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Darkrenown posted:But...Slitherine and Matrix have been adding more and more of their stuff to Steam in the last few months, as well as Matrix doing their weekly sales themselves now. It's especially dumb as the current indy boom only exists because of Steam and other digital distribution methods. The only thing you really need to know is that like startups in literally any other industry, substantial numbers of indy game developers are going to fail simply because they fail to find a niche or they can't displace existing products or whatever. Given that Matrix openly admit that most of their developers can't make a living off their games it's hard to see their business model as anything other than a total failure. e: actually re-reading it the article he linked essentially goes "real competition pushes prices to the floor, I don't like this and it is bad for customers", whereas of course Slitherine's 'act like a cartel for an entire genre to keep prices inflated' model is of course great for their customers. Alchenar fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Aug 27, 2014 |
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Alchenar posted:It's especially dumb as the current indy boom only exists because of Steam and other digital distribution methods. The only thing you really need to know is that like startups in literally any other industry, substantial numbers of indy game developers are going to fail simply because they fail to find a niche or they can't displace existing products or whatever. Inflating prices is good for the consumer because it keeps game makers employed making games. If the market bottoms out because of  Steam then nobody will be making games, thus preventing the consumer from enjoying new games. It all makes sense you see.
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vuk83 posted:Does anybody know how long battlefront.com has been down. I am participating in Grey hunters lp of combat mission and am thinking about buying red thunder. The site seems perfectly fine to me, just redownloaded a bunch of stuff from them today.
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I just bought it online last night around 9pm Pacific Time, so not for long. Grey Hunter LPs have already cost me more than $100... 
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Mr Luxury Yacht posted:Is there a decent amount of players online? Not only that, they also yell out "For the Motherland!" pthighs posted:I just bought it online last night around 9pm Pacific Time, so not for long. He just got me to spend $30 on Advanced Tactics Gold also on steam. Honestly though, $30 really well spent, I am enjoying it a lot.
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Aug 27, 2014 22:02
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We need to play a big goon PBEM ATG random game.
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Baloogan posted:We need to play a big goon PBEM ATG random game. I am super down for this, as long as it doesn't start until the end of September, I am about to be out of the country for several weeks.
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AGEOD's new WWI game is out. I know it's terrible pretty much by default but for some reason I want it so bad.
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Aug 28, 2014 00:03
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Huskalator posted:AGEOD's new WWI game is out. I know it's terrible pretty much by default but for some reason I want it so bad. I got it, and have played it some. After bashing my head against Civil War 2 I think I can get into this one more readily. It would make for a real interesting LP.
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Battlefront.com is still down for me. I am currently living in south korea. Where on this great site is best for asking for help.
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Darkrenown posted:But...Slitherine and Matrix have been adding more and more of their stuff to Steam in the last few months, as well as Matrix doing their weekly sales themselves now. Matrix getting their poo poo onto Steam has also caused the entire company to do a complete 180 on their attitudes towards sales and other aspects of digital distribution. It turns out even Matrix can't lie to themselves about sales not working when their office gets buried in money every time their stuff goes on sale. E: At least I was under the impression it had? Or are Matrix really that bad at admitting they were wrong?
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Really would appreciate if someone could help me. Does battlefront have an email that i could try contacting them on.
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Huskalator posted:AGEOD's new WWI game is out. I know it's terrible pretty much by default but for some reason I want it so bad. I like the idea of the different powers choosing which plan to start the war with. But the turn resolution is even worse than Pride of Nations.
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vuk83 posted:Really would appreciate if someone could help me. Does battlefront have an email that i could try contacting them on. You could try martin@battlefront.com or their facebook.
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Nenonen posted:You could try martin@battlefront.com or their facebook. I tried their mail. Thank you.
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V for Vegas posted:I like the idea of the different powers choosing which plan to start the war with. But the turn resolution is even worse than Pride of Nations. Can you elaborate? I've never played Pride of Nations. I did end up getting TEAW last night. I couldn't resist. And... yeah it's basically an AGEOD game.  I'll never learn. The AI is brain dead, the command chain mechanics are idiotic, and I have no idea what's going on.
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Huskalator posted:Can you elaborate? I've never played Pride of Nations. Pride of Nations turn resolution was something like 10-15 mins per turn ... for a game that models 1830 to 1900 with 15-day turns. As for having no idea what's going on, I suppose that's historically realistic!
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gradenko_2000 posted:As for having no idea what's going on, I suppose that's historically realistic! Truly, war is hell.
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Aug 28, 2014 19:39
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AGEOD... AGEOD never changes.
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Aug 28, 2014 19:44
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Saros posted:War in the Pacific's most important rule is trust nobody, especially the guys on your side. So. loving. True. This got buried at the bottom of a page last time, so here goes again: I am now the "social media guy" for 2x2, developers of Unity of Command. Right now we're asking for submissions for your favorite times the UoC AI beat you like a redheaded stepchild. You can share them on Facebook here.  Unity of Command - because losing is fun!
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In the kindest way possible... UOC's AI is not one that you lose to, more like "win in a less totally overwhelming way." Largely because your troops/air force rolled badly. [e] UoC's AI has never come close to 'winning' a game, even when I was learning the system. Its partially due to the scenario style of the game and partially just the AI not understanding how to play the system (or perform more than the flimsiest encirclements.) Saros fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Aug 29, 2014 |
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vuk83 posted:Really would appreciate if someone could help me. Does battlefront have an email that i could try contacting them on. Battlefront.com is fine, try changing your dns to 8.8.8.8
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Does the newer Combat Mission games (on the 3.0 engine) work on Win8? It doesn't show on the requirements, and for the life of me I can't get my version of Shock Force to even launch on Win8 (after patches as well).
