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Hav posted:Tada. Aurora 7.1 install. Now I just have to figure out how to play it. grognard.txt
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Hav posted:Tada. Aurora 7.1 install. Now I just have to figure out how to play it. 
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Sep 13, 2017 22:11
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I've been watching these videos (playlist) to learn about the game and maybe how to play it in the future. Its felt complex but manageable... until he got to combat ship design, that poo poo just seems intimidating.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPvi15w6T9U
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Sep 13, 2017 22:17
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A group of guys I know did a cool LP where they each roleplayed a governor or admiral or captain or whatever while someone who knew the game drove. It let people who didn't know the mechanics still do what they wanted and have them a friendly and easy way to learn as he explained how he did what they asked.
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Sep 13, 2017 22:23
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I've been watching these videos (playlist) to learn about the game and maybe how to play it in the future. Its felt complex but manageable... until he got to combat ship design, that poo poo just seems intimidating. This guy's better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcWln8Ne1RA
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Sep 13, 2017 22:28
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I watched the first few of quills, his didn't seem as informative, though maybe they were a bit more entertaining.
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Sep 13, 2017 22:37
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read bgregmans (sp?) aurora LP its actually p good science fiction even without the aurora factor
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Sep 13, 2017 22:43
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There are a few good grog bargains over at bundlestars at the moment Battle Academy 1 + 2 plus expansions for $5 Most of the Panzer Corps games (I think just missing Soviet Corps) for various tiers up to $15 You can also pick up Hegemony: Rome for $1
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Sep 13, 2017 23:11
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For anyone that owns it, what is the historical background of the Drang Nach Osten scenario in Revolution Under Siege, and how Gay Black Hitler are the events?
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Sep 14, 2017 11:23
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Yeah I grabbed the Panzer Corp stuff. It's a fun game.
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Sep 14, 2017 11:29
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Hav posted:Some filthy communists and millenials like to use the OSX platform for some reason. Oh man, that's a lifesaver. I've got a weeklong conference coming up and only a mac to accompany me. Thanks Hav!
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Sep 14, 2017 12:11
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algebra testes posted:Yeah I grabbed the Panzer Corp stuff. It's a fun game. gently caress Stalingrad 
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Sep 14, 2017 14:16
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Yooper posted:Oh man, that's a lifesaver. I've got a weeklong conference coming up and only a mac to accompany me. Thanks Hav! Not quite out of the woods, yet. There's a missing MSSTDFMT.DLL that crops up on the system view, and I'm trying to figure out the regsvr bits.
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Sep 14, 2017 17:00
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quote:gently caress Stalingrad - Adolf Hitler, November 1942
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Sep 14, 2017 17:25
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Panzer Corps is so loving good and while it may not be a hardcore grog game for $15 it's gonna take me months if not a year to play through all of these campaigns. Bargain of the month.
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Sep 14, 2017 21:10
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Hav posted:Not quite out of the woods, yet. There's a missing MSSTDFMT.DLL that crops up on the system view, and I'm trying to figure out the regsvr bits. It's easier just to install (and then promptly uninstall) a tiny utility program that includes it. http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php/topic,1715.msg21036.html#msg21036
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Sep 14, 2017 22:05
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Hav posted:Not quite out of the woods, yet. There's a missing MSSTDFMT.DLL that crops up on the system view, and I'm trying to figure out the regsvr bits. I used the Aurora all-in-one installer and ignored your step 3 and so far everything seems to function fine. http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=5663.0
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Sep 14, 2017 22:33
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Kibbles n Shits posted:Panzer Corps is so loving good and while it may not be a hardcore grog game for $15 it's gonna take me months if not a year to play through all of these campaigns. Bargain of the month. Seriously, Panzer Corps + All DLC is fantastic, play it love it live it
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Sep 15, 2017 14:10
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Can anyone sell me on Battle Academy? Is it just babbys first Combat Mission basically?
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Sep 16, 2017 06:15
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Someone sell me on Panzer Corps.
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Sep 16, 2017 06:28
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Baloogan posted:read bgregmans (sp?) aurora LP Just a reminder that my LP (currently on hiatus due to life) is from two major versions before the current version, so there's a lot of things I don't cover, and one area (engines) that's changed majorly and another (crew endurance) that's entirely new. Those automatons are still awaiting rescue ;_;
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Sep 16, 2017 07:14
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:Someone sell me on Panzer Corps. It's easy to play but challenging to master and for the current price you get a ridiculous number of campaigns (with both historical and "what-if" scenarios) to play through in multiple theaters. It has enough depth to reward smart planning and good tactics but not so much depth that you can't sit down and play through a few missions in an evening without having to bust out wikipedia, spreadsheets, and a calculator. It's Panzer General turned up to 11. It's what Unity of Command aspires to be. Oh and it looks great too, and not just by grog standards. Kibbles n Shits fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Sep 16, 2017 |
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Sep 16, 2017 15:41
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bgreman posted:Just a reminder that my LP (currently on hiatus due to life) is from two major versions before the current version, so there's a lot of things I don't cover, and one area (engines) that's changed majorly and another (crew endurance) that's entirely new. I just dove in and once I got a handle on the interface it's fairly straightforward. But it's like an onion now, every layer I understand reveals another deeper layer. My first "Aurora" moment happened a few nights ago. The civilians started a mining colony on an asteroid so I kindly sent a ship full of colonists. Except the colony had zero underground infrastructure. To make that worse I hadn't researched that yet. Then on the way back the colony ship ran out of fuel. I have no tankers designed or built yet. So now the garrison is trying to keep 30,000 people from rioting on a structure that can handle 0. I'm not sure if they're all stuck in space suits or in empty fuel tanks or what the deal is. Some things seem to automate well, like surveying. But can you do it with mineral transfers and such?
