Total war pharaoh - coming October

Gusington · May 24, 2023, 08:46:58 PM

WHAT?? Well the ones I am currently playing are Attila and Rome 2...

SirAndrewD · May 24, 2023, 09:05:47 PM

Quote from: Gusington on May 24, 2023, 08:46:58 PMWHAT?? Well the ones I am currently playing are Attila and Rome 2...

They released the patch for those today.

Gusington · May 25, 2023, 07:58:41 AM

Why do you hurt me so bad?

Gusington · May 25, 2023, 08:21:45 AM

Well I just fired up Rome 2 TW with the DEI mod and it least loaded and ran. I didn't try to play yet but at least I got that far.

Gusington · May 25, 2023, 08:26:44 AM

Same with the 1212 AD mod. Hope springs eternal.

Sir Slash · May 25, 2023, 09:45:54 AM

My mod for ETW quit working some time ago. I hope they haven't killed Stainless Steel for MTW2.

Gusington · May 25, 2023, 09:50:23 AM

^That...is a real possibility.

SirAndrewD · May 25, 2023, 10:32:14 AM

Fortunately Rome 2 and Attila should be the least effected by this as they're both still being actively modded.

It's a lot of the older, finished, mods for games like Empire, Napoleon and Shogun 2 that will get hurt most.

Gusington · May 25, 2023, 10:58:06 AM

Ok I feel less worse now

W8taminute · May 25, 2023, 07:04:21 PM

Quote from: SirAndrewD on May 24, 2023, 08:33:18 PM
Quote from: Gusington on May 24, 2023, 07:56:46 PM^I don't think you are. I am at a low point now with new TW games. Thank God for modding of the old ones.

CA actually just released a set of CPU patches for their older games that have broken all the old mods. Many of those mods will never be updated again like Darthmod.

I saw a YT video on this subject a few weeks ago. I think it was by the Terminator. This is so sad but if you examine the reason why CA did this it's obvious. In the lust for greed they have destroyed all of the old stuff to force players to buy their new games which are so locked up tightly modders can't make anything awesome anymore.

This is my response to CA and their wicked evil practices:

Gusington · May 25, 2023, 08:02:21 PM

^Are you serious? They are trying to intentionally snuff out the TW modders? They probably owe a huge percentage of their sales to the modding of the older games

Sir Slash · May 25, 2023, 09:57:02 PM

I agree. Ever since Medi 2 TW, modders have made every game better, even playable in some cases. Still, I never thought the old games/mods would last forever. At least, so far, Stainless Steel is still alive and kicking.

SirAndrewD · May 25, 2023, 10:10:17 PM

Quote from: Gusington on May 25, 2023, 08:02:21 PM^Are you serious? They are trying to intentionally snuff out the TW modders? They probably owe a huge percentage of their sales to the modding of the older games

I don't think that's accurate.

I think that what CA did was braindead and had no consideration for the modding community. They did actually answer a problem with game breaking crashes on modern machines, but they also didn't consider old mods that have been giving their titles life and selling.

CA understands the value of modders, hence when they hired Jack Lusted. But they're not seeing the damage this new patch is doing even if its helping longevity on old titles.

JasonPratt · May 26, 2023, 07:08:46 AM

ETW and NappyTW have both been getting some ongoing love by modders in recent years; they haven't been abandoned. Not sure about Shogun2 in recent years.

Gusington · May 26, 2023, 08:08:39 AM

How could they not see the damage while still being invested in the older titles with their fingers on the pulse of the modding community?