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Reply to Twilight Feedback! Let us have it! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

First, I want to publicly thank Travis in Tech support for helping me with my SDC issue. It was an on-going annoying problem, and he fixed it once and for all! Here are some minor issues: The first line of various screens is hard to read. On my computer it shows up as yellow text against a white background. This occures on the screens that pop up the first time you colonize a planet, investigate an anomoly, and the random events. The "volocano" random eve

Reply to Future politics, what do think it will be like when we can colinize other planets and fight space battles. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

IMO, the human race will have long destroyed itself (directly or indirectly) before travel between the stars (within a mortal lifetime)can be achieved.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire Demo Released in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Game spot requires me to sign up to get the file. I don't want to sign up. Is there any other place I can download the demo...Stardock Central maybe?

Reply to Post your TA suggestions here in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Last night, I tried to buy a mid-level missle tech from the Korath who had a high level missle techs. They wanted to charge me a fortune for it. I understand why a weapon tech would cost more than other techs..(no sense in giving away a tech your enemy could come back and crush you with), but I think the price should be relative to the tech level achieved by the seller. In other words, if I have the "black hole" missle tech, why should I be afraid of selling photonic torpedos

Reply to Graphics card question in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]I said "wait" for the demo -- its not out yet Supposed to be out within the month. [/quote] OK Thanks, B.

Reply to Graphics card question in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]That said, seriously, wait and try the demo. They've gone so far to making this thing scale it might actually run -- I would not be surprised, either way. [/quote] Where can I find the demo? When I sign onto Stardock central, I only see the full game and an option to buy it. Thanks, B.

Reply to Graphics card question in Technical Sins Forums

I kind of figured I was out of luck. I had no clue that a 5200 was "old". I installed it in my computer 10 months ago, specifically for the purpose of playing GC2 DA. (For which it works fine) I'm not going to upgrade at this time. In addion to the $40 for the game, I'm guessing I'd have to spend $100+ for the card. My "old" one was $70. I don't play computer games often enough to justify that kind of spending. Thanks for your help guys! B.

Graphics card question in Technical Sins Forums

Hi, I just saw Sins in Best Buy and was about to pick it up whern I noticed the minimum requirements for the graphics card. It said GEoforce 6600 3D with [B]128 MB[/B]. I have a GEOforce 5200 with [B]256MB[/B] (no 3D though) Do you think that's OK, or is the lack of "3D" a deal breaker? Thanks, B. OT: I really hope GalCiv2 TA doesn't have that same requirement... or I'm in trouble.

Ship Design - Doe you bother? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I confess. I don’t spend much time designing ships. I use the standard hulls, and put one maybe two "designer" components on the hull for identification purposes. I’ve tried to design really neat ships, but I always seem to have problems putting components where I want them. No matter how I twist and turn the hull, no matter how big or small I make the components, I just can’t make the ship that I want. I know it’s possible. I’ve seen many great ship designs out there. Perhaps

Reply to And now for something completely different ... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I typically play on a large galaxy with abundant stars and annomolies and occasional planets. I use all major races and all minors. I find that as long as I don't start at the center of the galaxy, it allowes more time to develope before the agressive races start picking fights.

Reply to Post your TA suggestions here in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I would like to see a personal scoreboard that keeps track of various statistics for each finished game (On the hard drive, for player review, not part of the Metaverse)

Reply to Post your TA suggestions here in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]If you research Starbase Fortification, you can fortificate starbases with weps, hulls, shields and so on, but a module that increase HP would be cool. [/quote] Yes, I know about SB Fortification, but the current modules available are useless in the mid and late game when ships have substantial firepower.

Reply to Post your TA suggestions here in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'd like to see a starbase module that adds hitpoints or an increase in the strength of the attack and defense modules available. Guarding a starbase with a fleet of ships should not be the only viable option for starbase defense.

Influence bug-minimap in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I was playing as the Yor. The Korx and the Korath were the only other remaining civs. The Korath were close to defeating the Korx when the Korx surrendered their remaining planets to me. However, the Korx's influenece remained on the minimap. Even after several turns. I also tried to fix the problem by closing the program down and reloading. But, it's still there. Is this a know issue? Now that TA is close to being released do you care? :)

Reply to advanced machines...... fall of man? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] So next time you rent a movie from a machine... think about what's really going on behind the "insert cash here" label. [/quote] That's just the way it is. There is nothing you can do, it's inevitable. Join us or be crushed. Sincerely, The Yor :)

Reply to Post your TA suggestions here in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'd like to see a "capture ship" ship module. Hopefully, this wouldn't be a big programming job. Somewhere down the tech tree, a module would become available that allows a ship to capture an enemy ship instead of destroying it. For game balance, the module should be large and expensive. Also, the captured ship would be reduce to 1 hit point and would have to be repaired at its normal rate. As a counter to this module, a "self destruct" module could be availa

Reply to Weapons in TA.. Completely Unique? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] And if each had a type that no one else could defend against, then what is the point of defenses anyway? That makes no sense and would make it a worse game. [/quote] Well it would just be another shift in priorities if you had to obtain the defense techs by another means other than research. I never suggested that a civ could never defend itself, just that it couldn't research its way to it. This would also have the effect of making spying more r

Reply to Weapons in TA.. Completely Unique? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] I was expecting each tech to be race specific. For example, the Yor could steal/get in trade farming from the Humans, but it would be of no use to them. It hasn't got that extreme yet. The Yor still use farming techs, their "charging stalks" provide morale and food. [B]The Yor still require energy to keep them going, but human farms techniques that produce apples and oranges are of no use to them...so a charging stalk would be unique to the

Reply to Plague cure - easy way to make money in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yep, even the evil ones. Each dead citizen could have been a potential soldier used in the evil races expansion plans.

Reply to Weapons in TA.. Completely Unique? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

And you are wrong in "dressing" too. The races will really have different weapons. All weapons have one of the three types (beam, missile, particle - it remains the same) Well, that's my point, if they all still fall under the same major weapon categories, then any beam defense can protect against any beam weapon. To be truely unique, there should be 9 different weapon types, that require a unique type of defense, otherwise it's just a name change with slightly different stats

Reply to Plague cure - easy way to make money in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

"let them rot" ...But you guys are just exploiting a bug/poor programming. Any reasonable race would research a cure ASAP if droves of their population were dropping dead in the streets. In TA, that bug will be fixed, so a new approach will have to be considered. I like the money option.

Reply to Weapons in TA.. Completely Unique? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Well wait a minute. so you're saying that all the "unique" techs are nothing more than window dressing? I was expecting each tech to be race specific. For example, the Yor could steal/get in trade farming from the Humans, but it would be of no use to them. Along that same line of reasoning, I was exepecting the weapons used by each race to be completely foreign to all other races, using a technology that did not necessarily "fit" into one of the 3 types of DA weapons.

Reply to Weapons in TA.. Completely Unique? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

But if you don't have any knowledge (the tech) for the weapon being used against you, you can't build a defense against it.

Reply to Plague cure - easy way to make money in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I understand that that "bug" has been fixed in TA. Now the AI considers it a "100" priority. Does anyone know the rate at which a population decreases if a cure isn't researched?

Reply to Favorite strategies! in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I grab as many planets as I can, then focus on infrastructure. I'll be as friendly as possible to anyone I meet, then once I think my military is sufficient, I'll go on the offensive.