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I need to add my thanks here to the SC and others who have already helped me a few times. Heck, they were even trying to help me with a printing problem. Everything about this game and community are just amazing. Thanks to all of you.

I installed the new drivers, and everything works great now. Thanks.

Down loading drivers now. I assume if I follow the instructions my old Intel video card won't wake up and try to take over and become the primary card again?

Every time I try to take a ship to a planet or send a fighter into a planet the game locks up hard. I'm not sure if this is a video card issue or not so that is why I posted here. I have played the game for up to an hour in space with no problems, but anything on a planet cause a lockup in minutes. Here are my specs P3 1mhz 511 mb ram (1 mb dedicated to crappy Intel 810 video card which is disabled.) ATI Radeon 32 mb PCI card 55.8 gb harddrive with 36. 9 gb free I have direct x 8.1 installed and the latest patch installed. I have followed the faq for my video card except I have not messed with the drivers because I am not sure how to go about this with out messing up the computer. I want to make sure its a video card issue before I do that. I'm afraid of messing with the drivers because this computer has an intel 810 video card and it was a nightmare disabling it and getting the computer to accept the Radeon card. If I need new drivers exactly what should I do? [ 11-24-2001: Message edited by: Gallion ]

Well I just printed it and it only printed the left half of the screen, because the screen was too wide. O well, thanks for the help. I'll figure it out one of these days. I've never wasted so much time trying to print something, so this is definitely a testiment to how enthralled I am by this fantastic, epic game that you created Mr. Smart. Thanks for making it!

All right I've had family and friends look at this and none of us can figure out how to poster print. I'm desperately looking for the printer manual, but I'm not sure if I can find it. I really need some help here.

How do you poster print? Ive messed with all kinds of menus and I have not found an option to poster print. Where would I find this option?

What I mean is when I pring the cruiser page I get the Asset Class, Asset Type, craft speed, qty of turrets, qty of main guns, and then the rest of the stats are off the page. The page is too wide to print. How did you manage to print the Cruiser appendix with all the stats for each cruiser on the same page? I'm sure this is one of those times when I'm missing something extremely obvious.

Ok maybe Im an idiot but when I go to print out the carriers for example the only thing that is going to print is the picture of the carrier and the first few stats. The picture is too wide, so most of the stats won't fit and won't print. Also I was hoping that it was possible to buy a printed Appendix. I think it is a vital thing to have. (Btw I was hoping another player could help, the last thing I wanted was to get Mr. Smart involved in this little dumb thing.)

So is there any printable version of the appendix? I can't figure out how to print out the stats of things like the ships without most of the information running off the page. How else can you know what missile is what and all that?

I figured this might be a safe place to post this question. Is there a good place to get the stats of all the ships, missiles etc, in the game and print it out. The appendix that can be viewed on the cd is great, but it would be nice to have it handy while playing the game. So, is there a website that has a nice printable version of the appendix or will there be a printed version available to buy? With all the ships and missiles and stuff its just impossible to remember what is what.

The same thing happened to me. After the patch I could not run the game. I checked this forum, installed DX 8.1 and now it works. Great technical support! Thanks SC.

Thanks to everyone for the answers about the AI. I guess I'm like a kid in a candy store who can't get the candy yet, so he just wants a detailed description on how it tastes. My questions were answered beyond what I had hoped to get and I can't wait until the game is delivered to my door.

Kush, the last thing I'm trying to do is create trouble, Im just curios as to how the AI works, thats all. I never understood why people care who Derek Smart is, I just care about the game, and have no desires to get into the flame wars about Mr. Smart. And I do know what AI stands for, but I'm not a computer programmer, just a guy who has played a lot of pc games. TO get back on topic, I'm still wondering about the last answer the SC gave me when I asked him if the AI ships randomly appeared and his answer was "yes and no." That one still confuses me. Basically I was just wondering what the capabilities of the AI controlled races would be? If I understood the SC correctly, they can not plan a attack on a certain planet as part of a grand strategy to wipe out another race, so I just want to know what they can do, and since this thread was titled "Everything you want to ask", well this is something I've been wondering about since I bought the first Battle Cruiser game.

I didn't have a question about the demo. And don't worry, I have a 3 day weekend so I am relaxed. Just curious about the AI, thats all.

This forum was titled everything you wanted to ask, and what I wanted to ask was how the AI works, because I'm curios. I admit to being confused as to why this was the wrong place to ask that question. I love to ask things that I really don't need to know. If this is the wrong place to ask these types of questions please tell me what forum would be appropriate and I will be happy to post my questions there.

Ok relating to my previous questions. what does the AI do. When I asked if the AI ships appear randomly the answer was yes and no. Right now I'm confused and not confused! Just joking, but what does it mean? Is there any pattern to the AI? I'm just trying to figure out how the AI works in this game. Btw, I keep trying to download the demo of this game, but at the times I've checked all the servers have been busy, so thats why I'm asking questions instead of finding out the answers myself in the demo. It sure seems like this game is going to sell like hot cakes.

Sorry, another question I just thought of. How big can the battles be in space and on the ground. How many ships in space, and is it possible for hundreds of soldiers to be running around on the planet, like something from Starship troopers?

How the the AI work for the other races, in terms of deciding what to do strategically? Let me clarify. If you are playing Earth, does the AI for the other races have any grand stratgies depending on what is going on in the universe? Can the Gammulan high command decide to launch an all out assault on Earth in order to defeat or severely cripple the humans? If this is possible, can the AI for Earth react with a preemptive strike on the nearest Gammulan base if the human player discovers that the Gammulans are preparing to launch this major attack? (Or if an AI Earth vessel discovers it for that matter.) No If the above does not happen, then in general, how does the AI work? Do enemy ships just appear randomly in areas? Yes and No. Finally, is there some type of news system to let the player know what is going on in the universe. Things such as who is now at war with who, where the latest battles were, etc? Not unless it has been scripted. (Btw, I did dabble with the original Battlecruiser, when it first came out and after it was patched, and I just never understood how things in the universe were working. I have ordered BCM and plan to sit down with it and really learn how it plays, I just wanted to know how far the AI really goes in this game. If my questions are confusing let me know and I will try to rephrase them. Thanks for any help.) TTFN [ 10-05-2001: Message edited by: Gallion ]