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Reply to WideScreen in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Even in windowed mode 1024 wide and 768 tall are the minium values we suggest, but even at smalle rez you'll be able to play, the UI will just start to stretch funny.

Reply to I want it, and I want it NEOWWW!! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

>>The robots at the repro factories already have it... I wish, then we could all sleep The gold master will be going out in the next few days, once v1.0 has been passed around the office a few time to ensure there are no major issues. We appreciate your excitement, though, and hope it's worth the wait!

Reply to Main campaign vs custom maps in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I'd stick with the campaign missions. The first few do a good job setting you up with learning the basics. You play with a simplified tech tree, making research less overwhelming. You have a simple, specific directive (ex. take planet X), opposed to "take over the galaxy by any means necessary". And you play with a limited number of players on a small, custom made map, so you can learn the map and, if you replay, you'll have a better idea going into it what you'll need to do to wi

Reply to Galciv2 Trailer available on Google video in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

There'll be another trailer with gamplay video closer to release...it'll have some cool in-game movies from fleet battles and such

Reply to NEAR GOLD SCREENSHOTS! in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

Ash: In certain missions you will be "Teammates" with other races. Think of this as an "Ally with Benifits", namely that trading is easier, and that you physically can't attack them (a dialog comes up to stop you).

Reply to humans underpowered without cartography? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The aliens only know where the planets are, not what planets are good. If you want this information, just research the "Stellar Cartography" tech, which is pretty cheap IIRC.

Reply to Ship Design/Style trading? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Glavius is correct, the graphical style stays the same, but the colors change to match the new race. We even had a situation in the campaign where the Dreadlords traded ships to the Yor, so we saw these crazy organic purple ships flying aroudn the galaxy. It was weird.

Reply to Ears Wide Shut in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

That was one of the features that we put into GC1's bonus pack (a "day of release" free expansion that all customers had access to), and it's on the list of features to put into GC2's bonus pack, so hopefully you'll get your wish

Reply to In my view it is unfair that not everyone gets the lastest versions! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Besides just basic "less people meens less overlapping reports", we also want there to be SOME suprise when users get the final version...the jump for players from Beta 5 to the final release will be significant, and we want them to go "Ah yes, THIS is MUCH better". When you get incremental updates, like the gamma testers do, it takes that 'UMPH' out of getting 1.0. Honestly, if it were up to us, there'd be about 2 months at the end of the project whith NO beta testers so EV

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II is consuming us.. in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

Not in 1.0, but perhaps the bonus pack will have a Dreadlords random event where they appear, or actually have them as one of the selectable races (though that would take more work)

Reply to Crashs on startup in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

THis is definatly a regestry problem...unfortunatly, I know little about this area We'll chat with the SDCentral guys and see what could fix this.

Reply to Choose victory conditions in Ideas Stardock Forums

This is in the current internal builds and will be available in the gamma builds (and final release).

Reply to BETA 5: Notes and Bugs in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

When you save and restore does the planet return? ALso, if anyone is unsure of their system specifics (video ememory on card, exact speed of CPU) just look in your root GalCiv2 folder for a file called "Debug.err". It will write out your exact system specs at the top, making it easier for you to post here

Reply to BIG PROBLEM in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I can access my email from home, but I think Brad chooses not to as a step towards seperating home life from work life (but you can see how well that worked out but the 2am posts above ). I have the problem fixed (or at-least patched) on my home computer, but I don't quite know how to perform a release build, so we're going to have to wait until I get in touch with a member of the team that can make a fresh EXE. Unt

Reply to BIG PROBLEM in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

We were able to isolate the problem to NVidia machines (my home machine have a g-force and got the same crash). I beleive we found a temporary solution and hopefully will be able to post a new version ASAP. Sorry you guys have to trudge though bugs like this, but in a few weeks you'll have a better, more stable game because of it

Reply to Does anyone else find ship upgrade costs excessive? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

There are some important factors that will severely multiply the cost of an upgrade. 1.) Are you adding a new type of weapon to the ship (ex. didn't have MassDrivers before, now has +5 MD Attack Points) 2.)Are you significantly raising the attack of a ship (ex. Before had 5 MassDriver Pts, now has 25) 3.)Are you adding the ability to Colonize, Transport, Trade, or Construct (big cost on that last one) 4.) Are you upgrading to a larger hull size? <

Reply to Beta 4D: anomalies in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

On our list Thanks!

Reply to Civ Name and Leader not Responding in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Noted Thanks guys.

Reply to Random Surrenders in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Both issues noted. Thanks!

Reply to 4D Pirates in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Uh oh...looks like some of the old numbers from GC1 trickled itnto the new GC2 system We'll nerf any overwhelming values ASAP.

Reply to Need Help! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Also, MAKE SURE you're activly trading with the other races (requires the low-level tech "Universal Translator"). THis not only keeps you up to speed technologially, but it also keeps relelations with those races high (plus, it's what the aliens are doing...why shouldn't you ) ps. Thanks for the kinds words...we'd all be estatic if the game reaches "Blockbuster" status, but we'll be happy with just making a "good, solid

Reply to Positive feedback on Beta 4D in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Yeah, those settings dont take effect until the galaxy is restarted IIFC (and may actually require a game reboot). We'll have to put in a popup message so players know this. Other than that, did this help your visibility problem?

Reply to Positive feedback on Beta 4D in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

We'll probably do something similar to the ships, where we make about 5 different sets that we use across 10 different races. Hopefully this, along with the color difference, will make the battles more unique (or, at least, unique enough ).

Reply to Positive feedback on Beta 4D in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

You SHOULD be able to adjust the # of stars and nubula in the BG to fit your liking, this should clear up any visual problems associated with the starfield. Also, adding more nebula would be pretty easy, but it's been so long that it has kinda escaped our realm of concern. We'll revisit the starfield in our next GC2 meeting Keep the ideas coming....the art crew is ready to polish the hell out of GC2 <img src="smiles/

Reply to Positive feedback on Beta 4D in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

ash: Are you playing with the new beta (4D)? That has an improved invasion system that may be what you're looking for. massdrivers: Yes, this is on our list, along with MANY more weapon FX.