GalenEvil

Reply to Brad's "Did you know you could do this" thread in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Stohrm" reply="166" id="2409472"]You can do more than use planets to speed you on your way. If they are right next to each other, (or just one space away), you can transport people from one to the other endlessly. Seems to me that entering or leaving a planet should take up one movement point, but... Oh Well. SK[/quote] What you are doing, instead of landing the ship, is using the planet's gravity well to sling-shot your way

Reply to Vista is driving me round the bend... in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

wow... those emoticons are kinda creepy lol

Reply to Vista is driving me round the bend... in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

:D I have Windows 7 RC build 7100, it is working nicely for me. Much quiker load times for GC as well ^_^ But yeah, Vista sucks bad... GalenEvil

Reply to Windows 7 Compatibility in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I have Windows 7 Ultimate RC build 7100 and GalCiv II DL and DA both work, but it says my DX Accelerator is having problems. It runs still though so if you can find a fix for the DX problem (may just be with the RC have not upgraded to the OEM version yet) then it would likely be a very fun experience :D GalenEvil

Reply to How do I get karma? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

HOW TO GET KARMA: 1) Be Helpful 2) Be Courteous 3) Get onto a lot of forums to get moar Karma :D 4) ???? 5) Profit

Reply to MVL Round 8 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

dang internets, just got myself back to the forum. Sorry to KP for not getting on here sooner. Will set up my game for this round and leave it until I can get information about which victory type I am to achieve. Messaging KP about that currently, as I do not have an account at The Core at the moment, still needs Admin approval under name Galen to get access. GalenEvil

Reply to MVL Round 7 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

LOL, after I killed the Yor, everyone else ganged up on me and killed me off :( There isn't enough time for me to complete another attempt at winning. Oh wells, good luck to everyone that completed this round successfully :D GalenEvil

Reply to MVL Round 7 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

lol, update for things going so far. The Yor have almost completely fallen to me, but I think that they may have the Restaurant :( Because they only have their home planet and have a huge influence all around them!!! This is insanity :( (( no...THIS IS SPARTA!!!)) sorry, had to do that, love that movie ^_^ Well, the Korath...they are being mean and demanding monies from me... I allow this because it isn't above 100 BC so far :D They will die soon though, gonna go after them once thos

Reply to MVL Round 7 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]also @Galen the round settings are much harder than first meet the eyes. If you can get a game in cool, but it won't be the end of the world if you don't.[/quote] Yeah, I have started to see this. I still think that I will be able to get through this unscathed. I am about to fight my first war, probably with the Yor, creepy little machina >.< Something that I am not enjoying about this game is that Yor are using Mass Drivers while the Korath are using Missiles. And the Krynn

Reply to MVL Round 7 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I don't see why if you submit a game in time that it shouldn't count. As I remember you had announced the inability to play for an unspecified period of time due to hardware issues if I recall correctly. Certainly just because Silver left you off the roster for this month is no reason to assume that your game shouldn't count. We already had a similar situation with Ghostwes where he took a break and he had been left off the roster and his game most certainly does count.

Reply to Dev-Cpp + Vista...[Problem Solved] in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Okay, thanks for the information. I figured out a workaround with vista for Dev-C++. It seems that MinGW gets installed into somewhere it shouldn't. To fix this I had to uninstall everything and then reinstall the newest version of MinGW as well as Dev-C++ (without the MinGW extras) and then add in a reference to the MinGW binaries. I am the administrator on this computer so permissions really isn't a problem. I create and compile all of my programs in a folder I created called My Pr

Reply to MVL Round 7 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Even though it wont count for this round as I am not on the list (lol) I am going to try to get myself back into the swing of things with this game by attempting to win with the chosen regulations in DA :D, if I actually get a better score then someone then I will be most elated, but I will not be expecting this to happen. GalenEvil

