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This game does weird things to my PC... in Ashes Support AshesoftheSingularity Forums

...like things that I would not expect a game to do. For instance, when I launch from steam it throws up the 'running for the first time, installing...' dialogue before getting to the Stardock launcher. When I launch from that the game takes an absolute age (well minutes, minutes longer than it should) to load, if it loads, sometimes it crashes & requires relaunching. When it is launching/loading successfully, it seems to do something odd to steam that looks to discon

Reply to Windows Explorer vs WBLIND64.dll in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

These explorer errors & the Punkbuster problems have meant that I've not been using Windows Blinds for the past month or so. The other night I got tired of Aeroglass & decided to try using WB again. I was not surprised to see that the Explorer problem hadn't gone away, but I was surprised to find that a few other issues that I'd never even considered being related to WB, returned suddenly. I have a Logitech G15 keyboard, the second version, & had been having i

Reply to WindowsBlinds + Punkbuster = kicked :( in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Aha! Ok, thanks. Is it essentially doing the same thing as adding that app to the exclusion list or is there a difference? Regardless I'll give it a go & see what happens. * * * Just an update, switching Windows Blinds to Aero

Reply to WindowsBlinds + Punkbuster = kicked :( in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Thanks people, I will give those suggestions a go & get back to you with how successful I am. I'm running Vista 64 too, probably should have mentioned that! WB is fully updated, so is BF2142 & Punkbuster Zubaz - What does holding down the CTRL key do while starting BF2142?

Reply to WindowsBlinds + Punkbuster = kicked :( in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Apologies for unearthing an old thread, but I'm having the exact same issue & error message with punkbuster. My issues is with BF2142/PB & Windows Blinds. Adding the BF2142.exe to the Exclusion list as mentioned above hasn't helped. The Punkbuster people are sayng to disable windows Blinds before running the game, but I can't see how to do this short of uninstalling WB & that is not an option at this point. The only functional work around I have at

Reply to Windows Explorer vs WBLIND64.dll in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Just checked the error log & pretty much everytime I boot, I get that error still. 6.3 hasn't made a difference, although it did have issues installing & took a few reboots to get straight. Other software has issues occasionally during the boot process too (CCC, Gigabyte Easy Tune tool), but they do not effect explorer & still appear to be functional even after I'm told they are not. There is another file dispersed amongst all the WBLIND64 errors, wbhelp64.

Reply to Windows Explorer vs WBLIND64.dll in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

WindowsBlinds info: Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.7 Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9 WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.2 (build 102 x86 - Vista Edition) - 64 bit OS WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC (SyncMaster 930B/930BC/930BF/198B(Digital)) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Wblind.dll

Windows Explorer vs WBLIND64.dll in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

When I boot my new PC into windows (Vista64) for some reason it tries to open windows explorer, which fails & gives a "Windows Explorer has stopped working", before sometimes restarting explorer successfully. It also happens intermittently while i'm working. I have no idea why it is trying to do this, let alone failing, but error logs are pointing to WBLIND64.dll being behind it somehow. I've played about turning things on & off in Windows blinds & reboot

Reply to Good game, but in dire need of more single player options in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I'm not fussed about a campaign. I'd play it at least once if there was one, but I do not need it to enjoy the game. But I do agree with the original posters point about the end game screen. It does feel a little anti-climatic to finish an epic game & just get a "You win" type of screen. Having said that I do not know what what it is that I would prefer in its place. Maybe some kind of more personal deliver of the end game graphs in summary? Something along the lines of

Reply to date of release for Australia in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Pretty much every place has it listed for Mid to late April for us Aussies. Which is why I decided to download it through stardock shortly after release. If you are tired of waiting I can not recommend using stardock highly enough. Its cheaper to buy than it will be from off the shelf. You get the collectors edition. The game is only about 800mb. Game can be down loaded again at anytime - no need to worry about lost/damaged discs. Manual & reference cards come a

Race Icons - I wanna be a pirate! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Why is it that the low life scum of the galaxy get to have nice, shiny, multicoloured & shaded Faction/Race icons & the rest of us get plain, solid, single coloured icons? Surely our Empires can afford to pay for better letterhead than a horde of space pirates? How hard would it be to make the current race icons as spiffy as the pirates? Perhaps even make it that the player could choose the two colours much like how they now choose the one? Or even picking one colour with the other being

Reply to Lame Game in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Lets use Warhammer 40k as an example, because some of you know about it. The Tau, use plasma weapons, so I want my Tau to use plasma weapons. Eldar are known for being fast and agile, so I want my Eldar to have engines over armor. Things like that as an example. Just to clarify, the Tau also use Missiles (Crisis suits & Broadsides) & Railguns (broadsides again & Hammerhead gunships). Most Tau capital ships are outfitted with ion cannons, railguns & r

Reply to The problem with "tactical combat" in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

@ Ostsol see if you can track down a game called 'Nexus: the Jupiter Incident'. Space combat without resource collection! It was originally going to be 'Imperium Galactica 3', but got dropped & then picked up by another company. unfortunately the the 4X component was scrapped, but the ship combat that was left was excellent IMHO. Damn pretty too! well worth a look if I understand what you are looking for correc

Reply to Galactic Civilizations: The case for no multiplayer in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'd like to add my vote for some form of mulitiplayer. I only play mulitiplayer over a LAN due to being stuck with a very slow dial up connection. Maybe I'm just getting old but I still remember sitting around with friends playing board games until the wee small hours having an absolute ball. You had no optiion then but to wait for your turn. I still enjoy sitting around playing the occasional board game with friends, but spend fa

Reply to Enhancement: Preview of Starbase Range in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

ooh yeah. I second that! Actually there's a few screen that could use a mini map. The planetary screen for one.

Reply to Really hate CD copy protection today in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I feel your pain! It happens all to often & seems to be becoming more & more common. The number of times I've had to resort to dubious cracks & fixes to get legitimate retail games I've bought to run is quite ridiculous! Once, quite a few years ago now, I had problems with Mechwarrior 4 refusing to run & feeling just a little bit masochistic I rang the Microsoft help line for assistance. After numerous phone calls over a two day

Reply to Trouble updating to beta. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'm having the same problems. Got the "invaild URL" for a few attempts & now am only getting "Invalid Account". Anyone know what's going on?

Reply to Furthe diplomacy options in Diplomacy GalCiv2 Forums

I think it was MOO2 that you could recruit spys, and then either assign them missions in the enemy states (steal tech, sabotage, et cetera), or use them for counter espionage to block the action of enemy agents in your turf. There was even a chance that they would get caught and then the empire you sent them to would know it was

Reply to Your all time favorite video/computer game is... [what]? in Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Going purely by games that have had the longest air time: Star Control - Megadrive (I think it was called something else in the USA, as was the megadrive console) Soul Blade/Calibur - Playstation Dawn of War - PC MoO 2 - PC (at least I think it was 2....was a very long time ago!) Intense but brief love affairs: Neverwinter Nights - PC Warzone 2100 - Playstation & PC Galaxian Moon Cresta - Arcade

Reply to Eyes of the Universe broken in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Now imagine you had a very big head Not so difficult.... so that the distance between your two eyes was one astronomical unit (the distance between the earth and the

Reply to Eyes of the Universe broken in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Cheers James! If I do happen to find a couple of spare lives lying about I'll be sure to send one your way! Express post of course!!

Reply to Eyes of the Universe broken in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Slightly off topic, but is a Parsec a "real World" unit of measurement? If so, exactly how big is one and where does it's name come from ( PAR ts of a SEC tor?)? It's so widely used & yet I've never actually wondered about this before now. I may need to get a life!