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Reply to Really hate the limited nexus augs - what about custom civs? in GalCiv IV Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

Awesome! I am hoping this Summer for us to go through all the existing expansions and DLCs and do a full balance pass across all of them.

Ashes of the Singularity 3.3 in Ashes of the Singularity Stardock Forums

Just a quick head's up that we have Ashes of the Singularity 3.3 now in QA. We'll have more news on it shortly but it's a pretty massive balance update.

Reply to AI Skinning? in OS Customization Stardock Forums

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AI Skinning? in OS Customization Stardock Forums

This UI was made by AI. So was this: We are not quite at the point where AI can make the actual WindowBlinds skins themselves. Certainly not in real time. But I think we are getting close to where skinners will be able to make skins much more easily. <

Star Control update 2025 in Star Control Stardock Forums

We have been working on a balance, performance and localization update for Star Control: Origins. Expect it out in May as a FYI.

Reply to LightStar Design - March 2025 Releases in OS Customization Stardock Forums

I like this but in general, I prefer my title bar buttons to be more square so that they're easy to click on.

Tariff and World Trade talk in Life, the Universe and Everything Stardock Forums

We don't generally allow politics on the forums. With the obvious exception of The Political Machine. The Political Machine - The Power of the Presidency Can Be Yours! Forums But the world trade situation is probably something worth discussing provided people can avoid assuming "the other" are stupid or evil or greedy or whatever. Now, I'm a child of Michigan USA. Detroit area. That means car

Obviously...the forums are in a bad place in Forum Issues Stardock Forums

Today we were finally able to get most of the forums back from the dead. 2 weeks ago we didn't think we would be able to bring them up. And to be honest, we probably will never get everything back. Fun fact: These are (one of) the oldest continuously running forums on the Internet. When we wrote the forums, back in the late 1990s, we had to do everything from scratch. We built these to replace Usenet. So a few things: If you're forum

Dealing with slow VMs in Windows 11 in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

I recently got back into Virtual Machines and found the performance terrible on Windows 11. I couldn't figure out why. There was noticeable input lag and even moving windows around was sluggish. I looked on Reddit and elsewhere and got advice about installing tools or configuring the VM differently but eventually just had a feeling that it had something to do with security on Windows. So after a lot of trial and error I found this option:</

WinCustomize came "this close" to dying in March 2025 in WinCustomize Talk Stardock Forums

Nearly a month ago now I got a call early in the morning. It was from our IT lead. The Datacenter...was gone. At first I thought we were under some sort of DOS attack. Then I feared the worst, some sort of Ransomware? Were we going to find out that everything was encrypted and gone? We soon learned, no—but in some ways, it was worse. Everything we had at the Datacenter was wiped out. Everything. 34 Terabytes spread across a dozen+ servers of various ages w

Recommend me a book for 2025 in Movies & TV & Books Sins2 Forums

Over at Reddit I saw this post. Now, so far this year, the best book I've read has been the new Bobiverse book. But what about you guys?

Reply to Microsoft is Killing Off Skype in May 2025 in Everything Else Sins2 Forums

This...kind of makes me sad.

So you want faster Internet eh? in Personal Computing Sins2 Forums

So you want faster internet speeds, eh? So did I. Let me tell you about my journey. It all started with Xfinity offering 1.4Gb/sec internet speeds. I wanted some of that. So I upgraded but noticed that my speeds were still maxing out at around 800Mb/sec. That's pretty good, but a lot less than 1.4Gb/sec. The

Reply to April 2025 AI/Art Works/ Wallpapers in Artificial Intelligence GalCiv4 Forums

I still stick with abstract for wallpapers.

Reply to GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #96 - A Preview of Galactic Civilizations IV v3.0 in GalCiv IV Dev Journals GalCiv4 Forums

Once we get v2.96 out the door, which has taken a lot longer than expected, due to the outage, I am hoping we will start having the 3.0 insider builds up before mid May.

Reply to Really hate the limited nexus augs - what about custom civs? in GalCiv IV Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

We've been doing some pretty serious rebalancing on this too to make power generation rather than gigamass the main factor.

Reply to Futher Drengin propaganda in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

Love this. You captured the Drengin voice really well—especially the unapologetic harshness in their announcements. I think the best propaganda reveals how societies justify extreme measures in the name of security, and you've definitely nailed that here. Would be interesting to see something similar from the Torian side—how would they respond to this portrayal? Now, the Drengin themselves (which separates them from the Korath) is that they want to enslave everyone as oppo

Reply to GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #97 - The Lost Generation in GalCiv IV Dev Journals GalCiv4 Forums

Great breakdown of the Manti! They're one of my favorite Civs precisely because their playstyle really rewards careful planning and territory control. I've always found it interesting how their backstory—losing an entire generation—feeds directly into their paranoid, defensive traits. From a design perspective, it’s cool when lore and mechanics line up naturally, and GalCiv IV does that really well with the Manti. <p class="" data

Endless Legend II thread in PC Gaming LittleTinyFrogs Forums

So our friends over at Amplitude have announced Endless Legend II. It's due for Early Access late Summer. My good friend Kael (Derek P who was the lead designer on Elemental: Fallen Enchantress and did the Fall from Heaven mod) is working on it.

PC Gaming in 2025 in PC Gaming LittleTinyFrogs Forums

These days I'm mostly playing our stuff. There's just not a lot of time for other games. So lots of Ara: History Untold, GalCiv IV, Sins of a Solar Empire II and even some Ashes of the Singularity. But what are you guys playing? Anything you would recommend I should check out?

Reply to We're back! What happened? in GalCiv IV Dev Journals LittleTinyFrogs Forums

If anyone wants to do the math on how long it takes to download 34,000 gigabytes at various speeds here's a table. Mind you, this is just downloading. It doesn't include scanning the data, extracting the data, and re-uploading the data. <thead

We're back! What happened? in GalCiv IV Dev Journals GalCiv4 Forums

You might’ve noticed we had a serious outage that took down our website, forums—everything. Some people have speculated on what could be so catastrophic as to take us down for WEEKS? For legal reasons, I can't get into the details other than to say it wasn't ransomware but it was a total data loss. This catastrophe wiped out everything at ou

GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #96 - A Preview of Galactic Civilizations IV v3.0 in GalCiv IV Dev Journals GalCiv4 Forums

At long last, Galactic Civilizations IV v2.95 is here and it's a big one. I'd like to think it addresses most of the high priority feedback we've gotten on the game since launch, especially in terms of map generation. But well beyond that, v2.95 is a major improvement in everything from performance, balance, multiplayer stability, late game stability, AI, and more. Seriously, this is a big update. Assuming there's no issues with it, the next big update will be version 3.0, whi