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[quote who="GoldenShadow" reply="4" id="2168647"]I just want to add that just because we haven't detected any alien signals, doesn't mean there aren't any. We've only been scanning for less than what 50~ years, which is nothing compared to the millions of years such a signal might take to reach our planet. It is likely that if there was a signal, we have either missed it, or it won't get here for a long time. We can't assume faster than light travel is even possible. Maybe&nbs

[quote who="PraetorFenix" reply="19" id="2168473"] Quoting Protocept00, reply 10I agree with Survivorman thus far, or atleast his approach. An alien species would be adapted to its own environment. They may not even have a concept of war, or peace, or trade, or religion, or any one of these or another. They could have have been born unto an extremely docile environment, so years of evolution and growth would/could give them no concept of the "survival of the fittest"

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="7" id="2152338"] Quoting Protocept00, reply 4I hate those stupid fucking "pirates". They should be arrested. They claim they are all about freedom of information and such, yet they are stealing from someone who puts thier soul into something, trying to make a living. It goes against freedom and capititalism... piraters, are lazy, selfish, dumb, and absolutely immoral idiots, who deserve to be shot. Get a fucking job, and quit being the pieces of shit that y

Thank you, thank you, thank you.... whew. Much appreciated Stardock. I hope you know we Gal Civ fans truly appreciate the love. I've always been a loyal fan and always will be in hopes that Stardock won't forget it's roots. Gal Civ is easily one of my fave games of all times. Thanks again guys. :)

Yeah... I've definitely noticed it myself. I barely won my metaverse game because of it. I was going for a military victory, but then the tech costs started racking up and planetary invasion was 70 turns long to research. F*ck that. I had to win with an alliance victory instead... barely won. I hope whatever this is gets fixed/changed soon. I love TA and the improvements it has brought to Gal Civ, I hope something gets done soon. As far as I'm concerned... the game is perfect (to me), just needs

Well even though I've only been playing a few days and this is my first post I still have this wish list. 1) Patrol - I'd like to set my ships to auto-kill any enemy ship that enters a particular sector, but prevent them from leaving the sector or area around a planet to go kill something on the other side of the galaxy. It would really be nice to leave a little fleet to guard my home planet and the star bases surrounding it without have to worry about them wa

- Better performance for lower-end systems please... the frame rate gets atrocious in Dark Avatar as soon as ships begin to become constructed. - An option to turn off astroids. - More diplomacy options. - Technology tree quering. Like for example clicking on "Laser V" when I only have "Laser I" so that I can automatically research all the techs up to "Laser V". - More in-depth play for culture and social players. Military players obviously have combat... how

Frankly, cultural flipping/victory and such is not cheese. That's like saying the United States is gonna declare war on Germany because Americans like Mercedes Benz cars. Or having England declare war on the United States because british kids eat mcdonalds and shop at aeropostale. Come on man, snap out of it. Same goes with music, food, furniture, any consumer goods and/or products from another culture. It's a matter of citizens liking a product or service another culture offe

Yeah I'm hoping the new update comes soon as well... I hope they can improve performance on lower end systems for Dark Avatar. And of course improve the tech trading and such as well.

Incidently, Dark Avatar is a cakewalk on my 7950. I can turn the anti-aliasing up to six and have all the bells and whistles turned on with no problems at all. And this is on a 1680 X 1050 widescreen monitor, which is fairly high resolution. Of course I also have 2 gig of RAM which probably helps as well. I even added the high resolution graphics mod that someone has come up with. They look great BTW. Thanks man. Yeah I heard about the new high resoluti

Yeah I think it's ram that I need, though I definitly need a new graphics card. All in all, I think I'm going to buy a new PC. Any PC's that anyone recommends for less than $1200? Something decent for gaming and internet. Like, for example the Dell XPS's? I wouldn't go with Dell, they're usually really basic computers. Not all designed with gaming in mind. They definitely don't come with the kind of video card you'll be needing.

Yeah I think it's ram that I need, though I definitly need a new graphics card. All in all, I think I'm going to buy a new PC. Any PC's that anyone recommends for less than $1200? Something decent for gaming and internet. Like, for example the Dell XPS's?

Hi! The main problem in running this game that I am having is sluggish frame rates. My comp is far worse than your (P4-1.5GHz) but has slughty better graphics card (128MB Radeon 9200). However I can play DA without any performance problems. The trick is I play EXCLUSIVELY in zoomed-out mode, where everything is "iconized". You can set the level at which that view mode starts in the main menu. IIRC I set mine to 10%.

Get yourself a decent graphics card, those onboard Intel jobs are just pieces of crap. There's not much else you can do really. As for installing one, it's quite simple. Just locate the slot it goes in, which is directly above your PCI slots, and plug it in. Depending on the card, you might also have to plug in a power cable. Then just install your drivers and other software. If you buy one, just be sure you're getting the right type for your motherboard. It

Also, I have my graphics card updated to the latest driver as well. The main problem in running this game that I am having is sluggish frame rates. Also, I'm getting alot of crashes, though the crashes are remedied when I turn hardware acceleration (of my graphics card) down alittle.

The frame rates are atrocious, my PC sucks. Are there any optimizations I can use to improve performance aside from buying a new graphics cards? Also, could anyone give me tips on improving performance for this game or how to install grpahics cards into a computer? My system stats are as follows: Debug Message: Version v1.50X2 Dark Avatar last updated on: Tue Mar 6 17:59:51 2007 Debug Message: Checking DX Version. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info<

I can definitly say it's true. The frame rates in Dark Avatar on my PC are terrible from the start. Yet Dread Lords runs fine for the most part until alot of ships have been made. I thought the two games have the same requirements?

Please make DA have better game performance for lower end systems... it's the only thing keeping me from fully enjoying the game. Frame rate drops considerably once ships FIRST start appearing on the map. And from then on I have to resort to the tactical view (which is still cool) to play the rest of the game. I miss seeing the planets in detail because the frame rate gets so bogged down. Anyways, more in-d

Hm, just thought of something. How about more trade and influence options, rather than military. Or a more "down-to-earth" way to get to your citizens. For example, being able to actually check out a job market within your labor force... and hiring people with abilities that can enhance different areas of your civilization. Like hiring "John Smith" who is 28 and is an excellent navigator who gives a bonus to your ship sensors. Or "Mike Whatever" who is a a skilled engineer and manager and can ad

Would it be possible to update the game to run better on older/weaker graphics cards? Or atleast to increase game performance by a decent amount for said cards like the Intel Integrated Graphics card? Just wondering because the frame rate can be pretty bad sometimes, even when first loading up a game. Other then that I can't really think of anything update worthy ... the game is absolutely amazing on every level.

I have the same graphics card... I'm also getting some random crashes from time to time. My driver is fully updated, I don't know what it could be except that the graphics card sucks (which it does...).

I always figured the Super Warrior ability is to powerful... You basically just load your ships up with as many weapons as possible... and, well... dominate.

Oh okay cool, thanks.

I was wondering what's the strengths and weaknesses of all the race behaviors. I'm having a blast using the create an opponent feature, I'd just like to know a alittle more detail on the race behaviors of each race. Thanks in advance.

Yeah I know, that would be the only major problem with making a Gal Civ Dune Mod. However, through lots of research and study of the books, it is feasable to try and show the space side of the Dune books. It's there, it just isn't talked about as much. It wouldn't be a perfect mod just for the fact that it takes place in space... but it would be cool to see the politics between the houses in action. The books do have space segments, only a few sure, but we could build off of it very easily. The