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Reply to DirectX 12 and Ashes of the Singularity in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="11" id="3594850"] The detail on the ground vs. the units is an interesting and controversial topic. There's a reason why this is done: You want the units to pop. You'll see this in a lot of games where the background is muted or even has a desaturated color palette. If the ground were the same level of detail as the units, you'd have more trouble distinguishing what matters and what's background. Even if it was desir

Reply to DirectX 12 and Ashes of the Singularity in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

The unit looks great, the ground looks tolerable by itself, but together there's a huge detail mismatch that looks jarring. You have this crisp clear unit sitting on top of this muddy ground texture. It makes either the ship or the ground look out of place vs the other.

Reply to Who is the modern PC gamer? A look at GalCiv III players in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Is there any source that can provide stats on usage of >60Hz monitors/GSync/Adaptive Sync? I know they're still very uncommon, but they make a big difference and they're being pushed by a lot of monitor makers. It's a pity that the Steam, Unity, and now GalCiv III hardware surveys don't have any information on it.

Reply to PC game piracy hurts us all in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

An (albeit very late) reply to Kryo comment, because I agree with where you start but think your conclusion is way off: [quote] This is the very foundation which permits people to make creative works for a living in the first place; the end result of a world where your beliefs were true (all intangible creations are free) would be one where the only games, entertainment, and art are those made by hobbyists. That means nothing would likely be created that couldn't be<

Stardock Central Dependencies in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Hi, I recently upgraded my GalCiv2 (boxed copy, UK, paradox) to Dark Avatar via Stardock Central. As I had just reinstalled GalCiv2 (and I pay per MB to download) I didn't have any of the previous Dread Lords updates installed, and didn't want to waste bandwidth with something that would probably just be replaced by DA. After installing Dark Avatar I tried to run it but whenever I would go either to the Options screen or try to start a new game, it would just crash. Af