Alstein

Alstein

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Reply to Launch Day Experiences in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

My only hiccup was the UI, but when I saw a post that said the DL was 1 Gig, and I had 130 MB, I figured it out. I will say this, of all the relases I've seen, you guys did a great job. I can't see how you guys are doing at retail, cause we only have a wal-mart and BX here, and the BX doesn't carry PC games, and I don't shop at Wal-Mart (I boycott Wal-Mart due to various reasons) This game has been a vast improvement over the original.<br

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Reply to Galciv 2 Video Card Temperature Observation in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I'm using Inspiron 9300 with a 256 card and a gig of ram... (I bought near top of the line specs for it- was thinking Civ IV at the time, but the specs for GC2 and Civ 4's high end settings are almost identical) I use a $40 heatsink from Antec- Generally, playing the game, I run 55 celsius on the RAM, about 50 on the CPU. I've had 2 CTD's so far, but both have been due to documented features, not the video card. While that's

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Reply to Learn techs from traded ships? in Trade Stardock Forums

I'd suggest a bonus towards researching a tech involved in the making of the ship, rather then a free tech. If you have a working example, you can make a cheap copy fairly quickly if you have the basic know-hows.

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Reply to Capture of ships in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I like that idea. Ship capture/surrender opportunities should be rare. I don't even think the Drengin would shoot someone up who surrended- too valuable as POWs plus ship usage. I'd say only in cases where the last ship has 1hp should there be a chance of surrender, to keep it rare. That would also help to prevent big ships from being captured as much, just the corvette-class ships mostly.

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Reply to Questions on Combat + Ideas in Ideas Stardock Forums

Other options I'd want: Fleet Tactics: You could tell your ship how you wanted it to determine which ship it attacked Choices: 1) Worst- the easiest ship to kill 2) Best- the most dangerous shit in the fleet 3) Special- aim for special ships like transports or freighters Also I'd create an escort module for ships, that would allow certain to override orders and take the attacks for bigger ships, so you could ha

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Reply to I want to buy this game but... in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Stardock is on record saying that Starforce is not a good idea for them, as they think they'd lose more sales due to hassle then lose due to piracy. Personally, I think the people who are truly hassled just get a crack anyways when it's done- like I did with Civ IV. That being said, Stardock's lack of nuisance causing is a factor in what I buy- I avoid games with excessive copy protection- though most of them are EA games, and I boycott that compan

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Reply to Which Pre-Order is A Better Choice? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Stardock replaced Timegate (for KAG- then again, they're probably going to be a one-hit wonder studio I think after how badly Kohan II bombed, with good reason) in my case. I'd love to see Stardock and Timegate work together on a new Kohan game as the fantasy project , but that will never happen.

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Reply to Which Pre-Order is A Better Choice? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Just curious- does stardock get more money if you pre-order to them instead of going through a distributor? I believe so, but there may be some contractese. If I'm paying money- I want the people responsible to get it, not some middleman. Maybe it's just the anti-corporate in me speaking.

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Reply to Too early for some expansion hints? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

\Multiplayer games have been historically ridden with cheaters using little programs to gain supremacy over their opponent. - not a problem in MP games of this genre. I hate that!! Ruined America's Army for me and I loved that game! Next thing you have to think of are the hang-ups and disconnects. How difficult and frustrating would it be to play a 4X game online to have it disconnect in the middle? -there's PBEM optio

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Reply to Early Download in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I wish I could do that, but they'd court-martial me instead... SIgh, I'm going to have to leave my laptop on all night it seems that night. At least I get a three-day after the following night. Night of the 20th would be really nice though, and I don't think people would freak over 1 day.

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Reply to Preordering Question in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Just about ready- trying to get a clarification on what the exact estimated date/time is. I'm in a bit of a rush on the matter due to my work schedule. I have to go into work that night(1900-0700 local)- so hoping to DL it the night before- since I work 12's the next two nights. Is 12:01am CST of the 21st a good estimate?

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Reply to Galactic Civilizations: The case for no multiplayer in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

How hard would it be to add a PBEM option to Galciv2? I don't know if true MP would be a good thing, but PBEM with 2-4 people and a bunch of AI's would work well. My only concern is some strats would end up being MP-only and some SP-only. That being said, I do understand why MP isn't in GC2- and the emphasis should be on SP, since that's 90% of your marketbase. However, if a fairly easy MP mechanic can be included, it should be. I don't think PBE

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