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My knowledge is a bit old, but from what I remember I'll try to help. I've made my own personal mods for this game and have delved into most of the xml files to make it more enjoyable for myself. Just take my answers with a grain of salt, because it's been awhile. 1) You can change the names of existing resources, and change the bonuses given I believe, but you can't add new ones. 2) Again, you can change the names of them, but not make them specifically for e

Awhile ago, there were several playable Star Trek betas released. You're only bet to play a ST mod anymore is to find someone who still has one of those. They needed some work to clean up the files, but with a little legwork you'd be able to finish up the basic and play until your heart is content. There was guy who took (well, stole is closer to the truth) all of the popular sci-mods and mashed them together as well. His links went to rapidshare I believe. &nbs

I don't like the auto-updates. Sometimes the new patches suck, and usually they're late (sometimes very late) being released. I thought that could be turned off though? I also don't like having to look at adverts and popups for crap I don't care about if I just want to play a single player game. If I get nostalgic for reinstalling HL2 or something, half the time I don't install it because Steam is a hassle. Not a large one, but much more so than installing every other game that I own. <p

Doesn't sound like GC is the game for you. There is a definate strategy to the game, but not on the combat side. It's an X-Y-Z affair at it's heart and soul. If you can give up a nice interface, Hard AI (which can be adjusted with mods and game options), and modern graphics you can try Space Empires V. It's combat is more involved and it's a similar game.

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="48" id="2488133"] Quoting Kodiak888, reply 47 Lets forget about that "what ifs" and technical possibilities and lookat the situation rationally. This is why I responded to you the way i do. If someone disagrees with you, that does not make them irrational nor does it mean that they will be "laughed out of the court." You appear to have very limited or no knowledge about how contract law works. You don't sign on the dotted line&

[quote who="Myles" reply="42" id="2487659"] No, not at all. A contract can be declared non-binding by the court, and any agreements made are null. An EULA would certainly go this way if it were ever to get there.[/quote] Lets forget about that "what ifs" and technical possibilities and lookat the situation rationally. Even if reformed and taken to court, they will not void the millions upon millions EULAs and demand any form of reparitions for the consumers. The arguement that al

[quote who="Lughsan" reply="10" id="2486874"]In addition FOX is like the Anti-Sci Fi network. Someone there is convinced that Sci Fi is the devil and all Scifi shows need to die. [/quote] You do know that fox is fully funding at least 1 more season of Futurama don't you? So revivals are rare but happen, even for Sci-Fi on Fox. Siffy is a very cheap channel, and will go with whatever will bring it the most viewers. Many more people watch

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="34" id="2487225"] Quoting Kodiak888, reply 33 No. 1 : EULA are not gaming specific, therefore trying to specify a gaming company is completely unnecessary. EULA are attached to software licenses, amongst other things. No. 2 : EULA are not promises, they are very likely contracts that won't hold water in court. We're not talking hype here or forum promice, we're talking about the legal documents attached to these licenses which are very lik

I love that most people here haven't play both games but are still giving advice. [e digicons]|-)[/e] The storyline isn't that great. It's novel at best and is entirely predictable. CS reveals some very small aspects of the SoC plot, but nothing important. SoC sets up a mildly entertaining story, and CS explains a loose and fluid origin to that story, if you will. What is amazing about these games is the atmosphere. Stalker is one of my favorite FPS game

I've had very few problems with Stardock or Impulse. And, to their credit, all have been solved. I've only bought boxed games from Impulse (where they send you the disc) that weren't available at retail, and have never bought a game on Steam though, and the chances of me ever doing as are slim. Their DRM bothers me to no end, as well as having to have logged into my Steam account to play Single Player games.... but lets not get started or I'll go on a 9 page tangent ending with a Death

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="19" id="2485814"] So has there been a case where someone challenged this banning practice by Steam for doing something as simple as demanding your money back for services not provided? I mean I know Impulse uses the ban hammer, but my understanding is they at least refund your money, Steam just holds onto it which doesn't seem to pass the smell test to me.[/quote] Impulse and Stardock will refund you the money you've spent on

[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="3" id="2483956"] You never owned any game. Even when you had a disk. And with impulse you can archive your game on a cd/DVD/whatever. (I don't know for steam or D2D)[/quote] I know I've never owned any game. That's why I said that with no tangible item to quantify my purchase, I am made painfully aware that I've only bought a liscense. With a disc I can reinstall my game (at least most games without th

