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Chief Savage Man posted:I was number two in the world for the three days that Gettysburg: Armored Warfare had a large enough community to populate a single server. That game had some really great ideas. And then it had some not great ideas. There were a lot more of the latter, unfortunately.
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Aug 8, 2013 10:42
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Orv posted:That game had some really great ideas. And then it had some not great ideas. There were a lot more of the latter, unfortunately. At first I thought it was going to be like that expansion for Mount and Blade and you could have hundreds of players per side forming up lines and cutting loose with musket fire. That would've been a pretty cool game.
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Aug 8, 2013 10:47
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The matches usually ended up with all the armored vehicles hanging around getting killed repeatedly by me (ruthlessly exploiting a bug where tank rounds were hitscan if you aimed directly at distant enemies), AI cavalry trying to hit tanks with a sword, every Zeppelin getting shot down almost instantly because they were big fat point pinatas and people attempting to use the troop transports for their intended purpose (they couldn't actually transport troops). It was fun in like a pre-Alpha way.
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Aug 8, 2013 10:50
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EU4 demo is on steam! It works! Go download! http://store.steampowered.com/app/236850/
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Aug 8, 2013 10:51
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If the download is giving you poo poo, restart Steam. Steam can get funky when trying to download things that were added to the store while you're logged on.
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Aug 8, 2013 10:55
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Ragg posted:EU4 demo is on steam! It works! Go download! I was just about to go to bed, but damnit, best birthday present ever. Thanks Johan/Wiz/pdox!  Initial thoughts: - Beta is limited to playing Austria/Portugal/Ottomans/Venice, 1492 start. - Can't find a way to play windowed mode, no .cfg file in the main directory where I can make the game windowed and also reduce the resolution by a few pixels in both axis but maintain aspect ratio (so the title bar doesn't mean the bottom part of the game is cut off and I can't scroll downwards. rhazes fucked around with this message at 11:09 on Aug 8, 2013 |
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Aug 8, 2013 10:56
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gradenko_2000 posted:At first I thought it was going to be like that expansion for Mount and Blade and you could have hundreds of players per side forming up lines and cutting loose with musket fire. That would've been a pretty cool game. That game is actually being made but I forget the name of it and who's doing it. E: Found it. It's being done by Flying Squirrel, the guys beyond Napoleonic Wars for Mount and Blade: Warband. It's on a completely new (non-M&B) engine and they're looking to have enormous battlefields with hundreds of players. rhazes posted:- Can't find a way to play windowed mode, no .cfg file in the main directory where I can make the game windowed and also reduce the resolution by a few pixels in both axis but maintain aspect ratio (so the title bar doesn't mean the bottom part of the game is cut off and I can't scroll downwards. As ever, once you've run the game once you can find the settings.cfg in My Docs/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV Demo. E: Armies have shadows now. 
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Aug 8, 2013 11:13
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Since I was one of the 'anti-bumpy terrain map babies', literally the first thing I did was to try farting around with things in the map folder. I changed world_normal.bmp to just pure red and ended up with non-bumpy political maps:  But, unfortunately it makes the terrain map look so bad that it's not worth bothering with. I wish I could have the terrain map look the way that it should, and the political map look a bit more flat.
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Aug 8, 2013 12:06
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Kersch posted:Since I was one of the 'anti-bumpy terrain map babies', literally the first thing I did was to try farting around with things in the map folder. I changed world_normal.bmp to just pure red and ended up with non-bumpy political maps: It ain't the bumps, it's the way they light up and look really doughy more than anything else. The bumps in CK2 looked great, dunno why they changed it.
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Aug 8, 2013 12:11
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Oh God demo games can't be saved or loaded.
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Aug 8, 2013 12:17
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fuf posted:Oh God demo games can't be saved or loaded.  This is gonna be great.Kersch: Gotta say, I loving loved that flat map.
