stykman22

Reply to Pirates! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't seen any pirates since upgrading to v. 1.1, and yes, it is too bad (for them) they invest so heavily in beam weapons!

Pirates! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

When I first started playing Gal Civ II, I loathed the pirates because I was always overmatched in exceeding fashion. As I learned the game and began delving into creating my own ships, the matchups became more balanced. Eventually, I got to the point where I could create ships that would level any pirate fleet. Since upgrading to v. 1.1, I have not seen one pirate fleet. I had begun looking forward to meeting the pirates because it was a good way to test out my ship designs without going to

Not sure if this would be considered a bug or just an annoying quirk... in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

When advancing to the next level of espionage on a race, am I the only one who receives the progress report twice? I get a notice that I've achieved the next level of espionage. I click 'NEXT', the turn progresses, and then I get the achievement notice again. I guess it's not a big deal, but I just hate being told the same thing twice.

Minor Races Espionage in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I'm just wondering why I can't initiate espionage against minor races? Occasionally they have some good techs I'd like to steal, but I can't get espionage going against them. Am I missing something? I'm currently using one of the older betas, so maybe this has been addressed, but I didn't see a topic for it, and I thought it was strange, so here I am!

Reply to eliminate time-consuming micromanagement in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Isn't that what the civilization manager is supposed to do?

Reply to How do you get planets to flip to you? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

It doesn't hurt to be mining an influence resource, either. Last game I played, I had one influence resource, and the races were converting to me so quickly, it was almost embarrassing. Of course, I'm playing at a lower difficulty level right now, but it still seemed too easy that time. I've found it also helps to have a higher number of your own colonies. That seems to "supercharge" all your abilities (at least, it did for me).

Reply to automatic crash reporter? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'll try downloading the software again. Maybe I have an older version or something. I do have XP and WinZip, so who knows? Could be one of those "mystery" problems that somehow fix themselves.

Reply to automatic crash reporter? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I got that software, but it said that the zip program is missing, and I can't find where to download it on any of the Stardock sites. Any idea where I can get SDCZip?