I hope you incorporate some of the building techniques that Kryo used in Gal Civ 2. Being able able to merge multiple hulls and parts made for a lot of versatility in ship design. His method was far better than the default.
[quote who="CuriousLary" reply="109" id="3431471"] Overall I like the online distribution of games through steam. [/quote] I was very reluctant about the whole idea of using Steam, but now that I've had some experience with it I kind of like it. It makes it very easy to get my hands on a game. These days, retail stores have next to nothing as far as computer games goes. My local EB Games has just a small shelf devoted to them, and they tend to only carry the latest blockbust
[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="29" id="3430442"] Every one I try to install tries to get me to install something else. [/quote] And everyone of them that does gives you the option to not install anything extra. So if you pay attention to what you're doing, then you won't get your system filled with garbage. And yes, I don't know where all that crap after "by Plus-HD-1.3" came from. Certainly not from my post. You might be better off just formatting your drive
[quote quoting="post"] What if I want to play it on a computer without internet and Steam? [/quote] You set Steam to offline mode. It doesn't require an active internet connection to function. I played Fallout New Vegas for a couple of years without having any sort of internet at all. I still play all my Steam games in offline mode, only going online if I want to buy a game or check one of their forums. You really should find out how things actually work before
[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="23" id="3428625"] What happen to the idiot proof system windows used to be.[/quote] Windows has never been "idiot proof", there has always been viruses and malicious software ever since the internet was created. That's why security companies like Norton and McAfee have become multi-million dollar corporations. It's up to the user to be aware and to take precautions that prevent these sorts of things from getting into their syst
Yes, I was reading how he was going to make good use of multi-threading capability. The AI was definitely a disappointment in Twilight of the Arnor, it did much better in Dark Avatar IMO. I guess they just couldn't quite get a handle on all those unique buildings etc. In one game I played, the Torians had a massive empire but almost all of their planets had little more than a Spaceport on it, including their home planet. And they had pitiful defences for them all. They were my main compet
[quote who="Achronous" reply="5" id="3427267"] I think if you liked Civ4 and 5 you will like it. [/quote] I agree. While I haven't played Civ 5 at all, I see a number of similarities between GalCiv2 and the Civilization series in general. So if you liked those games, you would probably enjoy the GalCiv games as well.
I just came across the news that Gal Civ 3 is in production. You can count on me for a copy, I thought you did a fine job with Gal Civ 2. Though I'm a bit disappointed in looking at the screenshots to see that it will still be a flat universe. I was really hoping the next edition would have a 3D universe rather than have all the action take place on a single plane. And I really hope you put some extra effort into the AI, that was the main weakness in the last edition IMO. Especially with