kelvin_11

How about this as an alternative: [size="5"]A temporarily impenetrable shield projected around one of your colonies (& structures?), protecting it from bombardment.[/size]

[quote]This is known as a Vassel State.. great idea with one caviat.. How can they get out of a vassel state?? What would be the point of it without a way to get out?[/quote] I like the term 'vassal state', it sounds much better. I think whether or not a vassal state should have the ability to be freed is debatable - it would depend on game mechanics and the designers motivation for allowing vassal states. There needs to be incentive for the conquering empire to allow the vassal to ex

[B][size="5"]Enslave Option[/size][/B] - in a large multiplayer game, the situation becomes hopeless for one of your unfortunate opponents as your massive fleet arrives at his homeworld. It's more fun for everyone involved to keep as many human players in the game as possible, but you've worked hard to conquer this player. How about an option that allows you to subjugate his empire? You offer the agreement and he has the option to accept. If he does, his units are still under his control but

Hi all, I noticed I was using an old version of Stardock Central (v2.50.something). After installing the new SDC, the installation ran smoothly. -Kevin

Hi Mike, Thanks for the prompt reply. I don't think I have any security processes running, other than whatever mysterious stuff Vista has going on. By default, Lenovo installs "Windows Defender", but I've disabled it long ago. Below is a screenshot of the processes running while I get this problem. http://www.idiap.ch/~smith/processes.png I also tried the "Archive Application" & "Restore Archive" trick I saw mentioned in another post, but I've run into the same pr

Hi, Everything seemed to be going well on my installation until it set itself into a loop: Downloading: SetRegistryValue.vbs_ Extracting: SetRegistryValue.vbs It's been repeating this for about 30 minutes now! Can anyone help? System specs: Lenovo Thinkpad T61p NVidia Quatro FX 570M Intel Centrino Duo 2.2 GHz Thanks! Kevin