Dev-Cpp + Vista...[Problem Solved] in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Okay, Dev-C++ on XP is amazing and works amazingly well, and has 1 really good plus above the competition...it is FREE!!! Dev-C++ on Vista, complete and utter fail... I have not been able to figure out why it wont compile my programs yet. This is bugging me a very very large amount. Because of this and my inability to figure out a reason for it to not compile I am bringing my problem here in hopes that someone will read this and know the answer to my problem. When I attempt to c

Reply to No Windowed Mode in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I set the resolution for while in windowed mode to 1024 x whatever it is, can't remember. It will play until it is building the environment and then freeze. I am certain that it is a problem with Aero Glass, as it draws all windows into an offscreen buffer so that it can add effects. If I turn it off and keep running applications to a minimum it shouldn't have a problem. Or if i just play it in full screen mode at all times I wont have a problem. If it was easier to switch between A

No Windowed Mode in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Okay, new computer, not the best but prolly the best that my mum could afford at the moment. okay tha problem...Vista... I got the best NVidia driver update that I could find, but it is a 7000m card aka teh sux... Well, problem is that though I can run GC2 and DA on the computer I am no longer able to play either in Windowed mode. My question is, why is it that I cannot run GC2 or DA in windowed mode? Could the answer be that I have Aero turned on still? I think th

Reply to MVL Round 7 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

okay, i will be able to join in on the next Round :D When is the next one starting? or better question when is this one ending? GalenEvil

Reply to MVL Round 7 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Hey, just got a new computer...but...need to get GC2 onto it >.>

Reply to MVL Round 7 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Hey, hope you all have a great match :D I should be able to join in on Round 8, not sure tho. I will let you know in about 2 weeks when I should be getting my new computer! :D Hope that it is all good news. Again, hope you have a good match, looks like it will be an interesting one! Good luck to all, GalenEvil

Reply to MVL Round 6 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Hey, I wont be able to do a game for this round My computer, the only one that can play this game, has died and now nothing works, wont even stay on for more than 20 minutes at a time. Sad to say it mah computer is dead, hope that somoene in my team will be able to make a game for me. I will work hard to get myself a new computer to put GC2 back onto Consider me out of this until I give a status update that is favorable. GalenEvil

Reply to MVL Round 6 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

When does this round end? I haven't been able to get to GC2 for a while :(

Reply to MVL Round 6 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Oh dang!!! Late start for me sorries Team-mates!!! Just returned to the internets from a long sabaticle. Will get started on this after court on Tuesday >. GalenEvil

Reply to N00b and starting position in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]However, one thing you can do is to build a bare cargo hull. At 55MP's it doesn't take that much industry on your home planet to build one of these per turn (3 factories or one factory on a 300% bonus tile). Then you can upgrade the bare hull to a full colony ship for about 350bc. That's a big savings and it allows you to "produce" a colony ship per turn for about 1/3rd the cost of buying one. [/quote] I like this idea :) Does this work also in Large games? If will be testin

Reply to Will you add an Evacuation option? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

If it is possible to fleet the TS then it might be able to survive. But in the explosion of the star the escorts in Fleet would have to be destroyed I think... GalenEvil

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor preview in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

GalCiv2 surrounds the rise of the Dread Lords and their ultimate fall (i think, will see after TA comes out). If the Dread Lords do meet their end in this expansion then there is no reason for another expansion. It just means that we will have to wait until GC3 and see what awesome storyline they are gonna have to keep us coming back for more and more over these years :D This is just how I see things, if my thoughts are incorrect I invite everyone to please correct me =D Gale

Reply to Offense vs Defense in Design in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I love the game but the Manual and Tutorial leave a lot of things to be learned by osmosis and trial and error, or by asking questions here as I am doing.[/quote] Maybe this is for the purpose of inciting fellowship among the masses and getting you to come to this forum and discuss the game :D If I wanted to have a lot of user feedback on a game I would just give a small tutorial and leave them to ask questions. It is also cheaper to answer questions then to prepare for all ava