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Reply to Best Epic Fantasy? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Tolkien is the prototype of epic fantasy and stands the test of time. C.S. Lewis' Narnia series is also a great epic story. I enjoyed Stephen R. Donaldson's Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever trilogies. Definitely epic in scope, but also definitely a difficult read. And as someone else mentioned, Covenant is sort of an anti-hero, which makes it interesting and different. I don't believe anyone else has mentioned Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series.&n

Reply to ToA Trade problem in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

OK, I understand about the Current Turn numbers being negative. I do wonder about the trade value now. Why does it not increase with distance? Is this something Stardock intended to do on purpose? Hopefully someone can answer this. Has anyone noticed if trade value is still increased by trade modules on starbases? I haven't noticed yet. I'll have to look more closely at this. I remember seeing a trade ship come in close to my homeworld and through space that should have been mo

Reply to ToA Trade problem in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Anybody else seeing this issue with Trade? Anyone from Stardock have any ideas? This isn't supposed to be how Trade is now, is it? I completely uninstalled GC II and all expansion packs, then reinstalled everything. Same "problem". I am running Vista SP1.

Reply to SDC in a continuous loop? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I installed GalCiv II from my CD. After that, I was successfully able to update to 1.5, and then install all the other modules, DA, and ToA from SDC. I was just unable to install the base GC II. Weird. Anyway, this episode highlights my distrust of distributing software this way. I still prefer good old fashioned optical disks.

Reply to SDC in a continuous loop? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Please don't disregard, it is doing this to me as well. I have closed SDC and restarted multiple times, and even reinstalled SDC. Every time it gets to 100% it starts over. I had uninstalled all GalCiv II components in order to start fresh, so I am trying to install the base GalCiv II right now. I am dead in the water...

ToA Trade problem in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Just started a game of ToA, installed from Stardock. Trade seems to be messed up. All my routes say for Current Turn: something like -24/0 or -13/0, etc, and Current Value and Max Value for all routes is 5. Anyone else seeing this?

Reply to good-neutral-evil, tech choices? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The free starbase upgrades for Evil can be a very powerful thing if you can crank out Constructors, especially to produce Military starbases. However, I don't see why an Evil race should get free Culture modules. Military and Economy Yes, Culture No. If you are Evil why would you go for a Cultural Victory? Maybe give Good and/or Neutral races free Culture modules for balance?

Reply to PQ Problem in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I have been experiencing this PQ reset problem more and more lately. I never really noticed it in earlier versions of the game. If what Nspace says is true then this is a rather large problem. Very frustrsating to be playing a Huge map and have my PQ reset a few days into the game. Can someone from Stardock post a clarification on what is really going on here? And possibly an ETA for the fix (wishful thinking maybe)?

Can't research The Better Way and can't build Trade Center? in Strategies Stardock Forums

I don't always The Better Way in the list of techs to research. Do I need a particular alignment in order to research it? I am supposed to see The Better Way after Interstellar Capitalism, and by this point I am usually Pure Good, but sometimes I am not able to research it and therefore cannot build Trade Centers.

Reply to Alien race portraits corrupted in AP in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thanks for the reply CariElf! I reinstalled AP to the directory I wanted and now the graphics look right. Go figure...

Alien race portraits corrupted in AP in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

In AP, on some of the screens that show a portrait of the alien races, such as the race selection screen to start a game, and the United Planets screen, some of the portrait pictures are corrupted. I am at work right now, otherwise I would include a screenshot. Has anyone else seen this? I had GC completely up to date, then downloaded AP from SDC. Also, is there a way to force SDC to install AP to a directory I specify, rather than having it automatically installed to C:\Program File

Reply to Surrender in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The last few times I have seen someone surrender, they have all surrendered to the LEAST powerful race still in the game, regardless of their morality. I don't know if this is all random or not, but it seems strange to me that the Altarians (Pure Good), my Ally at the time, would surrender to the Yor (chaotic evil), which only had one system, instead of me or another "Good" race. Stardock, perhaps something to look into in a future release? Maybe make it so Good races surrender only to other

How to downgrade to 1.13? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I installed 1.20 but it messed up my 1.13 savegame. I'd like to complete this game. I didn't notice the "Backup" option in Stardock Central until just now. How do I get back to 1.13? As of Sunday night, the Downloads page had what appears to be the Bonus Pack, version 1.10. Is there any way to get to 1.13?