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Reply to Rally point bugs in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

This has been fixed, and will be available in the next update. As a work-around, you can use the scroll-wheel on your mouse to navigate the list.

Reply to Ship Designs Remembered game to game. How to delete please ? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

You can delete designs from inside the game. There is a DELETE button in the Ship Yard screen. This will delete the files associated with the design so they will no longer show up in any game. If you want to keep your design for another game, but don't want to see it in your current game, you should use the OBSOLETE button in the Ship Yard screen.

Reply to Doom Ray? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Although the doom ray and plasma III weapons look the same on your ship, they do fire different animations when using them. Blacksaber, try moving the black place-holder thumbnail out of the /thumbnails folder, and see if that helps.

Reply to When saving ship and upgradin it Jewelry parts disappear in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

This issue has been fixed in the updates.

Reply to video problem, need help in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

You may also want to try turning down your anti-aliasing in the Options screen.

Reply to Badly need help to fix problem in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It sounds like your "Tactical Map Zoom Level" option was turned all the way down. This option allows you to choose how far out you want to zoom before the map changes to tactical / icon mode. Deleting your prefs.ini resets this option to its default value.

Reply to Checklist of serious bugs, what is the status on these? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

" fleets will randomly get no moves restored after each turn (they stay at 0 moves). The only solution I've found is to disband the fleet and recreate it. Again, not a showstopper, but more of an annoyance. " This has been fixed for 1.0X.

Reply to nebula density in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Restarting the program will cause your changes to the nebula density to go into effect.

Reply to Help please in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Like Monclova34 mentioned, please try turning down your anti-aliasing. For the tutorials, you can also view them in full-screen by checking the "Full Screen" checkbox. This may help play them more smoothly.

Reply to Battle Screen in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The size of the battle field scales with the number and size of ships. So if you have a lot of ships, they will have a bigger area to move around in.

Reply to Battle Screen in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Under the Battle Options, there is an option for "Battle Length" If you want to watch your battles in the viewer, change this to "Full Battles" For battles involving fleets, check the box below that labeled "Full Fleet Battles"

Reply to questions and a bug in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

If you build an economy starbase, and add factory modules (and other modules that increase production) you will have the bonus listed in the details screen for any planets that are within the range of that starbase.

Reply to What do the combat viewing options do? Which makes combat look coolest? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The Options Screen has these Battle Options:: These affect GRAPHICAL representation of the battle only, and not the outcome of the battle. + Move Camera To View Attacks This makes the camera in the main map mode scroll to the location of a battle before the battle takes place + Show Battle Sequence This turns battle animations on/off that involve the player's ships + Show Opponent's Battle S

Reply to What do the combat viewing options do? Which makes combat look coolest? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

To answer your question, here is a description of each camera option: + Top Down 1: This is a top down view that auto-adjusts to keep each ship on the screen. It is originally oriented so that the attacking fleet is on the left and the defending fleet is on the right. + Top Down 2: This is a top down view that auto-adjusts to keep each ship on the screen. It is originally oriented so that the attacking fleet is

Reply to Latest patch broke "in batle" statistics ? in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

The combat viewer battle log that you see scrolling along the bottom is updated whenever the ships fire a shot. You will have to wait until that shot actually hits the ship for the data in the two fleet stat areas (like HP, and ship damage icons) to update. That is why there was a "delay." The shot had been fired so it was listed in the log, but it took a few seconds for it to reach the ship.

Reply to Is there a way to view the level objectives? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Yes, there is a way. When you are playing a campaign game, you can bring up the Civilization Manager screen. Go to the "Victory" tab and you will see the list of objectives for the current mission.

Reply to Free Move Camera? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

You cannot go beneath ships or planets in the main map mode. However, you may use the Free Cam in the combat viewer to go below your ships. The ship designer will also allow you to get an "underside" view of your ships.

Reply to What is a drengin? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

In the Databanks section, there is information on the different races in the game. Here is a link to the civilizations section where you will find info on the Drengin (among other races): http://galciv2.com/Databank/civs.aspx

Reply to Colony ship missing in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Did you maybe "obsolete" the colony ship in that particular game? If you hit the "obsolete" button in the Ship Yard, it will remove the ship from the buildable ships list for that game. If you start a new game, the ship will be back in the list.

Reply to Fleet batles. Bug ? in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

There are lots of different options to allow you to decide how often you like to view the combat viewer. You can try different combinations to find one that suits your liking. However, if you want ALL battles to show up in the viewer, you can use these settings: Check "Show Battle Sequence" Set "Battle Length" to "Full Battles" Check "Full Fleet Battles" Uncheck "Show Full Fleet Battles Only If BOTH Sides Are Fleets" <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL

Reply to Watching Battles in "Movie form" in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Changes to your battle types should take effect immediately. If you want to watch all battles in the viewer, use these settings: Check "Show Battle Sequence" For Battle Length, choose Full Battles Check "Full Fleet Battles" Uncheck "Show Full Fleet Battles Only If BOTH Sides Are Fleets"

Reply to Battle animations and fleets in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

There are several options for when the "Combat Viewer" will appear. These are in the Options menu, in the "Interface" section. If you would like to see the combat viewer for any battle, use the "Full Battles" option and also check "Full Fleet Battles" and uncheck "Show Full Fleet Battles Only When Both Sides are Fleets" If you would like to just see the battles for any battle involving a fleet, change your Battle type to "Normal Battles", check "Full Fleet Battles", and u

Reply to SMP/Timer problems? in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Glad to hear it's working now.

Reply to Bug - Game CTDs when AI invades world in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

If you have an autosave, or a saved game before this happened, please e-mail it to me at jbrindle@stardock.com. Thanks.