MrDowntempo

Reply to A use for uninhabitable planets? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I would like to see a new tech after terraforming in 1.2 that allows us to convert useless planets to usable planets. That would be neat

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I play a free game called [link=http://www.wesnoth.org]Battle for Wesnoth">Link It is a TBS game that has fantastic multiplayer. But it is a very different sort of game. There is only one resouce and no micro management at all. Its all about moving your units around and exploiting the enemys weaknesses. GalCiv on the other hand has huge scope and the turns are much slower. I don't think it would make for an entertaining multiplayer experience. What I'd like to see is a more intricate ship de

Reply to First Time Gal Civ-er in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

Butcgerski, by 3D I meant that the game is still layed out as if it were on a 2D game board. In real life space is not flat. There are stars in every which direction. Check out Link to see what I mean. Its not a game, but it is an awesome free open source space sim. Martimus, I'll have to look again, but so far I've seen lasers for sure come out of every side of the ship including the rear. I think they should only come out of the weapo

Reply to Play at any resolution.... except mine. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Mr. Mistoffeles, I don't think you read my post. My machine is fine, 1gig of ram and an nvidia 6600. I have a very nice 32 inch monitor. It just happens to be a TV and TVs are not as high res as monitors. Most TVs are interlaced 640x480. (i'm talking NTSC american TVs. European TVs are a slightly different res). Digital TVs are 720x480 progressive. I have a very nice Enchanced Digital TV which can go all the way up to 960x720, any higher and it would be considered a HDTV which it is not. Even if

Reply to Play at any resolution.... except mine. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks for the advice. When I installed GalCiv2 on my TV computer it detected my low res and informed me I needed to run it at 1024x768.I have already uninstalled GalCiv2 from my TV computer and put it on my desktop, so I tried editing the ini file on my desktop to test things out. 800x600 loaded, but the main menu was almost too big as the first and last buttons overflowed off screen. When I loaded a game the GUI was rather crunched togethor and the minimap was absolutely unusable. The tech tre

Reply to Poll Results: Would you recommend GalCiv II? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I dunno if I would buy a $20 multiplayer exspansion. I would however buy a $25 single player exspansion. Large scale TBS games don't seem fun to me as multiplayer games. I would however love a new race, more techs, jewelry and random events. And maybe even a battle viewer where the ships face the ships they are attacking and shoot from their weapon hardpoints.

Reply to GalCiv II: May Roadmap in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Enyclopedia Glactica all the way for 1.2!! Or for a bit cheaper the Hitchhikker's guide'll do. My biggest feature request is support for lower resolutions. Down to 800x600 or at the very least my TV's resolution 960x720. I would also really like to be able to upgrade ships within a fleet without first disbanding the fleet. Maybe its already possible but I can't find the upgrade button anywhere for fleet s

Play at any resolution.... except mine. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

One of the screenshots is labeled "Play at any resolution" No where one the box or the site could I find that there really is a minimum resolution of 1024x768. I wish I could play at 800x600. I have a computer hooked up to a TV in the living room that I would much rather play GalCiv2 on. (its my most powerful machine). Is there any way around the minimum resolution? I actually have that box running at 960x720 (thats 720p with a bit cut off the make it 4:3 aspect ratio) If I could run GalVCiv2 at

First Time Gal Civ-er in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

Never played Gal Civ, but I'm a big turn based strategy fan so I picked up Gal Civ 2. Reminds me a lot of Star Control 2! which is a good thing. I like the Ship designer a ton, though I wish I could scale all 3 axis individually to make extra long wings etc. The gameplay is supurb but one of the big selling points for me was the ability to watch battles of your own ships. This was my biggest disapointment. I can't believe missles don't get fired from the missle launchers, lasers don't get fired