Battle viewer dramas

from GalCiv2 Forums
Hi all

[First post here, please be gentle]

I bought a retail version of GalCiv2 on Thursday, installed it, then updated Stardock Central, upgraded GalCiv2, then after a few disappointments upgraded video drivers, and finally, after setting anti-aliasing to zero (0), got going. Huzzah!

Game plays mostly fine. I can run all the tutorials too. The only problem is that I never (ever) see the Battle Viewer. No matter what type of ship combat I have, no joy. The combat occurs only in the main galaxy map, with a few animations and beam weapons, explosions etc. I never switch to the Battle Viewer / Window.

I have seen what it looks like, of course, from the Tutorials and screen captures elsewhere on the web.

I've got all the battle options checked in the Interface option screen.

Any ideas what's happening?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
If you have the battle length setting set to Full  Battles, and the 'Show full battles only if both sides are fleets' option OFF, you should get them.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks

I already had those settings actually.

But now I've found something else.

It's quite odd - if I start a new game I see battles, but loading an older saved game still gives me no joy.

Anyway, I can see them now in new games, and that's what's important

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