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Reply to GalCiv Blogging! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Did you put a hard cap on frame rate? or something more complex?

Reply to The AI you picked makes a HUGE difference... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

One of the things some people don't realize is that each race has its own AI class behind it with its own code and strategies. We wanted to make sure that the computer opponents didn't have some universal gap. So each one will try different things on planets or different colonization strategies, different tactics, etc

Reply to Capturing a Starbase in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I get really annoyed by starbases, sometimes. It would be nice to be able to invade them directly or subvert them in some manner. Realistically, though, most starbases would have some kind of auto-destruct sequence to prevent them being used by opposing races (if only by overloading the local fusion reactor).

Reply to Anyone had an interesting event/anamoly(sp?)?? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah the anamolies seem too generic. More variety and flavor.

Reply to Cultural planet takeover does not work ?! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

well if the ai built a reeducation center on the planet you will never filp it.

Reply to Gameplay Bug/oversight in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Actually capturing planets at middle and/or end stage in the game isn't about getting them to produce stuff for you. It's all about denying those resources and strategic locations to your enemies. So I’m gonna have to go with a working as intended thing.

Reply to How long does it take to take over a planet thats in you influence area? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Do they have the little disorder symbol on them? Basically each planet has an IP(influence points) number and another number in ( ) right next to it. That other number is the influence from other sources on that planet. The "magic" number you want to get those planets to is (4.00) or so. If you don't reach that number you wont ever convert them. Couple of things to do. Use espionage to enable viewing that number on the target wo

Reply to Help a newbie... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

So it is good thing to balance research? Go slowly in every branch? for the most part yes. Sometimes, especially for military techs, you need to concentrate in one area to get an advantage over your enemies.

Reply to purchased galciv2 - now need help in storing it in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

um as long as you have your stardock login and password you can use it to redownload the game and install it. No need to burn a copy since they have the cd key on record for you. Note that you can have stardock archive the installation so that you can return it to is original state at any time.

Reply to Campaign - Dread Lords... omg in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I wish I knew that about luring the ships off, cause now I've got 4 DL battleships roaming my neck of the woods. Create a super fast ship, maybe 4 or 5 engines, speed 10-12 would be good. Put a weapon on it (DL target armed ships first usually) and speed past all those battleships. If you do it

Reply to "Intelligent" AI in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I noticed on Intelligent level they bought a constructor instead of a defender when I was attacking their planet with my fighter. Yeah I've seen that too. I parked a 1 beam tiny ship above an AI planet and it kept just producing constuctor after constructor for me to kill.

Reply to Campaign - Dread Lords... omg in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I just finished that one last night. It is a real pain but can be done. First never try to engage the Dreadlords combat ships, its just a waste of time. Second from the very start buy a colony ship each turn for 4-5 turns. Spread out as quickly as you can. Also set your production to 100% and your taxes to where your approval is 50%. Now max out the research bar and research the techs that allow you to upgrade research. Make sure to buy an improvement on each of your planets every tu

Reply to Workaround - Can't upgrade designs in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Thanks, great tip.

Reply to Crash to desktop in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

well this one may be a bit more helpful it actually lists an error Debug Message: Version v1.0D-1 Digital: Bonus Pack last updated on: Fri Feb 24 12:35:33 2006 Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 2/25/2006, 14:56:25 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Name: DM-01 Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790) Servic

Reply to Crash to desktop in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Its not my business but it seems to me that the 6.14.0010.8198 are nforce drivers for the motherboard. (or am I mistaken?) What video drivers do you use? Most people have 81.98 um 6.14.0010. 8198 is 81.98 i did update the sound drivers to 6.14.0462.0000 and it still happens. Oh and I also read the x2 core

Reply to Crash to desktop in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Your display drivers are pretty old. www.nvidia.com updates their drivers several times a year. No the Video drivers are the latest available. 6.14.0010.8198 you are probably looking at the nvidia sound drivers for the Motherboard

Reply to Crash to desktop in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Did it again in a slightly differnt spot Debug Message: Version v1.0D-1 Digital: Bonus Pack last updated on: Fri Feb 24 12:35:33 2006 Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 2/25/2006, 10:51:54 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Name: DM-01 Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790) Service Pack 1 (3790.srv03_sp1_rtm.0503

Crash to desktop in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Not sure what caused it exactly but here is my debug.err Debug Message: Version v1.0D-1 Digital: Bonus Pack last updated on: Fri Feb 24 12:35:33 2006 Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 2/25/2006, 10:27:59 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Name: DM-01 Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790) Service

Reply to Why on why Can't I Edit Existing Ship Designs??? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I second the template idea. While I will make my own ships for fighting agianst opponents, some core ships simply dont need a lot of design. I thought about that. Just create your ship and don't put any weapons/defenses/engines or if necessay a basic engine and save it off. You can then just "upgrad

Reply to So what do you do with Mars? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I let the AI colonize it. It will pop over eventually. When I do end up getting it I usually just make it all research.

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

Turn up your edge scrolling speed if its too slow. So its okay to click drag 20 times to scroll across the galaxy? Thats just lame. Allow me to edge scroll diagonally like EVERY other map type game made after 1990 to make my life easier. It should be easy to do, and I don't see why people are arguing against it.. just doesn't mak

Reply to Bug when a trade route is created (screen is blank and sound shuts down) in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

I had a similar experience except the establishment of the trade route caused a CTD. It was repeatable and I'll get some more info tonight. Whats worse is now an AI players trade route to me is causing the CTD. Heh gotta go to war just to not crash out.

Reply to OnDisk Game Manual in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I must confess, there's probably little likelyhood of much updates to the manual until we have someone (other than me) willing to touch it up. It was done with InDesign and the experience nearly drove me to stop drinking. I feel for you. The last manual I did was done in Word. When you use tons of pictures and you bloat the word document it st

Reply to A few items i noticed in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

As far as your statement c goes, the game leaving copies of your ships behind: If you don't change the name of the ship it will overwrite the old one instead of copying it to a new one. Think of it like a file, when you rename the ship you are doing a "save as" and making a new copy of the file.

Reply to I hate this game in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I came to work this morning on about 3 hours sleep because of this game. QFT, i did the same thing but was a but more conservative than you and got 3 ½ hours sleep.