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Reply to Downloadable 1.8? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Good. drrider

Reply to OK Brad...You Win in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]drrider, Isn't being an artist: being able to find the small pains in life to whince and feel sad about even when surrounded by success? [/quote] Oh, right. I forgot. Got to fuel that creativity with conceived pain...otherwise you might lose an ear. drrider

Reply to total mp vs. actual mp?? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]What really distinguishes a "Normal" player from a "Tough" player?[/quote] Generally, a mastery of techniques to PAY for everything, while keeping the production slider at 100%. drrider

Reply to Downloadable 1.8? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Actually, maybe...temporarily. Carielf has an unfinalized version 1.8f zip pinned at the top of Bug Reports forum. It was promulgated on a weekend to fix a particular bug in the current SDC DA v.1.8e, but with the push to beta-test-and-tweak TA, it has languished for a couple of weeks without final in-house approval and scripting as the SDC standard build. If you have DA already, you should be able to follow Cari's instructions in that post to update your DA to 1.8f test, if y

Reply to Pre 1.8 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hey, kryo, I know everyone is kinda tied up with TA right now, but there is a fair amount of friction evident among the non-beta-players about the 1.8e issues, and older stuff like this thread. It seems like it would be real good to get 1.8f moved out to be the current standard on SDC. There are a lot of old hands that have played it for awhile now with little complaint; can it be blessed and posted? drrider

Reply to Human fleet warp bubble techs hooked up wrong in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Otherwise, Warp Bubbles are good enough (especially the third one) that they relieve the need to research better engines to a certain extent. I think I'd generally go all the way to Bubbles III before I even got Impulse Drives (beyond the first one for the speed bonus, I mean), otherwise. [/quote] I sorta got the impression that Brad and the dev staff may actually want to encourage that, to lead the Terrans to be really fleet oriented. drrider

Reply to Q&A Newbs ask Vets in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I'm a newbie with questions. 1. Why are my games taking so long. 8 game years on a large map for a political victory. Am I just not very good? Underaggressive? Or do I need to play on a smaller map? 2. Is there a place where the medals we are awarded are explained? Wounded in action? Racial victory? I'm sure I'll think of others. [/quote] 1) Play on a smaller map if you want quicker, or lower the setup densities. 8 years in not an excessive time for a

Reply to Q&A Newbs ask Vets in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Current questions that linger in my mind- How do "tiny" hordes of ships with maxed minitiarization fare against larger capital ships? Will the capital ships kill one every time they shoot, or do they spread their fire out more efficiently?[/quote] In my experience, smalls in fleets at your current log max will fare better than tinies. Smalls will have enough room to give them a modicum of defense, and at least one of your biggest weapon. I believe that squadrons of them may hav

Reply to Dread Lords playable in twilight of the Arnor in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] Do i want to wnt to play a unbalanced race and have a "win game" button? Yes. That's... sort of pathetic, but to each their own. You can mod yourself a super race quite easily if that's actually your idea of fun, but honestly if you're not in it for the challenge what's the point of playing the game in the first place? [/quote] Oh, I don't know. To show up in a well-developed all-races galaxy with 1-2 small super ships, trem

Reply to Whoa, again! in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]phew, for a moment there i was worried you got 3 Precursor Libraries at the start [/quote] Actually, I did once, but the set up was strictly cakewalk, no abilities, start conditions testing, so it was unplayable. That was before Cari nerfed it. drrider

Reply to Battleships carriing fighters in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Even at max logistics you can only band together one huge hull and maybe four small ones.[/quote] If that is all you can fleet together, then you have never reached max logistics. Max logistics is well over 50, even with the most logistics restricted race. You should certainly be able to fleet 5 huge hulls together in the late game, possibly as many as 7+ with the Yor. I've had fleets of as many as 20+ small-hull attack ships running around in the late game. M

