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Tubgoat posted:My install has gone from sepia-tone to full color and it is causing my 2019 gaming laptop to chug on the menu screen (it runs Diablo 3 on full settings). The gameplay is as smooth as the day it was released, thank god, but the menu is acting like every last cell of a map is filled with spastically-animating units. https://twitter.com/colincornaby/status/1223073101312753664
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# ? May 21, 2020 22:47 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 12:33 |
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I remember that part, but here's the thing: when I got my computer several months ago, and WC3 was in sepia-tone, it was loading so drat fast that I temporarily forgot how hosed this all was. Now that it's in color, it's running like it did post-ruination-patch but on my old (6-year-old computer).
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# ? May 21, 2020 22:56 |
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lol this video game 3: this game is bad
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# ? May 22, 2020 04:21 |
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Tubgoat posted:I remember that part, but here's the thing: when I got my computer several months ago, and WC3 was in sepia-tone, it was loading so drat fast that I temporarily forgot how hosed this all was. Now that it's in color, it's running like it did post-ruination-patch but on my old (6-year-old computer). Maybe change your settings to 256 colors
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# ? May 22, 2020 06:08 |
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:Maybe change your settings to 256 colors
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# ? May 22, 2020 09:46 |
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"Well, as long as I'm not using the remastered graphics, it shouldn't be that..." Ahahaha what the hell. Also it's failed to play the cutscene music at the start (and only the start) of every map I played so far.
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# ? May 22, 2020 16:26 |
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Nostalgamus posted:"Well, as long as I'm not using the remastered graphics, it shouldn't be that..." God Tier dialogue/error combo.
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# ? May 22, 2020 18:11 |
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So it was a smart move on my part to buy the game several years ago, without any reforged nonsense? I played through the classic campaign a while ago, but I have been afraid to start it up, in case it tries to download a bunch of poo poo and break my already working install.
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# ? May 22, 2020 19:54 |
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captain innocuous posted:So it was a smart move on my part to buy the game several years ago, without any reforged nonsense? I forget which is the last version of WC3 that did not auto-update on launch. No more multiplayer for you without updating to Reforged, though. But depending on what the most recent update you have is, it may well force the Reforged update on launch.
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# ? May 22, 2020 20:03 |
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Blizzard destroying the last good game they released rules so much.
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# ? May 22, 2020 22:13 |
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I have 1.31.1 installed, which has widescreen support. I don't use the launcher and run it directly, and it asks to update, but I can decline it.
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# ? May 22, 2020 22:18 |
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Groovelord Neato posted:Blizzard destroying the last good game they released rules so much. It's really impressive how they not only botched the remaster, but took out the old version in the process.
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# ? May 22, 2020 22:18 |
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How did they end up using the wrong talking portrait? They used the right one at the start of the map...
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# ? May 23, 2020 21:09 |
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Nostalgamus posted:How did they end up using the wrong talking portrait? They used the right one at the start of the map... Not only is it the wrong talking portrait, it's the wrong *voice*, too. I think it's more complicated than a simple "whoops, put the wrong model/portrait in".
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# ? May 24, 2020 00:56 |
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Comrayn posted:Command and conquer remaster out soon. If they do one for RA2/YR I'll need new pants
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# ? May 24, 2020 09:45 |
Milo and POTUS posted:If they do one for RA2/YR I'll need new pants I don't think they've said conclusively one way or the other that they will, but my suspicion is it'll depend on sales. They went to a lot of effort to find all the old poo poo out of archives to try and remaster those two games, it would have been easy to save themselves double the expense for RA2 / Tib sun by grabbing that poo poo at the same time.
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# ? May 24, 2020 12:16 |
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I was bummed Reforged ended up being a trashfire, as I was looking forward to a nostalgia dive into making a custom campaign I'd mapped out years ago with it. ...but instead, I went a bit further back and found out there's actually a small community still rocking Warcraft II. Cut to a month later, and I've released the first four of sixteen levels of a custom WC2 campaign I'm calling "Return to the Storm". Turns out folks have figured out how to hack the computer ai, graphics, and core code to customize a lot more than the default editor allowed. If anyone still has a computer running Windows 7 you can play it at the link below. There's a fan release of Warcraft II called WarCombat you can use to play this with. Information & Download http://war2usa.com/index.php/forums/topic/return-to-the-storm-custom-campaign/ Certainly a niche hobby, but I think this is my version of airplane models. If someone else enjoys playing it, just an added benefit. Maybe someone here will get a kick out of it.
