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Reply to Merry Christmas! in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

A very Merry Christmas to all!

Reply to How to upgrade ships in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'm afraid not. There is no way to get around the cost of upgrading. If I understand your idea correctly, you want to "pay" for the upgrades with factory production, but you can only do it with credits.

Reply to Nuking planets is evil in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I share the thoughts of the OP. It has always bothered me, for instance, that GalCiv2 gives such an advantage to those who play "Evil," when I want to play "Good." I finally gave in and play smart (evil choices) and make believe it is good. After all, it is just a game and you can change the meaning of what's happening in your mind. Instead of obliterating the aliens, just say that the seige frigates are temporarily stunning them, to be reintegrated as productive, happy citizens as the t

Reply to Custom Logos and potraits in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, I have done it as Ledzeggelin says. I've never messed around with mod folders, thought that may be another way to do it.

Reply to Strategy in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Calling the OP's game style choice "stupid" might be described as ... well, stupid! (No offense). [e digicons]|-)[/e] The game is designed to allow players to experiment with different "universes," and this variety can make for very interesting gameplay. I also usually go for the "abundant all" on large maps, but I have had a lot of fun trying the minimalist setups such as the OP describes (in my case, I did it on the largest maps possible, but I DID include minors ... giving me somethign to

Reply to What Did You Play This Weekend? in Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Civ IV (BTS) and SOASE. Maybe the 2.0 beta release will get me back into GalCiv II.

Reply to Not a blog person in Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

That was interesting to read of the public perception that associates gaming with drugs in your country! I don' think it has that connotatin here (Upstate NY, USA). At least, I hope not! That would not be good for my reputation in the community! Nice to have you posting in the forums. I wish you the best in your education program.

Reply to The mini-blackmarket tab in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

I agree with Annatar - a button to simply bring the new window in and out would be great.

Reply to Give a noob a hand in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Since the enemy attacks you at hour three, consider attacking him at hour two! Do not wait until your fleet is at maxium. It only has to be bigger and better than his, or at least able to do damage to his empire before he can stop you. In other words, do not let him get to the point of building that big, overwhelming fleet. Historical example: General McClellen in the Civil War, who missed multiple opportunities to end the war early on because he always wanted to wait until he had every

Reply to Agents - how is this a good addition? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I've got to agree that the present spy system is not the greatest, and I also liked the original better. Wasting a precious tile on every planet with a counter-espionage center is not my idea of an attractive solution ... especially since it does not remove the spies that are already there. I look forward to this aspect of the game being improved.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor v1.95 coming in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Impulse worked fine for me yesterday, the only problem being that it showed T)A as not installed ... so I just let it install it again (on top of the one I already had installed) and went to do something else for a while. Then, today, I got the update for TOA with no problem. It is a nice looking program, and I hope that the bugs are worked out quickly for those who are having problems. I agree with others, howeve, that SD should be kept active alongside of it at least for a while, if that is at

Reply to Black Screen, Black Screen, Crash in Technical Sins Forums

I'll second the advice re Nvidia drivers. I had the same frustrating problems from day one, but the latest (mid May) Nvidia driver release solved it 100%. I hope it does the trick for you.

Reply to REALLY Irritating Issue Upgrading Starbases in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I agree with treborblue, the entire proceedure for upbrading starbases is way too cumbersome. For me, they are such an important part of the game that I force myself to go through the hassle, so revamping this would be a most welcome improvement to the game.