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Sep 16, 2017 17:06
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yes, but also mass drivers
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Sep 16, 2017 17:23
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CMCs are automated I think
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Class Warcraft posted:Can anyone sell me on Battle Academy? Is it just babbys first Combat Mission basically? Babby's first Steel Panthers is more apt.
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Sep 16, 2017 17:48
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For anyone who plays Ultimate General: Civil War, how do you tend to organize your divisions once you unlock all 6 brigades? Playing as the Union, I have been running most divisions as 5 infantry, 1 artillery. Sometimes I swap out one infantry for a cavalry brigade. I'm thinking of switching to a 4 infantry, 2 artillery setup, but I can't find much good information online about whether this would be a good idea or not. Anyone have experience here?
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Sep 16, 2017 18:26
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:Someone sell me on Panzer Corps. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3746015
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Sep 16, 2017 18:45
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Bold Robot posted:For anyone who plays Ultimate General: Civil War, how do you tend to organize your divisions once you unlock all 6 brigades? Playing as the Union, I have been running most divisions as 5 infantry, 1 artillery. Sometimes I swap out one infantry for a cavalry brigade. I'm thinking of switching to a 4 infantry, 2 artillery setup, but I can't find much good information online about whether this would be a good idea or not. Anyone have experience here? I've only gotten to Chancellorsville in the Union campaign, and have only unlocked 5 brigades. I've got half my divisions at 3 infantry 2 artillery, a quarter at 4 infantry 1 artillery, and a quarter at 3 infantry 1 cavalry 1 artillery. Artillery is very strong, especially at close range, and I regularly see artillery units with 1000+ kills and very few losses. If you're having trouble keeping your infantry brigades topped off, I'd definitely recommend more artillery. I rarely find myself wishing for more infantry. Infantry takes up a lot of space, so I either have a defensive front too long or an offensive front too narrow to keep everyone engaged. Artillery doesn't need to worry about units blocking their line of fire, so that's never the issue with them.
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Yooper posted:I just dove in and once I got a handle on the interface it's fairly straightforward. But it's like an onion now, every layer I understand reveals another deeper layer. For CMC's open up the summary page for the colony and go to the civilian / ind status tab you can decide whether to buy the minerals or tax them. For your mining outposts just slap down a mass driver pointed at Earth.
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Sep 16, 2017 19:37
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Just make sure there is also a mass driver on Earth to catch mineral packets...
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dublish posted:I've only gotten to Chancellorsville in the Union campaign, and have only unlocked 5 brigades. I've got half my divisions at 3 infantry 2 artillery, a quarter at 4 infantry 1 artillery, and a quarter at 3 infantry 1 cavalry 1 artillery. Artillery is very strong, especially at close range, and I regularly see artillery units with 1000+ kills and very few losses. If you're having trouble keeping your infantry brigades topped off, I'd definitely recommend more artillery. Makes sense, thanks. I'm not having trouble reinforcing my infantry, but I keep having the problem you describe with too many infantry for a given front. I'll try mixing in more artillery.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Just make sure there is also a mass driver on Earth to catch mineral packets... lol maybe a backup too
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Informative LPs like yours are literary crack to me, and yours is by far the most informative LP I've seen on this game. Anyone who buys Panzer Corps read this and git gud
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bought that panzer corps bundle. forgot I already had the base game from another bundle ages ago so here's a key for the base game if anyone wants it edit: taken cool new Metroid game fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Sep 18, 2017 |
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Sep 16, 2017 22:07
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Kibbles n Shits posted:It's what Unity of Command aspires to be. This is the point where the needle skips on the record and everyone in the bar turns to look at you. Panzer Corps and Unity of Command are radically different games. UoC is about logistics and taking objectives on time to please your higher-ups. It's about making sacrifices and tough choices to take Stalino on schedule. It completely abstracts away most of the minute differences in equipment that Panzer Corps salivates over. Panzer Corps is pure fantasy panzer porn where you spend prestige to upgrade your Panzer IIIH divisions to the Panzer IIIJ and pretend that there's some practical difference between them at the strategic level. Panzer Corps is much lighter weight (and inferior) wargame. Mandatory Assembly fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Sep 16, 2017 |
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Sep 16, 2017 22:42
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Mandatory Assembly posted:Panzer Corps is much lighter weight (and inferior) wargame. quote:This is the point where the needle skips on the record and everyone in the bar turns to look at you
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Sep 16, 2017 23:54
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Panzer General was a mistake
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[Genre] General games and Panzer Corps are amazing and beautiful in their simplicity and I'm sorry for the people who cannot see the light.
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Mandatory Assembly posted:This is the point where the needle skips on the record and everyone in the bar turns to look at you. Panzer Corps and Unity of Command are radically different games. UoC is about logistics and taking objectives on time to please your higher-ups. It's about making sacrifices and tough choices to take Stalino on schedule. It completely abstracts away most of the minute differences in equipment that Panzer Corps salivates over. The PzIIIJ is an incremental upgrade over the H (or whatever, just an example. There is a specific unit tree that includes incremental upgrades). You do this because it strengthens your persistent army through the scenarios. There is a bigger difference between a PzIII and a PzIV or Tiger or Stug and it does matter from a gameplay standpoint. Also if you don't think taking objectives on time is a thing in Panzer Corps I invite you to win a decisive victory in the Norway scenario. Both games are pretty great though but I have a huge soft spot for the *General games because I played the crap out of them on my old P233 back in like middle school edited out typos Kibbles n Shits fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Sep 17, 2017 |
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