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bewbies posted:What is, exactly? Presumably the usage of real life military data in making video game scenarios.
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I promise I have a pretty firm grasp on what is and isn't publicly releasable and I'm not going to end my career or go to jail to build a scenario in a computer game.
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May 20, 2016 22:37
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Then it's no fun and not worth doing. Unless you create a modern Wargames for us we're not interested.
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May 20, 2016 22:44
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Hey honey some guy is releasing all these extremely detailed alien invasion missions haha good thing something like that could never secretly happen.
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May 20, 2016 22:55
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The military is all a bunch of janeways anyway no one is ever going to invade the US, your 2 billion missile system is going to blow up camels in the desert, and my tax payer dollars payed for it so I am entitled to see said penetration data on said camels. 
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May 20, 2016 23:03
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dtkozl posted:I am entitled to see said penetration data on said camels. The top-secret DoD porn server has some really, really weird stuff.
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May 20, 2016 23:04
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I used to live with a dude that worked at Booze Allen you don't have to tell me.
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May 20, 2016 23:06
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bewbies posted:I FINALLY got Command Air/Naval etc. I've been doing this stuff professionally, in the real world, with real missiles and radars for almost 20 years. The last 5 years I've been neck deep in simulations and experimentation. I'm...impressed with this thing. It isn't perfect, but it is probably better, or at least more entertaining, than anything I've seen in the DoD. lol hey bewbies, I'm outta town for the long weekend here in canada so will be in and out for the next few days. loads of people to make scenarios with; though all my CMANO time atm is soaked up in adding new features to the sim. I run a CMANO chatroom at https://secure.baloogancampaign.com/#/rooms/baloogan could ask there if anyone wants to make some contemporary scens, also there are some cool things on the horizon in CMANO land, and I'd highly recommend joining the beta tester team and maybe even have a chat with the command devs about command, contemporary scens and such.
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May 21, 2016 00:52
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Dark_Swordmaster posted:Assuming he's not currently probated... The political forums on SA are so much fun!
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May 21, 2016 00:55
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loving foreigners coming into my countries forums and thread making GBS threads, we need to build a northern wall!
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May 21, 2016 00:59
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dtkozl posted:loving foreigners coming into my countries forums and thread making GBS threads, we need to build a northern wall! Those threads were lovely before he got there.
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May 21, 2016 01:54
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Big sale on the Wargame franchise over on Steam.
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May 21, 2016 01:57
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I installed CC:Bridge Too Far and ... it works just as good as it did 20 years ago even on a 64 bit system. It's actually kind of shocking. The game plays flawlessly and even the loving videos run fine. No tweaks, no fuss.
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May 22, 2016 04:51
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skooma512 posted:I installed CC:Bridge Too Far and ... it works just as good as it did 20 years ago even on a 64 bit system. It's actually kind of shocking. The game plays flawlessly and even the loving videos run fine. No tweaks, no fuss. One benefit of having Microsoft as your publisher is that they probably know a thing or two about Windows...
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May 22, 2016 11:22
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skooma512 posted:I installed CC:Bridge Too Far and ... it works just as good as it did 20 years ago even on a 64 bit system. It's actually kind of shocking. The game plays flawlessly and even the loving videos run fine. No tweaks, no fuss. The only issue is the resolution. I love that game to bits and it is a real shame that the modern remakes ignore the simplicity of just being asked which troops you're sending into the battle instead of all these units you have to move around for some daft reason.
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May 22, 2016 11:25
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Yeah the original CC2 campaign was perfect. I haven't played the Matrix remake but I'm going to bet that whatever they came up with is terrible in comparison.
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May 22, 2016 11:32
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Some guy in England did a full grand campaign LP and he said that the remake sucks. Nenonen posted:One benefit of having Microsoft as your publisher is that they probably know a thing or two about Windows... I'd say it's more luck that they managed to pick something that still works down the years. Age of Empires 1 needed to be patched by someone before it was usable again
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May 22, 2016 17:25
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Can anyone tell me why I can't move my transports into Lauria and unload this entire Canadian army I have sitting offshore waiting to provide backup to my beleaguered landing force? Is it because the hex is on the front lines? Or does the port magically disappear after only getting one turn's worth of use? Guys I think I might end up losing a shitton of American and British troops to this. I have no other forces in North Africa with planning high enough to launch a distraction invasion, they're still a few turns away.
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May 22, 2016 19:26
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Drone posted:Can anyone tell me why I can't move my transports into Lauria and unload this entire Canadian army I have sitting offshore waiting to provide backup to my beleaguered landing force? Is it because the hex is on the front lines? Or does the port magically disappear after only getting one turn's worth of use? Couple things. 1: the more units unload in a given turn the more it MP to unload more troops, so if those offshore troops have already moved this turn they may not have the MP to unload. 2: Where is your Amphib HQ? Lauria isn't a port so you need an HQ directly offshore to maintain the temp port, if your HQ has left the port is gone.
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May 22, 2016 19:39
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uPen posted:Couple things. Welp, #2 would probably be exactly why.
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May 22, 2016 19:40
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Was listening to Fanfare for the Common Man and started wondering: When the gently caress is our next Combat Mission game? IT IS TIME!
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May 22, 2016 20:09
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Have any of y'all iOS-device owning people played Carrier Battles for Guadalcanal? Bruce Geryk likes it. It's $7!