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# ? May 25, 2020 21:18 |
yr new gurlfrand! posted:“Each of our balance patches will aim to ensure competitive integrity at the professional level” Dota? It's doing pretty well actually.
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# ? May 25, 2020 21:42 |
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Dota will survive the heat death of the universe I think. Anyway, what were WC3 numbers like back in its peak? I remember logging onto bnet and seeing xxxxxx number of players playing xxxx of games (across all bnet games) but if I had to put an actual number to those I'd probably embarrass myself. The scene was certainly impressive though. It was definitely in the tens of thousands but I'm trying to recall if it ever peaked 100k
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# ? May 26, 2020 10:55 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:Dota will survive the heat death of the universe I think.
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# ? May 26, 2020 11:42 |
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Cuntellectual posted:Dota? It's doing pretty well actually. If Dota survived the reforged launch then it can survive anything
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# ? May 26, 2020 12:17 |
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Nostalgamus posted:How did they end up using the wrong talking portrait? They used the right one at the start of the map... Did your Captain unit survive the map? I think some of the ending cutscenes were a bit glitchy when named-but-not-hero units died during the mission, even in the original.
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# ? May 27, 2020 11:32 |
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um Still fires rocks, though:
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# ? May 29, 2020 21:24 |
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There's no Reforged Model for regular Catapults, and they didn't re-record any dialogue. If they had, I guarantee they would have had Thrall call them Demolishers instead.
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# ? May 30, 2020 05:53 |
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Ah. I guess that also explains the glaive throwers that are firing ballista bolts.
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# ? May 30, 2020 13:11 |
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How come they randomly changed some unit names back then.
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# ? May 30, 2020 16:48 |
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MARKETING!
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# ? May 30, 2020 17:02 |
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RIP old gyro model. You were much better. Just to clarify, when people were looking to drop in games back in the day (it used to say waiting for ____), people would spam individual letters one at a time to cause them to drop. Anyone familiar with this behavior? It was rampant in RT. Anyway, my question is: would this really cause people to drop/lag out? It was obnoxious as hell
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# ? May 30, 2020 19:30 |
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Groovelord Neato posted:How come they randomly changed some unit names back then. Steam Tanks, Ballistas, Catapults, and Gyrocopters were too close to Warhammer Fantasy models of the same names. Meat Wagons weren't changed because they weren't a potential liability.
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# ? May 30, 2020 19:30 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:RIP old gyro model. You were much better.
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# ? May 30, 2020 19:55 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:RIP old gyro model. You were much better. p. sure I used to do this in both starcraft and wcIII but I was a punk kid
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# ? May 30, 2020 23:11 |
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I thought: D D D D D D D Was just people saying, "we need to drop this fucker holding up the game" rather than any kind of DOS attempt.
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# ? May 30, 2020 23:28 |
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It's freakin rude is what it is.
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# ? May 30, 2020 23:31 |
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Mata posted:It's freakin rude is what it is. d d d d d d d d d d d d
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# ? May 31, 2020 02:12 |
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Kith posted:Steam Tanks, Ballistas, Catapults, and Gyrocopters were too close to Warhammer Fantasy models of the same names. Meat Wagons weren't changed because they weren't a potential liability. What about wyvern??
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# ? May 31, 2020 02:13 |
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Groovelord Neato posted:What about wyvern?? D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
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# ? May 31, 2020 03:06 |
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Groovelord Neato posted:What about wyvern?? *shrugs loudly* Tubgoat posted:D
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# ? May 31, 2020 05:48 |
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I don't remember the wisp portrait being this detailed, did the HD version sneak into the old graphics?
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# ? May 31, 2020 13:23 |
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Nah, looks normal to me.
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# ? May 31, 2020 13:46 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 12:33 |
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That's how they've always looked for me, regardless of the computer I played it on. Are Wind Riders now Wyverns or vice versa? I'm reasonably sure either change is consistent with copyright cuckoldry.
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