No problems here mostly (IE 9 beta, Windows 7 x64 + SP1). Running WB 7.2 + WindowFX 4 (both trial versions) and the Alien Invasion V2 skin (with wallpaper); however, some applications (notably Yahoo Messenger 11 beta) appear strangely when skinned (so I have to add exceptions for it).
I've just installed WB 7 GA (downloaded from Download.com thirty minutes ago), and I'm running it on Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM (which also has Office 2010 x64 installed). Not exactly the friendliest of testing environments. I'm sticking to a basic skin (Aero Metal) along with a basic DeskScapes 3 DeskScape (Waterfall for Windows 7). No crasshing, and looks veery un-basic.
While Windows XP may have kicked off the want/need/desire for skinning Windows, the very fact that Windows 7 includes a lot of options that Windows XP (or even Windows Vista) does not fortunately means that it doesn't require as much to change the basic look of the operating system. Though I like (and am a former subscriber to) Object Desktop, I have less need for the entire suite of OD than I did when I was a subscriber. I have found that I can get a lot of my skinning needs met
[quote who="ab-" reply="10" id="1761203"]You can play the music in winamp directly from the \Sound directory.[/quote] VLC can also play .OGG files directly (Upbeat 3 I find particular fun; it plays whenever you're doing a beatdown on the opposition).
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I have seen in addition to the standard SINS a Game Of The Year Edition (specifically at Best Buy); what difference is there from the standard and Collectors' Editions at retail? The reason I am asking is because it's the same price as the standard edition and if the GOTY also includes additional features, I'd certainly recommend it over the *standard edition.
[quote who="Darvin3" reply="4" id="2290141"]Basically it didn't have a maximum number of targets, so it affected the entire enemy army, not just 24 units or so. Needless to say, with the right ability comboes, it made missile barrage look tame. [/quote] Still, what about combining Malice, Ruthlessness, *and* a missile barrage? Even if you don't max out Malice (in short, you have Malice at even 1), if you *also* have researched Ruthlessness and have a sizable number of
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I have zero issues with MSE x64, 7 RTM x64, and Sins with Entrenchment (however, I have *not* applied the 1.16 or later patches yet; could either of those be an issue?).
[quote who="Sakhari" reply="10" id="1777749"]When did the Advent start getting a weapons bonus for culture? Last I checked, their culture buff was only an increase in mitigation. Personally, I much prefer using the Deliverance engine in protracted multi-star games (which is generally the only time I see superweapons used at all unless I'm just screwing with an AI). It hinders the opponent's economy, gives you a good look at their empire (provided you have the appropriate research),
I'm wondering if a "soundtrack" CD is available for SoaSE or the Entrenchment add-on (preferably both), as I find some of the background music quite nice to listen to. (Besides, I bet that you've likely gotten some requests from film or TV studios for some of the tracks.)
[quote who="heft" reply="2" id="2196378"]Just an update: I fixed the problem. Seems it was a d3d9.dll error. I updated DirectX 9 and everything works great. [/quote] That seemed a bit odd, considering I have less (far less) system than you, and don't have that issue (Windows 7 64-bit build 7232). I have a Celeron DC E1200 (overclocked to 2.67 GHz), 3 GB of RAM, and an HIS HD3450 PCIe card driving an Acer H233H 23" display at the full-tilt 1920x1080 NI (the
[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="5" id="2234598"]You can easily mod the game to make it faster etc. In the Gameplay.constants file you can change research speed, culture speed, ship speed and many other things. In the (map name).galaxy files you can set your starting values for credits, metal, crystal. If you want a reall big map you can also change the number of planets. Here's a thought: do all of the above in a huge map, giving yourself loads of resources, s
[quote who="mwdowns" reply="6" id="2156435"] Quoting Calbrenar, reply 5 This seems awfully out of date to be stickied. Doesn't the Dark Fleet / RA cost money now? I saw a bunch of other inconsistiencies as well. Maybe update for entrenchment too? Was wondering about this as well. Seems the OP is about a year old now, but there are no replay links in the post. I'd be interested in seei
[quote who="UrWorstFear" reply="4" id="2128810"]I don't play online since my internet really stinks, but I have found that getting the economy up early is very useful (obviously) but I didn't realize just how useful until yesterday when I was playing against a hard AI. Basically, they slaughtered my fleet after I assaulted their homeworld (not realizing that they had massed about 70 ships there), and I realized how weak I was and what a potential threat they were. Then I turned my entire
[quote who="galacticdoom" reply="4" id="2015820"]Beating Maso is pretty easy once you learn certain tricks of the game. In fact, it doesn't even require doing anything special, as you can pretty much build basic stuff on evey planet and have the sliders set on 33/33/33 and clean up on the AI. The next difficulty level up is much tougher though. Although overall, as far as AI plays, ToA is the worst AI yet. DA and DL Ai was much better. I find the AI often plays absolutely horribly
