VaMage

Reply to STICKY: EASY TWEAKS to make the game better for you in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Have the setup remember my victory condition choices. In the last 3 days I've tossed out 2 games, one that I was 2 1/2 years into, the second I caught after about 2 months. I thought I had a conquest victory game but in one all three were on, and in the 2nd two were on. In the second game I was being careful to uncheck, but when I went out to main menu, then new game, the UI showed the buttons unchecked BUT the box that shows the victory co

Reply to STICKY: Glitch Report v1.1 BETA in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Here's an easy one, for me any way. Take a colony ship with 500 in it, try to send it back into dock or into a dock on another planet, instant CTD.

Any way to change victory? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

OK, get ready to laugh. I'm about 2 1/2 years into the game, my first try in GalCiv II at giant 9 races, and I accidently click on the victory tab. I say accidently because I know that victory is set to conquest, except somehow the interface got all the conditions checked again and now I'm stuck with a game I really don't want to play and 100+ turns of work I don't want to waste. With a game that big I will admit I cheat a bit in that if I

Any way to change victory? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

OK, get ready to laugh. I'm about 2 1/2 years into the game, my first try in GalCiv II at giant 9 races, and I accidently click on the victory tab. I say accidently because I know that victory is set to conquest, except somehow the interface got all the conditions checked again and now I'm stuck with a game I really don't want to play and 100+ turns of work I don't want to waste. With a game that big I will admit I cheat a bit in that if I

Reply to Good Sci-Fi novels/series in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Argh! It’s almost 3am, must promise myself a SHORT post of not mentioned but should be, imo. First off gotta say, Heinlein v. Asimov, I finished the debate with myself the day I.A. followed R.A.H. into the where ever. I THINK I’ve read all of both, except the newly published letters of R.A.H. and they both are near and dear… Someone mentioned space opera and didn’t mention Lensman by E.E. “Doc” Smith. I bit dated, but it is the gr

The Virginia Edition by Robert A. Heinlein in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Given that every version of GalCiv I've ever played, which I think is all of them, there has been a planet Heinlein, I assume that someone here may think as highly of "The Dean" as I do. So, here is a link to a "if you have to ask you can't afford it" collection of all of the Master's work. If you have any doubt that this collection deserves to be named after his beloved Ginny here is a URL for the Heinlein Prize Trust: www.heinleinprize.com. <b

Reply to Abandon starbase or colony? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The game I was talking about I had at Painful, above that I tend to get into trouble in the early game. Though I'm working on another Crippling now, and getting my booty booted to boot. :} On normal I couldn't seem to keep from influence just taking over the game, provided I got a good start. (I always have trouble with the early moves, it seems like I take too long and all the good spots get scarfed, once I'm past that I can handle it prett

Reply to Abandon starbase or colony? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks. Thing is I like the long game process, it's just a pain when I'm winning to have the A.I. just collapse like that from influence. Last night I played for hours just giving them the colonies back, made me REAL popular but got old, so I just startted deleteing them, but the area around me is now starting to look like a wasteland. Next game I

Reply to Abandon starbase or colony? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Pardon my ignorance but I haven't seen any mention of battle of the gods, could someone enlighten me? (OK, that's a lost cause so just fill me in on this please. :} )

Reply to Abandon starbase or colony? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Well, this will sound strange but I'm actually trying to avoid winning. I really like to play way up the tech tree, defending as needed to get there, then have big epic wars, win or lose, with high end ships on both sides. The problem is that to keep the bloody A.I. from taking me over, even with victory set to only conquest, I have to build enough influence tech, and where I can, take influence resources or they get used against me. BUT, when I do tha

Reply to Abandon starbase or colony? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Ok, someday, maybe in another life, I'm going to learn to keep it simple! Many thanks.

Abandon starbase or colony? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Is there any way to abandon a starbase or a colony? If not, is there some way to NOT accept a colony defecting to me? In some games this is a real pain, and I would like to at the least not be required to accept a defection. Any thoughts or info would be appreciated.

Reply to Why choose anything but the best option in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I actually came to this post hoping to find out what "+37% Starship bonus" means. I can't seem to find anything on what it does exactly, is it worth making an evil choice to get? BUT, to be on topic to this thread I go mostly nuetral, hence needing to figure out where to place my evil choices while trying to find good choices that don't hurt TOO much. This works great for me, but I do worry that the other races might come by and b

Reply to HOMM V won't be using Starforce copy protection in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I was just explaining this whole incident to my wife last night, so I wanted to add my congratz and best wishes. Copy protection only costs everyone money and does sqaut to stop theives, that was true when we first ran it out of existence with CopyIIPC and it's still true today. Theives steal, most people are NOT theives but did need to be educated as to what stealing in the digital world is, and isn't. You guys have been leaders in every wa