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Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
Posted: 03 Mar 2006, 07:00
by X-Warrior
Widescreen Grade: AMulti-monitor Grade: BRead Full Detailed Report - Galactic Civilizations II: Dread LordsGalactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (commonly GalCiv II or GalCiv2) is a 4X turn-based strategy computer game by Stardock. It is the sequel to the original Galactic Civilizations. Two expansions Dark Avatar (2007) and Twilight of the Arnor (2008) were collected with the original title into the "Ultimate Edition".
GalCiv II is set in the 23rd Century, when multiple alien races, including Humans, scramble to conquer the galaxy, planet by planet, by force, diplomacy, influence (culture), or technology. GalCiv II focuses on the single-player experience that consists of a Campaign mode and a "Sandbox" mode, and omits multiplayer. The game is notable for its artificial intelligence, which is challenging without being given resources and abilities not available to the player, as is common in the majority of strategy games.
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
Posted: 30 Oct 2006, 23:58
by X-Warrior
Widescreen Grade: AUltra-Widescreen Grade: AMulti-monitor Grade: B4k Grade: IncompleteRead Full Detailed Report - Galactic Civilizations II: Dread LordsGalactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (commonly GalCiv II or GalCiv2) is a 4X turn-based strategy computer game by Stardock. It is the sequel to the original Galactic Civilizations. Two expansions Dark Avatar (2007) and Twilight of the Arnor (2008) were collected with the original title into the "Ultimate Edition".
GalCiv II is set in the 23rd Century, when multiple alien races, including Humans, scramble to conquer the galaxy, planet by planet, by force, diplomacy, influence (culture), or technology. GalCiv II focuses on the single-player experience that consists of a Campaign mode and a "Sandbox" mode, and omits multiplayer. The game is notable for its artificial intelligence, which is challenging without being given resources and abilities not available to the player, as is common in the majority of strategy games.
Galactic Civilizations 2: Detailed report
Posted: 31 Oct 2006, 01:27
by skipclarke
Cool. I just updated the MGL page I had just put up.
Galactic Civilizations 2: Detailed report
Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 22:09
by The_cranky_hermit
I just tested the demo, and I can confirm that all resolutions except 1280x720 work.
== Grading ==
Calculated grade: B
Major unresolved issues: None
Minor unresolved issues: None
Summary of widescreen-related flaws:
1280x720 unsupported.
Broken fullscreen tutorials.
Cranky's coverage estimate: 100%
Galactic Civilizations 2: Detailed report
Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 22:01
by MaXiMiUS
Rather inconvenient for somebody like me that has their computer hooked up to a widescreen TV.. (it only goes up to 1152*648.. anything higher and it 'squishes' the picture to fit, which looks horrible..)
Confirmed!
Posted: 02 Aug 2009, 20:57
by PGHammer
Confirmed; this also applies to the shipping Ultimate Edition.
In addition, Sins of a Solar Empire and the Entrenchment add-on (also from Stardock) support WS natively (in fact, I play all three at 1920x1080, despite HD3450 PCIe graphics and a Celeron DC CPU).
Galactic Civilizations 2: Detailed report
Posted: 03 Aug 2009, 03:34
by whismerhill
I just saw this thread (coming from the solution which was updated ;) )and 1280x720 works as a custom resolution
to setup a custom resolution you need only change the "prefs.ini" file
which is located in :
"My DocumentsMy GamesGalciv2"
or "My DocumentsMy GamesGC2DarkAvatar"
or "My DocumentsMy GamesGC2TwilightArnor"
depending on the specific version you have
in this file lookup the lines :
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[Video]
DisplayWidth=1680
DisplayHeight=1050
change them to whatever you want
could not find any obvious flaw in 1280x720
Galactic Civilizations 2: Detailed report
Posted: 03 Aug 2009, 03:43
by The_cranky_hermit
Can you post this info in a new thread on the confirmed solutions forum?
Galactic Civilizations 2: Detailed report
Posted: 03 Aug 2009, 05:23
by whismerhill
Can you post this info in a new thread on the confirmed solutions forum?
Done : http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/#comment-
be aware though that there is currently another one in this section for this game : http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3444
Galactic Civilizations 2: Detailed report
Posted: 03 Aug 2009, 07:38
by The_cranky_hermit
Thanks. MGL updated to link to yours, since that's needed for 1280x720. Grade is unaffected.
