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  1. I think the problem is that you're trying to install Display Changer in the VMWare virtual machine. You're supposed to install Display Changer outside of VMWare, in your regular operating system.
  2. Sure seems like it to me. Cost: 34 Maintenance: 35 Fighter capacity: 2 Troop capacity: 0 Shield strength: 300 Hyperdrive rating: 80 Hull strength: 600 Damage control: 20 Shield recharge: 15 Tractor beam: 1 Sublight engine rating: 3 Maneuverability: 2 Detection rate: 30 Weapon recharge: 12 Bombardment rate: 1 Fore Aft Port Starboard Turbo Lasers 80 0 40 40 Ion Cannons 0 0 0 0 Laser Cannons 60 60 30 30 It works well against capital ships and fighters. Its fore turbolasers are actually better than those of any Alliance ship until you research the Dauntless. It's fast in hyperspace. Its weaknesses are lack of ion cannons, limited durability against high-end capital ships, and limited bombardment capability, but it also costs significantly less than the other capital ships and shouldn't be expected to excel in those areas for its price and maintenance cost anyways. In my next game, I plan to create a massive fleet of these, load them with B-Wings for the ion cannons and bombardment capabilities, add a carrier (for troops) and maybe a single command ship, and go to town. Anyone else try that?
  3. What kind of video cards is it? Most allow you to select a scaling method. With my Nvidia card, I just right-click the desktop, select "Nvidia Control Panel," select "Adjust desktop size and position," and select "Nvidia scaling with fixed aspect-ratio." If you don't have such an option, there is a workaround using a program called Display Changer. Basically follow the directions I posted at this link http://forums.swrebellion.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28024 but instead of creating a shortcut to VMplayer, create a shortcut to the Rebellion exe file.
  4. Those of you who use Virtual PC or VMplayer may have noticed that those programs will not scale Rebellion to fit your monitor,but instead will display the game at 640 by 480 pixels and surround it by large black bars all around. I spent a good deal of time working on a solution so I can play this game properly, and I figured I would share it here for anyone who might want to play the game in true full screen. Here is the guide, copied and pasted from the one I originally put on the VMplayer website: 1) Install VMplayer and create your virtual machine as normal. (If you've already done so, just skip to the next step.) 2) Download and install 12noon's Display Changer program at http://www.12noon.com/displaychanger.htm for free. 3) Create a new shortcut to VMplayer on your desktop (or wherever you want). This is the only somewhat tricky part. I will use my own as an example: In the "Target" field, I entered "C:\Program Files (x86)\12noon Display Changer\dc64.exe" -width=640 -height=480 -depth=32 -refresh=60 "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\vmplayer.exe" * The "C:\Program Files (x86)\12noon Display Changer\dc64.exe" portion is the location of the Display Changer program on my system. * The -width=640 -height=480 -depth=32 -refresh=60 portion gives the width in pixels, height in pixels, color depth (eg 16 for 16-bit or 32 for 32-bit), and refresh rate. So, if the program you want to use is fixed at 640x480 resolution, you might use the same text as me, possibly adjusting the color depth to 8 or 16-bit if the program requires. NOTE: The resolution settings just listed are what I use for Rebellion, and can remain unchanged. * The "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\vmplayer.exe" portion is the location of VMplayer on my machine. In the "Start In" field, I entered "C:\Program Files (x86)\12noon Display Changer" because the Display Changer program executable is located there. 4) Create additional shortcuts as needed, if you need to use this trick for additional programs with other fixed resolutions. 5) Be sure to adjust you host computer's own display stretching settings if need be. Almost all video cards allow you to choose a scaling method. I prefer fixed aspect ratio scaling so my image isn't horizontally stretched on my widescreen display, but others might prefer to leave scaling off so the image fits the entire screen. Your video card should have a special configuration program that can be accessed by the Windows control panel or simply by right-clicking on your desktop. 6) Run the shortcut. Your monitor will be fixed at the settings from your shortcut until you close VMplayer. Under the example I provided above, a program within VMplayer that runs only at 640x480 full-screen resolution will now be scaled to fit the monitor, instead of being tiny and surrounded by black bars. PLEASE BE CAREFUL. Using improper setting may damage your video card and/or monitor, so use this guide and the Display Changer program at your own risk. If you use VirtualPC instead of VMplayer, you're going to obviously have to adjust the shortcut accordingly. However, I'd suggest trying VMplayer instead because its emulation is overall much faster than VirtualPC's and it has an excellent "Unity" mode.
  5. Here's how to fix the space battle lag problem: 1) Create a shortcut to the game. 2) Right-click the shortcut and click "properties." 3) At the end of the address listed under "Target", add a space and "-w" So for me, I changed the Target field from "D:\Rebellion\REBEXE.EXE" to "D:\Rebellion\REBEXE.EXE -w" This makes the game run in windowed mode, and the space battles display perfectly after you click off an error message that pops up. There is one problem, however: The window is set at 640 x 480 resolution and isn't scaled, which means it fills up very little of the screen. To have it take up more of the screen, lower your monitor's resolution as much as possible. Mine lets me lower it to 800 x 600, and the game takes up most of the screen then.

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