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Who are the races around the planets in the early game in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Sorry for asking this, but I am new :) In a nutshell, I started a team game (I gave myself 2 computer allies against one computer opponent). I wanted to do it that way so I could get my feet wet. However, when I start finding new planets in the very early game, I see there are already 'combat' type ships around them - - even in the early game. These owners of these ships is not in the diplomacy window -- and they are not pirates. They appear to b

CPU Option vs Difficulty setting in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Guys, I am a bit confused as to what effect the 'CPU option' has on the difficulty setting. In other words, which is more challenging: 1) Game with the difficulty set to 'Normal' with the CPU option enabled 2) Game with the difficulty set to 'Challenging' with the CPU option disabled Basically, what is the step-up ladder of difficulty with this new option? Also, from a usability standpoint, assuming this option does affect difficulty, should thi

Clicking 'Show Desktop' makes widgets/object lose focus in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Hello, I am interested in purchasing ObjectDesktop and was playing around with the demo of DesktopX last night. I noticed when I have either objects or widgets running, then I click the XP button to 'Show Desktop' (ie - minimize all running programs) that the widgets/objects loose focus and disappear. Is there a way to lock the widgets/object so they do not do this? Not sure it is relevent, but I am also using the Windo