EvilMaxWar

Hmm, for those who might have difficulties using the UTC timezones, you can see it in you Time & Date settings in Windows. Provided it is at the proper setting of course..

But who know for the expansions. The Torians might very well pull off a come back worthy of the Shofixti before this is over.

[quote who="AgaresOaks" reply="17" id="3451840"] So there's pretty much no reason to play unranked other than to protect your precious ladder points... which you don't have. Why unranked even exists when it simply causes headaches like this, I can't be sure of other than to assume Blizzard has been completely unable to comprehend the basics of good online play in recent years. [/quote] Unranked is here for many reasons. When you have buddies you want to pl

There are also those two threads on a related subject: https://forums.galciv3.com/452310/page/1/#3447458 https://forums.galciv3.com/452325/page/1/#3447526

@DARCA, in a more general way Indie is a short for Independant. As for the screenshots, I find the GalCiv 2 alpha quite interesting. I actually like the look of it, more organic. But it reminds me of a Car dashboard a little too much. Im not sure but I may prefer the GalCiv 2 botton oriented UI over a side column like in the GalCiv III alpha, ( or galciv 1 for that matter). It made for that widescreen galactic look that highlights the vastness of space. The new UI style, might

[quote who="erischild" reply="16" id="3451798"] If petty xenophobic insults don't work, what kind of xenophobic insults do? It sounds like you trigger the need for specialized diplomatic tools.[/quote] You mean like in-game imbedded insult generator? I support this idea. Wanna 1v1?

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="11" id="3451784"] Quoting EvilMaxWar, reply 10 It will be my pleasure to bypass any diplomacy with you in a 1v1 on a tiny map. I remember you said you live in Quebec. For that... YOU WILL DIE. ALL THAT YOU KNOW WILL DIE. [/quote] I am immune to your petty xenophobic insults. Better save you energies for later, you will need em.

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="9" id="3451781"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 8 I think the biggest surprise will be the multiplayer. The nature of GalCiv (on tiny maps in 1 v 1 games) works out remarkably well. I hope you make the multiplayer scale well with larger maps as well, preferably with a very strong element of diplomacy. I'm really looking forward to that. Do it for ParagonRenegade Brad, do it for me.[/quote] It will be my

IF you want to run Syrim in constant 60 FPS with the official HD texture pack addon, a 150$ 2gb Vram video card will do it. If you want to run the 4k texture mod, you need almost 4gb vram. I think skyrim with that mod is possibly the most Vram hungry game out there. 2gb vram will run just about anything else high detail in 1200p. Also, why 32 Gb? I am not aware of any game that even requires more than 8 gb.

[quote who="Werewindlefr" reply="5" id="3451602"] 6-8: Southeastern Michigan . Terraforming is required to fix the potholes on I-96.[/quote] You should see the potholes we have here in quebec, I don't think terraforming would be enough. More like project Genesis.

*I decided to abstain from twisted humor*

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="98" id="3451575"] Quoting bornloser, reply 97 Huh, guess that's what I get for always building cultural starbases. Proper use of starbases could buff your ships to be five times as powerful, make your planets produce five times as much and slow enemy ships' movement to a crawl. I personally found a way to make a 'slingshot' array of starbases, where I made a bunch of military bases with ship speed buff

They would not be making these cards if there wasn't people buying them. And those people will probably buy two and put them in SLI. Fortunately it is utterly not needed to have a good 3d experience, its like those kids putting 30 grand in car modifications. It wont get them faster to work than my 3000$ truck.

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="12" id="3451542"] And Facebook just bought Oculus. http://www.neowin.net/news/facebook-to-acquire-company-behind-oculus-rift-vr-headset-for-2-billion [/quote] I am... not sure how I feel about that.

[quote who="PaulTozour" reply="9" id="3451538"] Quoting EvilMaxWar, reply 8 Brad, ironically the way to enjoy Starcraft II Casually, beside playing Tower defense custom maps of course, ... See, Brad, that's what I keep trying to tell you. Desert Strike and Nexus Wars are WAY more fun than regular SC.[/quote] I used to play Roundabout war back then, was tons of fun :P [quote who="Frogboy" reply="10" id="3451539"] My

[quote who="Medwynd" reply="127" id="3451527"] Built it back in December: CPU - Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid Motherboard - Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Memory - G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 SSD - Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" SSD HDD - Western Digital BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Video Card - 2 X EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 3GB Case - Cooler Master HAF X Blue

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="121" id="3451474"] Quoting treborblue, reply 120I'm not really into overclocking, does it make all that much difference? I really don't think so. Many people talk about overclocking their CPUs, but when I watch the monitor for mine, I see the clock speed changing constantly. I don't know what causes this, but the temperature is not the reason, as it is staying below 30 Deg. C.[/quote] Intel cpus use a technology that al

Haha, ditto about just slapping the pieces together, I just use the default template most of the times. But that being said, I think the system in GalCiv 2 is brilliant and what some people have been pulling off is very impressive.

Brad, ironically the way to enjoy Starcraft II Casually, beside playing Tower defense custom maps of course, is to play the ranked ladders. This might sound counter intuitive but it is true. The custom matches are full of Diamond+ players who want to warm up. In the ladders, the system will automatically pit you against opponents of the same level as you. It wants you to win about 50% of game. If you win more you will move up the rank and face better players. If you win less th

[quote who="5pl1t1nf1n1t1v3" reply="8" id="3451428"] Quoting admiralWillyWilber, reply 5 I was inspired when someone was talking about a two month old post, so I decided to find the oldest post since someone responded on this site. Oh dear, I may have created a monster...[/quote] Yes, let's talk about monsters. More specifically Space monsters. Op mentionned the Swarm infestation in Sword of the Stars, this is definitelly a feature I

I support this Necro. I like space pirates, that they are cliche makes them even more suitable to GalCiv. Space creatures would be cool too. The way I would like to see pirates implemented would be as non playable Pseudo-Factions. Please not the boring Pirates from Endless space, those sucked. I would like pirates you could interact with in many ways, You can negotiate with them, buy them off, trade with them, but all with the "reliability" you

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="17" id="3451310"] "Nova Scotia: At least we're not Quebec!"[/quote] [e digicons]^_^[/e]

[quote who="Replicators" reply="39" id="3451327"] The vertical movement of the ships disturbs me... Maybe have a setting that shows a smooth movement? Anyways, the video is rather very limited in actual gameplay.[/quote] First thing I thought upon seeing it is that it looked like some kind of fish or other swimming creature.

Gaunathor, do you remember all those references by hearth? You are like a living search engine :p Unless.. Gaunathor, you are not a robot right?

I recall also reading some ( I think it was from Brad ) about the decision to require 64bit systems for the game. That it was about increasing the limit of what the engine was capable of, and IIRC map size was cited as an exemple.