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Reply to STICKY: EASY TWEAKS to make the game better for you in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I want you to separate the AI complexity from the Economic Bonus/Penalty. Considering the way the game is already set-up, this would be very easy. (Mabie not an hour, but not alot longer to change the format). Set up one slider for the AI (seriously hampered up to full bore everything goes). Set up ANOTHER slider for money (from 10x to player, through even, and on to 10x for AI). This will allow EVERYONE to face your wonderful AI, and titrate exactly how hard the gam

Reply to Stupid question time (help please) in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

TAXES!!!! People defend the planet from invasion, as well as making soldiers. BUT, the biggest thing they provide is MONEY. Keep your approval high (tricky in itself) and you can be rolling in money from taxes. Remember, research is ENTIRELY from labs, and manufacturing is ENTIRELY from factories (modifiers not withstanding). But, money is mainly from taxes (some from tourists, much from trade). Chris.

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

Another wonderful point. (Except it appears to CTD if done too much). When you have your spying up to ADVANCED and want to examine your enemy's worlds just click on one of them. Then to move to the next, use the next button. You will cycle through all of that race's worlds. There is a problem with it however. I don't know if it is because not all of that race's worlds are currently visible (not yet found with scouts), or because it is just a bug, but after a couple of worlds you

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

Another wonderful point. (Except it appears to CTD if done too much). When you have your spying up to ADVANCED and want to examine your enemy's worlds just click on one of them. Then to move to the next, use the next button. You will cycle through all of that race's worlds. There is a problem with it however. I don't know if it is because not all of that race's worlds are currently visible (not yet found with scouts), or because it is just a bug, but after a couple of worlds you

I am an idiot!! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I went nuts last night because many important sliders appeared to be missing. Overnight I thought about it and realized that I had changed my interface color to 'black' in my first game. Now I wanted a race that was 'dark and dangerous' so a black interface made sense.....Unless it is on top of a black background. Then it makes that interface invisible. DUH!!!! Chris.

missing interface issues in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The economy interface is missing. When I go to the taxation screen, I see the numbers of tax and percents for military, social, and research, but THE SLIDERS AND LOCKS ARE ALL MISSING. I am unable to change anything. ALSO, when given a morality choice, I am unable to make a choice. I also can't seem to see making a choice about which kind of starbase to make, though I can click in the general area and get what I want. All in all, the interface is bugged. Chris.

Reply to the C word.. (cheats) in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

What are all the CTL functions? Is there a list anywhere??? Chris.

Reply to Can't RUN GAME!!!! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

It worked. Thankyouthankyouthankyou! Chris.

Can't RUN GAME!!!! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

'The game appears to be validated, but the serial number of the machine SID does not match'??????? HELP!!!! Chris.

Reply to STICKY: Favorite Nightly Screenshot in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Guys, good grammar is nice, but when trying to translate from a whole separate alien species, I like the idea that the universal translator isn't grammatically perfect. Chris.

Reply to whats a Parsec,anyways? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The alpha Centauri cluster (3 stars actually) is 4.3 light years away (Well centauri Proxima, a dwarf is the closest, the 2 'sun-like' stars Centauri A and B are slightly farther). That places it over a parsec away, and it is the closest star system to us! Either we are REALLY alone, or a parsec isn't really that large. Chris.

Reply to whats a Parsec,anyways? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

"...It's been incorrectly used for a time unit before (Han Solo, Star Wars)..." Actually in Star wars it meant that all the black holes near kessel warped space so he actually went less distance than anyone else. Skirts the blackholes, VERY closely. Anyone read the manual (obviously yes) The gigantic galaxy is truly massive. I can't wait... <

Reply to Moving install in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Go to Start > Run > Regedit Look for tab - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Stardock Drengin.net Galciv2 Click the last one. On the right side of the screen there will be a series of icons. Double click the Path one. Change that to the location you moved the files to. i.e. C:\Games\GalCiv2 All done. </TA

Reply to Tweakin' Planets in Modding Stardock Forums

Sometimes we all miss the forest for the trees. Chris.

Reply to Download Folder Issue!! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Alright, I moved the program and fixed the registry path. Seems to work. I also activated the choice in SD Central to ask for an installation path. (Would REALLY be a good idea if this option started out as ON, not OFF). I am still irritated that I can't seem to move the program to another machine (changing a reg path, not a big deal. Not sure if I am ready to fabricate one on another computer). Not a big problem if my disks come on the 21 as expected (You ARE mailing them out so they

Reply to Download Folder Issue!! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Well that just sucks, I dont want to have to download the whole game again just because it is in the wrong directory. Is there another way? Chris.

Reply to Tactical combat in expansion? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

If the tactical combat was done well, like in ROME TOTAL REALISM, than it would be good. HOWEVER, that would be MOO4 and not GC2. Now I remember hearing a rumor that Stardock was considering getting the rights to MOO. If that were the case, I would LOVE Brad making a MOO4 with decent Tactical, as well as Strategic potential. Best case scenario would be a couple of years since we are hoping MOM is the next game after Society <img

Reply to Creating Custom Planets in GalCiv 2 in Modding Stardock Forums

Yeah, I am just getting the galciv home page as well. Link does not appear to work for us peons. Chris.

Reply to Download Folder Issue!! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

So you are saying I just copy the GalCiv2 folder to anywhere I want (even another computer) and recreate a shortcut pointing to the location of the startup exe file? (If so, that would be great) Chris.

Download Folder Issue!! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

OK, I downloaded it without any difficulty. BUT, I DO NOT like the folder/location in which it was placed. How do I move it (Say to another computer, or different location on this one)??? Chris.

Reply to TOTALLY IMMORAL! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

wow! you guys are really desperate to get this game. Well I hate to post and run, but as a member of the private gamma test I have two options right now: 1) Stay and read bizarre posts about rumors of mutant servers on steroids running amok, or 2) Play a few rounds of GalCiv 2 I think my choice is clear. PS: The game is super fu

Reply to Your Favorite Joke in the Manual... in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

In Wrath of Kahn, the science vessel was looking for a dead world to use the genesis device on (it destroys anything used, therefore they needed a 'dead' world, but one with the right gravity, an atmosphere, ect. Anyway, the scientists thought they were on Ceti Alpha 6 which was dead. They then ran into Kahn and his crew which had been left on a beautiful primitive world with lots of promise (Ceti Alpha 5 - likely class 10-12). The problem was Ceti Alpha 6 exploded, and changed the orbit of C

Reply to Creating Custom Planets in GalCiv 2 in Modding Stardock Forums

So, how do you add rings or asteroids. How do you add artifacts, special soil, ect. Chris.

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

Do you have ANY IDEA what this is going to do to us?? We are essentially going to work through all the log-jams and bugs and eventually have the game in our hands (OK our computers), but it WON"T WORK!!! This is going to drive me NUTS! Chris.

Reply to Metaverse suggestion to increase long-term replayability in Metaverse Stardock Forums

An idea for a solution is a "Hall of Fame" Have the metaverse work as it did with GC1, but on the side have a table of the top 100 (or 1000) game scores, total scores, scores for people with purple hair , any number of categories you wish. This way the metaverse is active for those still ACTIVELY playing and submitting, BUT those who obviously used considerable time in the past don't just vanish. Chris.