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i just build a billion terraformers and then set them to auto terraform
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Oct 31, 2017 17:40
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Tiny Bug Child posted:so i don't think anyone mentioned the fan patches yet. there's one called PRACX that has a ton of graphical fixes and tweaks, like you can make the window resizable, there's smoother zooming, new display modes on the map, etc. but you probably don't want to install PRACX alone because it's also integrated into another patch that fixes a bunch of bugs and prevents some crashes. also there's some minor conveniences like bases auto-building satellites if they don't have anything in the queue like they do for units boy howdy my security settings won't even let these patches run terran/x.exe even after granting full permissions
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Oct 31, 2017 17:53
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:boy howdy my security settings won't even let these patches run terran/x.exe even after granting full permissions Welcome to the world of pre-workshop game modding If there isn't a chance you're installing a back door for elite christian hackers, then the mods not worth installing
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Oct 31, 2017 18:18
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i don't think a sequel is possible really for all sorts fo reasons but i'd pay full price and probably never play a graphics/UI updated release with little else done to it
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Oct 31, 2017 18:21
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brian reynolds posts in lets play, someone asked him about a sequel and he said its basically impossible due to ip stuffBrian Reynolds posted:That is a complex bag of intellectual propertyness! It goes something like this... Alpha Centauri IP is owned by Electronic Arts, whereas Firaxis is now owned by @2K/Take Two which is a competitor of EA. But even if EA wanted to make an Alpha Centauri 2 then Firaxis would have some kind of first right of refusal kind of thing to get to actually make it. And meanwhile the game is semi-associated with me, and I'm with Big Huge Games which is currently owned by Nexon. So unwinding that whole Gordian knot or even part of it would take a lot of momentum & probably not-insignificant money. And so far those things haven't materialized. As the thing ages (18 years old?!?!) it does probably cost gradually less money to convince someone to sell their rights, but on the other hand the perceived value of securing those rights goes down.
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Oct 31, 2017 18:24
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Sheng-Ji Yang posted:brian reynolds posts in lets play, someone asked him about a sequel and he said its basically impossible due to ip stuff is that actually him?
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Oct 31, 2017 18:28
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Typo posted:is that actually him? yeah
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Oct 31, 2017 18:29
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wow a flashback to the days when SA was relevant
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Oct 31, 2017 18:29
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Sheng-Ji Yang posted:brian reynolds posts in lets play, someone asked him about a sequel and he said its basically impossible due to ip stuff how do you even do a sequel justice considering the insane level of detail that went into all the secret projects and stuff
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Oct 31, 2017 18:32
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Jose posted:how do you even do a sequel justice considering the insane level of detail that went into all the secret projects and stuff kickstarter pillars of eternity turned out well
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Oct 31, 2017 18:36
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that was poo poo. i mean coming up with all the new things so that it doesn't just come off as a rehash of ideas because there is an insane amount of it in AC
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Oct 31, 2017 18:38
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Jose posted:that was poo poo. i mean coming up with all the new things so that it doesn't just come off as a rehash of ideas because there is an insane amount of it in AC
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Oct 31, 2017 18:42
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Typo posted:yeah so you basically want to pay writers instead of people who make pretty graphics: totally do-able with kickstarter A new game with good writing would be good but I don't think kickstarter is the right place for it, since it literally trades in nostalgia
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Oct 31, 2017 18:45
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jBrereton posted:every single kickstarted RPG has been cargo cult chris avellone (including by chris avellone) and is unbearable lol wait did no one else like pillars of eternity
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Oct 31, 2017 18:54
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combat was miserable in it and the story didn't exactly keep me interested
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Oct 31, 2017 18:55
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:boy howdy my security settings won't even let these patches run terran/x.exe even after granting full permissions then you obviously haven't really granted "full permissions" huh? what kind of cucked-rear end setup do you even have where your computer is telling you what you can and can't run instead of the other way around Sheng-Ji Yang posted:brian reynolds posts in lets play, someone asked him about a sequel and he said its basically impossible due to ip stuff that's kind of sad but otoh any SMAC sequel would probably be doomed to mediocrity at best. look at beyond earth and how design-by-committee bland and awful it was
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Oct 31, 2017 19:11
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Tiny Bug Child posted:then you obviously haven't really granted "full permissions" huh? what kind of cucked-rear end setup do you even have where your computer is telling you what you can and can't run instead of the other way around nah the permissions are there for everything it's throwing out some error code that appears to be associated with permissions (0xc0000022) idk
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Oct 31, 2017 19:18
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Typo posted:wait did no one else like pillars of eternity Kickstarted SMAC is pretty much Pandora: First Contact, which was really not a good game (it's Okay but when you're trying to live up to something Great that isn't enough)
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Oct 31, 2017 19:25
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divinity 2 is real good imo
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Oct 31, 2017 19:28
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:boy howdy my security settings won't even let these patches run terran/x.exe even after granting full permissions look up how to turn on Direct Play in Windows 10. that fixed it for me. as for the patch, in the popup window click on the more info link, and it will give you the option to run the patch exe anyway. Pener Kropoopkin has issued a correction as of 19:55 on Oct 31, 2017 |
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Oct 31, 2017 19:53
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Jose posted:divinity 2 is real good imo
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Oct 31, 2017 20:08
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in my opinion, jinping needs to read settlers
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Oct 31, 2017 20:12
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jBrereton posted:If I got bored of divinity OS' status/element swapping fights before the end of act 1, got to act 2 and it was more of the same so I quit, is DOS 2 much different? it has an armour system where enemies have either physical or magical armour. they're immune to all status effects until the armour of the corresponding type is damaged enough to no longer be there. I've been running a 2h melee, 1h 1shield melee, dw rogue and a ranger and i'm doing really well. partly because physical gets the objectively best CC in the game but enemies usually have more physical armour. I'm playing the main elf starting character and decided to level summoning because its a good thing to level and by using the elf starting skill i can make my summon only do physical damage and it now easily does most damage. try and make sure you're all either physical or magical damage basically. you can respec for free without losing all the stuff you learned like the first game too its probably worth installing a mod that makes item scaling not so insane because its alright in act 1 and most of 2 but becomes genuinely ridiculous after that. If you decide to only use 2 people and go lone wolf it breaks the game fairly heavily but you miss out on a lot of story stuff. I burned out of the first game after act 2 but this i'm nearly finsihed and its a lot of fun
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Oct 31, 2017 20:13
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Jose posted:it has an armour system where enemies have either physical or magical armour. they're immune to all status effects until the armour of the corresponding type is damaged enough to no longer be there. I've been running a 2h melee, 1h 1shield melee, dw rogue and a ranger and i'm doing really well. partly because physical gets the objectively best CC in the game but enemies usually have more physical armour. I'm playing the main elf starting character and decided to level summoning because its a good thing to level and by using the elf starting skill i can make my summon only do physical damage and it now easily does most damage. try and make sure you're all either physical or magical damage basically.