Reply to just minidumped 1.5 is fail in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I experienced the crashes frequently from the very beginning. We were told on these forums that the kind of crashes we had were the fault of Nvidia, and that they (Nvidia people) were fixing it. I thought that three months was a long time to wait for the fix, but I frequently cheked the Nvidia site, and saw a new driver released on May 16. Sure enough, the crashes ended when I installed it. Unless I missed something, I have not seen this driver release mentioned on these forums, which kind of su

FINALLY - new Nvidia driver! in Technical Sins Forums

I have had SOASE since the original release, and have had to patiently endure constant crashes and freezes ... until now. I checked the Nvidia site the other day, and found they have released version 175.16 for Vista. Once installing it, I went to a game on a large map, which previously would not go more than a minute or two before the Blue Screen of Death. Now it is playing as smooth as can be. :) One warning ... the "Find driver" thingy on the Nvidia site does

Reply to Why is usable tile placement...so stupid? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I think this is pretty low on the priority scale for "things to tidy up on" in this game. If "realism" is an issue for someone, Maudlin's exercise above works just fine.

Reply to Please slam my game in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Release a build that doesn't crash to desktop.I've played an awful lot of Galciv2 builds and not one of them has been without CTD errors. I understand that the game is complex, and that complexity breeds errors, but consistantly releasing new patches, all of which contain fatal errors is a shockingly poor effort and works to undermine Stardock's entire anti-piracy policy.I remember reading the origional Stardock-Starforce drama just before I bought a copy of Galciv2 and hearing "By releas

Reply to Please slam my game in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Really a good job, SD people. We appreiate your efforts and skill. 1. Balance the ethical alignments. Fixing the MCC (as per many above) should be taken in context. Since the "evil" players understandibly want the nerf reversed, how about beefing up good and neutral to approach something closer to parity? 2. Starbase management can be really tedious. Boy, it would be nice to change the way they are upgraded. Maybe that is too big of a change for an update. 3. I had not

Reply to Twilight of the "String Not Found" in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Hey, Magus, you're a genius! I just tried your suggestion and now it seems to work just fine. No more "string not found" errors so far. Thanks again.

Reply to Twilight of the "String Not Found" in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks, I'll give that a try. I hope it works, because they just keep coming and coming ... [img]http://www.frontiernet.net/~rcklueg/images/error5.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.frontiernet.net/~rcklueg/images/error6.jpg[/img]

Twilight of the "String Not Found" in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I am getting a ton of "String Not Found" errors in TA. Yes, I uninstalled the Beta. In fact, I uninstalled *everything* back to the beginning of GC2 (including deleting everything in "My Games"), and re-installed ... a tedious task, made worse by the "infinite loop" problem in SDC that I see others ran into as well. After a couple of days of fooling around and finally getting the game all reinstalled, the "String Not Found problem is none the better. I am running Windows Vista. <

Reply to Deathstar = useless ? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I think you may find occasions to use them. One time, playing in the beta, I was deadlocked with an enemy empire. It was larger than I was, and could produce ships as fast as I could blow them up at my borders, and neither of us could get ahead. Enter the terror star: I built it near the edges of our respective empires as I moved the focus of battle over to the other side, and then moved it up to the farthest-away enemy star system. I got three or four star systems before he managed to get to me

Reply to Will the Mind Control Center be fixed to do what it's suppose to? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The great power of the MCC is mostly an issue for those who want to play the metaverse, with the idea that this is supposed to reflect some kind fo a balanced comparison of player's scores. I am on the verge of not playing the metaverse anymore, because I generally like to play "good," and the imbalance in the ethical alignments makes that a strong liability. As for saying that the MCC is "not actually overpowering" ... you would have to be pretty poor player for it to *not* be a tremendous boos

Reply to how many unrealistic technologies can you list in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

As difficult as it may be for some of us to admit ... there are indeed some things that are impossible for science to overcome. In the protesting words of Star Trek's Scotty, "I cannot change the laws of physics!" Of course, once we get into *metaphysics* the rules change, but I think the OP was speaking from a purely physical point of view, in which case we need to fall back on the "fiction" part of "science fiction" for a lot of the content of the GalCiv universe. Enjoy it for what it is, but

Reply to The glorious miner fleet in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, I had this happen to me and I reported it way back in November. I guess it is still happening sometimes. [link="https://forums.galciv2.com/168650"]WWW Link[/link]