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Quote from: Jarhead0331 on May 07, 2020, 10:51:12 AM
Quote from: jamus34 on May 07, 2020, 10:35:23 AM
Shadow empire release date dropped. June 4th

Nice. That's my wife's birthday. I can get it for me for her birthday!  <:-)
She will be SO excited!
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devoncop

My birthday on May 22nd and my lovely wife has promised to get it for me :smitten:

Release of the year.
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=534&t=92000

Link to Field of Glory Empires MP forum with Slitherine Games

Gusington

 ;D That is sig line worthy.


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http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=534&t=92000

Link to Field of Glory Empires MP forum with Slitherine Games

CJReich46

June 4th! WOOT!  :D

Definitely Grabbing.
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devoncop

Quote from: CJReich46 on May 07, 2020, 12:48:56 PM
June 4th! WOOT!  :D

Definitely Grabbing.

Not a problem for me but folks should note it appears to be a Matrix Store exclusive (at least initially) despite there being a store page for it on Steam.....

Interesting.
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=534&t=92000

Link to Field of Glory Empires MP forum with Slitherine Games

Martok

Quote from: devoncop on May 07, 2020, 12:57:53 PM
Quote from: CJReich46 on May 07, 2020, 12:48:56 PM
June 4th! WOOT!  :D

Definitely Grabbing.

Not a problem for me but folks should note it appears to be a Matrix Store exclusive (at least initially) despite there being a store page for it on Steam.....

Interesting.
An oversight, maybe? 

I'm not terribly worried either way.  I'm happy to purchase it directly from the M/S website, I just also want get my Steam key at some point. 

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devoncop

Quote from: Martok on May 07, 2020, 08:43:14 PM
Quote from: devoncop on May 07, 2020, 12:57:53 PM
Quote from: CJReich46 on May 07, 2020, 12:48:56 PM
June 4th! WOOT!  :D

Definitely Grabbing.

Not a problem for me but folks should note it appears to be a Matrix Store exclusive (at least initially) despite there being a store page for it on Steam.....

Interesting.
An oversight, maybe? 

I'm not terribly worried either way.  I'm happy to purchase it directly from the M/S website, I just also want get my Steam key at some point.


I agree with you Martok the Matrix store works fine for me.

Don't think its an oversight as the Matrix newsletter e-mailed out to me specifically mentioned the "Matrix exclusive".
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=534&t=92000

Link to Field of Glory Empires MP forum with Slitherine Games

W8taminute

I've noticed that with Matrix/Slitherine you are better off purchasing directly from them and getting the Steam Key later.  Some of their Steam purchased products have issues with them regarding mods, updates, PBEM features, etc. 

One of my recent purchases from last year was Field of Glory Empires from Steam.  I had a difficult time getting the multiplayer window to log me in and find a game I was playing with Jason, MD, and Tuna.  This is the 21st century and I shouldn't have struggles like this on a Steam purchased game.  Forgive me but my patience and tolerance for ineptitude is quite short these days.
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devoncop

Quote from: W8taminute on May 08, 2020, 10:58:36 AM
I've noticed that with Matrix/Slitherine you are better off purchasing directly from them and getting the Steam Key later.  Some of their Steam purchased products have issues with them regarding mods, updates, PBEM features, etc. 

One of my recent purchases from last year was Field of Glory Empires from Steam.  I had a difficult time getting the multiplayer window to log me in and find a game I was playing with Jason, MD, and Tuna.  This is the 21st century and I shouldn't have struggles like this on a Steam purchased game.  Forgive me but my patience and tolerance for ineptitude is quite short these days.


Interesting.

I had issues with the games not updating properly via the In game Matrix updater whereas Steam does it automatically so I have never had an issue.

As with so much with our hobby its "horses for courses".
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=534&t=92000

Link to Field of Glory Empires MP forum with Slitherine Games

ArizonaTank

Quote from: devoncop on May 08, 2020, 11:11:02 AM
Quote from: W8taminute on May 08, 2020, 10:58:36 AM
I've noticed that with Matrix/Slitherine you are better off purchasing directly from them and getting the Steam Key later.  Some of their Steam purchased products have issues with them regarding mods, updates, PBEM features, etc. 

One of my recent purchases from last year was Field of Glory Empires from Steam.  I had a difficult time getting the multiplayer window to log me in and find a game I was playing with Jason, MD, and Tuna.  This is the 21st century and I shouldn't have struggles like this on a Steam purchased game.  Forgive me but my patience and tolerance for ineptitude is quite short these days.

Over the years, I have had multiple computers, been in several different locations, and have never been able to get the Matrix updater to work. I have always had to update manually...or as you suggest, play them on Steam; where updates do actually happen.


Interesting.

I had issues with the games not updating properly via the In game Matrix updater whereas Steam does it automatically so I have never had an issue.

As with so much with our hobby its "horses for courses".
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JasonPratt

While I've run into the same problem W8 talked about (while playing the same game, and in fact mp with him), I've never run into the same problem on other Matrix games I've bought through Steam. FoG:Emp released with the latest version of PBEM++ (+++?), updated to finally allow more than two players, and I inferred that this was the problem or something related back at the Matrixlitherine servers. Then again, the game itself has some odd bugs where it thinks it has shut down without shutting down and gives various alerts to this effect, which might be an artifact of the standard Matrix front-end trying to run after Steam, but which I don't recall seeing on their other games aside from occasionally other Ageod titles! -- thus I'm inclined to suspect this is some kind of persistent Ageod coding glitch.

Still, the inability to log into the multiplayer serves on occasion, is glaring and annoying, and certainly real, whatever its cause(s).  >:(
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Tpek

There are already let's plays of this game by various YouTube influencers.





devoncop

The You Tube series by Dastactic are long, comprehensive and in my opinion the most informative to date.

He explains mechanics very thoroughly.


http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=534&t=92000

Link to Field of Glory Empires MP forum with Slitherine Games

JasonPratt

True about Dastactic; but that second video is kind of adorably neat!  O0
ICEBREAKER THESIS CHRONOLOGY! -- Victor Suvorov's Stalin Grand Strategy theory, in lots and lots of chronological order...
Dawn of Armageddon -- narrative AAR for Dawn of War: Soulstorm: Ultimate Apocalypse
Survive Harder! -- Two season narrative AAR, an Amazon Blood Bowl career.
PanzOrc Corpz Generals -- Fantasy Wars narrative AAR, half a combined campaign.
Khazâd du-bekâr! -- narrative dwarf AAR for LotR BfME2 RotWK campaign.
RobO Q Campaign Generator -- archived classic CMBB/CMAK tool!