Bill Ko

Reply to Wow never knew how bad you can go till now in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

This day and age you think with are new game for PC it would have some kind of power behind it ? Now that's just a plain ignorant remark, because this game stresses the video card so much that if you've overclocked your card, it will probably overheat, leading to the crashes that you've mentioned in your original post. The patch and the betas address this by adding an option to throttle back the video card so it won't get so stressed out. I experienced crashes all the time th

Reply to Results: Where did you hear about GalCiv II from? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Dang it. Double post.

Reply to Results: Where did you hear about GalCiv II from? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Believe it or not, my first experience with GalCiv was a *pirated* version of the old OS/2 GalCiv I. I got it from a friend who said that I had to play this, and I wouldn't put it down once I did. He was right. I liked it so much that I immediately went out and BOUGHT the game. I figured that these guys deserved my money for the quality game they put out on a shoestring budget. Bill

Reply to Valve believes Steam is one-of-a-kind (sorry Stardock Central) in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

All Steam does is get me all steamed up. Every time it wants to update, it locks up my computer. Bill

did anyone fix the "Privateer" wonder (if, indeed, it ever needed fixing?) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It doesn't seem to work as advertized. It doesn't seem to be protecting my freighters any. I've also seen related posts saying that it protects other civ's freighters when *they* build it, so it must be a bug... Bill

Reply to Terror Star in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

In the original GalCiv v 2.0 - on the OS/2 platform, BTW - the terror stars were scary indeed. One of the civilizations would get Terror Stars and you'd know it because suddenly you'd hear something that sounded a lot like a Star Trek phasor beam followed by a message about colonies being DESTROYED and not conquered or attacked.

Reply to what does the "privateer" wonder do? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

*bump* Is the privateer wonder working now? Or maybe it wasn't broken in the first place (in which case, I'd like an explanation as to what exactly it does. because it doesn't seem to do what it says it's supposed to do). Bill

Reply to Don't Use CTRL+N when playing a metaverse game in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

The only + bug that I can see is if you load a game and then do it, it gives you a default new game, instead of a game with the same setrtings as your loaded game. I suppose you have to START a new game before you can + . (Starting a new game under said conditions *will* work if you manually do "new game" from the menu.) Bill

Reply to Starbase effect radius... any way to increase it? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks, people! Bill

what does the "privateer" wonder do? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It doesn't seem to protect my trade routes like it said it would. Bill

Starbase effect radius... any way to increase it? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks! Bill

Reply to do the bonus tiles affect super projects, achievements, wonders and the like? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Thanks, guys! (It would be unfair to have a 700% bonus applied to your Restaurant of Eternity, wouldn't it?) Bill

do the bonus tiles affect super projects, achievements, wonders and the like? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Let's say I build a technolical capitol on a tile that gives me a research bonus. Does the bonus apply to that? How about if I build a restaurant of eternity on a tile that gives me an influence bonus? Thanks, Bill

Reply to GC2 not remembering music volume in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I'm not sure what this means, but here is what I see happening... Volume starts out as maximum until you go to the planet detail screen. After that it is okay. Bill