Whoa, again! in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

(I know I'm going to hate myself tomorrow for reporting this for nerfing...) TA beta 2 build. Set up a race (any race) with as few Research bonuses as possible. This will be 0 for the Drengin, Korath, and Arceans; +10% for planet rings for Torians and Yor; and +10% for inherent racial ability for Terrans. Generate a game. On the economics screen and set the sliders for 100% production, going into 100% research. Now go look at the home planet output. Dreng

Reply to upgrading ships in Beta 2b in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]It was very disconcerting to think of fighting wars with cargo hulls mounted with weaponry. [/quote] Actually I have a couple of super-armed (8-9 black hole eruptors) cargo-hull designs that I use to finish off games where I am the tech king with ultimate defenses but don't have many ships, or when I have shifted over to all-attack mode (you can put about 13 bhe's on them then.) Think about it. At that point in the game the hit points of a single ship don't mean much, s

Reply to Fixes for Pathfinding + Metaverse Error 12 in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Cam, Cari's test fix is available in a .zip file at the top of this thread. There are testing delays due to the state of ferment that TA is in right now, and this is a huge holiday weekend from now til monday in the States, so 1.8f isn't going to be up on SDC til at least next week, but the engine from the .zip works fine. Follow Cari's cautionary instructions and install instructions. drrider

Reply to it is time for gaciv to make in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

That's OK, daniel, the nice men will be there soon to help you. We already have people working on getting you back to your alternate reality. But in the meantime, put on the funny jacket and go with the nice men. drrider

Reply to Pre 1.8 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I don't use the abundant settings myself, but I am pretty sure that in one of the post-1.8 minor updates, around 1.8d, the system generation top limit got set back up to 1.71 levels. However, the 1.8e version that is on SDC right now has a pretty serious movement bug. There is an unfinalized 1.8f version available from Carielf as a zip at the top of the Bug Reports forum. drrider

Reply to Starcraft: Is it over rated? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

ROFL, Mystik. drrider

Reply to Beta 2B Bugs in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

That tech is called "Scam Artistry". drrider

Reply to Improve Minor Races in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yes. drrider

Reply to OK Brad...You Win in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Let me get this straight. You are an artist. Your boss suggested a technique (which you had to implement) that makes your ideas and images look vastly better. Your boss gave you a venue to make thousands of people go "Ooh!" and "Ah!" over dozens if not hundreds of items of your work. Said thousands of people are going to write you in a public forum to slather YOU (not him) with praise. YOU are grumbling that you hate to lose. You [I]ARE[/I] an artist...Right?<br

Reply to 1.8e Fleet Movement Error in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]With all respect, I see nothing on Stardock's game packaging to say that the contents are at a beta stage of development! Yes, Stardock do put a lot into supporting the users and fixing bugs - but it is just NOT acceptable when a bug of this magnitude stops someone from actually being able to play the game! Please stop trying to defend the indefensible - when a software bug stops the software from being used for what it was purchased for then it's a big problem. It is NO

Reply to But MY computer isn't slow...is it? in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]It can be surprising how well an older computer that uses an AGP graphics card can work. If you need some recommendations on parts for a new computer, feel free to ask. Unfortunately, I'm not around to build it for you. [/quote] Heh-heh. I suspect Brad Wardell can find some geeky, nerdy, twitchy help real close-by if he wants to build a PC. drrider

Reply to Wide screen monitor and resolution in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Make sure that the monitor, the vid card, and the game are ALL set for 1680x1050. And if you are running off motherboard imbedded graphics, invest in at least a modest (US $120-150) video card. drrider

Reply to Whoa! I like Research, but... in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I might also {ahem} coincidentally {ahem} have a backup folder somewhere with that entire (pre-nerf) beta build in it. Just because I'm so cautious and all. Happy Thanksgiving! drider

Colonist Ship upgrade crash in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

TAb2a. Immense. Rare all. Very Slow. Terran. Maso. Every time I attempt to design an upgraded design based on the Colonist Ship in the Shipyard, I get a CTD. Debug.err: Debug Message: Version v1.80f Twilight of the Arnor beta 2a last updated on: Thu Nov 15 18:13:10 2007 Debug Message: Checking DX Version. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 11/20/2007, 09:40:38 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)