Lucky_Jack

Reply to Impressions of GC2 from Beta 1 by a GC1 fan. --- Wow. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Hi Magus. Nothing like a good old GC beta test for lots of fun, right.

Reply to No sound {Win2k, SB Audigy LS) in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Have you looked at the debug file? All that info is saved by the game at startup. This is one of the reasons the Stardock people ask for the debug file whenever you send in a bug report via e-mail. (They also want the SmartException report for crashes.)

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Beta 1 Notes in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Did you ever play GC1? It had "governors" that handled the queing of social projects. During the GC1 beta the governors weren't put into the code until one of the later cycles. I assume (hope) the same will happen with GC2.

Reply to Game Crashes when destroying a building in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

This is another thing that was not quite intuitive. The planet view is new, and will take getting used to. In order to see what you can build, you have to click on one of the squares in the planet view. Then the list comes up. Question: Where can we find what all those resource like things mean (are they indeed resources?)? I would like a good pointer to it. "In the journals" just makes it hard to find.

Reply to Game being saved window dissappears before I can read it. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

It would be nice to have it vanish as quick as it can, but it would also be nice to know what it was. I kept wondering what it was until I was able to piece it together a few letters at a time. Once I knew what it was it was no longer confusing and irritating. On the other hand, maybe the last one I say flash by was something else, and maybe it was important, and maybe ....

Reply to CTD When Colonising in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Has anyone been able to determine whether the colonization CTD happens only when autocoloning? I have tried moving the colony ship next to the planet on autopilot then moving it onto the planet using the cursor keys and it seems to work. Using autopilot all the way to the planet has failed on me a few times. (This sounds similar to a problem that showed up during the beta of GC1.)

Game being saved window dissappears before I can read it. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

It took me quite a while to decipher this window, many many times of seing it flash on the screen and dissappear, before I realized what it was. Is there any way to make the minimum time a "wait while I do this" window to stay up for a minimum time, say 3 seconds?

Windows mode - as an option - fantastic. (Plus some difficulties observed) in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Wow. You guys really did a bang up job this time. I have windows=0 and the resolution set to 1550*1160 (my desktop resolution is 1600*1200). It works! I have noticed one minor problem: Try

Reply to CTD When Colonising in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Bob, Check the video info in the debug file. Then check to see what the latest available drivers are. Many of us have partially solved this problem by upgrading our video drivers.

Reply to SD Central in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Anything that makes this forum easier to get to would be appreciated.

Reply to Fatal Game error. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Check the video data in the debug file in your galciv2 directory and see if it matches with the date and version of the video driver you installed. If it does not match then probably you did not quite complete the installation procedure for your video driver.

Reply to Fatal Game error. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

"Load game" is the only option you see? You should also see "new game" and "exit" and they should both be clickable. Only the "continue game" should be not clickable. Have you checked the debug file (in the galciv2 directory) for other clues?

Reply to NEXT TURN button MIA... in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The turn button is also dissappearing on me. Sometimes wiggling the main galaxy view will get it to come back, but not always. I tried everything I could think of this last time and gave up.

Reply to The definitive GalCiv 2 feedback thread in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Add my voice for a smaller "main UI". As to speed, yes it is very fast now, but be aware that when the missing features are added they will take a toll on the game's speed. (It did during the GC1 beta, too.)

Scroll bars are not stopping before passing beyond one end. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The title says it. The scroll bars can be moved further than they should go on one end of the scrollable area. This is true of many of the scroll bars, perhaps all of them (all I have looked at).

Impressions of GC2 from Beta 1 by a GC1 fan. --- Wow. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Very impressive. The main screen is quite different from GC1 and will take me some time to get used to, but so far I like it. The 3D affects of the ship build screen is very nice. I have some difficulty understanding the format of the tech research screen. Maybe it is intuitive to some, but I can't seem to get the pattern of the techs being shown. Obviously some techs can not be researched until its prereqs have been researched, but the layou

Reply to Download the latest graphics driver for your graphics card!!! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I have the latest Intel Extreme drivers on now, but I thought it worth mentioning that you have to be very careful to follow ALL of the instructions. I missed the final one the first time and did not get it installed. I have seen some other posts that look like other people may have had similar difficulties when updating their drivers.

Reply to Checking in.. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'm in too. Question 1: Do we send bug reports to Cari_Elf? Or is someone new designated?