Skyjack

Yarrrrr! Don't be banning Pirates or I'll make ye walk the plank. Yarrrrrrrr! Unenforcable idiocy, unfortunately.

PC gaming is also being hurt by piracy/hacker assholes.

[quote]The option is to zoom in to a portion of the map with no ships moving about, then hit the turn button.The game only displays the ship movements that are in its current view.[/quote] Yep.

Feature: when you click on a Rally Point, it would list which colonies are sending ships to it. Clicking on the colony name would bring you to that colony in the galaxy window where you could do normal Rally Point stuff.

Interesting thread.

[quote]Is trade more lucrative in larger sized galaxies? Because in the medium ones I play often, Trade is essentially useless except perhaps very early to balance out early losses before income streams manifest (which I rarely do because the production required to make these ships could go to other improvements or research) or for relations purposes (which at the obscene level I play at, everyone hates me all the time anyway, and even if they do like me, they can still make war with me at the d

It's been this way since GC-II.

I third this.

I noticed this too. 2 freighters go to the same planet, yet the one that explored a bit first makes more money once the routes are established.

They do exist still, I beleive.

[quote]Well that would be a totally different game, isn't Sins full 3D like Homeworld? Full 3D battles in space are too difficult and confusing to deal with, it's not like Total War where you're 3D on a 2D surface. Humans don't think very well in 3D, especially when presented with 3D info on a 2D monitor, and also moving the camera around becomes an issue. Sins isn't turn based AFAIK either, bleh. That's effectively a totally different genre, and requires a very different set of developer skills

[quote]I liked the old one better too. I know others have said it before, but it would be wonderful to be able to control a ground battle for the invasion. GC3 maybe?[/quote] I rather see ToA combined with Sins of a Solar Empire-type battles for GC3.

Upgrade, already.

Ah, OK. Thanks for the in depth reply :) :)

Hi, All. Just got ToA. Can someone explain what Auto Design is for? Thanks. -Sky

OK so I'm trying it on IMPULSE and it seems much quicker...wish I'd tried that before :( EDIT: IN IMPULSE it shows I need no more updates, however in SDC, I says I can install HEIGHTMAPS, MULTIMEDIA, and MOVIES. Do I need these?

I've got a very fast connection. (t-3, downloads a song in 2 seconds) Went to download DLII, which I bought years ago. Went to bed and more than 14 hours later it's still downloading....really? Is there any way to speed this up? Thanks.

2 points that always seem to get passed over: 1. How can the same people people who believe Bush is too dumb to tie his own shoes, turn around and accuse him of masterminding the most ingenious plot and coverup in history? 2. Israel has one of the most formidable nuclear arsenals on the planet and has never used them, despite extreme provocation. Do you honestly think that Iran and bin Laden would be able to show such restraint? Would you really, trul

He was a KOOK. If you read his ramblings, and read about his behaviour, he was an insecure stalker, blaming "rich kids", and anyone else but himself for his misery. I love the kneejerk, "I almost gaurantee Sueng Cho played GTA, and 1st person shooters." comment. If that silly theory was true, the killings in schools would be daily, and nonstop.

SPORE is working as intended. 'nuff said.

Liquid cooling works for me.

I just tried setting Stardock Central to the second server, and yes, a beta appeared for download, but when I tried to download it it said my account information was invalid. What are the possible causes of this? I get this too.

ringworlds and dyson spheres are not only impractical to build due to the huge amount of materials and manpowerneeded, but a common solar flare will seriously damage or destroy the structure or the inhabitants and equipment on the structure. Really? Even for a civilization millions of years more advanced than present day Earth?

These are worth reiterating. Just read through all of it - some easy way of seeing which starbases need upgrading short of actually opening the information screen for all of them. - UI: tabbing through your ships, when you get to a ship/fleet on a location with lots of ships, moving that ship out of that location will ca

I was just near the end of a D.A. game when that wonderful "Jagged Edge" mega-event occurred. What surprised me, however, was the flag assigned to the Jagged edge - it was the Canadian flag! I've only had the Jagged Edge event occur in a couple of games but never saw this before. Does this mean the people at Stardock do not like we Canadians, making us into mobsters? Are other country's flags also used by the Jagged Edge? Just curious if anyone else h