<r> A new bug has appeared in the form of pirates and troops defecting to the enemy. See:<br/>
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<t> It's a feature, not a bug!<br/>
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And it could be improved by requiring payment of some money to convince the pirates to change sides, with an appropriate success bonus for some smarmy leader who has a corrupt bargain ability. It would be fun if hiring him/her/it had the unfortunate side ...

<t> This strikes me as unreal customer support. I only recently returned to gaming and so am unfamiliar with current standards, but three patches in the first month strikes me as incredible. [X(] I'd appreciate it if others could verify this.<br/>
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Vasquez, thank you very much. I was wondering whether to get 128gig or 256gig, and you helped a lot there.

<r> Icemania, one of the key breakthroughs in player mods for MOO3 was Bhruic's hacking of the AI ship designs, with his <LINK link="http://www.lcs-hamburg.de/Bhruic/bhruic.dyndns.org/patcher/autobuild.php.htm"><s>[link=http://www.lcs-hamburg.de/Bhruic/bhruic.dyndns.org/patcher/autobuild.php.htm]</s ...

Vasquez, that is a very good idea. What brand and capacity of SSD do you recommend?

I have load times of 60-90 seconds for DWU tutorials, and my PC was purchased specifically for the game.

<r> I had to totally uninstall my Norton 360 AV, reboot, install DWU and then reinstall my Norton. The latter was not a hassle as my days earlier foolish obedience to MG's advice about use of a download manager had gotten Norton customer support to download a clean copy of Norton to my download ...

Turning sound off via Options does not seem to work in the first tutorial. I still get loud clicks when pressing keys. This is not a biggie yet, but it will be when I get past the tutorials. This game is immense.

<r> Spidey, you might try reading my post a second time. You seem to believe I advocated things I denounced, such as AI production cheats. As for turn-based, my contention was for an open-minded rethink of fundamental game concepts, and I also pointed out the drawbacks of turn-based.<br/>
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<r> Oh, and the "<I><s>[i]</s>something worse<e>[/i]</e></I>" concept should definitely be used to balance the existing one-sided rewards for exploring. Players should not get find only beneficial things from exploring like mad. They should also find things they'd really rather not find, such as ...

<r> This thread concerns proposed major concept and emphasis changes for the remake of <U><s>[u]</s>Distant Worlds<e>[/u]</e></U> – DW2. Details such as interface ideas should be limited to “how-to” implementations of the new stuff.<br/>
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And I haven’t played any version of DW yet – I first ...

<t> I have screen resolution problems in that my monitor is set for 1920 x 1080 resolution, while DWU seems to prefer a 4x3 screen, but I'll deal with that over the weekend.<br/>
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MG should have some game mechanism to automatically change resolution for specific games. Even my 2003 release of ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Mistress, I report SUCCESS!<e>[/b]</e></B> [8D]<br/>
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It was Norton, in the study, with the shotgun. [:-]<br/>
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Erik came through.<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Norton has been the cause of a lot of grief for us in the past. One test that may be worth a try is ...

Erik, that 44-meg file has been emailed to you.

<r> Erik,<br/>
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I have no subfolder labelled <I><s>[i]</s>Code Force Limited<e>[/i]</e></I> after the Roaming entry here: C:\Users\[YOURUSERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\<I><s>[i]</s>Code Force Limited\Distant Worlds\1.9.5.0<e>[/i]</e></I>\<br/>
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I can't find a Windows event log.<br/>
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We both also have Office 2010 and Real Player on our systems. Sound and video cards are quite different.

<t> Erik,<br/>
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My wife's Windows 7 desktop and my Windows 8.1 desktop both use Norton 360 as the AV, but I've tried disabling it on both PC's and then installing DWU. Nada. The one thing I haven't tried yet on my wife's PC is the DXSETUP recommended by VPaulus, and that I'll do tonight. The ...

<t> Zak, what is a log file and where on my drive C can I find it?<br/>
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Given that nothing whatever seems to happen when I try to launch DWU, from the executable, or from the MG standard menu, or from the Quick Launch button, I suspect there won't be a log file. Installation seems fine, and ...

<t> Problem Summary:<br/>
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DWU does not launch from the executable or by any other means. It seems to install without problems, and all buttons on the main menu are functional except “Play Distant Worlds”. This is true for my Windows 8.1 desktop and my wife’s Windows 7 desktop.<br/>
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