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[quote who="Mike Zimbleman" reply="6" id="3681891"] Hmm... So Steam and/or Stardock advertised buy both at a discount, but in reality the customer can only have one or the other (at any given time). Interesting marketing. [/quote] It's annoying the way that Steam handles DLC, I agree.. If I ever didn't just play all games with all DLC active all of the time I'd probably complain, but I can never think of a reason not to have the DLC active on pretty much

Oh, as an aside, the Steam sale starts in ~ a week or so.

Precursor worlds are sexy, but not game-changing. I think they make the game a lot more fun, personally as they create objectives that I (as a player) really want. Otherwise, the ones that add Factions are probably pretty fool-proof recommendations. The Snathi one, The Merc's pack (includes Arceans + Torians). There's the one that adds a new Terran faction - so if you love humans, you may want that one - they're less interesting than the other 3 factions I'd mentione

[quote who="lyssailcor" reply="53" id="3681815"] Quoting tid242, reply 45 I've never played Spaceworld Ho, but it sounds to me like it'd be a great game for $8 ... but not one I'd ever spend >100 hours playing. Correct. Spaceward Ho! was a downgraded Master of Orion

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="43" id="3681665"] When people talk about having super polished smaller games (like Spaceworld Ho) they are, in effect, talking about mobile games. There is no viable market for that on the PC. What people want philosophically and what they actually spend money on are often two different things. [/quote] Even at a $5-10 price point? Or otherwise at a pricepoint consistent with mobile gaming (I don't buy any mob

good post +1 I actually didn't even know #5 would inform you when an enemy spy stole a tech. I'd always assumed that I just had really pimp counter-espionage.

[quote who="rthompsonsr" reply="5" id="3675970"] So how do you continue to colonize once you get past 10 admins? I know some more admin points can be gained with research, but not nearly enough to sustain an expanding empire that needs admins for colony ships, let alone a defense fleet. [/quote] Go to the citizens screen and "promote" an admin. It will cost you resources (which you may have to trade to get), but it will kill (retire?) the promoted

screenshot? persist over a quit/restart? As an aside https:// discord .gg/JN2XH6A is a pretty good platform for sharing/discussing/testing this stuff :)

I posted a debug.err and a savegame that reproduces it over in the discord bug channel yesterday afternoon .. In my case, it was to pay someone /else/ to go to war (because I was busy fighting my own wars), but yea, CTD every time..

[quote who="tid242" reply="11" id="3681378"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 1 Great post. Though, I soooo disagree with the first turn being to rush a shipyard. Depends on what's on your planet. A user could just start out with a Constructor and then use that to build a shipyard on turn 1 and crank out a cheap sur

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="1" id="3680651"] Great post. Though, I soooo disagree with the first turn being to rush a shipyard. Depends on what's on your planet. A user could just start out with a Constructor and then use that to build a shipyard on turn 1 and crank out a cheap survey ship if they prefer to old start. [e digicons]:)[/e] [/quote] Ok Frog. After playing around with it I have to say that your point is absolutely correct, a

You know.. I'll just throw out there that I'm probably about the only person in the 4x universe that just never really got into Civ at all. Tried several (including the original) and just never really liked them very much. GC2 on the other hand is one of my most favorite games of all times. On the one hand I think that a fantasy setting is a better format than "real life" (because there's always plenty to complain about the inaccuracies with real life", but on anothe

[quote who="Rhonin_the_wizard" reply="1" id="3681243"] Here you go. [/quote] wth, I've seriously searched for it so many times [e digicons]:annoyed:[/e] Although, admittedly the SD search function is totally jacked as something on my browser seems to block it (noscript?) anyway much appreciated Rhonin..

[quote who="Auramagma" reply="34" id="3681227"] Quoting Jolly Joker, reply 33 I think, what Oliver says, that we need to go back to SMALLER designs. I agree with every word. You expressed what I was trying to say before much better. We need better designs of the limited numbe

Don't let the cute duckling scam happen to you.. You've been warned..

Out of curiosity, does SD no longer sell Demigod? A friend I used to play it with was asking about it (I think he has a defunct impulse copy) and I told him to buy from SD so that it would be linked to a SD account, rather than just Steam - but then I couldn't find it anywhere.. Is it buried or just entirely not available? It really was a fun 2-person LAN game to play - just beat on things and drink beer, what can go wrong, really? cheers

Looking at my email preferences, what is "Tachyon"? IIRC, this was the network (RT, MP) technology SD was working on for, ostensibly Ashes - so is the Tachyon newsletter for competitive gaming, engine/tech updates or something else? I'm apparently subscribed, but don't really recall ever getting anything Tachyon-related, unless I'm misremembering what Tachyon is.. ? -tid242

[quote who="Franco fx" reply="25" id="3681121"] Quoting tid242, reply 23 This is why the OP was not spouting 'socialist BS' but rather an accurate description of the world he/she lives in.. I appreciate how you feel, but 40 bucks is not much in a world where a fast food meal for 4 will be more

[quote who="shawn12" reply="20" id="3681102"] >Let me put this right out there: Endless Space 2 + Stellaris + GalCiv III combined will almost certainly never make as much money as Start8. seriously?? thats kinda sad [/quote] Well, every business in the universe had to buy it, otherwise their employees wouldn't know how the hell to use Windows 8. Stupidest thing Microsoft ever did (which is say

[quote who="ZombiesRus5" reply="18" id="3681092"] Quoting Alstein, reply 13 I think the reason you're seeing the expectations of consumers of games (largely millenials and younger) becoming tough is a combination of higher competition on Steam, and the effects of late capitalism. Simply put, the public is so squeezed

On a related note, thought I'd throw this up here, for people who haven't seen it. Life and Death in the gaming market - it's tough out there.. Obsidian pulls through (obviously), but just barely - it was the Pillars backers that saved the company.. It's a great vid/documentary.. [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA8FfDskw4Q[/video]

[quote who="LightStar" reply="1" id="3680982"] Never heard of Discord, it forces you to install a different browser? [/quote] If you're using IE, probably. Firefox it works fine.. Agree with PubliusNV tho - the app /is/ a lot more convenient..

[quote who="lycan371" reply="10" id="3681015"] Quoting neilkaz, reply 2 WOW !! Is the idea (awful idea) here to make it even harder to get Ideological points? Elevation Foundation ideology reduced from 0.2 to 0.1 per turn Temple of Enlightenment ideology per turn reduced from 0.3 to 0.1 Preparedness Center ide

Ah yes, the holy trinities of business... Enjoy your work, Make a lot of money, Live withing the law - pick any two. Focus your business on: Best Product, Best Service, or Best Price; some combination of 2, but never all three (as a corollary, if you walk into any business and can't figure out which 1 or 2 of these they're focusing on and which 1 or 2 they're sacrificing - chances are that business won't be there in 3 years (or apparently 40 years, if it's Sears))..

@aerez vid drivers up to date? But otherwise, no, I've been rock-solid, don't think I've had a single crash, older i7 w/ 970GTX. Does it generate a debug.err? If so you should def fwd them to the team :) cheers