Sevenhertz

Sevenhertz

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Reply to Lost All Default Icons for Music /Movie Files in Windows 10 - Solutions? in IconPackager Stardock Forums

Hi, Basj I need you escalate this with support. I am also mailing sales. I finally managed to use System Restore to restore my PC to the date before I installed Windowblinds. The problem was not fixed. I had to uninstall my antivirus then use system restore. Then to reinstall my antivirus I had to use an app that removed all previous elements of the AV. Then I had to reinstall all the windo

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Reply to Lost All Default Icons for Music /Movie Files in Windows 10 - Solutions? in IconPackager Stardock Forums

I have partially fixed some icons. This restores some default icons but not all (.mp3). Thank you for all your help, I really appreciated it. Here is the partial Windows 10 solution for future use: 1. Open Windows settings 2. Search for 'Turn Windows Features On/Off' 3. Select Media Features and turn off Media Player. Allow to complete process. 4. Reboot. 5. Open Windows settings 6. Search for 'Turn Wi

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Map Underlayer/Import ? in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Way back I made a map of ancient Britain for Elemental and remember there was a way to import a transparent layer. Or, it may have been an external mod map editor - I can't remember. Does anyone know if it's possible to import a map layer to trace around in the Cartographer's Table or if there's a mod for this? Thanks, Ian

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Reply to Remember when all PC games were buggy as hell... in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] ...and it wasn't really that big of a deal? Whats with the sense of entitlement that gamers have these days? Its like every little thing is a game breaker for people. Almost as if people want to make themselves sound more hardcore than the next by bitching about problems in a game that they're obviously interested in or enjoying to some extent in the first place. Not even talking about Elemental specifically, but it just seems like more and more people are complai

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Reply to New copy protection comming for Spore and Mass Effect (EA) in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]6. Effective! At the end of the day, if people are still stealing the software, then what was the point?7. Not existent. Because not a single CP has been able to fulfill requirement 6. Ever.[/quote] Agreed. Which is exactly why GC2 copy protection works-It has none and it still sells. Amazingly sells: [link="https://forums.galciv2.com/?aid=303512"]Link to topic[/link]

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Reply to New copy protection comming for Spore and Mass Effect (EA) in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Glad to see they have changed their decision. What is happening is that finally gamers are taking the initiative and saying "No, I will NOT buy this product if it has THAT copy-protection". I personally have not bought any game with Starforce on it for over 2 years now, even though I wanted the games that had it on (Freedom Force Vs. 3rd Reich, Silent Hunter 2). This is the most powerful form of protest there is, and can change the policies of companies. After all, if

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Reply to New copy protection comming for Spore and Mass Effect (EA) in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

The problem with this copy protection personally speaking is that: [B]1.[/B] Single Player, playing while online leaves you exposed and vulnerable. You have to have AV running. Personally, I always play offline with AV off. This always improves performance and gives me peace of mind. 1 activation via online is fair and perfectly unobstrusive. One every 10 days - no thanks. [B]2.[/B] [I]I bought the game, I paid for it legitimately. Screw your checks e

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Twilight Invalid Call & Crash in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Debug Message: Dread Lords (23): Researching: Debug Message: Dread Lords (23): Researching: Debug Message: Error flipping back buffer to primary buffer. Debug Message: D3DERR_DEVICELOST Debug Message: Device lost Debug Message: Attempting to reset device. Debug Message: ValidateDevice::Reset Debug Message: Invalid call Debug Message: Main Shell terminating normally Debug Message: Unallocated Mem: 128 bytes o

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Reply to Piracy: The Gaming Industry in Perspective & the Coming Storm in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

As a gamer, there is nothing better to simply click on an icon - and the game loads. For me personally, between a game taking up to 1 minute to authenticate and a game that takes 5 seconds, I'll often choose the faster. For real horror stories with copy-protection, google 'Starforce problems' and 'pace interlock problems'. Pace Interlock is especially nice. It installs and *bypasses the OS* writing to a part of the hard disk. The problems caused by this are simply jaw-

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Reply to Piracy: The Gaming Industry in Perspective & the Coming Storm in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

What a great topic & thread. It has always been my arguement that CD copy protection doesn't work and it really, really sucks. How many of us know, that no matter how carefully we take care of our CD's, after a couple of years (several months even) there will be a time you put it in your drive and it won't validate - the result is you are left with an inacessible game. The truth is, at this point, we will do one of 2 things: download a No-CD crack, or buy a new cop

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Reply to Question Or Request - Earth & Solar System in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote]http://planetpixelemporium.com/earth.htmlIm not sure if that will help, but i found it very useful for fiddling and getting my earth to look just right. it has about, 15+ useful texture maps of all the planets in our solar system.[/quote] This does help very much - thank you greatly for this! -Seven

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Reply to Pirates: What the frick? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Thanks for that Kryo - I'm all for pirates but perhaps in a later update there could be an option box for 'realistic' pirates which means destroy their base = no more pirates. Of course I can see the reason for a Pirate *base* to re-appear someplace - that makes sense and in my opinion would work better with this new option. It is just frustrating, that as a strategy gamer I cannot plan logically for dealing with pirates: e.g. Locate the base, deal a crippling blow etc. <b

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Reply to Pirates: What the frick? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I have the same problem. If it is indeed free-spawing pirates appearing, with no regards to game reality (i.e. pirates must have a base, logistical requirements etc.) then tactics, strategy and intelligent gameplay get thrown out of the window along with the reason to play. I really hope there is a valid reason for Pirates appearing like this, and a tactic to stopping them. I'd hate to stop enjoying this game...

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