Tridus

Multiple interconnected sliders suck. They are bad UI, and it's good that they're dead and not coming back. A slider is for when you have one thing to control. When you have several, you use something suited to the task. At some point these complaints about sliders start to feel like people want it because that's how it was before and they're used to it, not because there's any advantage to it.

This has been an ongoing source of confusion since forever, as we keep getting situations where one post says Vista and another says 7 is the minimum. They really need to clarify it one way or another.

[quote who="Agenteusa1" reply="10" id="3452924"] So everyone tell me? I want to help with developing the game and pointing out processes (we arent talking about detecting bugs here). Why should I pay for ir as if it was a full game??? I'm sorry you guys will never have your point, the man is right, if you want people to help you at na alfa stage just throw some invites and charge a measly fee since shit, its me who is helping you. G

[quote who="Valiantheart" reply="18" id="3452173"] Hi there. I am a Founder. Are there some steps i need to take to insure the download/game will appear on Steam? I don't recall during the sign up process any interaction through steam. I believe the Stardock website handled the purchase. [/quote] You'll get a Steam key once its out. Put that key into Steam and it'll download it. Right

Patience is a virtue. :) Now go have a beer. [e digicons]:beer:[/e]

[quote who="Avatar137" reply="5" id="3452094"] Quoting Tridus, reply 3It's commonly said that 90% of people never change the defaults in a program. So don't worry, lots of people are going to see the founder star names. It's also said that 78.4% of stats quoted on the net are also made up. [/quote] See, that's totally false. Everyone knows it's 41.3%! ;) Though the stat I cited is not one of those. <a hre

There's nothing to download if you do that, as noted above. It'll likely appear later. May be best to hold off until Stardock gives the go ahead. (It doesn't actually show up in my steam library at all right now.)

Soon ®.

[quote who="Nukar" reply="2" id="3452031"] Quoting kryo, reply 1 Yes, you can do that here. hmm so the named star we purchased as funders is kinda useless? If people dont like it they just put an other txt file in the modsfolder and poof no more 'nukar'-star [/quote] It's commonly said that 90% of people never change the defaults in a program. So don't worry, lots of people are going to see the founder

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="14" id="3451789"] A tiny 1 on 1 map can be done over lunch. A Small 1 on 1 game takes a few hours. I am not sure if Co-op is in the first Alpha but it is a requirement so it'll get in. I don't think the first alpha allows large maps yet -- we want to get basic compatibility out first.[/quote] Okay, cool. Long as its coming before release. :)

[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] Me too. I wan

Kona might be in a less comedic mood when he gets the footage of the fleet around Earth being wiped out. Nobody likes it when their food starts biting them!

We'll find out pretty soon, since the founders will be running it. :)

If you don't upgrade, you'll get your Steam key for the game as a regular founder when the beta period starts.

Saw the note about multiplayer in the feedback this time. I hope they're not fixated on multiplayer being tiny deathmatch maps. That is the absolute last thing I want. Let me play coop with friends on a big map and I'm happy.

[quote who="DARCA1213" reply="9" id="3451633"] I love it when Italian Canadians complain about Justin bieber and rob ford it makes me heartily. (bigger lol.) [/quote] Why would Canadians complain about Beiber? America was kind enough to take him off our hands. Incidentally - no refunds!

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="3" id="3451623"] I recommend against getting the alpha package if you've only recently heard of the series, it's an acquired taste for sure.[/quote] Deifnitely. Alpha isn't the best place for a new player to jump in. It's going to not work all that well.

Definitely, corruption was the single most hated thing in Civ III. Not sure why we'd want to go down that road again. At the end of the day, the normal conquest victory condition sucks. That's what this is about. Having to wipe out a bunch of insignificant planets that post no challenge just to meet the victory condition is pointlessly grindy. Civ V actually did that better - you just need to take the capitals to win the conquest victory.

[quote who="AppleNitrox" reply="62" id="3451532"] Quoting Lucky Jack, reply 57 Quoting AppleNitrox, reply 53 27th so close! I cannot wait! Actually, quite ignorant question for which I am sorry but I didn't fully follow the topic. Is it said at what time the Alpha keys will be out? Nobody has said anything yet, but since they are in Michigan (UTC -5 +1 DST) I would guess it will be either midnight their time (4:00 UTC)

[quote who="The FOO" reply="15" id="3451168"] ADT is currently UTC -3, but UTC -4 when it's not Daylight Savings idiocy. Mostly available evenings and weekends.[/quote] Someone else from ADT? Maritimes represent! [e digicons]:beer:[/e]

[quote who="EvilMaxWar" reply="169" id="3451258"] Gaunathor, do you remember all those references by hearth? You are like a living search engine Unless.. Gaunathor, you are not a robot right? [/quote] I'm pretty sure he's this guy . ;)

Well, it looks nice. The enthusiasm from the person in the video is obvious. Movement looks good. The video doesn't really show much "gameplay" though. It's to be expected from a pre-alpha product, but I'm not feeling the same level of excitement out of it that others are.

[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="158" id="3451075"] I have mixed emotions on Distant worlds. First it was really hard to download. Appearently they won't let me back into my account, so I'm going to lose this game the next time my computer is going to crash. My expansion never worked you know the one they say is in front of the game. [/quote] Distant Worlds uses the worst digital distribution system on the entire planet, so far as gaming is concerned. Steam is

[quote who="Goudeau42" reply="8" id="3451002"] um us eastern? utc-5[/quote] If you're in an area with daylight savings, Eastern is -4 right now.

[quote who="antibor" reply="18" id="3450956"] I am perfectly fine having the names only in the retail game (neither in alpha nor in beta), only my impression of Brad's intent was different.[/quote] He did say that in one of the founders documents. Maybe he changed his mind. It probably makes the most sense to do that gathering after they stop selling elite editions, so they only have to do it once.