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Pimpmust posted:Does the newer Combat Mission games (on the 3.0 engine) work on Win8? It doesn't show on the requirements, and for the life of me I can't get my version of Shock Force to even launch on Win8 (after patches as well). They should? Here's what, download Red Thunder demo and tell us!
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Pimpmust posted:Does the newer Combat Mission games (on the 3.0 engine) work on Win8? It doesn't show on the requirements, and for the life of me I can't get my version of Shock Force to even launch on Win8 (after patches as well). You've probably tried this, but have you tried running shockforce windowed? Also I play RT with no problem and I'm using windows 8.1
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Pimpmust posted:Does the newer Combat Mission games (on the 3.0 engine) work on Win8? It doesn't show on the requirements, and for the life of me I can't get my version of Shock Force to even launch on Win8 (after patches as well). All the 2.0 games and RT work in 8.1, I haven't tried shock force though.
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Dirt Worshipper posted:You've probably tried this, but have you tried running shockforce windowed? All CM games run full screen only, I think? I took a look in the CMSF support forums and users there claimed that it too worked for them on Windows 8, strange. It might be some issue unrelated to Windows 8 itself, maybe? quote:Another cause for the game to not launch properly has been identified as a system conflict with the intro movie. This file plays when the game is first loaded. The solution is to simply prevent the game from trying to launch that file which is located in the Data folder. You can do this by renaming the file from its default name of Intro.wmv to something else like Intro.bak.
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uPen posted:Battlefront.com is fine, try changing your dns to 8.8.8.8 Tryed that. Got a reply back from martin at BattleFront. He said my ip for some reason is banned. I currently live in south korea. Tryed a proxy browser and could connect that way, but gently caress giving credit card info through that. Is there any good resource for proxy browsing, cause all that Google gives me looks sketchy.
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vuk83 posted:Tryed that. Got a reply back from martin at BattleFront. He said my ip for some reason is banned. I currently live in south korea. Tryed a proxy browser and could connect that way, but gently caress giving credit card info through that. Is there any good resource for proxy browsing, cause all that Google gives me looks sketchy. Go through a vpn, or set up an AWS (amazon web services) instance (like a another computer) and purchase it through that. That is how I would do it.
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vuk83 posted:Tryed that. Got a reply back from martin at BattleFront. He said my ip for some reason is banned. I currently live in south korea. Tryed a proxy browser and could connect that way, but gently caress giving credit card info through that. Is there any good resource for proxy browsing, cause all that Google gives me looks sketchy. You should subscribe to a vpn, I wouldn't give a credit card through a proxy unless it was a 1 use dummy card. That's assuming battlefront can't fix whatever issue is banning your IP, maybe it's a regional thing?
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AWS is a little more complicated to set up initially, but it is free for the first 12 months. You can just set up a Windows Server and remote desktop into it. Windows Server, at least 2008 and 2003 that I have used, work pretty much the same as normal windows if you just want to open a web browser.
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Lord Windy posted:AWS is a little more complicated to set up initially, but it is free for the first 12 months. You can just set up a Windows Server and remote desktop into it. Windows Server, at least 2008 and 2003 that I have used, work pretty much the same as normal windows if you just want to open a web browser. Server 2012 is basically the same as Windows 8 (  ) as far as the interface goes. So if you go that route, it's still not difficult. That's basically the nice thing about Windows based servers. They're fairly straightforward right up until the point you start trying to get it to do a bunch of crazy bullshit it really doesn't want to do.
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Nenonen posted:All CM games run full screen only, I think? Nope, doesn't work either. Game simply refuses to launch, no error message or anything. Don't even see the process pop up in the process manager. Installed it right out of the box on my new 8.1 computer too, so 
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Is there a thread or someplace to talk about Vassal modules and get people to play with? I've been looking all over SA but have found nothing
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Lord Windy posted:Is there a thread or someplace to talk about Vassal modules and get people to play with? I've been looking all over SA but have found nothing
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What's the penalty like for encircled units in C:TGW? I'm running through an Entente game and I've isolated a German infantry division in Antwerp. It's on its third turn of isolation now and it's still an incredibly tough shell to crack, despite being without supplies for like 3 weeks. What gives?
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Drone posted:What's the penalty like for encircled units in C:TGW? I'm running through an Entente game and I've isolated a German infantry division in Antwerp. It's on its third turn of isolation now and it's still an incredibly tough shell to crack, despite being without supplies for like 3 weeks. What gives? Non capital cities provide half supply. It mostly hurts recovery of efficiency, but a full infantry unit in a fortress hex in half supply will be hard to destroy. You just have to pound it with shock attacks knowing that it won't recover the efficiency quickly enough. Or just place a garrison to ZoC it and move on.
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Drone posted:What's the penalty like for encircled units in C:TGW? I'm running through an Entente game and I've isolated a German infantry division in Antwerp. It's on its third turn of isolation now and it's still an incredibly tough shell to crack, despite being without supplies for like 3 weeks. What gives? Any town or fortress hex that produces PP will keep units there in half supply (indicated by a yellow dot), and if it's a fortress hex it's going to be really loving tough. You just gotta whittle it down over time since your units can recover efficiency faster and regardless of supply situation a unit can only recover 2 strength points per turn max. On the other hand encircled units that are out of supply totally (red dot) are completely combat ineffective and will take huge losses in any attack they make or defend against.
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What ARE the rules for units going out of supply in C:TGW? When I advanced into the Ottoman Empire from the north most of my Russians went out of supply for no apparent reason.
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Units have to be within 50 or so hexes from a capital to get full supply. It's why Russia has multiple capitals.
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