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Reply to quick question please. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

You can only use CursorXP (the program that uses the cursor packs) on Windows 2000 or XP - it will not work on 98.

Reply to Game controls in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think it's stuck in 1024x768 . . . for now.

Reply to Windows blinds help please in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Check that you've installed the WB3 Fastload patch at http://www.windowblinds.net/default.asp?page=download

Reply to Game controls in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

/me wanted zoom (would require different zoom levels, of course)

Reply to Is there a way to search this forum? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I still haven't quite figured out why we're not using a private newsgroup. After all, everyone was collected *from* the newsgroups, it uses threading, and even OE has search capabilities . . .

Reply to Ships getting misaligned in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Could be useful for testing routing algorithms, too.

Reply to win every time in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yeah, a lot of us are relative newbies. I've never *used* OS/2, let alone the game, so I don't know anything about, say, "Detail dialogs". ;-)

Reply to My problems with WinStyles (long) in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

My experience of that is them coming, and looking and saying "hey, cool", and then going away.

Reply to windowblinds in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Also, if you're having trouble with skins not loading on boot, check out the WB3 Fastload fix at http://www.windowblinds.net/default.asp?page=download

Reply to I can see a change that will have to be made already in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

*clicks button until it starts working*

Reply to comments on first day playing in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

>Yes, the random button does work. It doesn't move >anything because then you'd know what its value was. OK, but it then looks like it's done nothing. ;-) Perhaps it could remain highlighted, and disable the trackbar?

Reply to please keep the simple exit option in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Won't Alt-F4 work forever, then?

Reply to Windows XP Bootup Screen in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Stardock already has LogonStudio for the welcome screen (check out the Logons section). I've heard on the newsgroups that the boot screen is being worked on, but no solid date or anything yet.

Board improvements in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Can we have the subject in the header of each message, when you open it (like WC)? I open lots at a time to catch up and review offline, but then end up getting lost. Oh, and my name doesn't fit on the screen at the top right in 800x600. ;-)

Reply to Still No ESC menu/options in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Do you have a sysoptions.mtd file in your galciv\gfx subdirectory?

Reply to WindowBlinds 3.15 preview in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

As I understand it, IE paints it's own scrollbars (which is why WB couldn't skin it in the first place). Now, IE only has to worry about theming on XP. There, too, IE paints it's own scrollbars, but it does it by finding out what the scrollbars look like on it's own. Since it only does this on XP, though, WB can only skin it on XP.

Reply to New Game crash in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Confirmed. Are we meant to be able to get to the main menu to save the game (when you have a save, obviously)? If so, maybe GC should just hide the start option.

Reply to Bugs that have been posted - please read! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

lol, FJ

The first hour in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

First off, not having a way to embed partial screenshots in this forum reduces it's efficiency. There are bound to be many issues that are more effectively shown by a picture. Please can we have somewhere to upload pictures, and maybe put them inline to the reports? Either that or we could just use the newsgroups . . . Anyway, on to the game. First impressions? Pretty good for 0.00.002 alpha! ;-) There is "clicked" feedback on the entry screen even when you've clicked somewhere

Reply to Alpha 1 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

45% chance of actually starting the game without it causing irreperable harm? I like those odds . . .

Reply to Is this the old days, or does every one not liek bright colours!!!??? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Alas, most people don't like them. Since most people include most skinners, most skins are non-bright. For those few skinners who *do* like it, they have to fight against the urge to create non-bright skins because more people will download them. Do bear in mind that good skins will often be colourizable - you can change the predominant colour to be whatever your want (*if* you have a registered version of WindowBlinds). Even skins that don't officially support this may be forced to via

Reply to WinME vs. WinXP in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

It *is* "whoopie" when you find you don't have to worry about IE crashing and you losing an hour of work. I feel safe in Windows XP (and, before it, 2k), like I never have in 98, and that means a lot to me.

Reply to JPG to BMP compression ? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

You can't. BMP is a non-compressed format (ignoring RLE compression, which is only for indexed bitmaps anyway). You can reduce the space used by reducing the amount of colours used (and then you *can* save as a compressed BMP), but for most wallpapers that's not practical - they simply use too many colours, and require smooth gradients.

Reply to WinCustomize "Caste" System? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

ROFL Yes. Yes, it was . . . *chuckle*

Reply to sound files included with WB skins in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Keep 'em short and sweet, but do include them - they can be a nice addition, and if people don't like them, they can just turn them off.