Shady_Guy

Reply to Expanded too fast. Maintenance cost > Tax revenue in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I've been in this position and just started over. But I suppose you could take a look at your colony list and destroy your low quality planet colonies or the ones with the worst income/cost rate.

Reply to No middle mouse button - any workarounds ? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Is there a way to re-map mouse or keyboard functions ? Yes, in windows control panel select mouse settings. The middle button for a lot of mice is set to "scroll button" by default. You should be able to change it into "middle button".

Reply to music options for those seeking different songs while playing in Game Talk Stardock Forums

Hehe, I like the music in GalCv II just fine, but I've gotten some weird looks from my parents when they asked what the hell I was listening to. My mom called the Drengin theme grave music.

Reply to Gaah! in Game Talk Stardock Forums

That's why there is a calkwalk difficulty level. I used that for testing out various things. Then once I understood the mechanics I dove into a normal difficulty game. It's been great, I'm #1 and everyone thinks I am a god. The thing is that I wasn't doing bad at all. I've won two games on normal in

Reply to political borders in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

I played a game on normal and i had just made peace with the Altarians. But since i had some invasion plans I still had a bunch of ships hanging near one of their planets. Suddenly the diplomacy screen pops up and the Altarians ask me if I would kindly move my ships from his borders cause he felt threatened. I snickered at that and then complied. It would be nice if you could ask them the same as well.

Gaah! in Game Talk Stardock Forums

I've been playing this wonderful game a while now, basically learning it while playing. But a post I just read on this messageboard opened my eyes to something I've stupidly overlooked. I had no idea that you could build starbases anywhere you liked. So far in all my games I've only built starbases on resources and I was already wondering why I couldn't apply all of those nifty modules that opened up by researching new tech (save for mining and attack/