Yeah I've lost a couple of times. Usually I've got my taxes set too high - I lower them a week before the election, then raise them back up - and I get voted out. Very annoying...
The ships have to be exactly the same. If you have 1 ship of destroyer type A, 3 of B, and 2 of C, where they're all the same except for a weapon - clicking on the upgrade all button for type A will only upgrade type A.
Hate to tell you this buddy, but if you're still running a beta you don't have the latest version. You should update - the AI is lots better in the more recent versions.
Update both your video and sound drivers, although I'm note sure that that card is even capable of running this game.
Oh, whatever happened to the Rate Post button... Are the saves you are trying to load from 1.2? If not, that could be the reason - loading different saves in different versions can cause weird things to happen.
It's almost as if there's a flag somewhere in the code that's not being reset. Since we have no way of telling if they're trying to orbit the planet they could be constantly trying, then failing and waiting for the next turn. And since the planet still doesn't have any of their ships in orbit, they send more... I see this a lot, its very annoying.
Try http://img347.imageshack.us/my.php?image=titlebackwu2.png If this violates any rules can a mod please remove the link? Thanks.
This is a very good idea, but perhaps only for military starbases. Or maybe military bases get it by default, and the other two (or more for the asteroid bases) types require an upgrade to get this to work? However it is done, I think it would really help.
I think he should do the opposite. Anyone unwilling to try fixing something, especially software, before whining (sp?) and quitting isn't worth the money that SD would have to spend on support. Same thing for the friends probably.
You lowered your resolution to 1600x1200? What was it before?!
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I've never been a fan of fantasy; if I want Orks I'll play Warhammer40K. I prefer RTS type games, but I'd settle for a RPG as long as it's not MMO. Multiplayer is fine, but it _must_ have a signifigant single player mode as well - like Freelancer, but with a proper working economy.
If you want to play any games, any at all, aside from GCII stay away from Intel graphics! What kind of games are you planning on playing? Just GCII? Or are you planning on trying more demanding games like UT2007?
I like the idea, but I don't know that it's possible. You are, of course, welcome to try!
I've always been surprised at what can be made to run under the various emulators/APIs (Wine is not an emulator). If people can get Splinter Cell 3, with StarForce running with Wine, I think GCII should work too Of course, I don't know what the activation process looks at so there's no way to tell. I'd try it for you, but I'm a little busy this week. @Cari: My games are on a drive
Try looking at the Wine or Cedega games lists. Also, you could try VMWare... Looks like Cedega does support it, but it might not run well. Hmm... and I can't find the games lists for Wine. Best bet would be to try the free things first (Wine then VMWare) and if those don't work try Cedega.
One could argue that having the game on CD prevents you from losing everything should StarDock close up shop and disappear but, to be honest, you wouldn't be losing much And it's not like SD is going to go out of business any time soon. Either way is fine, it just depends on wether or not you want a CD.
Might also have something to do with the old version of the game. You really should update to 1.2
By not linking to your desktop Matt... Post the images on a filehosting service and link to that.
He's looking for a way to destory a world - without troopships. That's not possible as of now, but I think it's planned for the expansion. Sorry.
There's no tool that I know of, and opening the file in Notepad doesn't yield anything usable either. You might try opening it in a hex editor, but there's no guarantee.
$GalCiv2/data/$language/RaceConfig.xml Don't edit it in place if you play in the Multiverse tho, it will flag your games as cheating. Best bet is to copy the file(s) you've changed into a mod folder in the mods directory. See here: https://www.galciv2.com/mods/gc2modsdoc.htm
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My god, do any of you whiners check the wiki site?! To enable this kind of thing you need to enable cheats and then hit ctl+shift+z Go here: https://www.galciv.wikia.com/wiki/Hot_Seat_Game
That's weird, and too bad. Oh well, we'll just have to hope they notice...
Isn't there a button to break alliances where the trade embargo button is for the minor races?
I've just been trying to up the max number of ability points a race has but I can't seem to get it to go over 10. The line [code]CustomizationPoints 13 CustomizationPoints[/code] only give the race 10 points as far as I can tell. Is this something other people have tried? Has anyone had any success with this?