How do I play a LAN game ?

Multiplayer is not supported or even possible, not even hotseat (aside from using a cheat). It might be added later but not at this time. This is a single player game.

Yes, no multiplayer gaming... yet See later expansions packs, patches or sequels (not out yet byt the way)

I love people who can't read the box, the manual, the website... THERE MUST BE A LAN BUTTON HIDDEN SOMEWHERE am i rite?

Hey, give the guy credit: he spent 2 hours looking for something that doesn't exist. Most people would have noted the complete lack of any multiplayer in any menu in the first two minutes, and then given up.

I saw in the first expansion pack one of the things they might be adding is hot-seat muiltplayer, which is, IMO all GalCiv2 needs muiltplayer wise.

I have to say that initially I too suspected GC2 had multiplayer. This was mostly because friends spoke about it SO much, I figured they had to be gaming it multiplayer, and secondly because all great TBS games have multiplayer, right?

I think it is a disservice to the gaming world to not at some point support cooperative play with your products - and I really get ticked off at the complete lack of support for the cooperative gamer that exists in today's market. If I had a choice of a billion good single player games, or one really good coop game, I'd pick the coop game every time. I live 1500 miles away from all my friends these days, and there's really nothing but crap out there for us to play. We spend many hours remembering how it used to be different, how gaming companies used to care, and how society in general is headed towards self-destruction :chuckle:

Heck, I hate ot think of what our marines oversees are experiencing as a result of the lack of coop games for the PC. Their only outlet currently is MMOs, which quite frankly suck when there is even the remotest chance you might be interrupted while in game. MMOs are such a massive timesink as well. If and your buddies have to keep your levels in check so you can even do anything together (unless it's CoH/CoV). I know too many people in the service, and most all of them agree that a lack of coop PC games really burns their asses.

Bleh, the lack of support over cooperative gaming just shows me that America as a whole needs a culture change. I grew up around the various consoles where the fun was all about gaming with friends. Unfortunately those consoles today have MANY limitations when it comes to cooperative gaming at a distance. You would have thought PCs might have picked up some of the slack, but sadly they did not.

GC2 is a great game, but it still boggles my mind how they left out multiplayer. The lack of people interested in a multiplayer expansion confuses me too. I guess it's the same kind of confusion that results from the lack of public support for things like a successful space program, and end to global warming, or controlling the massive influx of illegal immigrants. Oh what we are in for in the future hehe. And to think, gaming with friends might have curtailed some of it by opening up some of our minds and granting us an outlet for fun interaction amongst friends.

Well that's my jaded, ticked off rant for this week. Down with developers who can't see beyond their own goals, to the world that exists beyond your keyboard and mouse.

Ok blaming GC2 for the "lack of public support like a successful space program, and end to global warming, or controlling the massive influx of illegal immigrants" is a bit much don't you think?

Well at least you made me laugh!

This whole thread could be a SNL segment.

one word... wow

Dear God Jualen, have you no initiative? A brief read of the dev journals and forums would bring you to a few conclusions.

1) Stardock pwns basically every other company in existence for making their games better constantly. Don't give me any "Purchasable horses" crap, it's free and it's biiiiiiiiiiig stuff. Most games have smaller expansions than 1.1

2) Multiplayer is in the game already. The pipes were laid in development, and full blown multiplayer might be something for 1.2, if it wasn't for the fact that in the recent poll, most people voted "no" for multiplayer.

3) Don't know about you, but I won't sit around for 45 mins waiting for someone to finish a ship design.

I thought it was a joke at first though. DAMN YOU STARDOCK, WITH YOUR GLOBAL WARMING, IMMIGRANTS and/or LOSS OF THE SPACE PROGRAM!

Seriously, dude, go get some counselling. It's not the games fault. It's THOSE BASTARD SQUIRRELS!

Hilariously, he thought it had multiplayer because it's good, and good games have multiplayer. Logic isn't his strong suit, clearly. He even rants about not MP specifically but CO-OP, something which has only rarely been implemented even in genres like FPSs. But OWR PUR BORED MARINES!