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Reply to Heroes of Might & Magic - Which Version to buy? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

This thread has convinced me, I just ordered HoMM 3 Complete from Amazon. I`ll post my thoughts of it after it arrives.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.1 Beta 3 Coming Thursday in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="WTF_Sandpit" reply="19" id="1931860"]Did 1.1 ever get released of has Sins died?[/quote] It`s been a long time, I`ve had the same thoughts. Apparently it`s still comming. The first micro expansion is due on Nov 18/08. So maybe they`re comming out the sameday I guess?

Reply to Coh: Opposing Fronts in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote]you need to ADD your COH cd key to your profile , and make sure your COH Opposing Fronts key is also in there then all 3 campaigns are unlocked to play[/quote] I had both keys entered, I could use the opposing fronts content in multi-play. Every time I tried to play the new campaigns I got this... [quote]I dont have the data required to play the campains installed[/quote] I had installed Opp Fr over the original CoH. I uninstalled CoH and reinstalled from the

Reply to Coh: Opposing Fronts in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[link="http://forumplanet.gamespy.com/company_of_heroes_technical_support/b49304/19670838/p1/"]WWW Link[/link] I think this thread should explain the solution to both our problems.

Reply to Coh: Opposing Fronts in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I have the same issue. I`ve looked over many tech forums for an answer to this, I haven`t found one. I`m guessing you have to finish the original CoH campaign to unlock the Brit one, Then the German one. I own the DVD ver of both games.

Reply to Why I love PC gaming in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I love my PC too.

Reply to Sporting A Long One in Blogging Stardock Forums

I can`t relate to your insurance company issue at all. I live in Canada. If I`m sick, I go to see a doctor. That`s it. I do pay an obscene amount of income tax for this service though. My income tax rate is around 36%. Not too mention the old age pention and employment insurance deductions that also come off my paycheck. All in all though, I`d rather have the full health care I have here then the US market system.

Reply to DIABLO 3!!!!!!!!!!!!! in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I find the Diablo series too repetitive for my liking. I don`t understand why people think D3 and SC2 graphics look bad though. I like the hand drawn look of them. Forget Diablo, I`m preording Star Craft II

Reply to The one bad thing about digital distribution. in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Very true, I was interested in buying SWAT 4. It`s a couple years old now, Sierra want`s almost $40 for the gold edition download. No way, I think the games on steam are $5 to $10 dollars over priced as well.

Reply to Should I start playing WOW again? in Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I tried Everquest when it came out, I hated it. Run around and press the "A" key to watch a battle. No thanks. I bought the WoW battle chest, I hate it. Run around and watch a battle, No thanks. I bought D&D online. Better, I still hate it. I`m thinking about buying Conan and giving that a try. I have hope for the genre, I`d rather play Oblivion then any MMO.

Reply to Bioshock DRM Limits Removed in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I read this thread last night, Bought the game today. I`m glad I did, It just reek`s of quality. I`m not very far into it, The intro and beginning of the game are amazing. The sound quality in paticular is incredible. I`m also very happy that I can "feel" the System Shock heritage in this game.

Reply to To Steam or not to Steam? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I'm curious to know how many non-valve games the typical Steam user has.[/quote] I have Deus EX 1, and 2. Nexus the jupiter incident(Which I highly recommend if you like tactical starship combat ala Starfleet Command), and Vampire the masquerade. The only time I would use a digital download service would be for older games I could no longer find at retail. If stardock was able to come up with digital download rights to System Shock 2, I would buy this instantly. This is a mar

Reply to Terror Stars - The Solution? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]# TS becomes acutally useful for a last ditch effort against a more powerful foe. # TS is not just so the powerful become more powerful, while the weak get weaker (though it could still be used this way). # TS is now a small military starbase that is mobile, vastly improving its usefulness in combat. # TS is still vunrable if you don't send an escort to defend it, but not a sitting duck.[/quote] I like these idea`s. [quote]Terror Stars might be slightly uniqu

Reply to The power of the consumer - copy protection in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote]"I don't care, I'm going to buy it anyway"[/quote] Of course I care. I dislike the protection as much as every other paying customer. This is a very difficult issue to deal with right now. Stardock`s sales are apparently doing very well right now with they`re approach to copy protection. I would say that valve is also doing very well with they`re approach. I have HL2, EP1, and EP2 installed right now. I of course would prefer not to have to use steam, I have given this issu

Reply to The power of the consumer - copy protection in PC Gaming Sins Forums

I`ve been looking forward to trying Mass Effect since I heard it was comming to the PC. I would buy it if EA stuck with they`re original 10 day check, I`m still going to buy it with this protection. I`m "assuming" that in the future when the games sales have run they`re course that this activation limit or the previous 10 day check would be patched out. Although I have been told that assumption is the mother of all f^%$ ups. This situation also makes me wonder what`s in store when Dragon Age

Reply to Post if you have a Sound Blaster of any type in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]How does Vista handle the Xi-Fi? Not that I ever intend to "upgrade" to that shoddy OS...[/quote] Out of curiosity, What is it that makes you think vista is this shoddy OS you speak of. Is that statement based on personal experience with vista or are you just repeating things you`ve read on the net? I run a creative X-fi on vista home premium, It performs beautifully. [quote]ummm, vista handles the X-FI about as well as it handles anything... which means... depending

Reply to You fav 4X Games! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Alpha Centauri[/quote] This is still my favorite 4X. I really liked the terraforming options, You could raise and lower hills/moantains. Create river`s, Planet buster`s(Nukes)actually blew massive crater`s into the ground.

Reply to Five Reasons Windows Vista is good for gaming! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I`ve been using 32 bit vista home premium for a few months now, I like it for the most part. My only problem with it...Vista alway`s seems to be accessing the hard drive or doing something on it`s own. I`ve shut down file indexing, Superfetch, Any non essential service is disabled. It still won`t stop. I`ve tried stardock`s tweak vista trial and didn`t see anything there that might stop it. Maybe in the full version? I`ve seen this same issue all over the internet. If anyone knows how

Reply to Absolutely SICK of These CONSTANT Out of Memory Errors! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I have had the same issue on two other games CIV4 and Supreme Commander. In researching it I have found it in others inc GalCiv. [/quote] I`ve run both of these games and GalCiv2 on 3 different computers. The first 2 had WinXP an my new one Vista. I have never seen this happen in any of the 3. I don`t really have anything to add to this thread, I`m just amazed at so many people can have this issue yet I`ve never seen it once.

Reply to computer technology chat in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

If sound is important to you, I can`t recommend a Creative X-fi sound card enough. If you try this card with it`s sound crystalizer enabled you`ll never be able to go back to onboard audio again. I was suprised at how dramatic an improvement it is.

Reply to Ship design go bye bye (1.8) in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I have also seen these issue`s in the 1.8 build.

Reply to Hard restarts in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

ATI's site just shrugs at you and says "I have no idea what f***ing card you have, but it ain't the one you just downloaded drivers for." I`m sorry but...LOL!!!

Reply to Sins of a solar empire - join the new beta or not? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

You have to purchase the game from Stardock Central, You will then be able to play the beta.

Reply to Do I have the most up to date ver of DA? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

WWW Link I recieved the exe file that Cari had sent to Rusty, I updated DA and used the replacement exe. It does work, It shows At the DA title screen in the bottom left corner, It says ver 1.50y. Is this the most recent version? Would I be playing the updated ver and see 1.50y because of the replacement exe file?

Do I have the most up to date ver of DA? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

At the DA title screen in the bottom left corner, It says ver 1.50y. Is this the most recent version?