Tom_L

Tom_L

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Reply to SPORE in PC Gaming Sins Forums

I'm very disappointed to read about the DRM scheme that Spore will use. I was looking forward to buying it, but I'll have to pass if that's what they're planning to do. I don't play any Valve games any more because I refuse to install that Steam abomination; I didn't buy Bioshock because of the DRM, so I guess I can live without Spore as well. It's a shame though. Keep up the good work Stardock; I will continue to buy everything you release because you don't treat me like a cri

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Reply to Ok, where does the bonuspack go? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I bought the "normal" edition from Amazon, not realizing that the downloadable version on SDC was the collector's edition, or I would have realized why the SDC version was more money, and paid the extra. Is there any way to pay the extra now, and upgrade to the collector's edition? I.e., do you want some more money? :LOL:

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Reply to Font sizes and 1920 x 1080 in Technical Sins Forums

Does anyone know what needs to be altered for this mod to work with 1.03? Since the patch, it doesn't work right--getting something like "String not found" on some screens. I really miss my "Trebuchet" font...

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Reply to Things I don't understand in Game Talk Stardock Forums

NO MATTER WHAT COMBINATION OF CRAFT I FORM TO TRY AND MAKE A FLEET, I KEEP GETING A MESSAGE THAT I MAST HAVE 2 VALID SHIPS, COULD SOMEONE PLEASE ADVISE ME After clicking on the square that has all the ships you want to form into a fleet, you have to select each ship by clicking on its icon in th

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Reply to Would love to mod but... in Modding Stardock Forums

I've just started messing with Blender, and I'm having the same issue. Also, Blender will export .X files, but it won't import them. Unless there's a way around that??

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Reply to Freighters?? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

But the trade screen says I'm making "309bc" per turn in trading...? So what should I do when freighters are destroyed, kill ALL my trade routes, replace the destroyed freighters and then send them all back out again? That seems...cumbersome.

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Reply to Freighters?? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I also have a freighter question; hope it's ok for me to tack it onto this thread... In my last game, I had the max number of trade routes going, which was 11. I got these by building 11 freighters, and sending them to different planets. Then some pirate ships came by, and destroyed about 4-5 of my freighters. But when I looked at all my trade routes, all 11 were still there, and my trade income didn't look any le

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Reply to Sample Ship models and Textures in Modding Stardock Forums

And speaking of ease and accesibility for dedicated modelling, Silo 3d is not free, but its cheap, and very excellent. Its very rare youll see me do the bulk of any modelling in a high end animation package anymore. Silo is my first choice for most utility work: again though, the rub comes down to the direct x export. </TA

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WindowBlinds and Windows Vista? in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

I just wanted to know if there was any information available as to whether or not WindowBlinds 5 will work under Windows Vista when it comes out? I realize Vista is not out yet, but I was wondering if you had any information or have been able to do any pre-release compatibility testing? I'm thinking of buying WB5, and am hoping it will still work under the new O/S. Thanks in advance!

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Reply to Forum Help in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Nor is the search feature working, when I try to search on some of the words I just posted, like "$3,500" or "3D Studio Max", I get no results. But I can navigate to the thread and the post, and there are those words. OK now I'm really heading out to play the game some more...

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Reply to Forum Help in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Well, okay, THIS one showed up, but a post I just added to in the Modding forum under "Sample Ship Mods" isn't appearing. Seems like only threads I start are showing up under "My Posts". Oh well, I'm confused. I guess I should go play GalCiv II some more...

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Forum Help in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'm obviously not understanding how these forums work. I make a post and submit it, and I can see the post at the end of the thread. Then I scroll up and click on "My Posts", which I'm thinking will show all my posts so I can see if anyone's added anything, and nothing. I see only two posts, and nothing else. I'll try it again with this post, and see if I can see it. LOL be right back.

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Reply to Sample Ship models and Textures in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

3D Studio Max is a $3,500 program. Maya costs even more. I'd love to fiddle around with adding new models to the game, but I'm not going to spend over three grand for the software. Are there any other options for someone who just wants to mess around, not sell their mods for a million dollars?

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Reply to Civ 2 Game Piracy in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It is nice not to be treated like a criminal; thanks Stardock! My laptop has an issue with "Safedisc"--no game with this protection will run at all. So I'm forced to download no-CD cracks to be able to run my legally purchased games.

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Reply to Mouse scrolling/rotating "sticks" in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'd suggest running the game at the same resolution as your desktop. This way, you get benefits from both a full screen size and running in a window. I tested that, and running at the resolution of my display is just like full screen (no window titles or boundaries), except that you can't minimize the game at all to get access to your desktop. Running the game in full-screen mode at least minimizes it when you hit the "Windows" key. Anyhow, the ma

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