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Hi Mumble, been busy, but have some free time lately. Doin well. Good to see ya!
I do the same thing as Mumble does. One thing I love about this game is how easy it is to customize. The ability to move files in and out without concern is a great advantage.
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Spin Control Center, the most important structure in the game, at least for me. I'm so down the dark path of diplomacy, never to return.
Welcome, glad you like it.
Games would be one of the things I would not run on a secure rig. Based on my experience, games cause hard crashes drastically more than anything else. On rare occasions, I've had such a crash result in data corruption. Games are definitely not secure in that sense.
You're welcome. Sounds like you got it working. Personally, for situations such as yours, I use a multi-boot configuration.
You're in a somewhat unique situation in that you are trying to run a Stardock game on a computer that has no internet connectivity at all. That's pretty much something taken for granted these days. Somone at Stardock might be able to help you, but I wouldn't expect much. Try emailing support@stardock.com Best of luck and let us know if you find a way to do it.
Okay, here's the deal. I've done this myself and it works. For GalCiv II, you can just transfer the whole directory structure over to the other computer and the game will run. There are some registry entries that need to be imported as well, ( \\HKLM\Software\Stardock ). However, there is a file called sig.bin that contains the authorization for the game to run. The only way to recreate this file is
Mass Effect would be my vote. Excellent game. It will give you tons of play time, especially if you haven't played the first one yet.
I've never had a problem using Impulse and its games on more than one computer. Couldn't you just temporarily connect the other computer? That way you can run Impulse and install whatever you want on that particular machine. Once the game is downloaded and installed, you no longer need to be connected or even run Impulse.
I've been playing this game off and on since DL was first released. Still enjoying it when I have time to play it. I've always felt some of the races behave strangely in TA versus DL and DA. For example, I've seen the Thalans colonize like crazy with 1 colonist on many of their planets. Or, some races just sit there and do nothing. At first, as an experiment I, did a mod that reworked a couple of the tech trees to make them more DA like. It had
The requirement for Steam to run as a front-end for all of the games it manages is not acceptable to me. Early versions of Steam wouldn't even run without internet access. They've since corrected that, but it soured me on Steam the first time I used it. I haven't tried the latest version, but I have yet to accept any of its previous iterations. Granted that Impulse is not as big and does not have the selection of games, but they're adding new ones
[quote]Gaming/personal computing drivers from nvidia had the problems. Other applications nvidia is 5 years ahead of ati.[/quote] Ummm, isn't that what we were talking about. Personally, I don't care much about nVidia's other offerings since I'm only using their GPU right now. I don't see myself going with one of their chipsets again I never got very good performance out of the last set I used, but that was quite a while ago. I have no experience with
Yea, that rebranding is just a cheasy maketing ploy to create an illusion of product advancement that doesn't really exist, so lame. My GTS 250 is really just a 8800 GTS with a smaller die and a faster core/memory clock. It's exactly the same card as a 9800 GT. If you don't count the 260 series as a mid-range card, they haven't made a real step forward in that venue for several years. Then there were the driver sna
[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="43" id="2565638"]What country are you in? The standard ring main here is 32 amps with a maximum of 7200W. As my cooker and shower are on seperate spurs, I can safely turn on everything else in the house (should I wish to do so...). [/quote] That would be the US. Circuit breakers for household outlets are generally 15 amps (~1500W) and that's what household wiring is rated for. A single breaker is usually shared between se
I'm using a GTS 250, a mid-range nVidia card which is about the same size as the card in the OP. Why is it that nVidia cards are so much bigger than ATI cards? Anyway, it seems to do the job nicely at 1680x1050. I can see how a high power card like the 5870 might be more applicable when you get into the 2 and 3 monitor displays.
Yea, caught the latest episodes. It's great. Look forward to seeing more new ones. [quote]I love ImpulseTV. At least until my wife saw the Kitten Sanctuary one. That cost me money.[/quote]My wife *loves* Kitten Sanctuary. She also likes Fishdom a lot. Though I don't understand why Fishdom cost twice as much, Kitten Sanctuary has more features.
I haven't yet been able to get an overclocked system truly stable. I've corrupted a few Windows installations in the process. I just pay for the higher rating anymore. I don't think overclocking shortens hardware life as long as components are kept cool enough. I've never had a CPU burn out, but I once had a video card burn out and it wasn't even overclocked.
To me, the big advantage of a console is the ease of use. Operating problems with PC games can be a real headache sometimes. You never really know if a game is going to work well on your PC until you've already bought it. It's a non-issue for consoles. However, I'll never buy a console. Playing games on the TV doesn't work for me. I suppose I could run a console side-by-side next to the computer, but that's a hassle considering I can play mos
As far as PC hardware requirements, I had a pleasant surprise recently. I run a GTS 250 card myself which is good mid-range card and smoothly powers through every game I've thrown at it. My wife's compter has a low-end card, a fairly new 9500 GT. I'm trying to broaden my wife's gaming horizons with some adventure games. She's been strictly a traditional puzzle gamer forever. Puzzle games typically have very low hardware requirements so sh
I think publishers are pretty much taking internet connectivity for granted these days. It is a major inconvenience for people who don't have access to high speed internet, but really, how much of the consumer base are we talking about? Probably not enough for publishers to be concerned with. I believe the paradigm shift from physical media to digital distribution is the main stimulus for the move to online DRM. When games were primarily sold on physic
Excellent, yea, that's exactly what I was looking for. I haven't played one in quite a long time so I forgot there was a whole genre for those. Anyway, I went for Myst V. The game is a few years old, circa 2006, but it works great on my wife's computer because it doesn't have a real high power video card. Of course, her card is probably more powerful than a top-of-the-line card was in 2006. I might even play the game m
So I'm trying to find more PC games for my wife. She doesn't like anything that invovles combat so it makes it hard to find games she'll like. Can anyone recommend any non-combat RPG games? A long time ago I played a couple like that, but I don't know if there's any around anymore. Thanks.
I've never played a fantasy RPG, in fact, Mass Effect 1 & 2 are the first games I've played that even carry an RPG label. To me, the game is simply a 3rd person shooter with a lot of dialog and story in front of it. Right up my alley. The biotics just seem like more weapons. You fire one, a ball of something goes flying, it hits a target and goes boom. That's simply a weapon in my book,
[quote]I keep a pair of threads running in the Off-topic forum. Feel free to stop by and say hi but beware, I'm a pretty radical liberal and some folks seem to have difficulty with that.[/quote] Hehe, I knew there was a reason why I always find your posts so interesting. BTW, I'm also an electrical engineer, embedded stuff.