I tried reading this from the GalCiv forums, which has a black background, and your text is unreadable. I had to highlight the text to see any of it. It probably looks fine from whatever stardock forum you're on, but it's something to keep in mind when posting in any of the off topic sections... A bit on topic, the largest problem I have with Impulse, Steam, etc, is that you are made very aware that you are only buying a liscense for the game. You don't own the game. Be

[quote] and before anyone suggests it I've already tried adding -w and -window and such in the command line. [/quote] I'm aware that it's not a standard request, and that it isn't a standard option for these long dead and abandoned games. If it was as easy as a command line switch or just clicking a setting option I would have done it weeks ago. I'm not quite that daft. [e digicons];)[/e] The games in question offer no vanilla way to run in a window, and I've done s

Hello, The crowd here usually can point me to a program or method to solve my computing woes. Currently, I'm looking for a way to force a game to run in a windowed mode. Specifically the game is Risk, but I have a few others that I'd like to do this with as well. I've done a bit of google searching and couldn't find anything that worked, and before anyone suggests it I've already tried adding -w and -window and such in the command line.

Stalker is, by far, my favorite FPS. If Deus Ex and Stalker had a baby, I would make a small large shrine in it's glory, but never play, for am I not holy enough. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] The Stalker game is unlike most other FPS's, in that it adds an X factor that is missing from all others. It has horror elements, dynamic worlds that aren't ever quite the same, and such a satisfying feeling of accomplishment when

I'd assume that the remaining player base uses their own personal mods. GC2 is still a great game, but doesn't have the following it used to. Most have moved on to other games as stated. I've been going back and forth between a few other games, none of them GC2. I still check here every so often to see if anyone has released a cool ship pack or other neat mod that I can bash into my own mix, but I doubt anything will renew my interests enough to spark a big revival. The

[quote who="Skoda89" reply="4" id="2439371"] Quoting Kodiak888, reply 3But I've yet to play a game that challenges me in the endgame. I agree. It often feels like how long till you win, rather than if you win. I really like how in some games, if the game is obviously in favour of one side, it creates an event that changes the game balance completely. Like having all the other Civs gang up on you in GalCiv 2... All I did was research Lasers V...[/quote]

If you can get past the clunky interface, I really loved Space Empires V. With a towering tech tree that goes from building counter measures to ward off incoming ballistics to building dyson spheres, I'd say it's a bit in depth. I'd also recommend the Balance Mod for the increased AI. The AI isn't going to blow your mind, but with the upgrade it will give you a run for your money until you get to the end game. But I've yet to play a game that challenges me in the endgame.

[quote who="DraekAlmasy" reply="48" id="2412900"] to better explore your own position rather than a chorus of "yeah man!". And I'm here to provide that.[/quote] Then understand the points that you're reading, instead of offering nothing of value like "just don't buy it" [quote] You're deliberately adding the price of the DLC to the base game, which only makes sense *if* you're planning on buying them already.[/quote] The argument is against the price/qu

[quote who="DraekAlmasy" reply="46" id="2412637"] For all of you complaining about DLC being little more than overpriced extras to "nickel and dime" their customers, then simply *DON'T BUY IT*. [/quote] Wow, what an incredibly new and amazing perspective ....... [e digicons]5*[/e] Now if only there was a way to publicly write down your thoughts, valid points, and opinions in the hopes that someone else might read them at a later date and agree with you. Th

It pains me to see that people don't feel swindled by DLC that's released on game day. It doesn't matter if the game was delayed, and it's not about any amount of lying. It seems very low brow that you can buy a brand new game on release day and be missing out on content. The team working on the DLC was going along just fine, maybe they should have been working on the original game in the first place instead of the newest nickle and dime craze to hit the consumer market? <

[quote who="Thrawn2787" reply="23" id="2406967"] Yeah but that golem quest could add a few hours of gameplay [/quote] I read that ALL versions will get an access code for the golem quest. It's no a CE thing. I may be wrong, but all new versions sounds like it's pretty inclusive, and not all collector editions.

[quote who="Starstriker1" reply="15" id="2406595"] Kodiak888comment 12I would be very surprised if you couldn't get all of the items on every version of every game with the use of item codes and the console. Prepare to be surprised.[/quote] So it's going to be different from how they've done every other game? ever? I still doubt it, but I'm not worried about it either way. I rarely ever use the bonus items in the game, it strikes me as a

I would be very surprised if you couldn't get all of the items on every version of every game with the use of item codes and the console.