Zydor

Zydor

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Reply to DEBT issue Bug or Game Mechanics? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Its hit the cap for that level of difficulty - so it shuts down lots of resource to claw back cash until the economy is back in balance - "balance" in this case is -2000bc. It probable that a close inspection of income bearing assets will show many if not all at zero, providing the means to rebalance the debt. Such drastic action also affects the stated income figure depending on how its chosen to forcefully rebalance everything and whats left, that has not been shut down, to show

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Reply to Power supply-Graphics Card compatibility in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

The whole thing is a risk judgement, ie how much anyone is prepared to take. With the system he is going for 800/850 is crazily high, way over the top. 650/700 is usual for good reason all based on max power useage with some to spare for future beastie upgrades. Can it run on lower - yup for sure, its just a case of how much the beastie is going to be used, whether it will ever hit max cpu useage, and the amount of risk anyone is prepared to take - and whichever way you cu

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Reply to Power supply-Graphics Card compatibility in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

I run a 9800GTX+ on a Phenom II 940, I have a 700W Enermax PSU from its original build 3 years ago (was a FX60 with twin 7800GTXs SLI), and its boarderline now that the case has a new motherboard, card and quad cpu. Does it run? Yes it does, but there are times when I hit a peak or attach lots of ancillaries like external hard disks, cameras, printers, headphones yaddie yadda - all the stuff we plug in these days without thinking, and it groans a bit

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Reply to Thank you to Stardock and the Impulse Team in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

The difference between Impulse and Steam: Stardock/Impulse focuses on customer Care therefore makes lots of cash. Steam focuses on making cash, bolts on customer service, and therefore fails on both. There is a huge difference between Customer Care and Customer Service . Because Stardock practice the former, the latter just happens as a natural by product. Steam has no idea what the concept of Customer Car

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Reply to Random quotes in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Your Life The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe its possible Rich Devos Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there Will Rogers Its Choice - not chance - that determines your destiny Jean Nidetch </

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Reply to What Do YOU want to see in Gal Civ 3??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

One of the Structural issues with the game is once an area is captured/dominated, little happens - its very linear, all the "action " is up front. GalCiv 3 needs a new "big idea" conceptually to differentiate itself from previous versions to be saleable - incremental change of existing concepts is unlikely to be enough from a commercial viewpoint. The Events developments do attempt to fill the void that exists after taking an area/zone, and stop (to a degree) players leav

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Any Chinese Speaking Members on tonight? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

If there are any Chinese speaking forum members on tonight, would be most grateful for an assist on another forum. An individual has a problem getting going on his PC, we know whats wrong, but he doesnt speak English. If would be great if someone could help us get across to ths guy what he needs to do. Its the SETI Project. If there is anyone who could post a suitable reply translating from the english written solution grateful you have a look here: <a href="http://s

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Reply to My game is slowing to a crawl.... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Great stuff - well done :) Keep your eye on Graphics Drivers - the GalCiv devs will automatically use any improvements in the Drivers as it gives us an ever improving game. If the driver you have loaded does not know about a particular routine they are using, it defaults to a slooooow routine to keep you going else you would in all likelyhood crash. It will be why the other games worked and GalCiv didnt - our Devs were using the latest uptodate facilities t

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Reply to My game is slowing to a crawl.... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Other ideas - more to trigger thought than definitive probables .... - Sound Card, often a culprit of the wacky faults, check driver updates - Registry. Is it cleaned out? Use a Registry cleaner to check it - Uniblue do a good one, it doesnt cost much. Initial enthusiasm inherent in a new build means lots of loads and installs - registry can sometimes groan a bit under the weight of all the new stuff/deletions/poor software programming leaving bit

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Reply to My game is slowing to a crawl.... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Worth checking your Video drivers and motherboard drivers/chipset are bang up to date - GalCiv devs will grab each new facility/improvement in updated drivers and use them where they can, and if yours are a couple or more issues behind - I once got caught after a game update being only one driver issue behind the curve - then the game will default to a less efficient use of the graphics drivers in order to keep you going. Given that Stardock issue so many updates and improvements, and m

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Reply to Stunning Photos Showing the True Meaning of November 4 in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

I kept quiet on this one, as its not my election, I dont live there. Several things about the photos/comments struck me though. They were not "staged" in a sinister sense. The last was staged for sure, but its a natural follow on from the incident, and natural for the photographer to take advantage of what happened. The photographer, so it turned out after a lot of digging to find out who he was by a lot of people, was just a memebr of the crowd - not a mac

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Stunning Photos Showing the True Meaning of November 4 in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

These photos really got to me, they are a perfect series of spontaineous shots taken on Election Night at the Park. They show in an incredibly powerful way what has been achieved. They are starting to go viral on the Web. Phenominal photos. Click external link above to view them. Regards Zy

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Reply to Do you hate me? in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

nope - and if you've just had a run in with someone, dont worry about it, thats life "on the boards". The Sun always rises in the morning no matter how gloomy it seems during the night. Regards Zy

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Reply to The China Post in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

A report from Western media (reference support from the Chinese people) for once reporting the good in China not just the bad: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26374964/

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Reply to The China Post in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

The IOC President said all very clearly in his closing speech " A truly exceptional Games" <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:

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Reply to The China Post in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]A voice in the back of my head tells me that the U.S. should invade China just to end all this...Nevertheless, I am already seeing a well written argument from Mightgoobi, lol.[/quote] After the former, I doubt the latter will be a problem. <span style="font-size: small; color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,he

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403 Errors on GC2 Site in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I started getting 403 errors about 2 hrs ago, still there when using the menu picks of recent posts on the Home page list - anyone else getting that? Access appears ok when going in from the "Forum" side of life. Regards Zy

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