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Is there a page somewhere showcasing the various ship designs in the BC/UC series? That would really be a cool thing to see.

Wow, I'm stoked! However, there is no mention of Galactus but they do mention the return of Dr. Doom. I hope they aren't going to link the Surfer with Doom instead of going with his original story line.

I have a copy of BCM, BCMG, and UC. The reason I have both BCMG and UC installed in two places is in a attempt to work around the the 'unable to input name, and name of asset to create a new game' problem I have on the main PC. As I am down to the rebuild the OS option in trying to resolve the thing, I thought, "Hey, load 'em on the laptop, see if you can create a new game there to play on the other machine. I made a couple of saved games for each and gave it a whirl to no avail. I am pretty certain I got those directories straight but I'll check.

Come on guys, nobody has tried to do this? Taking the contents of a BC or UC saved directory from PC-A and transferring it to the BC/UC directory structure of PC-B does not result in the saved games appearing in the Resume>Saved Games slots of PC-B. Why is that? Do the saved games contain some sort of machine recognition? I can't think of why it should be that way. In the act of saving a game does another file or files get touched that are not in the saved directory? I've searched the forum for something on this and haven't found anything. I must not be searching for the right keywords because I know someone has had to have attempted this in the past. Your comments will be much appreciated.

I have attempted to take a saved game from my laptop and transfer it to my main machine. No dice. Apparently there is more to it than just the files in the saved directory. How can it be done if possible?

Yeah, the Uranium Information Center of Australia says it was 78% in 2006 and I read elsewhere that we were at 20%! To paraphrase Dr. Strangelove, "There is a Nuclear Energy gap!" One of our big problems is the NRC. Which is an example of what I was getting at with: "Has mankind's technological development exceeded our ability to manage?" If we're going to do it then we should have one design that is used across the whole country. That would reduce costs dramatically. They have not made any move to require that and now there is some controversy over that fact that: "design standards for the next generation of power plants do not include requirements for resisting an aerial assault." That is clearly a defense issue and therefore the responsibility of the government to provide, I would think, but who am I? We'll have to see how that comes out. I may be a victim of Three Mile Island/Chernobyl phobia or perhaps I have just grown cynical but it seems that graft, incompetence, and fraud prevent the implementation of Nuclear Power in the USA. The technology may be there to do it safely and well, that doesn't mean we're going to find someone who can pull it off within the business and political landscape they would be dealing with. I say this because ... it isn't happening in this country, we can't getting anything done for reaching into each others pockets. If we would have put the money we have poured into this war into alternative energy research we would most likely would have had a solution to our power problems. I mean, if they would have just used the 9 Billion dollars they can not account for we'd be well on our way. Its all about being able to handle it properly. It's the same principle behind not giving a gun to a monkey. You never do that. Is the gun in someway evil or bad? No it's just a tool. The monkey however, can't handle the responsibility of using such a tool. We are the monkeys and nuclear energy is the gun. This all gets back to mankind being the commander of its own destiny, and maybe back to the topic. No unseen hand guides world events, the characters and wills of our fellow human beings as shown in their actions do. We need peace loving forward thinking people at the top of the chain of command who will fund and implement things properly in this country. But that's just my opinion.

" ...then you put it on a rocket, and launch it into the sun." Sure you do. Launching radioactive waste into space is just as risky as storing it underneath the water table don't you think? Again, history as our guide, do we really want to risk scattering radioactive waste all over the landscape or have it vaporized into the atmosphere by an exploding rocket? I'm thinking ... no. "...reprocessing..." In theory that might be nice, but in reality it is another matter. As you yourself said, "Mining companies have made it impossible to reprocess nuclear fuel, which is why there is so much waste, ..." Nuclear energy in the present state of the art is too vulnerable to graft, incompetence, and fraud. That was my point. We aren't at a place socially (morally or ethically) were we can manage the technology without greed or incompetence rendering good science ineffective. "Nuclear power is cheap, it is clean, and it is technologically the safest energy source there is. " That may very well be true if it is managed properly. Did you see that? I'm agreeing with you. That is why I rephrased the question as "Has mankind's technological development exceeded our ability to manage." "Mining companies have made it impossible to reprocess nuclear fuel, which is why there is so much waste, ..." See that? It looks like you agree with me. "We have much to learn, and much to do yet, if our religious fanatics of all stripes don't kill us all first." Do you think the government of Iran will make proper use of nuclear energy and material? Do you believe they will operate using the proper standards and practices? Will they be interested in the welfare of the public? Do you think as I do, that they may misuse it to make something destructive and don't have the sense to handle it? I didn't say nuclear energy was "evil" now did I? If you want to fight find someone that disagrees with you.

quote:Nonsense, complete and utter nonsense. You are welcome to your opinion. However, isn't the disposal of radioactive waste a major problem that will never go away. Literally. It doesn't make sense to me to produce material that is going to be deadly for tens of thousands years when you have no means to effectively 'get rid of it'. Also, I had the occasion to have to visit a certain nuclear plant for a period of time on business. The day before the first day I got there they had out-gassed some radioactive steam. Of course they didn't mention that fact to me, I had to read about it later. Once they were in the process of installing something in the reactor and the room I was working in had a couple of 'jumpers' pacing around in it. The job was described to me as 'jumping' into the reactor, turning a nut and then getting yanked out to avoid over exposure. These guys were ... edgy. Working next to the hot lab didn't seem so bad then. But I digress. I used to get the rad report in the mail periodically telling me how much radiation I had been exposed to while there. So, while I am no expert, I'm not totally ignorant of the situation. Like I said, you're welcome to your opinion on the subject.

Only religion and pseudo-science claim to have all the answers. That is their fatal weakness. The strength of science is that it can change its findings when new information becomes available, and good science always anticipates and seeks new information. I think the question really is, "Has mankind's technological development exceeded our ability to manage." I think the answer is an obvious yes. The continued use of nuclear power plants and the deadly radioactive waste they produce is just one example. If history is any indicator, then the only hope for the human race is the human race itself, not gods or alien saviors. In reality, isn't it only through the application of such ideals as expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and documents like the Humanist Manifesto III and the Council for Secular Humanism's A Secular Humanist Declaration that we will establish any real social justice and security as our accumulation of knowledge and the growth of technology take us to places we have yet to imagine? Anyway, that's my two cents.

I have the latest DirectX drivers. I don't know about "game mode", I'll check that out and the pointer settings. Thank you very much. I appreciate your time.

Nothing to do with the game. Yes, I understand this. My concern is that should I purchase UCSE, I most likely will experience the same problem. I am chomping at the bit, as it were. If you've been messing with the AA settings for your video card, you may experience this. As I said in the report I Adjusted anti-aliasing. six ways from Sunday. Maybe seven. So yes, I have been messing with the AA settings because the thread that I referenced said that AA settings were the problem. I reduced AA to the min., shut it off, turned it up full, went back to defaults, sacrificed a chicken, etc.,etc., and no change. I am running an ATI 850 with the latest driver for Pete's sake. I mean ... good grief. Know what I mean? Anybody else running an 850 out there experiencing a problem like this? I have been scouring the Internet for days. My fingers are raw and bleeding and I think my wife may have already called the funny farm. I'm what you call ...desperate for an answer. If I may speak freely, well, "It's a pisser" of a problem sir. What do you calculate the probability of the problem carrying over to UCSE?

I am experiencing the problem described in this thread. Can't type my name. I have taken all of the steps indicated in the thread but no joy. This problem has occurred after I re-installed BattleCruiser MGE, and Universal Combat after a considerable hiatus'. The problem appears in both games. The keyboard works fine in-game. However I am restricted to Instant Action and that's just not a good thing. I am at a complete loss. Any assistance would be much appreciated. I need to get my chops back in time for Galactic Command. I have: Installed all updates. Reloaded all drivers. Adjusted anti-aliasing. Ensured the fonts were loaded to no avail. I grovel before you. For whatever reason, I am unable to post to the Tech Support General Discussion and the Tech Support thread for Universal Combat is read only of course. OPERATING SYSTEM: winXP OS ENVIRONMENT: 32 GAME ENVIRONMENT: n/a occurs at any resolution GAME VERSION:2.00.30 GAME TYPE: campaign CAREER/RACE/CASTE: n/a ASSET/LAUNCH BASE: n/aPROBLEM Unable to input name or asset name on the Start Game screen. TO REPRODUCE 1.Start New Game 2.Click an available slot. 3.Attempt to enter a name.