[quote who="elias001" reply="1" id="1912449"]oh that is good to hear..i am upgrading my comp soon and i want a 64 bit machine. [/quote] Speaking as a recent (less than a month ago) convert (to 64-bit, not to either GalCiv2 or to Stardock's products), there's less (far less) reason to fear 64-bit as a gamer than there was even a year ago. Why? 1. Hardware and driver devs (especially ATI/nVidia/Creative) have actually gotten a clue and realized just how deep 64-
Agreed, Brad. In fact, I'll tackle your ticks one at a time: 1. The benchmarking is broken down into easy to understand categories (with separate ones for desktop and gaming graphics performance). While some GPUs perform better in terms of desktop graphics than gaming graphics (ATI's R3xx, which includes the 9700 and 9800, falls into this category), some perform better in gaming than on the desktop (RV515, also from ATI, is in this group; my X1650 PRO AGP scores a 4.6 in desktop graphics, but
[quote]Oh, Vista doesn't have a driver database like xp does. You better have a driver cd that comes with stuff you get when you have Vista. And All those games that were made before or when direct X 8.1 came out will most likely not run on Vista. With Vista comes two dirext X versions. direct X 10 and a weird thing, (probably wrong about designation), like direct X 10.L for legacy. That is supposed to support all previous versions of direct X except below 8.1 and maybe even 8.1 itself. So if a
[quote who="cactoblasta"]Personally, I don't think the man likes the United States at all. I think he is like a significant percentage of the Democratic left that thinks the US is fundamentally flawed and wants to "Change" it to reflect the values they think it should have.Isn't that a good thing? I'm not too sure about McCain's politics, but if he's much of a conservative the American people will have a choice between changing and staying much the same. Which way they vote (if they bother at
This was an issue I had the first time I tried to apply Diamond (a skin that is included with the trial version of WB6). Merely restarting WB 6 solved the problem (in fact, I'm running Diamond now). The issue he is referring to is WB6 *hanging*. Actually, Diamond looks pretty darn nice (I have no other components of OD installed/loaded whatever). What is all the slicker is that, at least at this point, unlike with XP, WB6 does *not* require WindowFX for the fancier pixel trickery to
I have no problems with Outlook 2007 with a skinned Vista Ultimate (WB 5.5 public running the Adrenaline skin); in fact, I grabbed 14 mail messages from two e-mail accounts (one being GMail) as I typed this. I also have Live OneCare 1.5 running. Sounds like it could be an infected e-mail or other issue.
Both my Mom and I run Vista Ultimate exclusively (the only issue between us is my Mom's printer; however, we licked that by sharing out my printer, which Vista supports with included drivers). My Mom's PC has integrated Intel 845GE graphics (so no Aero) while I have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro AGP (therefore I have full Aero Glass support). The printer with issues is a Lexmark P700 inkjet, while mine is an HP Deskjet 940C (I have suggested that Mom replace the Lex with another Deskjet, which is kno
Office is certainly used by home users (I'm a home user, and have *long* used Microsoft Office at home). Microsoft actually used to have a product geared *specifically* toward home users called Microsoft Works; however, the problem with Works was that compared to Office it came up far far short! Also, like Windows, you can purchase Office as OEM software (and, in fact, from most of the same resellers) but how many people dare to even *look* for Office OEM at their favorite e-tailer?
People are thinking they have to replace the computer (that is already running XP) to be able to run Vista. I seriously have to ask: are they *that* thumb-fingered and/or hamhanded that they are unable to properly use a screwdriver? Or did they make a major error when originally buying that computer and went with integrated (onboard) graphics, sound, networking, etc.? CPU: P4 2.6 or better or Athlon XP/64 3000+ or better (despite what you think, Vista runs just fine on even this old w
The Yor *CAN* be influenced into neutrality by influence starbases (I've actually had planets go into revolt because of them when playing as the Yor); hence influence starbases can be useful (or even critical) in a culture war, even playing against (or as) the Yor. When playing as the Yor, I tend to play primarily a trade/culture war, with a reasonably strong military as a backup (sounds like something the United States gets accused of: using their cu
Actually, trade (especially between civs) is more critical in GC II than in most other RTS games, and is often the key to a culture victory (in fact, I couldn't have won my first game without it). One thing I made sure NOT to neglect, especially in the early game, is manufacturing, farming, and research bonuses on new colony worlds; the result had me become the *go-to civ* for food crops and basic manufactured goods (unusual for the Yor, who I play as
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