I don't mean to hijack this thread, but a quick question, if I do pre-order the TA expansion, do I get to download and play with the beta? Never pre-ordered a GCII expansion before...
I've only been playing this the last couple of nights, and I certainly get nothing more than a slower paced RTS feel to it. It doesn't seem like I'm managing an empire at all, just finding planets and building labs around them, then building ships to deal with military threats. I've not fully explored the full tech trees, and haven't played on any real large maps, so my opinion or perspective may be a bit skewed... So I voted for more 4X functionality. I've got other RTS games I can
I hope it's not too late for the dev team to put something like this in, it sure would be beneficial to alot of people it would seem... I know that I for one would love it... the zoom out and zoom back in to cursor works, but a mouse click and pan would be much much more useful...
In most other games I play, I tend to turn off edge scrolling, I run in a high resolution and moving to an edge has always seemed... icky... to me... But if that's the only way, then I suppose I can adapt... :)
I don't know if perhaps I'm missing something, but is there a way to click drag your viewpoint while in the game? I see the right mouse button rotates, and the middle button zooms (for some reason I really like the Zoom To Cursor setting), but to move up, down, left, and right it appears you can only use the arrow keys? If this is indeed the only method, it feels clumsy since my right hand is on the mouse, and my arrow keys are on the right side of the keyboard. Typically games allow for a cl
I've read a lot of threads in this forum over the last 3 or so days, and I don't quite know how I missed this one previously, but this has some invaluable insights and clear concise information. Thanx!
Ahhhhh.... thank you.
Ok, so I purchased the game (pre-ordered it) via TotalGaming.net with the appropriate number of tokens, and in my Stardock Central program it shows up ok, but there's no install or download button under the Action column. I can right click on it and there's a Download Demo menu option... but nothing about installing the pre-ordered beta version... So am I missing something here? Or is it the actual Download Demo I need to click on?
I hate necro-ing a thread, but the last few messages on here really sparked me... I love the concept of X3: Reunion, with or without the mods, but as denyasis says, the UI is horrible. I had to stop playing it altogether because it's an excercise in frustration, irritation, anger, and tedium trying to use their UI. Worst UI design I'd ever seen in a game, or anywhere for that matter... And as I said, it's a total shame because it's a great game in concept.
Actually, I was searching through my GalCiv 2 directory structure, and lo and behold I found a PDF file named GalCiv2BeginnersGuide.pdf that appears to be exactly this same "walkthru" given here... So there is a printable version, and I assume it comes with the game now?
Is there a printable version of this anywhere? If I print via the browser, it's a black background, which is a lot of ink...
While I know this is not an RTS game, the campaign of most of them (RTS) are sort of an introduction to concepts and how certain things in the game works. Can this be said of the campaign of GalCiv2? Or are we purely at the mercy of ignorance in regards to what's available to us in the gmae?
Thanks... I ordered and downloaded DA, and when I get home I'll try this whole epic turn based universal domination thing another crack... Too bad it wont run on my laptop, now I gotta wait til 10:30 PM... ARGH!
So I can then install both vanilla and the expansion, click the expansion's desktop icon, and still be able to play the vanilla campaign?
I purchased Galactic Civilization II: The Dread Lords quite a while ago (over a year or so I think), but honestly I never really got into it or played it. I'll be honest, I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer amount of options and information in this game. And not being familiar with grand scale turn based games, I was completely lost as to what I should have been doing each turn. Especially in the beginning. I know there was/is a tutorial, but it wasn't a playable tutorial, just videos,
I did start to watch some of the videos, was unable to download them to view at my leisure, and since the connection here at work is kinda crappy, couldn't get into them too easily. Plus, there's all sorts of clicking going on, but since I'm not familiar at all with the UI, couldn't tell what those clicks represented. I'll try to take another gander when I get home tonite...
I'm a bit curious about the actual gameplay, not the advertised gameplay in the FAQ and marketing pages, but the actual pacing of the game? I like the concept of RTS games, but they generally are build as fast as you can so you can overrun your enemy, or they overrun you. (Rush stragey I believe?) Neddless to say, I tend to stink big time at these games because I'm a bit more methodical in my thinking, or at least I try to be. I also like the concept of 4X game, similia
I'm not really grasping this game very well, so I'm hoping that I can get a few pointers. I know there's a whole slew of tips and whatnot in the forums, and then there's the Beginner's Guide at https://www.galciv2.com/Journals.aspx?AID=104908 which has been helpful, but I'm still failing to grasp some key component. First of all, my PC gaming experience is with RTS, RPG, and a few FPS thrown in for good measure. When I click an action or a command, I'm used to seeing the results of
How do you stop the building?
Am I missing something or doing somethin gincorrectly? If I build a ship, it seems to keep building new ones. I click on a colony ship, go through a few turns, my ship gets done, but then when I check the queue another one is already being built. Is this supposed to happen? I realize that wanting mulitple colony ships is probably desirable, but I didn't expect the game to keep chugging them out on their own...
thanx to everyone who's responded... I'll give it a whirl... On a bit of a completely different note, this has to be one of the more friendly and helpful forums... Helpful, insightful answers instead of flaming me for a noob, and telling me to go play something else.. Thanx, not only for the advice, but for the friendlyness of your responses as well...
I've been reading the forumshere and at GameFAQs, and any other information about this game that I could find... And I'm curious whether or not I would enjoy it. Of course I don't expect you to tell me if I'll enjoy playing it or not since you don't know me, but I was hoping you could answer a few questions for me. I tend to have a short attention span due to the limited time I have available to play a game, but the games that go to quickly aren't of much interest to me. I like lon
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