Quantum73

Quantum73

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Reply to Screen Resolution CRAP!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I find it amusing how so many people can completey miss a point being made all because they are so busy defending a game/company that they probably spend too much time on anyways. I would hate to actually have a figure on how many of the folks on this board spend their entire evenings (if they even have a job during the day) instead of with their families. Oh wait, 45, single, still living with parents, makes sense now... :p And oh yeah, I had a friggin atari 2600 and almost every g

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Reply to Screen Resolution CRAP!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

All I can say is if you guys are happy with things graphics-wise then so be it. I call it setting low-expectations and by simply accepting that then you can and will have to enjoy your ascii games until the end of time...

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Reply to Screen Resolution CRAP!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Good points Lord KiRon... I agree however really the second part of your post is the main point I was making. It should not be an issue at all to support 1280x1024 so why not just do it? Again, fine, design for 1024x768, but allow it do display in 1280x1024... Flexibility by letting the buyer decide what looks best. I have put up with a lot of odd looking screens just to have the resolution I like... =) And BTW, I have never seen another LCD that comes close and I have looked at mo

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Kudos to the Programmers in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

What can I say, bought the game yesterday, had an issue, voiced my opinion in a couple posts, and next thing I know there is a poll regarding screen resolution. Whether my "issue" is resolved or not, that is the absolute definition of customer service! My hat is off to everyone involved (especially Frogboy)... =) Thank you as you have a satisfied customer. Of course I don't mind ruffling a few feathers along the way as well... ;p -Brian

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Reply to Screen Resolution CRAP!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Frogboy, I think your idea and my idea of "good" are completely different. Seeing as this Hitachi is one of the best LCD's available at any price and how my "crappy" is your "good", maybe you should be the one investing in a new monitor... ;p I just love how everyone gets all riled up over stuff like this... :) Hitachi CML174 Quick Specs Screen Size - 17.0 inch LCD Type - TFT LCD Viewable Area - 337.9mm x 270.3mm Native Resolution - 1280 x 1024 Br

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Reply to Screen Resolution CRAP!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

To Gengsta, Well, I would bet that you would find it a little more of a "fatal flaw" if your machine which will play any 1st person shooter at 1280x1024 and play it well suddenly had a 2d game that looked something like Wolfenstein 3d on a 386 and whoa, turns out it was a "programming decision" to not support resolution changes, something that is industry standard not any sort of hardware issue... LCD sales are now outpacing CRT sales so if you don't think this sort of thing is an issu

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Reply to Screen Resolution CRAP!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Blah, blah, blah, Hitachi 17" rated best LCD, best scaling, etc... I am spoiled! The LCD looks awsome even when scaling compared to other LCD's especially. Keep the graphics the same, add some "blank" areas, just increase the overall full screen support to 1280x1024 or higher... :) And I have played MANY games just for their entertainment value and not graphics. I have Spaceward Ho! running on an XP2800+ system and quite frankly it looks better than Gal. Civ only due to the fact

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Reply to Screen Resolution CRAP!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It would be whining if I had a P-233 and was crying because it wouldn't play the game in 1600x1200 32 bit color but I have a top of the line PC and monitor and this "new" game looks like crap. Since when were the high-end users nailed for having a "better" system? And I agree, why put leather in an "off-road" vehicle unless maybe it is just a street Queen? What's the point... :)

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Reply to Screen Resolution CRAP!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I realize that this is "my fault" for not doing more homework but wow, it is 2003 and I have not even seen a game with a fixed resolution in years! I am VERY frustrated! I have always had the option of upping the resulotion even if it made the game unplayable. My bad here but I forked out $40 and am stuck with this game. Best I could get is store credit. I used to buy a ton of games but I don't anymore so that store credit is almost worthless to me as I buy 1 or 2 games a year. I wait for

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***Petition for Screen Resolution Cyber Poll*** in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I would like to petition for a Cyber Poll to determine the number of users who would like to see the ability to change resolutions. It is not a choice for me as I have a Hitachi 17" LCD with a native resolution of 1280x1024 and now own this game which looks like I am running it on a x386... Please make the screen resizable. I don't need redone graphics, just the support of higher resolutions. Could be added in a patch... Otherwise a great game...

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Screen Resolution CRAP!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well this whole resolution thing is utter BS! I just wasted $40 on a games that looks like crap because it won't support 1280x1024??? My Hitachi 17" LCD (which is an awesome monitor) has a native resoultion of 1280x1024 and I have games such as Spaceward Ho! from 1996 that can change resolution and look good. Total BS... Processing cycles for the AI? Please, most people have video cards cards at this point that with at least 16MB - 32MB of memory and can handle a 2d game without muc

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