I'm betting that it'll be cracked within 24 hours actually..... hmmm... wasn't Supreme Commander's SecuROM (before GPG/THQ removed it) cracked before they even released it?

Reply to The Andromeda Strain in Everything Else Sins Forums

Oh, LOL! Hmm.. a remake that's not that good.... no surprise there.

Reply to The Andromeda Strain in Everything Else Sins Forums

I thought it was pretty good when I saw it about 6 years ago. It seemed to deliver the effect (to me anyway) now that it meant to do when it first came out. Doesn't have any re-watch value IMO though. A one shot wonder. Not bad for a '60s sci-fi movie. [EDIT] was there a remake?

Reply to Best mod in Sins Modding Sins Forums

A tip I use when I post is to copy it before I post, then if my browser (I recommend FireFox) does not load the page (it does this frequently), I simply save my reply and come back later to see if it's posted. I've never even double posted here as a result.