Thanks all. This is great stuff. You guys must be experts at this game. LOL.

PS - Mission accomplished. Thanks again.

<t> Okay, here's where I'm at. I tried the refuel route but there aren't any close bases between the fleet and the target. When I ran out of fuel and chose the refuel at nearest base option, it took me farther away from the target as that was the closest base. So I'm going to have to try something ...

<t> Okay, here's the deal. I'm 2 planets short of wiping a civilization out of existence. Unfortunately, these two planets have huge populations and thus my transports are going to have to carry a ton of troops.<br/>
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Now, I have one fleet that can do the job. The problem is, they're almost ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Radishgast<br/>
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The economic crisis is a random event. These can be turned off in the options at the start of the game. (There's no option to turn off specific event, just all random ones.)<br/>
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You can attack pirates without declaring war ...

<t> Starting to notice now that my credits are building substantially that I am being hit by economic crisis sometimes wiping out as much as 60% of my credits. What causes this and is there a way to prevent it?<br/>
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Also, I am finding pirates slightly annoying. It appears in the diplomacy ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: wagtunes<br/>
I assume then that before you actually buy the game it will at least tell you if Steam IS a requirement to run it or not, correct?
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I have a bridge I'd love to sell you ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>So then if I buy all my games directly from the manufacturer (like Matrix Games) even if it says requires Steam or uses Steam or whatever, I'll be able to play it okay without actually getting a Steam account, correct? <e ...

So then if I buy all my games directly from the manufacturer (like Matrix Games) even if it says requires Steam or uses Steam or whatever, I'll be able to play it okay without actually getting a Steam account, correct?

IOW, as long as I don't buy from Steam, I'm fine.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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When you bought your game directly from Matrix, Steam is an option only. You run the game from the matrix installed setup just fine without any connection or relation to Steam.<br/>
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If you want the game in your steam library, you ...

<t> Well, I'm about 50 years into my first 1,000 year DW campaign and all I can say is WOW. Had no idea what I was in for but I didn't expect anything like this.<br/>
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Have a few questions. First one actually pertains to Steam.<br/>
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Question 1:<br/>
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My understanding is that ...

<t> Well, I'm back. Very odd problem. Been playing this game with no problems for 2 days. Today I started it up and the zoom function doesn't work. I tested the mouse wheel to see if it still works for scrolling and it does.<br/>
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Any ideas?<br/>
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** EDIT ** I do see there is a page up ...

<t> Quick intro.<br/>
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35 year veteran of PC gaming going back to 3.5 inch floppy disks and the cheesy Eye Of The Beholder series. Before PCs, it was Atari and a room full of cartridges.<br/>
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Had taken a few year break from gaming to attend to my business and finally decided this past ...

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well you bought it, so your part of the community now[:D][;)]

Well, hopefully I can bring my 35 years of head banging experience to this community and be of some kind of help to it myself.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: zakblood<br/>
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yes, set steam to load in offline mode<br/>
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removed.<br/>
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and make sure you know fully update the game to the latest version before you start to play so you enjoy it more...<br/>
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and glad your sorted and happy, now ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Fishers of Men<br/>
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Excellent work, guys! It's very satisfying when the community can help a new member of the Distant Worlds forum. Welcome to the forum, wagtunes. I started playing P.C. games about the same time you did using 5 1/2 inch floppy disks ...

THANK YOU!!!!!

That was it. Ran DXSETUP as Admin and all is working.

Problem solved.

Okay, I went to the Microsoft site and downloaded and installed DX 9C even though my tech said he did it. I then restarted my PC and tried running the game again. Same problem.

Either it's not seeing that DX 9c is installed or it's another problem.

I know I need 9c installed. My PC tech said he installed it but it's not showing up. He said he even chose to install even though Windows detected the newer version. How do I get 9c to install so that I can see it's actually there?

Here is the DXDIAG file.

<t> I bought the game directly from Matrix Games. They sent me a physical CD and a license code. That is what I installed off of. I did not buy through Steam.<br/>
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I did find a crash dump file. Maybe this will help.<br/>
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I am also uploading the DXDIAG in another post as it only lets ...