SmackleFunky

It has been said that the size of a component is (some constant amount) + (hull size x some percentage). This is to prevent hull-size cheese. This may not soung very logical, but one way to look at it is that you can only minitiaturise some parts of a component. For example, a 17inch screen will always be 17inches, but may get thinner. This game represents components getting smaller by making hulls larger. It is a bit counterintuitive but th

I had only two buttons on my laptop. I just pressed both buttons at the same time and that did the trick. Although to be honest I don't know if this is a feature of my mouse drivers or the game itself, but either way it is worth a try.

Two factors go into deciding who to kill - The easiest to kill, and the biggest threat. Size doesn't really matter except that in general, smaller ships are easier to kill. But of course, if what you are mentioning was the case, then it wouldn't be very smart.

If you are unluck,y you can end with a design that you have made before the new level that you couldn't no longer do with the new level. Eh?

Whatever. Did you even read the rest of the post? Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be nice. I can only hope most people appreciate the extra effort Stardock *do* actually put in. There is one game that people can set up EXACTLY the way they want it. EVery single detail is alterable. It's c

Thats going to increase production and research a BLOODY lot. If the current system was to change, then the number of hammers and beacons a factory and lab can actually produce would be a lowered to compensate (I believe). If it isn't dropped, then all of us are suddenly (potentialy) going to research and produce more than before, changing the

Uhhh, well now you know what it does it isn't going to be a problem anymore is it? And of course it isn't a bug. Don't be silly. A bug is when something does something it isn't meant to do, not when something doesn't do what you'd think it would do. I always thought having surrender there is a bit silly... At no point would that ever be useful to the user, as they would instantly lo

I was thinking of doing something along the same lines (although probably would of never found the time).. My one thought is that "Does the Stardock team already have something along these lines?" Chances are they didn't write all the XML files by hand. Of course the second question is that if they do have something, would they let us use it? <br

How do you know the alien race ambassadors aren't female? Are you an expert on xeno-gender studies? Oh believe me I know... that was one night I got too drunk and would rather not talk about. If you have female AI, you can have the AI do something irrational every 4 turns.. HEHEHE.. oops,

I haven't even touched GalCiv II in weeks because of this bug. ARGH! It is not a BUG it is a DESIGN DECISION. Just one you disagree with. Nothing wrong with disagreeing with design and feeling it ruins the game. Just stop calling it a bug! (Note, this isn't hostility directed towards you,

I'm glad I bought it online the day it came out... I knew it wasn't worth waiting for it to appear in Australia stores. Sometimes we are shocking down here.

The person who posted the link should be fired, and his account banned. Why? Because he commited a crime using company resources, and has shown himself to be a liability. Geez, I would never want to work for you. One mistake and out the door? You are suggesting that they should treat their employees t

Rumor has it, one of the reasons Digital Jesters went out of business is because all of their stuff had Starforce, and the boycott movement KILLED their sales. This is precisely the reason why I will not boycott starforce protected games. Sure I am against some of the things they do, but boycot

Your Civilization capital generates 24 manufacturing points and 24 technology points, 10 units of food and provides a 25% morale bonuse and a 25% influence bonus. Therefore: Going from the first screen where our spend rate was 50% and I have 33% of each category funded I would get: Manufacturing: 24mp X 50%

You can easily twist this fact to your own persoanl agenda, just like any other fact. Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.

SmackleFunky, you really are a jerk, you know that? Using your little "satire". What did Stardock ever do wrong? Umm, I think you missed the point of my satire. It was in no way intended to be against stardock. My point was that stardock had inadvertently (and I stress inadvertentl

Look what you have done Brad. You have created a catalyst that is going to change the copy protection world. You go against the norm of practically all games made these days, in not having copy protection. Sounds simple right? One small idea that is different to everyone elses. Couldn't cause any harm. Well, now as a result we have seen people "blogging" that you advocate piracy, which is causing great outrage because you said nothing like it. Starforce make a hu

It is mentioned in the manual, page 28. There are 26 classes of planets, and 16 and up are incredibly rare. The highest I have seen is 19, but I haven't played as much as most do.

Starforce isn't *that* bad, it only screws up some machines. ALthough, that "some" is more than most and the "screw up" is usually devastating. But I can say that I do have starforce on my machine, but only because there are a couple of games that use it that I like enough to warrant having starforce. I've had it installed since before anyone knew there was anything wrong with it, and I have had no problems because of it. But others have app

An interface that separates construction from military wouldn't be that hard. For example; Taxes ====|========= 30% Spending (Industrial Capacity) Production Rate =======|====== 50% Research Rate ===========|== 80% Production Distribution Military ==|======== Social Where the last is you move the bar closer to which one you want your factories to produce. To me this makes

Buying will cost more than building, so it is not always a good idea. Good times to buy instead of build are * You are at war and need ships right now * New planet, so building is going to take ages.. buy a couple of factories and everything else will be quick * You are extremely wealthy and I am sure there are other times you may find. You can also build for half the time, and then buy. You will

Being omniscient is only fun for a little while. Then it gets to be a real bore. Is that from experience?

I Mascrinthus, the last of the good Mithrilars will stop him! Yay my hero! Finally. an epic battle full of twists and plot holes.. Can't wait till the movie comes out.

Also, if I'm using iTunes, I get the 'stuck mouse cursor' issue much, much more often That is probably iTunes fault. Some programs don't respond well to having a full screen program running at the same time <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb-Body-Q

AThimND , you serious? A crash that only you and one other person, who hasn't even given us any info on the problem is experiencing a proble, where many many others aren't, and so it is therefore a memory leak? If there was a memeory leak that occurs during standard play, then surely everyone else would be experiencing the same problems? could it possibly be, maybe just slightly, not be the games fault?