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If things still do not work even with the new textures, try installing xp. vista is a resource hog and the validation code for vista should work on xp

[quote]You can download everything with SDC (you don't actually need to install GC2--just right click it and pick Download and Archive, then accept when it asks about the modules, and you'll download everything in archive form without installing), so the only problem would be the time it takes. If that's an issue, then you can just archive what you have off your home machine and copy those archives to a USB drive, then install them where you're downloading to reduce the amount you need

I must take this opportunity to loge a formal complaint to stardock. I have dial up where i live and my family is grandfather in under a plan that is really slow, even compared to dial up. Therefore I am unable to use stardock central at my house. Even running a download overnight would not work because my provider kicks us off after a short time of inactivity. I thought that i might be able to go somewhere where there is high speed and download stardock central then download TA or

a simple question. Where and how do i download the TA betas? I have preordered it and would like to play it and help fix some bugs maybe, but i do not know where to download it from.

Good idea. I bet no one would have ever thought of that! That idea has been thrown around a few times and it should work if they don't conter it right away.

_____/} @###{ ]::::::Cyber Striker Knight::::::> ~~~~;\} That is nice Sugien. Very original.

I like this. A very different perspective. Good job.

No, I don't remember hearing of it anywhere else. That is a good idea though. Nice.

The effects of the super weapon should be gradual. I have no idea why you lost a war for that reason unless you waited a long time untill all of their ablities where maxed out.

One more thing, I currently do not have the internet at home where the game is installed, and I cant seem to find anywhere to manually download and apply the latest patch. The only one I can find on the main sight is only version 1.40x Does this mean I cannot get 1.50x? If thats the case I will be extremely dissapointed. Or you could download the patch else where and move it to yours. There should be and .exe file avaible to download.

That would be cool.

Ok, every game I've played I've mined out asteroids as high as possible. However, I cannot tangibly tell what, if any difference mining them makes. So, can someone tell me what the actual mathematical/statistical advantage is for asteroid mining? No Idea. Also, it seems to me that planet bonus tiles are still severely reduced from DL, especially on the "specialty" worlds (aquatic, heavy gravity, etc.). Comments, anyone

I use a lot of animal names and weapon names. Shark, lance, spear, etc. I use different classes of animals and weapons to show speed. Example My first class of fighter I name a small animal like Beetle and it has a speed of 1. My next ship with a speed of 1 will be a bug name too. If it is a larger ship it will get a bigger sounding name. When I make my first ship of a new speed I will name them all after a different category of animal. That way old and new ship

I can see it now. PICARD: WTF? THE BORG? RYKER: YES, THIS IS STUPID. WE CANT BEAT THEM! PICARD: OMG, I AM COMPLAINING. ITS UNBALANCED THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN GALAXY I CANNOT DEFEAT. RYKER: I AGREE. THIS EPISODE IS HOSED. That was great. The game is random and it is unrealistic to think you are the strongest

Intel QuadCore (oc'd to 3.2 ghz a piece) 4gigs of ram 8800gtx how much did that cost?

Some good races are bent on destroying the non good races. This is often true with the Altarians who will destroy anyone not of their ethical alignment.

And one more thing. Can you help me is there any map when i can play on gingantic map and all civilizations but that we are seperet from each other so we can develop nicly for some time and later we can fight wars!!! Play on a galactic map and just put one other race. You will find many different stategies but my advice would be to start small. Play on a small map on normal or lower with just one or two other nations that are easy to get along

I think I found the problem. My mouse wheel is designed to scroll side to side and up and down. I think having all of that function in the wheel confuses the game.

I think you just have to make your own choice. I have had a few good times with military starbases. The first came when a fleet of 3 or 4 pirate ships showed up. They where far more advanced than my one old small hulled ship. Surprisingly I won! How? Not far away was a good military starbase. Second was when I was the smallest of 3 civs left on map. I was behind in every category and figured that a war was only a matter of time. So I set about making my military fast and c

I just got the expansion pack (which is great ) but my mouse wheel does not work completely. I can zoom and scroll with it but when I am in the ship design area and you normaly can hold down the scroll wheel and move the mouse to rotate, but I can't. I was just wondering if anyone else had had this problem too. I have installed the software that came with it and that fixed the other problems

I just put the extra points into abilities that suit the race.

Good news, I went back and started playing again and was going to start preparing for war when a random even caused the Acreans to declare war on the Korx. With the 2 of us attacking the Korx were destroyed in a few turns and I won a diplomaic vicotry.

Nice, a nice read for a boring day at school

I have said it before, I will say it again: cheats are for wimps and sore losers.

Speed has no bearing on the outcome once a battle has begun, though it is useful in that being faster lets you choose the timing of battles rather than being stranded and attacked at the AI's whims True, speed wins. One time I was able to distract a very strong fleet by staying ahead of them while my transports were on the way. It also allows y