Neilo

No need to double post threads Godfather, they all appear in recent posts no matter the sub forum. :) Jafo....Kryo (or whoever the GC2 mod is these days), double thread. Already posted an answered elsewhere.

This is being posted all over Facebook too. I didn't click their links either. There is no easy fix here, and throwing bags of money at it won't work. Go figure! [e digicons]:S[/e]

Sooo, maybe me getting off track today and not installing Win8 might have been a welcome turn of events. the errors you guys are having, Uvah and Starkers, for what all three of us wanted to do, just have a sneak peak at 8, doesn't seem to be worth the bother. Uvah, especially you, it wiped your drive! [e digicons]:omg:[/e] Glad to hear you had it backed up! Up to you if you try again, you may as well though, if you haven't reinstalled your win7. If

One of the best thing for exploration is to trade tech to the ai for their ships and planets. Opens up a huge amount of the map, especially if you have eyes of the universe. Again though, there are many ways to achieve this, there are no right or wrong answers. :)

Bookmarking for future reference..i have the same model laptop.

[quote who="qrtxian" reply="2" id="3101629"]Personally, I view wormholes as helpful - it's a good way to get to see parts of the map you might not reach on your own for a while[/quote] Agreed. Like i said, so many different things to do early game. These days, i set the survey ship to automate and let it go. When i was first playing (or doing a ZYW), i kept it manual so as to maximize my early finds. :)

If you started another game though since the crash, the debugg.err will have changed. A new one is created everytime you play the game, so be sure to poet it only after a crash. A common issue though is an OOM (out of memory) error. Were you playing for some time without exiting at all? GC2 is 32bit, so with large maps and big long games, OOM errors do get common.

Oh, and thanks RND, i might check it out. Cheers!

We mentioned non SD customizing software...they are watching!!! LOL [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]

I'm not familiar with Winstep. Is it an alternative to Objectdock? (looks that way??)

Did you change your text color to black? Your post is not readily visible. There a far too many ways to start out to list. For every map there is a different course of action. It all depends on what settings you used, what race or what race abilities you have, the AI, your goals in the game.... There is no right answer. A few things though, Control your survey ship manually, that way your not getting sucked in wormholes and sent across the map into

reeeeeaaaaad meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'll mess with it tomorrow, it's after 10pm (AUS) now and i cannot be bothered. :)

I thought that too at first, in the end i had to read the page...funny how that helps!! [e digicons];P[/e]

[quote who="starkers" reply="11" id="3101034"]Yeah, this is the way I'm feeling at the moment. I don't think I could ever live with Metro being the default UI, but I sure would like to see the under the hood improvements for myself. Hmmm, will I or won't I????? I do have a spare partition, and I have plenty of quota left, not to mention the speed for a fast download, so it's not like I can't... and the SD app would make it more user friendly, wouldn't it?[/quote]

Thanks EvilMaxWar! [quote who="EvilMaxWar" reply="331" id="3100978"]But now it appears to not like the fact that i use a Linux box as a router, for some reason... Which means it does not work and i cannot play my game.[/quote] Wow...it's getting harder and harder to do what used to be install and double click isn't it? I had a steam, many years ago, not sure if i have those login details anymore (it was for a gifted Half life game that i never played), guess it&#3

[quote who="kryo" reply="329" id="3100942"]Steamworks titles require Steam to be running[/quote] So all titles developed with steamworks will require Steam running, even if i purchase from the stardock store? (I'm assuming yes, just looking to clarify) So, this is the new direction one can assume for all SD titles? I'm not caring one way or another, just if so, i will bite the bullet now and get familiar with Steam. Better to be up and running when SD titles come out r

Uvah, one site i have bookmarked that is pretty interesting and has a WW2 fighter aircraft section is, http://www.militaryfactory.com/ . It is not a full complete DB, but has some pretty useful sections. Okay, it's much more of a DB then i had thought, its quite an impessive site. Bet you use this Jafo!

Grrrrrr..... **mumbles a barley audible motorbike themed insult under breath**

Even better.

They do stack yes.

Do you mean this? Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool the link is under the sub heading, Create and Install USB Drive or DVD, which takes you to the Microsoft store online where the link i gave is located. :)

[quote who="Uvah" reply="9" id="3100797"]Since the start menu app came out...nope.[/quote] Yup, downloading iso now. I want to see the goodies under the hood of 8 that i will likely miss out on since i can't see myself ever being able to live with metro....

Okay, since SD are going to be going with Steam for SINS, i guess it's reasonable to assume further releases will follow. I know the main reason is to do with MP, and games like FE, or a future GalCiv3 are not MP centric, but lets assume they use steamworks anyway. This means, if i wish to remain a loyal SD customer, which i do, i will have to embrace client gaming with Steam. That being said, and i know no one has a crystal ball, but any reasonable assumption will d

[quote who="Uvah" reply="63" id="3100795"]And they are.....................?[/quote] [e digicons];)[/e]