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Reply to Unable to install...... in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

It sounds like you probably have a dodgy copy of disc 2.

Reply to Why can't I use mass drivers? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'm thinking something maybe got permanently screwed up a long time ago in applying all those beta patches. I'll probably just do a full reinstall and put on the last patch, after I finish my current game. Do it, old files from beta can cause all sorts of weird niggles. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Hmm.gif" bord

Reply to Little lost.... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ok a few specific questions I have about buildings: How does the process work? Can you build multiple buildings on the first turn? What are the advantages/disadvantages to doing this? If you start to build 5 buildings on the first turn, do they build at the same time or in sequence? A planet will only work on 1 structure at a time.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

BTW...Copy protection is also a "standard feature" to most gaming companies yet SD decided against it. It is nice to see a company take some chances and not follow the big publishers (and a few gamers it seems) in what they would like to consider the norm. Taking chances such as making a game in this genre to begin with. All hail bucking conve

Reply to Little lost.... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Generally speaking, decide how you want to win when you start the game. If you're going for a tech win choose your racial abilities to support that and so on. I always turn my homeworld into a manufacturing powerhouse to pump out colony ships/constructors then it will go over to military production. Start with factories and leave some room for a manufacturing capital/other special stuff later on. Keep an eye on your economy, I always build a marketing centre/equivalent on

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

It's fun to read more and more posts which are basically 'I want multi wah wah wah make it for me regardless of manpower, economics, or marketing. If they don't they're rogues and cads'. EARTH TO PEOPLE - they AREN'T consisdering it because it ISN'T profitable. That's what this whole thread is about! They are considering it. They just

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

It's fun to read more and more posts which are basically 'I want multi wah wah wah make it for me regardless of manpower, economics, or marketing. If they don't they're rogues and cads'. EARTH TO PEOPLE - they AREN'T consisdering it because it ISN'T profitable. That's what this whole thread is about! They are considering it. They just

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

From what I remember it was officially stated that if the game sold well you would put out an expansion pack with new content that also featured multiplayer. Obviously the easy road has been chosen again. /quote] Stardock said that following the game's release they would look at the amount of interest in a multiplayer expansion and if they believed it was economically viable they would do it. Being an independent developer they can't take big financial risks, so they need to be sure

Reply to Optimal Weapon Placement in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Don't ask me for the exact numbers but here's a simple-ish explanation. There is behind the scenes 'dice-rolling' to determine if an attack gets through the defences. attacking ship: 6 beam, 6 missile, and 6 mass driver defending ship: 3 shield, 6 point defense, and 9 armor Each weapon type is blocked by the corresponding defence type at 'full' effectiveness. i.e. 6 missile vs 6 point defence will mean that the attacker struggles to de

Reply to Could It Be Possible? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I dont undertsand He's telling you to work on a high power economic strategy so you can afford to build starbases very quickly.

Reply to Poll Results: Would you recommend GalCiv II? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

You expected a poll about a game to be objective based on responses from a forum about that game?!?!? I mean seriously how can you not see the problem with that?? They are asking their customers who have bought the game if they will buy a multi-player expansion to supplement their purchase. GC

Reply to Poll Results: Would you recommend GalCiv II? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I've got to say I'm in two minds over it. It's been at the back of my mind since it first came up pre-beta and I still haven't decided! I think I might dabble with a PBEM mode but I can't see myself ever sitting down for hours to play a 'real-time' online game and dont think I will get much use out of a hotseat mode either, being able to see the other players moves takes the edge off things. Whatever the plan is it has to allow me to play

Reply to AI development: More focused, working with friends.. in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Me and my brother both request a follow up journal to tell us how the game ended.

Reply to STICKY: Glitch Report v1.1 BETA in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Bit of an odd one, started a new game on a large map with AI set to normal and the randomise AI option selected. It seems that all of my opponents have decided to colonise but not develop any worlds or build fleets. I've wiped out 2 civilisations and found both had not built more than two or three structures on any world. From what I can see I'm outstripping every other race out there and not batting an eyelid. Either they are all on extr

Reply to The product appears to be validated... please help me!!! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Bumpage! I got this too good to see you're ahead of me as usual.

Reply to Planetary extermination in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It wasn't put in as games that have it tend to degenerate into killer fleets running about wiping out colonies as it's the simplest way to win.

Reply to Stardock Designers in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The game isn't ctually as buggy as the forum might suggest, its very enjoyable and for most people stable. And problems are being ruthlessly massacred so its just getting better.

Reply to I want a stargate! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Instant travel isn't neccesarily a good thing for gameplay, it opens up some horribly cheesy tactics and makes it a damn sight harder to defend against an uber kill fleet which just runs around massacring anything that isn't defended to the hilt. If you can see it coming you can try to muster a counter, if it just appears out of nowhere and wipes out your poorly defended colony (why not jump in the transports with it) it comes down to who has the bigger kill fleet. Master of orion su

Reply to Constructor Module x2? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

In the last release you can only put one on. (At least the "capacity tab" disapears for me I think that's intentional as it doesn't disappear when adding colony or troop modules) You only get the benefit of using a single construction module as, like Kid Charming says, the entire ship is used up to build a new starbase/module. The re

Reply to ...Starship Bonus? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Crap... you're right. I checked the planet with the 50% starship quality boost... it's there... Well... then it seems that bonus is kinda horrible, then... What if a planet you find with huge amounts of natural resources gets no "starship bonus" event and one that has absolutely none gives you 55% increase...? Oh, well.. That would be ca

Reply to Tech research detail in Research GalCiv2 Forums

Propulsion tech means a better engine. Weapon tech means better weapon. New economic tech? well its going to get me more cash one way or another. The descriptions aren't really meant to tell you exactly what you'll get, its just a more interesting wau of saying 'better armour'. Just look at it in general terms and worry about the details later.

Reply to Can't Rename Star Systems??? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I strenuously object to the inability to rename stars. I thought you could do it in GCI and I know for sure you could in MOOII (yes, I used a swear word). I can't possibly see that as being a feature that the devs had to take out due to time/functionality. YOU GOTTA ADD IT: Scroll back up to the second post in this thread. There's a developer

Reply to Who Beta Tested This? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

There were hundreds of people with access to tne beta, and players were also involved in gamma testing. This game is not riddled with crippling bugs as you suggest and the vast majority of people are playing unhindered. Personally I found beta 5 to be solid, the gamma builds very solid and the release is playing great. I haven't spotted one typo either. Every PC game has some bugs in it, thats just reality. I have no idea what these 'significant errors' you've found ar

Reply to Question on ship battles in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

You see the battle blow by blow and you also see a summary screen at the end. If you have battles disabled then you simply see a 'ship X desroyed by ship Y' message in the news report.

Reply to Q: High Score? in Metaverse Stardock Forums

There isnt any offline tracking in place, I suppose you could pester the devs to add one in the bonus pack though.