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Aug 8, 2013 12:19
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fuf posted:Oh God demo games can't be saved or loaded. Ironman  New AAR: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?706269-Skanderbeg-s-Last-Stand-An-Albania-Beta-AAR-In-One-Chapter
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Aug 8, 2013 12:23
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Darkrenown posted:Ironman Wait, AI on Hard makes them pick on you? I thought hard AI just made them non-neutered. Maybe that's why my test playthrough of the demo as Venice have been going terribly.
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Aug 8, 2013 12:47
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Yeah from what I remember normal AI is full AI except it treats you exactly the same as any other AI nation. Easy is the neutered one, and Hard means that they know you are a human and rightly put you on a higher priority.
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Aug 8, 2013 13:01
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Zeron posted:Yeah from what I remember normal AI is full AI except it treats you exactly the same as any other AI nation. Easy is the neutered one, and Hard means that they know you are a human and rightly put you on a higher priority. Correct.
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Aug 8, 2013 13:02
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As Venice in the demo Austria always seems to join against me in any war in Italy I start. Even though I am at +75 relations and allied with them. What can I do to stop this?
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Aug 8, 2013 13:16
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Antinumeric posted:As Venice in the demo Austria always seems to join against me in any war in Italy I start. Even though I am at +75 relations and allied with them. What can I do to stop this? Usually you have to wait until the Emperor gets involved in an even bigger war so he'll ignore your transgressions.
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Aug 8, 2013 13:20
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The Portugal start is a bit weird, the Exploration NI group is selected but none of the ideas are bought. I do however have colonies, an explorer and a conquistador, but no colonist.
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Aug 8, 2013 13:24
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Anybody else think it kinds of looks.. bad? It seems so terribly flat, as opposed to CK2 where everything sort of popped out. I'll probably get used to it, but for the mean time it looks so matted to me.
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Aug 8, 2013 13:25
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I didn't know you were in the beta, Patter Song. No wonder you've not been making an Iron Cross AAR.
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Aug 8, 2013 13:34
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ThePutty posted:Anybody else think it kinds of looks.. bad? It seems so terribly flat, as opposed to CK2 where everything sort of popped out. I'll probably get used to it, but for the mean time it looks so matted to me. Yea, something about the map and interface feels off when you're coming from CK2. Not a fan of the weird lightning during summers and the UI reminds me a bit too much of MEIOU (or whatever that awful sperg mod was called).
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Aug 8, 2013 13:39
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NihilVerumNisiMors posted:Usually you have to wait until the Emperor gets involved in an even bigger war so he'll ignore your transgressions. Yeah I didn't check the imperial map mode, going for further down the peninsula worked fine. Then Ottoman DoW'd me and all my allies declined. Hmm.
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Aug 8, 2013 13:56
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NihilVerumNisiMors posted:Yea, something about the map and interface feels off when you're coming from CK2. Not a fan of the weird lightning during summers and the UI reminds me a bit too much of MEIOU (or whatever that awful sperg mod was called). Something about the UI does feel kind of off. I think I'd prefer a plainer UI instead of all the gold trim and tiny icons.
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Aug 8, 2013 14:24
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Having played the demo, I really like the look of the trade system, and the new interplay between tech and ideas is awesome too. Feeling pretty happy about the pre-order.
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Aug 8, 2013 14:24
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I think it looks great. So far everything is meeting my expectations. First weird / annoying thing to happen: As Portugal I got called into England's war against France. I didn't really take part but noticed that "Leader may negotiate for us" was ticked on the war screen. Then a few years later I noticed a "Truce will expire" notification, so the war must have ended without me even realising. But the annoying thing is that England apparently gave Ceuta and Tangiers to Morocco as part of the peace deal (Morocco wasn't even in the war)! There was no pop up or anything, I just noticed a few months later that I didn't own them any more (and that my missionary who was at ~90% was back home  ).So untick the "leader may negotiate for us" box I guess, unless you want to risk losing provinces.
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Aug 8, 2013 14:24
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Playing around with Venice the trade system is really great but gently caress those Ottomans who are trying to steal my poo poo when I just want to trade.
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Aug 8, 2013 14:25
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What the hell, playing Portugal, I accepted England's CtA against France thinking they would ignore me. I even went to war with Morocco at the same time to fulfill my mission. Not only did they send their freaking superking's stack to Portugal, they completely ignored England. England's navy was chasing the southern French navy that kept dropping more troops in Portugal but never actually engaged them for some reason. Just as I was done with Morocco and slowly beating down the French stack, England peaced out and somehow gave my 2 provinces in Northern Africa back to Morocco, who isn't allied to France or in the war with France, they weren't occupied or anything. I wasn't even notified of the peace deal! Wtf is that?
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Aug 8, 2013 14:27
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What's the go with the deluxe version of EU4? Is it worth the extra $5, or is it just a couple of bits of window dressing you can live without?
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Aug 8, 2013 14:34
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Beamed posted:I didn't know you were in the beta, Patter Song. No wonder you've not been making an Iron Cross AAR. It's...not a surprise that EU4 is more fun than Iron Cross. I told Wiz that when Azerithread comes back after release, Iron Cross LP will drop.
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Vodos posted:What the hell, playing Portugal, I accepted England's CtA against France thinking they would ignore me. I even went to war with Morocco at the same time to fulfill my mission. Not only did they send their freaking superking's stack to Portugal, they completely ignored England. England's navy was chasing the southern French navy that kept dropping more troops in Portugal but never actually engaged them for some reason. Ha, glad it wasn't just me I guess.  Best feature so far: the siege sound effect no longer makes me want to die. edit: ok this time it was Spain that called me into a war against Morocco. The "leader may negotiate for us" box was definitely NOT ticked. Then a few months in I get a pop up saying Spain has made peace and the war is over. On the plus side Spain forced Morocco to give my two provinces back as part of the peace deal. Still, it's a bit weird that I lost those provinces then got them back, and both times I had no control over anything. fuf fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Aug 8, 2013 |
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Aug 8, 2013 14:37
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The game looks and feel amazing. Can't wait for all the incredible drama it will produce in multiplayer.
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Aug 8, 2013 14:42
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Okay, I guess it was covered in a DD and I just didn't overread it, but can someone explain sieges to me, specifically what the percentages mean? They just randomly seem to jump up and down, from 28% to 7% without actually indicating how much the siege progressed or how long it will take to conquer the province.
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Aug 8, 2013 14:43
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e X posted:Okay, I guess it was covered in a DD and I just didn't overread it, but can someone explain sieges to me, specifically what the percentages mean? They just randomly seem to jump up and down, from 28% to 7% without actually indicating how much the siege progressed or how long it will take to conquer the province. that drop is from when a province is not blockaded.
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Aug 8, 2013 14:51
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As soon as the demo ended I instantly wanted more. 
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Aug 8, 2013 14:52
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Ragg posted:EU4 demo is on steam! It works! Go download! ... which I can't download because I already own it??? e: restart steam, nm WhiskeyJuvenile fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Aug 8, 2013 |
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Aug 8, 2013 15:00
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pdxjohan posted:that drop is from when a province is not blockaded. Ahh, thank you, I was sieging Venice at the time, that makes a lot of sense.
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Aug 8, 2013 15:03
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Paradox dudes: The loading screen tool tip regarding light ships and maintenance lacks an 'of'. "If you have a lot light ships".
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Aug 8, 2013 15:13
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Vicky 2 question: how do I recover a province from having a population of literally 3? Colonised South Georgia as Brazil because I could beat the UK to it, but I had an influenza pandemic at the time and it dropped the pop from 15 to 3. Trying to encourage bureaucrats and immigration and clergymen and farmers has done nothing to bring anyone in What's more the indigenous people there are culturally British for some reason, and without any Brazilians they can't assimilate in order to turn it into a state to get my colonial points (all 5 of them, but still) back.
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My map in the demo seems to have shadow continents in the ocean? http://steamcommunity.com/id/TheBelgian/screenshot/921270022785649025
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