Doktor Teufel

[quote who="CraigHB" reply="7" id="2444443"]And yea, there's *a lot* of spelling and grammer errors.[/quote] I'm hoping you did this on purpose. [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]

Well, if you just want the backstory quick 'n' dirty, you can go to GalCivII -> Data -> English -> Campaign and use an XML application to read it. You can also use an XML editor to correct most errors in the game text, if you're a grammar Nazi like myself and care about such things.

I've never done any of the campaigns. I spend all of my time in GalCivII designing ships and playing in sandbox mode; personally, I consider sandbox mode to be the game's "primary" mode. I assume that the campaign offers backstory and a narrative series of events, with gameplay parameters limited to what fits the story at hand. If that sounds appealing to you, you should probably try.

That all sounds reasonable enough, but when planning the logistics for anything in life, one should generally take the most prevalent scenario into account. Your average gamer won't realize that the game they're selling can't be updated without the original registration details, because the vast majority of games don't require that; it's outside of the norm. Of course, your average gamer doesn't read EULAs to begin with, which I'm sure falls into the "then that's their fault" category

Ah, I figured out what I needed to do thanks to the wording you used, kryo. I just had to set 1400 x 1050 as a custom resolution in the NVidia Control Panel, and now it works. I had done that before, but I updated my GPU drivers the other day, and the settings must have reset to default.

So the back of the retail box actually states that you shouldn't purchase the game used? Or that the game can only be registered once, after which it becomes worthless in the aftermarket? I find that hard to believe, mainly because most EULAs are ridiculously long... but I've never had the physical box in hand, so perhaps it's the case. Yes, I read EULAs. However, retailers don't examine the fine print on the packaging of all of their products, and no one really expects them to. Consu

[quote who="Moosetek13" reply="1" id="2440806"]It could be that your video card/driver simply can not do that res. If that is the case, then simply go with what works best.[/quote] It's not the case, I can run many other games in 1400 x 1050. [quote]If the worst worry is that a few videos or menus get stretched out, what is the big f deal?[/quote] Uh... no need to get all over-excited about it. I want to run the game in a certain resolution, and for some

I've been running GCII et al in 1680 x 1050 for a while, but movies and certain static menu elements tend to get stretched out. I wanted to bump it down to 1400 x 1050, which is a 4:3 resolution and runs centered on my monitor with black bars on the side (in other games, that is). 1400 x 1050 isn't on the default resolution list, for some reason. And when I set the Custom Resolution option in-game and then change the resolution in prefs.ini to 1400 x 1050, the game hangs on startup. A

Personally, I think it's outrageous that Stardock screws over used game buyers with this updates-require-registration deal. Many games can only be registered once — that's normal — but very few restrict updates and patches to the previous owner only, except for MMORPGs and the like. And there's no warning, either to the consumer or the retailer, that used copies cannot receive official updates and patches (until the disc is actually in the drive, that is). While Stardock c