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A: In Settings you can turn on "show prerelease versions". Note: Only users with Drengin.net 
accounts (see 

www.drengin.net

) can obtain betas. 

 
Q: I wanted to do an update, but something else happened – help! 
A: DON’T doubleclick in SDC - by default, doubleclicking an installed application doesn't update it 
- it uninstalls.  
 
Q: How can I change the default directories for SDC? 
A: For temp files and install files - in the SDC, Under tools->Settings->Advanced.  
To change where the application installs, either set the installation path in Tools -> Register 
Products, or set Tools - settings - General tab to "prompt for installation directory."  
 
Q: Can I download again? 
A: Yes, you can download multiple times, including on other computers.  
 
Q: How about backing up the download, so I don’t have to download again? 
A: If you're using Stardock Central, it literally comes with an archiving feature designed to let you do 
your own CD ROM backups. This means once you have downloaded, you can backup that download 
so you never have to do it again!  
 
 
 
 

 
The animation is very choppy when I first load up the game. 
Galactic Civilizations is very multithreaded. This means that the game multitasks within itself. 
However, on some systems, the background loading of the game components slows down the game 
animation.  Once you are in the game, you can open up the options menu and choose “Turn off 
background loading”. This will make the game take somewhat longer to first load but there won’t be 
background processing while the game is playing its intro cut scenes and such. 
 
I would like to run Galactic Civilizations on an older computer. Is there anything I can do to 
do this? 
Yes, most of the hardware requirements of Galactic Civilizations revolve around the multimedia. 
You can delete the .BIK files (or move them somewhere else) and this will remove the videos. Some 
parts of the game may look static or strange but it will allow you to play on an older system. Check 
the Galactic Civilizations website for other tips (

www.galciv.com)

.  

 
Tip: Just turning the sound effects etc off in the Options screen is not quite as good as deleting all the 
sound files…  I did all this, and played quite happily on my 266 Laptop up to medium galaxies.  It 
started to get a bit slow towards the end of the medium games. (I did have lots of RAM, and a very 
up-to-date operating system, so your mileage may vary.) 
 
When I go to the planet screen and some other screens I hear crackling on my speakers.  
Some sound drivers do not properly support multiple streaming of MP3s within the same process. If 
you update your sound drivers to the latest version and make sure you have DirectX 8 or later 
installed this should take care of it.