Hm..Mine runs fine in XP, although I did set it for Windows 95 compatability. I don't get any sound though.

Man... all this talk of Ascendancy "forced" me to install it and start a new game. I guess I had cross some MOO in mind my as I thought you could customize your own civilization, but apparently not. From the minimal description of each race that appears before you chose them it is hard to tell what bonus to research, industry or prosperity they may have.

I'll have to search for some detailed information on the races and such.

I managed to have a nice secure location with about three single star lane systems between my home planet and the outside world. Plenty of opportunity for defense.

:Titan:

It's weird. I send a ship to another species's planet with some invasion modules. Then it takes forever for it to go into orbit, and then they declare war on me and my ship is said to have been destroyed. I didn,t even get a chance to fight what's up with that? I was never told that my ship was in orbit.

There are orbital cloakers that may prohibit you from seeing that they have shields up and/or orbital missle bases. You have to make sure you take those out. It has been a long time since I have played, and the new game I just started has not gotten me far enough down the tech tree to speak intelligently, but you need to use phase bombs, at the least, to soften up the planet!

I'm really looking forward to Ascendancy II!

:D

EDIT: Sorry Phase Bombs only cause damage to planet-based facilities and not orbital items.

Sure, so use any normal weapon to destroy orbital cloaking.



ASCENDANCY II,WOW :Brain:

It will be easier if you are "Minion". Their ability help your invasion 100% sucessful. :ok:

I've tried even they have any planet defence (except, you must destroy orbitng shield) just only enter the planet's orbit you can conquer that world. :w00t:

The only disadventage is that they don't have any other effect to help you boost up your game... so you have to wait looooooong :yawn: time enough to delcear war (or long enough to survive war then counter them).

Ascendancy II? For me the project is as good as dead. Logic Factory seems to be in grave financial problems, in fact I doubt they are even there any more. I know that their site is, but that is not what I am talking about.
Ascendancy II was going to be an online only multiplayer 4X game. Which was a dissapointment for me, but anyway it doesn't look that it is going to be done anytime.

At least the story behind it, is not as tragic as behind Stars! Supernova where the game is actually finished but they do not have a publisher for years now.

Great... now you tell me, and after I sent an e-mail asking to be a beta tester! :D


This is :ot:, sort of, but does anyone play Spaceward Ho! (for Windows) at all? I loved that game, but it GPFs (crashes) on Win XP about the 10th turn in. I don't know if I have a "bad" version of it or if it is just not compatable with XP. I'll have to do a search on it.


EDIT: Removed a misplaced comma

As far as I know, I can't actually target the orbital structures. SO shouls I assume that my ship auto targets shields first?

I'm too dumb to know I shouldn't post since I don't have a definitive answer. I think you have to select your weapon and target the planet. It is probably random as to what you will damage. Have enough weapons available to take the oribtal stuff out. Just my best recollection.

If I'm wrong... sorry in advance.

:Titan: