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Reply to Major v2.4 Update, Free DLC, and Vulkan Support for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Coming on Aug. 24 in Press Releases (Ashes of the Singularity) AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Have you tried the lowest video settings on vulkan? If not, try that to see if it works and gradually work your way up from there.

Reply to Major v2.4 Update, Free DLC, and Vulkan Support for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Coming on Aug. 24 in Press Releases (Ashes of the Singularity) AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Some quick numbers in case you're interested in the benchmark results (GPU bound) run on the following system and settings: 2 AMD Nanos (only 1 used in both Vulkan and DX11 benchmarks). Overclocked 6 core intel 3930k 16GB RAM Windows 8.1 64bit Resolution: 4096x2160 Fullscreen: False (borderless window) Bloom Quality: High PointLight Quality: High Glare Quality: Mid Shading Samples: 8

Reply to Major v2.4 Update, Free DLC, and Vulkan Support for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Coming on Aug. 24 in Press Releases (Ashes of the Singularity) AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Took the opt in for a spin. Vulkan is working so far, looks like I'm getting a performance increase but still unable to select mGPU, also running the benchmark only shows one of my 2 GPUs active. Perhaps Stardock can give an official comment on a time frame (weeks/months) as to when we can expect Vulkan to use mGPUs?

Reply to Where is the planetary defense dome? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Is the orbital defense platform supposed to upgrade to the planetary defense dome? If so, it doesn't appear to.

Where is the planetary defense dome? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I've researched the tech but don't appear to have the option to build it in the planet build list. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Reply to Worthless Carriers and Customer Complaint in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Yea I was gonna submit a support ticket about this as well but it looks like the proud canadian has already let stardock know about this bug. I'm also seeing assault fighters spawned by the first unlocked carrier module being assigned a guardian role as well as the interceptor drones spawned by the more advanced carrier module being assigned guardian roles. Obviously I was expecting the interceptor drones to target and take out ships with the 'guardian role' but that doesn't happen sinc

Reply to Where is 'Aid Ship Production'? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

OK I'll see if I can find how to get the Aid Population, Aid Moral, and Aid Influence projects. So how do you guys specialize a manufacturing world now? By Building factories, power plants, cities and sending engineers there?

Reply to Where is 'Aid Ship Production'? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Ah I see, OK, so the only 2 options are the Aid Economy' and 'Aid Research projects? Also, in the Tech tree, zero gravity construction shows 'ship construction civilization priority' in the tool tip. What does this mean in practice? seeing as you can't build 'Aid ship construction' projects. edit: looks like Tasilos replied before I had a chance to reply lol

Where is 'Aid Ship Production'? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

In Gal Civ 3: Crusade, on the planet screen, I have the option to build an 'Aid Economy' project and an 'Aid Research' research project but no options to build an 'Aid ship construction' project. Is it possible to do this or not because I can't seem to find it or any other types of projects like population growth and influence for that matter...

Reply to Some questions about Galactic Civilizations 3: Crusade in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I've been able to get the answers to my 2 main questions, so I'll post them here as this information may also be useful to others. 1st question was: 'I'm interested in buying Crusade but would like to know if there's any difference between the G

Reply to Some questions about Galactic Civilizations 3: Crusade in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Have I posted in the wrong section?

Reply to Some questions about Galactic Civilizations 3: Crusade in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Also looks like the pictures in my original post aren't displaying correctly. I can't figure out how to fix this, can someone help me please?

Reply to Some questions about Galactic Civilizations 3: Crusade in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="a0152570" reply="1" id="3678184"] question for you. What is the attraction for GoG. Never used it. Steam seems to work well. [/quote] GoG's EULA is much more consumer friendly than Steam's, which is one of the reasons why the games sold there are DRM free. For example, I can install a GoG copy of GalCiv 3 on any PC I want without needing to use a client, which is a great choice to have [e digicons]:)[/e] Also, it's important

Some questions about Galactic Civilizations 3: Crusade in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Hello, I'm interested in buying Crusade but would like to know if there's any difference between the GoG and Steam versions of the game. I don't want to miss out on any features if I choose one over the other. Are they both identical?&

Reply to Ashes of the Singularity: June Dev Update in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Hey Brad thanks for posting this, it's great to be given this sort of insight [e digicons]:)[/e] I'd like to hear more about your thoughts on this part of your post: [quote quoting="post"] The reason I bring these things up is because when you build things (and destroy buildings) it actually deforms the terrain in real-time and that is very very expensive (and it gets more expensive the bigger the map and more players you have). So anyway, this

Reply to 4K home theatre system in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Yeah, sometimes! However, I face the webcam the opposite way and put on my tinfoil hat so's nobody can read my mind to find out that I'm nekkid. Nope, there ain't gonna be any naked images of me going viral and breaking the internet... and believe me, they WOULD break it. I have enough shattered bathroom mirrors to attest to that fact. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]:w00t:[/e] And to think, I once was God&#3

Reply to 4K home theatre system in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="9" id="3607088"] What psychoak means in the comment above....is that curved screens are only good for people who live lonely, sad lives on their own...[e digicons];)[/e] There is only one 'sweet spot' where the viewing quality is improved. All other viewing positions are actually worse...[e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] lol

Reply to 4K home theatre system in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="8" id="3607087"] Curved screens do have an advantage, but they don't work because they're a brain dead application. Particularly true for LCD's, when you're watching a TV from an angle, you get a color shift, there is the glare issue as well, but that can be mitigated. Color shift happens across the screen because you see it from different angles, this problem is magnified as the size of the screen increases

Reply to 4K home theatre system in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Thanks for the replies guys [e digicons]:)[/e] About the curved screens, yea, I've seen an advert that essentially says that because our eyes are curved then curved screens provides a more realistic experience! I don't even know where to begin with that one lol! I think I'd probably prefer flat, although if I had the choice to make it curve when I want, like that obscenely priced LG OLED model then I'd be fine with that as long as I'm

4K home theatre system in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

OK, so there's a lot of information out there about 4K TVs, home cinemas, amps, speakers etc. I think I've got a basic overall understanding of what I need/want, but I'm still a novice at this, so would like to see what you guys have to say :) The plan is to connect a 4K TV, AV receiver/AMP, 7.1 speakers and PC. I may connect some other stuff late

Reply to Virtual desktops in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Thank you everyone for taking the time to post your reply's here, it's greatly appreciated [e digicons]:)[/e] On the off chance that anyone else is reading this/is interested, I'll mention that most of the software that I've tried works quite well, although some are more clunky and limited than others. I found Dexpot to be among the better ones (thanks moshi). I'll also mention that I use Deskscapes and Fences, and so fa

Reply to Virtual desktops in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

If anyone else is feeling generous with their time, reading your thoughts on any virtual desktop software you have used would be greatly appreciated [e digicons]:)[/e]

Reply to Virtual desktops in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Thanks.

Virtual desktops in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Hello everyone, I've been looking for some software that allows me to create multiple desktops aka virtual desktops on the same PC. For those of you that may be unfamiliar with this, I'll try to explain what I mean in a way that hopefully makes sense. <span style="font-size: medium;

Please share your Ultrabook recommendations in Personal Computing Sins Forums

Hello everyone, I'm looking into buying an Ultrabook and am hoping some of you would be willing to share your thoughts to help me decide. I'm currently looking at (in no particular order): Samsung Series 9 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ASUS ZenBook Prime UX31A Apart from the price, the above three appear to have received very favorable reviews.