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Brad has already stated they have come up with some kind of enhanced tactical battle for GalCiv III, but I cannot see it being an integral part of the interactive game affecting overall outcomes. It'll be some kind of optional enhanced tactical box with added smoke and mirrors - whether its out in open space, Planet atmosphere, ground based - or all the above as the saying goes. There is zero chance of a tactical level battle having a mainstream affect on the game. On the lar

[quote who="Kobrano" reply="70" id="3413784"]I purchased Office2012, and indeed installed it on several computers. It's quite LOGICAL to assume EVERYONE would do this[/quote] Ya think ..... I go for Office 365 Home Premium, covers five people for £7.99 a month, all up price covering all 5. Gets upgraded to latest MS Office as time goes on, everyone gets the full deal equating to full price Office Professional, their own legal copy. Also covers mobile devices in

[quote who="Illauna" reply="1" id="3413739"]Argh, started a budget with my wife just before this came out. [/quote] So do what our beloved Politicians do - move into deficit Financing, whilst declaring that your budgetary investment, is laying the Foundations for future fiscal growth and impending Nirvana for all Mankind. In short .... give in or I cut the housekeeping [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]

Lets see their new editor they designed for GalCivIII first, before condemning it to a life inside the nearest super-nova.

[quote who="Seilore" reply="6" id="3413531"] and change his mind as many times as he'd like [/quote] He is susceptible to bribery and corruption? We could do an Inter-Galactic whip-round ..... if that fails, send in the Ninja's [e digicons]XD[/e]

If it becomes the anticipated "nice earner", I think GalCiv IV is a given in due time - I have a feeling he's in love with GalCiv as much as an Owner/Programmer can be. Constructing a storyline along the lines of .... "After the violence of the final climatic battle, unknown to the Terran Alliance, a massive worm hole was opened up to a parallel universe where the Brutal Zargassian Alliance, and subjugated allies, saw their opportunity to mount a s

[quote who="Kobrano" reply="49" id="3409580"]It's not theft, plain and simply because a copy was purchased. What happens to it within my home is my business. [/quote] No it is not, that's an Internet Myth - it only becomes so if the copywrite owner/author explicitly allows wider ownership and/or usage that that single licence on one computer. The Owner/author lays down legal terms and conditions for its use, you do not own copywrite merely by buying it. If yo

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="69" id="3413435"]We don't like constructor spam, however.[/quote] ... so there is a god after all ...... [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] I shall burn double-incense for you all if you succeed in crushing constructor fleets [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]

[quote who="TanC" reply="40" id="3413020"]One more thing, does Stardock build in a switch that disables the need to have Steam running to launch GalCiv 3, in the unlikely event that Steam ceases to exist?[/quote] Brad made a commitment many moons ago to provide a fallback - quickly - if Steam ever went under, so Stardock software could be changed very quickly to run his customers PC software licences etc etc. Whilst the word "overnight" was not used, I strongly suspect it will be very

[quote who="Xsifilad" reply="14" id="3412970"]If you want a low end gaming rig AMD CPUs are the way to go ....[/quote] Spot on .... IBM had a massive strategy change after Lou Gerstner took over IBM following their gargantuan losses amounting to $24 Billion in the period 1991 to 1993. He kicked off, and steered, the industry change from mainframe to client server. In 1997, he went on the "offensive" to regain IBM market position and reputation by buying Tivoli, a Corporate level of Cl

Dang .... sorry double post - forgot to include the link to NVidia look-ahead plans etc. http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2013/3/19/nvidia-future-gpu-roadmap-revealed-maxwell2c-volta-innovations-shown.aspx

[quote who="Rovert10" reply="9" id="3412206"]It is required or else we have Nvidia running around with absurd pricing on GPUs. [/quote] Yup ..... this Round reignites the price war that's for sure. NVidia have to - at present there is no where else for them to go, hence their deep price slashing. Even the Flagship Titan has been taken down http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeo

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="320" id="3412539"] I may not be expressing it correctly due to English being my second language, but there you have it.[/quote] Nope - nice job, if you are not already, go for a Translator Job [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] The world has moved on since the infamous comment by Henry Ford in 1922: "the customer can have any color as long as it is black..... " I hope Civilization & GalCiv continue to hold the lin

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="17" id="3412493"]I really hope Stardock releases a soundtrack album. I would gladly pay for this.[/quote] Good idea - and if the rest is like this, second in the queue behind you to pay for a Soundtrack Album

Good start - love that music [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

Works ok now - nice music [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

[quote who="charon2112" reply="32" id="3412244"].... I was vehemently against it. That changed quick once I starting using it. [/quote] Exactly the same reaction to Steam. Initially against it, but came to realise that was a knee-jerk reaction on my part, and I was wrong. I can see the limitations for anyone who wants to modify the game in particular ways etc etc, and its certainly true that some aspects of Steam don't give total freedom in that regard. However for th

Guru3d R9 290X Review http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290x_review_benchmarks,1.html Guru3d Dual R9 290X shoot off Versus Dual GeForce GTX 780 SLI: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290x_crossfire_vs_sli_review_benchmarks,1.html

280X is a great price - street price in UK is £235 for the Sapphire version. Usually slightly more expensive over here due to exchange rates, but that's still $370, not far off the US Amazon price medium of circa $340. Tempting .... but I'll wait and see what the dual GPU version comes out as in a few weeks/couple of months

Brad has launched Oxide, a new graphics initiative, they just went live. As far as GalCiv III is concerned, DX9 is dead - not happening, will not get past first base even by co-incidence. DX9 is wholly incompatible with the new Nitrous Graphics Engine that's been launched by Oxide, Brad's new 3d engine, Nitrous, is a generational step change in graphics. DX9 could handle three point lights in games, Nitrous handles tens of thousands using all available graphics GPU /&nbsp

[quote who="Tyrantissar" reply="16" id="3411021"]My guess is hell yes it will be supported.[/quote] Brad has already stated DX9 will not be supported in GalCiv III They have written a brand new 64bit DirectX 10/11 3D engine. As far as GalCiv III is concerned, DX9 is dead.

[quote who="Tyrantissar" reply="46" id="3410838"]so this game might turn out really really good or really really bad.[/quote] Really Really good - especially as they already had a problem with a game (a long time ago). 'Ol developer saying ..... once bitten, twice shy, thrice you die ..... You can be sure Brad is well aware of that. If it does goes wrong, the difference with Stardock is they will fix it at no cost, and give a bonus for staying the

[quote who="RonLugge" reply="59" id="3410575"]They were executed for being a horrible idea.[/quote] RIP dear squares ....... we knew you well [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]

They don't have to - it'll just be a case that GalCiv will not run win7/DirectX9. We will see in a few weeks, my betting is still on Win7/DirectX10 minimum

[quote who="NitroX infinity" reply="5" id="3410788"]Uhm, Windows Vista supports 64bit and DirectX 10. So if they support DirectX 10, they will go below Windows 7 [/quote] Hell will freeze over before Brad goes anywhere near Vista for GalCiv III