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by rcgldr
Wed May 25, 2016 1:52 am
Forum: Tips / Strategies
Topic: Using base building smartie turrets against Sappho
Replies: 2
Views: 8014

Update to an old thread, I forgot to mention that in "Hunt For Sappho" level, Delphi can backtrack to build another base. There are no enemies and no Borjoyzee, but everything else needed to build a base is there. The Smarties are in the nearby village or on the top of the hill, and Vimps ...
by rcgldr
Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:27 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Mysteries, side quests, alternative methods in Giants?
Replies: 3
Views: 10172

Re: Mysteries and side quests in Giants?

In the steal the ReaperSki level, are you supposed to kill all the AI opponents in the final area before that barrier goes away? That doesn't always work either. However, instead of doing this level via the normal path, Delphi can just back track to the base (or where the base would be if you've lo...
by rcgldr
Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:54 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Mysteries, side quests, alternative methods in Giants?
Replies: 3
Views: 10172

Mysteries, side quests, alternative methods in Giants?

I had a few questions about the single player game and some apparent mysteries. Wondering if there were some abandoned plans for some levels. In Queen Sappho's Palace, a base building level, in the prison area, way off to one side, there's a platform that takes Delphi to the top of a very tall colum...
by rcgldr
Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:21 am
Forum: Tips / Strategies
Topic: Using base building smartie turrets against Sappho
Replies: 2
Views: 8014

Using base building smartie turrets against Sappho

Note, this is a single player tip. In the some of the missions after a base building mission, Delphi can shoot down the old smartie weapons, then go back to the party house and have the smarties build weapons in the next area. She can also go back to the base spell shop to load up again. Example vid...
by rcgldr
Sat Jun 19, 2010 6:43 am
Forum: Technical Issues
Topic: Fix for Giants crashing on ATI Catalyst 9.5 or later driver
Replies: 1
Views: 8492

Fix for Giants crashing on ATI Catalyst 9.5 or later driver

Since Catalyst 9.5, Giants was no longer running on my system (Windows XP, ATI HD4870 video card). To fix this problem, I copied up the Giant directory to a temp folder and renamed gg_dx7r.dll to gg_dx7r_org.dll in the temp folder. I then installed the 1.497 patch to the primary folder, then copied ...