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Reply to An assessment of my modded AI in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Ah, you're right I had it confused with Tolmekian's.

Reply to An assessment of my modded AI in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Hey keep up the good work! I haven't played GC2 for years but your mod made me reinstall it again.

Reply to [RELEASE - BETA] Dynamic Battle System (compatible with the 1.041 Entrenchment) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

You are completely missing the point of a beta test.

Reply to Thinking about getting some new games. Tell me if these titles are worth it. in Everything Else Sins Forums

It was mentioned earlier in this thread, but it bears repeating: Direct2Drive is having a massive sale. Lots of quality games, including Company of Heroes (with expansion), for only $5. http://www.direct2drive.com/d2dturns5 If you like RTS games at all, you really ought to jump on that deal for CoH. $5 for one of the best (if not the best) strategy games out there is an absolute steal. Actually, I'd recommend World in Conflict as well.

Reply to When will we get the expansions? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Looks like your only option is to get some checks from your bank.

Reply to Diplomacy addon why??? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Hey Darksxx! up yours Darksxx

Reply to Michael Jackson is dead! in Everything Else Sins Forums

Ah, to be 13 again.

Reply to Michael Jackson is dead! in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="6" id="2277063"]But the death of Jackson is awesome.[/quote] I think I missed something. What's awesome about it?

Reply to Will this laptop work for Sins? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Personally, I've found Dell laptops to be pretty damn reliable. I've had this Inspiron for about 8 years without incident. Family and friends with Dell laptops haven't had any major issues either, as far as I know. Either way, you should do some research before making a decision. I can only to speak to my own experience. For all I know, we've just been lucky with Dell laptops (and extremely unlucky with other brands. yikes.)

Reply to How to slow down research speed? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

You do have to change the values of all the techs. However, there's actually a pretty easy way to do this. I made a post on it a while back: https://forums.galciv2.com/316133

Reply to EA DRM flop on Wikipedia in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="EadTaes" reply="20" id="1923789"]Yes it wil when they start seeing all the money they are lousing becaus of DRM. If our little movement here and the gamers bills of rights gets more populer DRM crazy compagnies like EA will start to feel the squeze eventuly.[/quote] Or they'll assume they are losing money to piracy and try to come up with more effective DRM. Or they'll just stop publishing games for the PC.

Reply to EA DRM flop on Wikipedia in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="elias001" reply="15" id="1923448"]securom, does it automatically screws up your system. I mean EA probably forced Maxis to rigged Securom to allow a max of 3 activitation. I do know Fallout 3 has securom, but to what extent it is intrusive to a computer system after installation or uninstallation, i can't say. I would love to hear more about the issue.[/quote] I own a number of games that use SecuROM and my computer runs no different now than it did befor

Reply to In-game advertising, and why you should never buy Far Cry 2. in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Out of curiosity, what is the nature of the in-game ads? If it's just on loading screens (which you have to sit through anyway), or the occasional in-game billboard or vending machine... so what? If you don't like it, don't buy it. That's your choice. But don't get pissed at other people if they don't join your moral crusade.

Reply to TOA Who said OOM errors were rare? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Sounds like a personal problem. But in all seriousness, the reason the forums aren't full of complaints is that the problem is rare. As far as I can tell, the memory leak has been fixed. I play on immense galaxies with "common" settings. It sounds like the problem is on your end. How much RAM do you have, and what operating system are you using?

Reply to What's the 3D engine for? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Surely the people who create the artwork and effects aren't the same people who program the game mechanics and AI, right? I'm not sure what the fuss is about. If you don't like playing with the 3D graphics, then you certainly have the option not to (as you obviously know.)

Reply to 2.0 preview looks good but....... in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Can't that be said of any AI, in any game?

Reply to 2.0 preview looks good but....... in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

What's broken about it?

Reply to GCII - Espionage in a more Customizable Galaxy in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Oh, and how does technology theft figure into all of this?

Reply to GCII - Espionage in a more Customizable Galaxy in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I do have a question, though. Once you reach the highest espionage level with a civilization, does it remain for the rest of the game, even if you reassign all your spies elsewhere?

Reply to GCII - Espionage in a more Customizable Galaxy in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Starstriker, the cost of agents now becomes much more reasonable because you don't have to risk losing them just to gather intelligence. You no longer have to constantly replace your agents as they get nullified every few turns.

Reply to Planetary invasion makes no sense in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The population displayed only counts taxpaying citizens of your empire. There are many more people living in your empire who have not been granted citizenship. Citizens are drafted into military service when necessary.

Farm Bonus Tiles in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Occasionally a +100% farm bonus tile might be useful, but very rarely is it worthwhile to build a farm on the +300% tile. All that extra population brings with it a massive approval penalty. I know that avoiding this is as simple as not building a farm on such tiles, but why not tweak the bonuses to make the tiles more worthwhile? +50% for green and +100% for yellow would be good, I think. On a somewhat related note, I've always wondered why there are no economic b

Reply to Certain AI does not expand in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Oh, this is with the latest version of Twilight of the Arnor, by the way.

Certain AI does not expand in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

There's already a thread on it, but it definitely qualifies as a bug and will hopefully get more attention here. https://forums.galciv2.com/318189 Basically, the Drengin, Yor, and Korath AIs refuse to expand beyond their home sector. They'll take planets that are very close by, but that's it. This isn't due to any lack of scouting, lack of habitable planets, or lack of colony ships. I've seen the Drengins refuse to colonize a planet in t

Reply to most evil races not expanding in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Piznit, they generally take the planets in their immediate sector, but not beyond that. Even the Arceans, with their speed penalty, will expand more quickly. And they [B]are[/B] building colony ships. [link="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/dustbuster87/GC2TA_TerranAlliance_1210012764.jpg"]Here's a screenshot[/link] Sorry it's small and fuzzy, but you can see that there are four Drengin colony ships parked on Drengi. And while their home system is in kind of a lo