Olde Mann

Thanks, I'll try it out, with the archive back-up.

Hesitant to ask and start another complaint post, but here goes (Seems we are all walking around on pins and needles this week!). I would like to update to 1.8 A of B or whatever is available. Trouble is I have an older PC and I am not building my next one until next summer when Vista has a patch or two behind it. I'm on version 1.61 which was a godsend, and smoothed out all the version 1.5 performance issues (just like frogboy promised) for my current Athalon 1700 and NVidia 6600GT (factory

I agree completely. The sheer number of gameplay improvements for a program we have already paid for is amazing. On top of this, Stardock is committed to tightening up the coding to ensure the smoothest possible experience for all gamers. When I revisit my other 4X TBS games, I keep coming right back to GalCiv 2 as the most complete experience possible. Of all the forums I monitor for different games, this is the only one where I feel truly connected to the company at all levels. I smile

[quote]Here's a philosophical issue. Do we really need to so radically alter the gameplay we're used to over the last year+(re: nerfed planet count) to enable people to run gigantic maps on "low end machines"? Shouldn't people have reasonable expectations of their hardware? Do we need to make sweeping changes to the majority of players, so that someone can play gigantic maps on their PDA somewhere? Since the net effect of these changes seems to be we're all playing with less planets, wouldnt it

I concur. I'm currently in Winnipeg, going through our two months of mosquito season before winter hits again. I have lived in almost all of the major centres from Halifax to Victoria, but will admit that after my year in TO I was really ready to leave that part of the country to hardier folk. I have trouble establishing major production planets as they remind me too much of the industrial heartland of southern Ontario!