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Reply to Tax Bug in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

With enough morale, i've managed to get up to 96% nefore hitting the 1% morale mark.

Reply to GalCiv2 Won't Start in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

you might also want to update your sound driver, they sometimes cause problems.

Reply to getting fed up with this software because it will not run. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

you've mulitposted the same thign 3 times. It think that's a record. Try to give us ALL of the debug.err, including the system info. ALso, it may be because you're running at 1200x740. I read somewhere that you can play at any resolution as long as one of the numbers isn't below 768. Try running it at 1024x768. You could also try to run it in a window. Go to "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\Prefs.ini" and change [Video] DisplayWidth=1024 Display

Reply to No snapback driver crash in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

My suggestion: turn on snapback.

Reply to crashes at startup in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

you should also try to update you sound card driver, as that can sometimes cause problems

Reply to Debug Message: A* Path too long to calculate (29.068884). Aborting in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Try to type legibly. It doesn't have to be perfect, but try to make it so the people who are trying to help you can actually read it. I'm surprised you can play Half-Life 2 on that. That computer looks like it's about 4 years-old since you're still running a Pentium 3. Try turning off your antivirus and firewall as well. You can also try to run it in window mode, that could help.

Reply to Max sensor radius? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

it's to make sure low-end computers can play the game

Reply to I need some help. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

play the TUTORIAL in full screen. There's a little box under the video to make the video fullscreen.

Reply to Why was my score deleted? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I agree that they shouldn't have deleted the score. Howvere, they are in the process of fixing it now and the yshould have just changed your score to whatever it would be under the new scoring system.

Reply to Studder in other 3D applications after Playing Gal Civ II in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'd leave the frame throttle on. I believe it keeps your framerate from going to high and crashing the game due to video card overheating.

Reply to Fog of war problem in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I don't have this problem. Lucky me 'cause i'm playing on a 4 year-old laptop with 3 year old dirvers (blame hp and their lack of support for older models) and the game has only crashed once. I'd build my own computer. I could probably save a grand by buying from tigerdirect and newegg and buy myself a next-gen system. <img src="http://images.sta

Reply to Influence understanding in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

i don't think military affects influence. Try colonizing more and builing starbases as that spreads you borders.

Reply to Crash while saving game.. just right after i installed stardock and beta patch in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

nvm, the guy before me just said it.

Reply to How does the military resource sb work? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

i was talking about the mining base.

Reply to Good concepts for next expansion or Galactic Civilizations 3? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

@quitch: that'd be cool. @wade: % or so planets per sytem is good. I don't want this game to turn into MOO3, which i found insanely complex and hard to play. Keep it simple so you won't have to spend 3 hours figuring out how to play. Plus, with twice the number of planets per system and many, many more syestems in a game, micromanagement would be a pain in the ---.

Reply to Question about military in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

You should note that Military starbases ASSIST your attack and defense. You need at least 1 point in of attack/defense in whatever the module assists. Example Module gives +3 to laser, mass driver and missile attack. Ship has a base 3 laser attack, 1 mass driver attack, and no missile attack Ship would get 6 laser, 4 mass driver, and 0 missile after applying bonuses. Also, small ships die easily, so it's hard to lev

Reply to Not happy in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Because they didn't put in multiplayer: 1) The game came out earler at its present quality. WIth multiplayer, it'd either come out later, or at a lower quality 2) It's $40. WIth multiplayer, it would most likely be $50. Some hotseat woudl have nice though.

Reply to total pooch screw in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

if you're gonna get something as old as a fx5200, you migh tas well save up another $50 and get a betetr card.

How does the military resource sb work? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What does the military resource starbase increase? ship hp? ship defenses and attack? soldiering?

Reply to Beta-3 All AI:s use same weapons & defence in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

i've posted about this before. the "officia" stardock response is that this happens because of tech trading. If you want to test this, turn off tech trading and try it out.

Reply to Should I update yet? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

change logs are in the "Journal" link. You can't miss them 'cause they're INCREDIBLY long (doesn't help that stardock double spaces)

Reply to Cleanup/improvements in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

i agree with gallagher. I usually prioritize PQ improvements fairly low and usually don't get habitat improvement till midgame.

Reply to Enemy Kept Alive in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

That wouldn't be such a good idea. You'd punish people going for a research or influence victory, esp. on harder diffculties. They're fixing up the scoring now, so its not an issue anymore.

Reply to The AI level should have a randomised variation! in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

No, what he meant was that every single turn the AI would be a little smarter or stupider. If 10 was smartest and 1 was stupidest, and you chose a diffculty of say 7, the AI would be anywhere from 6-8 every turn. Get it? THis doesn't really work though. Why? THere are only 3 core AIs. ALl the otehr difficulty and "AI" levels come from changes in thh economy. It's all in the manual.

Reply to UP useless? in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

I'm gonna stic kmy neck out and make a suggestion. If it's completely undoable/stupid/retarded/ignorantwhatever, don't bite my virtual head off. Perhaps you could elect a UP leader? the leader would get soem bonuses, like being able to veto a bill, 1 or 2 extra trade routes, being able to call a UP meeting, etc. It'd make the UP a bit more useful. AND also, the UP should meet more often, maybe every 3 months or so? Unless the uselessness of