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Oct 31, 2017 20:15
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that was a lot of words to say i think its extremely good
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Oct 31, 2017 20:15
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as a guy who posts like that constantly, It's Okay.
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Oct 31, 2017 20:16
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Typo posted:wait did no one else like pillars of eternity I liked it and i could never play the old Baldurs Gate games due to them aging poorly so I definitely have no nostalgia for them
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Oct 31, 2017 20:21
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Torment is worth it for the art direction alone imo, although the writing is also top notch and there's usually multiple ways to resolve a problem without going into combat as well. The combat is ok.
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Oct 31, 2017 20:32
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the torment writing didn't blow me away and the combat is dire and try as i might i couldn't avoid it but wasteland 2 was utter garbage that i'm still annoyed that it takes so long to get going a refund was impossible
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Oct 31, 2017 20:38
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Wasteland 2 was in a shameful state on release, and I'm sure it's been fixed for a long time but I can't be bothered to go back again, knowing how lame the story is. It was easy to tell which areas they worked the most on like the bio research facility, which was fully fleshed out over months of testing and revision, compared to most of the rest of the game which was extremely straightforward.
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Oct 31, 2017 20:47
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combat what non-stop and was insanely boring
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Oct 31, 2017 20:51
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skimmed thru this rpg talk but i just say this - everybody play everything by spider software. geneforge, nethergate, avernum remake, avadon. all good tactical turn-based, awesome plot huge world, thanks for reading
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Oct 31, 2017 20:52
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:Torment is worth it for the art direction alone imo, although the writing is also top notch and there's usually multiple ways to resolve a problem without going into combat as well. The combat is ok. It's literally 90% the interface that keeps me from playing those games. It's a shame cause in theory they're right down my alley, but a lot of old game sare just unfucking playable to someone spoiled on modern interfaces. I can only play Morrowind with dozens of mods installed, for example
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Oct 31, 2017 20:53
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Dreddout posted:It's literally 90% the interface that keeps me from playing those games. It's weird that you're complaining about interfaces, when Morrowind had one of the best interfaces for a PC RPG ever made. I mean, MCP and the Overhaul Project is essential now, if only to get the draw distance to something respectable - but the actual in-game interface is solid for mouse + keyboard. You could drag all of the windows to any size you wanted, put them where you wanted, and even lock them so they stayed visible in real-time. I guess the real problem is that there's no item sorting for your inventory, and there's a ton of items to pick up.
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Oct 31, 2017 20:57
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they may mean the journal which does not give you waypoints
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Oct 31, 2017 21:00
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you could decorate everything with piles of gold in morrowind it was real good
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Oct 31, 2017 21:01
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Hlaalo manor in balmora, has plenty of tables and shelves for storing your garbage  and the owner is conveniently dead
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Oct 31, 2017 21:03
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Calibanibal posted:they may mean the journal which does not give you waypoints Typical men, not wanting to follow directions. Calibanibal posted:Hlaalo manor in balmora, has plenty of tables and shelves for storing your garbage There's a guy who lives next to Caius Cosades's house you can kill as part of a quest, and I just litter the floor with high value crap.
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Oct 31, 2017 21:03
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:It's weird that you're complaining about interfaces, when Morrowind had one of the best interfaces for a PC RPG ever made. I mean, MCP and the Overhaul Project is essential now, if only to get the draw distance to something respectable - but the actual in-game interface is solid for mouse + keyboard. You could drag all of the windows to any size you wanted, put them where you wanted, and even lock them so they stayed visible in real-time. I guess the real problem is that there's no item sorting for your inventory, and there's a ton of items to pick up. I'm sure it was great for the time but the whole systems a mess in tyool 2017
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Oct 31, 2017 21:13
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Calibanibal posted:skimmed thru this rpg talk but i just say this - everybody play everything by spider software. geneforge, nethergate, avernum remake, avadon. all good tactical turn-based, awesome plot huge world, thanks for reading how can one dude make so many amazing titles? i highly recommend age of decadence
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Oct 31, 2017 21:27
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