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Reply to Money Cheat? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Okay, im running the straight CD version, which is why i asked if it was patched. START a new game. And immdiately choose to build a Survey Ship. Press TURN until 12-14 months pass. Then choose PURCHASE. In the PURCHASE SCREEN highlight SCOUT. The top choice should show -4xx,xxx,xxx BC. Click that choice, and BOOM you got more money than you can possibly even spend in one game. The thing is, when you are building the Survey ship you cannot choose SCOUT then PURCHASE. IT won't

Money Cheat? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I found a bug in the game where i can get a half billion credits right away. Is this a known bug or has it been fixed in a patch ?

Reply to I can't activate the demo! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

www.winzip.com OR www.rarsoft.com

Reply to I can't activate the demo! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The download isn't a .exe but a .zip file. EXE files don't have associations, they are executables. Somehow in your system .zip files are associated with Civmap(?). If you don't have Winzip or Winrar installed, install them. If they are installed try to set their associations to zip files. If all else fails goto START->Programs->Accesories->Windows Explorer. In Windows Explorer Goto Tools->Folder Options. Goto File Types Tab. Let it search. Scroll do

Reply to Is GalCiv what Stars! Supernova Genesis might have been? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Since this is a topic on STARS! i wont start another, i will just dig this one up, and breathe life back into it. Any of you guys here ever play Spaceward HO! ? It was a STARS! rip for sure, but played a whole hell of alot faster. It was orig a MAC only game, but they ported it to PC after dismal sales. Go Figure. But i think GalCiv is very very similar to STARS!. Alot of the things in the 2 games are even labeled the same. (Or at least in the sequel) But there are ce

Reply to Tell me how galciv shocked you! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

STARS! was originally a Win 3.1 game, now thats oldschool for sure. But it was patched up and re-released as a Win95 game and sold as a double-pack (2 copys - 2 Serials) so long ago. I split mine with a friend back in '97 i think. It was a on the shelf game for awhile back then. But when it sold out it was gone. :(

Reply to Tell me how galciv shocked you! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm just totally shocked at how much this game is like the old STARS! game, and the never released STARS! Supernova Genesis. It seems these guys must of liked the Stars! game enough to emulate it almost to a T.