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There is also a $40 (? I think) non-Founders edition that isn't available yet on Steam. That edition will get beta access sometime this summer. The current version is the founders edition and comes with Alpha access. The Founders edition also comes with all future content in terms of DLC and expansion packs. FYI. The non-Founders edition is available through the SD store. Once they are ready to distribute it you will receive a Steam key to ac

All of the different posts here are exactly the point. What should we report, how should we report it and where? Might as well get some direction up front so that this is being as efficient as possible.

With your previous betas that I participated in you always had a post at the top of the feedback section for the preferred way to deliver bug reports. Files, screenshots, information you'd like, etc. Any plans on making something similar here or are you good with us just including what we think relevant? Also: Steam will collect any crash files, should they occur, correct? Looking forward to testing. "Performing first time setup.....

Well now. Color me excited. It may only be an Alpha, but it's a huge milestone on the path to release.

[quote who="davrovana" reply="20" id="3449522"] Two different shops owned by the same company, ZeniMax Media, and thus under the same financial blance sheet. But no tangible relation! I mean, what does money have to do with video game companies? As if! And they told us, very clearly, that this game called ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE is not, in no way, the next ELDER SCROLLS game! They are set in the same fantasy world exactly but COMPLETELY UNRELATED. As if ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE was t

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="3" id="3448972"] I cringe at the thought of all the wasted development dollars and time spent on Online that could've gone to 'The Elder Scrolls VI: Whatever Yada Yada'. We'll end up getting a lesser product because publishers and developers want money.[/quote] [quote who="davrovana" reply="9" id="3449126"] "Let's take this incredible game series, which is set apart from every other RPG by the incredible sense of imme

Master of Orion 2 Civilization 4 with all expansions Alpha Centauri GalCiv 2 FE: LH

Bah, sorry. I meant to come back and update with a link when I had time and completely forgot. Thanks Lucky Jack.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="4" id="3443806"] I shouldn't admit this but for me the community is the whole point. if not for the forums I wouldn't make games. [/quote] So I read this to say that the more people we get to come here and bug you, the more resources that get devoted to the games and therefore the more features and/or faster release schedules we will see.

March 27th.

[quote who="DARCA1213" reply="23" id="3436819"] Baltimore Maryland, and the citys very old and crapy like most of the country. *EDIT* forgot the lol. *EDIT*[/quote] Comcast sucks as a company, but their cable internet is reliable and will get you good speeds for game downloads. I moved out of Baltimore mid-2010, so there may be new smaller players in the area as well. Downloading over wireless phone is going to be prohibitive, either because of cost (if you&

[quote quoting="post"] It has been almost a month since the founder's vault has had any new content. [e digicons]:'([/e] I would like to take this opportunity to point out that some of us are suffering from withdraw symptoms and will need another hit soon. A picture of colony management or government management or something. More music. Concept art. *beg*Please please please*beg* [/quote]&n

Games I will buy day 1 or have already bought in no particular order: GalCiv3 testing Witcher 3 Pillars of Eternity Dragon Age 3 (Please, oh please be better than 2) RimWorld Star Citizen (whatever they get out in 2014) Games I'm interested in, but will reserve judgement on until I see reviews Thief AOW 3 Bastards (not really) who pushed back to 2015: At

You could also just have the pin stop at the line initially. It would have to be selected again to drag it into the negative. In other words it's impossible to drag from positive to negative without first having it forcefully stop ON the line. Then you don't have to worry about hot keys.

So can those of us who are willing to deal with (or actually enjoyed) the painful crapfest (i.e. un-fun old school SD beta) have the game now if we promise NOT to post complaints about the level of fun? [e digicons]O:)[/e]

[quote who="Wetballs" reply="21" id="3425516"] Listen, I don't mean to sound like a jerk or anything, but what's the point of these patterns? Are "good" players supposed to memorize these patterns in order to game the system? What is this, Super Mario Brothers?[/quote] No, they help program a more efficient AI without explicitly giving the AI benefits like extra resources or beneficial modifiers. Basically, they are extra data points that the AI has acce

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="45" id="3422656"] No Find button in GalCiv III.[/quote] I noticed that. Assumed it was gone because you have that very nice categorized empire tree on the right side of the screen. Another UI question: In the economy shot in the founders' repository, is the dashed line on the economy triangle the revenue break even point for the empire? That's the only thing I can think of. If so, nice touch. More ni

Looking at the founders' economy screen picture it looks like there is a semi-circular dashed line that (I'm guessing here) shows the boundary for where the your economy goes from positive income to negative. If that's what it is, this is exactly the sort of UI touch that has traditionally been left out (or treated as an after thought) in previous games. I'm curious if that's what it is. If that is what it is, it makes me very excited to see the rest of t

[quote who="lecek" reply="73" id="3424092"] In keeping with traditions it should then be the Free Peoples Elected Democratic Republic of Altar.[/quote] You need to fit "United" in there somewhere too.

Correct. No Alpha yet.

NYC suburbs here.

http://www.logicalincrements.com/ Best guide I've seen for PC builders. Just FYI in case you want some more resources for research.

[quote who="Werewindlefr" reply="24" id="3418366"] It's... disappointing. You can't give direct orders to your owned ships, the graphics are nice but unoptimized and unequal (characters are plain ugly), some gameplay decisions, such as forcing you to walk in stations again and again, are really questionable. Also, BUGS BUGS BUGS BUGS BUGS !!!! The campaign is basically unplayable right now unless you're lucky (your trading ship often won't pick up the mission

Anyone playing it launch day? Any initial impressions?

Everyone knows that in real life the Drengin Empire destroyed all green stars because green is the color of weakness. How could Stardock possibly make the mistake of including green stars?