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May 22, 2016 23:41
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Dark_Swordmaster posted:Was listening to Fanfare for the Common Man and started wondering: When the gently caress is our next Combat Mission game? IT IS TIME! I was just thinking about that today (the Combat Mission, not the Copland, I mean) ed. There is a new patch for Final Blitzkrieg out, so maybe that? Or I'd be happy with any of the titles, really. abelian fucked around with this message at 02:21 on May 23, 2016 |
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May 23, 2016 01:46
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What software do people use for the video lps of cm? Last time I recorded a video and threw it on youtube was over 7 years ago and things have changed a lot since then. If I can get something working I wouldn't be opposed to making a thread.
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May 23, 2016 01:53
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OBS is open source and free. And a loving pain in the rear end because of it. DXTory is the strongest option but it costs $40 or so. It's what I'd use if I had the money to grab it at the moment. At current I'm using OBS and it's frustrating but it works. Both feature: Decent compression size v. quality (and it's adjustable if you want more quality and have the space to spare) Multi-channel audio recording which I can't live without anymore. It's SO nice to record what the audio output to one track and my microphone to another so if I have something worth putting in that I said (or I'm playing something with voice chat) I can put that in but I can also cut out my constant coughing and any background noises. Note that this requires a little more effort on the editing end of things but it's one of the nicest things you can have for your video production. Streaming! I haven't used DXTory so I don't know how well it works but OBS works with my Twitch flawlessly (barring the quality/hitching/etc. issues I'm having with it overall). So you can stream if you want!
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May 23, 2016 02:06
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Yeah I've used OBS but that was before I moved and my upload is too poor now to stream. Originally I used fraps then edited in I think virtualdub. HUGE pain in my rear end and compression and encoding it was a nightmare. I guess what I want is to create a video of a turn and if I could have the option of either recording my gamer thoughts while taking the video or just going back afterward and laying down a track with the original video and sound, and finally compressing it painlessly into something I can upload to youtube.
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May 23, 2016 02:14
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dtkozl posted:Yeah I've used OBS but that was before I moved and my upload is too poor now to stream. Originally I used fraps then edited in I think virtualdub. HUGE pain in my rear end and compression and encoding it was a nightmare. OBS can record raw/compressed video to disc rather than streaming it, that's what I use rather than fraps.
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May 23, 2016 02:22
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I use OBS for videos (and screenshots, because you know Battlefront couldn't be bothered to add a screenshot function to their game). I've used the Nvidia shadowplay thing as well.
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May 23, 2016 02:26
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Baloogan posted:The political forums on SA are so much fun! 
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May 23, 2016 02:27
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I have OBS and fraps so I'll fool around with those. What about editing software? Star wipes are a must.
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May 23, 2016 02:34
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Alikchi posted:Have any of y'all iOS-device owning people played Carrier Battles for Guadalcanal? Bruce Geryk likes it. It's $7! Goddamnit first Battle of the Bulge, then Race to Moscow, then North Africa, and now this. Why does iOS get all the cool mobile wargames?!
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May 23, 2016 03:39
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OBS does uncompressed now? Last I heard you could just do x264 with a CBR=0 and get close-ish. That used to work for me but now even on middling settings for recording the video itself hitches HORRIBLY. Tested using Quake 1 so it's not the game performance... Editing is very difficult for free and I don't honestly think you can do a worthwhile job on any free tools. Spend the 40-50 to get Sony's Movie Studio and go to town. It's fully featured and let's you do anything you'd want. Like I said about OBS' multi-track
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May 23, 2016 05:21
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After many aborted DCB attempts I finally finished a game as Germany. I lost by three points. Held my target of Rostov (+Kharkov) and Leningrad. However I managed to completely lose HGM. The AI somehow managed to wipe 15 infantry divisions in a single turn off the map and then I lost fuel and was unable to respond. They completely wiped it off the map. Final result: 384 Russian division destroyed and 90 German ones.
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May 23, 2016 09:21
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I'm torn, I just completed Decisive Campaigns: Warsaw to Paris and really want to try DC:B because it looks cool as gently caress, but HoI4 is coming out in 2 weeks and it looks pretty good as well (and I haven't learned my lesson from preordering HoI3). Ugh, I can't decide.
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May 23, 2016 14:03
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Mr. Peepers posted:I'm torn, I just completed Decisive Campaigns: Warsaw to Paris and really want to try DC:B because it looks cool as gently caress, but HoI4 is coming out in 2 weeks and it looks pretty good as well (and I haven't learned my lesson from preordering HoI3). Ugh, I can't decide. Get DC:B, since HoI 4 will improve much quicker than DC:B will since Paradox are crazy with their post-launch support and have infinite money.
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May 23, 2016 17:21
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If Stellaris is any indication HoI4 will probably need some ironing out on release even if it'll eventually be good, so get DC:B to occupy yourself until they get some hotfixes and patches in.
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May 23, 2016 19:41
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HOI4 has had the advantage of being in the cooker for a lot longer than Stellaris though, which was only announced last year. HOI4 has been in development for nearly 3 years now.
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May 23, 2016 19:46
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Also, it's a sequel to an established series, as opposed to brand-new Stellaris. EU4 and CK2 were both perfectly playable on launch.
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May 23, 2016 20:06
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Get DC:B, since HoI 4 will improve much quicker than DC:B will since Paradox are crazy with their post-launch support and have infinite money. It's good, but pick Russia anytime you PBEM. Case Blue is balanced if you do the May scenario if you don't own that one, yet.
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Ck2 and Eu4 are much closer to their predecessors in terms of game systems though. Paradox has taken the time to reinvent a lot of HOI's design that has either become obsolete or was hosed up in HOI3. It's definitely got a shared lineage there but it doesn't benefit as much from relying on tried and true systems to an extent that EU and UK were able to.
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