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Current Events / Re: Russia's War Against Ukrai...

Last post by Uberhaus - Today at 11:08:16 AM

That should work and is a pretty low cost solution that allows them to keep AD on the front lines
Id say both sides have an innate sense of ingenuity around this war that NATO and others should take note of
Con

It looks like it could defeat smaller drones, however, a heavier drone in a vertical dive wouldn't be stopped by the 2-3" steel pipe.  Hopefully, the Russians will be wasting a tremendous amount of resources on this that could otherwise be directed to the direct fighting.  Maybe they could top the structure off with a solid disk of 6" thick steel to protect against kamikaze dives!
I'm not sure if the towers are new with ECM capability; there are three of them (two with antennas) but maybe someone in the know can say they are just for diverting lightning.

As to curbing innovation, the US criticized China during its high level meetings.  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-68905475

Mr Blinken told the BBC that one of the key routes for "better relations" between China and both the US and Europe would be for Beijing "or some of its enterprises" to stop providing "critical components" that help Russia make more munitions. The components include items such as "machine tools, micro-electronics, and optics".

"It's helping Russia perpetuate its aggression against Ukraine, but it's also creating a growing threat to Europe because of Russia's aggression," he explained, adding it was "helping to fuel the biggest threat to [Europe's] insecurity since the end of the Cold War".

"We've taken action already against Chinese entities that are engaged in this," he said. "And what I make clear today is that if China won't act, we will."

Mr Blinken - who hinted at sanctions as a possible route - was keen to stress that China was not directly supplying Russia with weapons.

Even Canada could have helped the Ukrainian cause greatly by providing an alternative to Russian oil and gas, wrecking the Russian economy.  However, the PM would not.  https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/touting-clean-energy-pm-trudeau-questions-business-case-for-exporting-liquefied-natural-gas-to-europe-1.6037556  Even after being approached by German, Japanese and US leadership, the Canadian PM would not go back on his anti-petroleum campaign.  This was short sighted because he would have had considerable leverage to forge a new international agreement to develop technology to reduce and eliminate carbon release, rather than clinging to the broken Kyoto Protocols that only he follows.  This is pie in the sky, but imagine a summit led by US, German, Japanese and even Canadian leadership to tackle Russian aggression and carbon emission.

No, I am not smoking what he decriminalized.

#12

Computer Gaming / Re: For FRIDAY

Last post by Tripoli - Today at 11:06:45 AM

Shadow Empire.  If I can assimilate two nearby large minors (90k pop each) I may be able to put up a fight against the giant major that is currently friendly with me but is theocratic.  Who knows when their god will demand my head.

Blasted theocratic major just popped up and attacked me on the only peaceful front I had. Metal! Metal! I need Metal!

And OIL! I have NO OIL! My tanks and trucks are running on peanut butter!

You have to do an AAR on this play through.   

#13

Computer Gaming / Re: Hegemony III: Clash of the...

Last post by mbar - Today at 10:14:28 AM

Darn. I thought this might be Isle of Giants news. 

#14

Computer Gaming / Re: For FRIDAY

Last post by solops - Today at 10:10:44 AM

Shadow Empire.  If I can assimilate two nearby large minors (90k pop each) I may be able to put up a fight against the giant major that is currently friendly with me but is theocratic.  Who knows when their god will demand my head.

Blasted theocratic major just popped up and attacked me on the only peaceful front I had. Metal! Metal! I need Metal!

And OIL! I have NO OIL! My tanks and trucks are running on peanut butter!

#15

Computer Gaming / Re: For FRIDAY

Last post by Destraex - Today at 07:26:10 AM

Board gaming - finishing off an excellent game of Colonial Twilight then the difficult choice of whether to establish Great Britain as a republic with Cruel Necessity or just blow shit up with Panzer Command. Decisions, decisions...

Are these all solo games or are you attending a home to play with a group of friends?

All solo (though Cruel Necessity is the only designed as a solo game) - there is a game group fairly nearby but they tend to play mainly Euros. I enjoy playing games solo as much to explore the history as anything else - they all play well solo (CT has an AI Bot, though I tend not to use it, and Panzer Command is chit pull which always works well) - I'm lucky in that I have a dedicated game room so can leave a game set up & go back to it as & when I get the opportunity - I think my Colonial Twilight game has been spread over about 4 weeks.

Nice.

#16

Computer Gaming / Re: For FRIDAY

Last post by Phantom - Today at 06:11:35 AM

Board gaming - finishing off an excellent game of Colonial Twilight then the difficult choice of whether to establish Great Britain as a republic with Cruel Necessity or just blow shit up with Panzer Command. Decisions, decisions...

Are these all solo games or are you attending a home to play with a group of friends?

All solo (though Cruel Necessity is the only designed as a solo game) - there is a game group fairly nearby but they tend to play mainly Euros. I enjoy playing games solo as much to explore the history as anything else - they all play well solo (CT has an AI Bot, though I tend not to use it, and Panzer Command is chit pull which always works well) - I'm lucky in that I have a dedicated game room so can leave a game set up & go back to it as & when I get the opportunity - I think my Colonial Twilight game has been spread over about 4 weeks.

#17

Computer Gaming / Re: Hegemony III: Clash of the...

Last post by Grim.Reaper - Today at 05:24:54 AM

For those that never picked up, base game only $2.49.

https://www.wingamestore.com/product/9184/Hegemony-III-Clash-of-the-Ancients/

#18

Current Events / Re: Russia's War Against Ukrai...

Last post by Con - Today at 12:44:46 AM

That should work and is a pretty low cost solution that allows them to keep AD on the front lines
Id say both sides have an innate sense of ingenuity around this war that NATO and others should take note of
Con

#19

Enigmas of the Mystical / Re: More Pix For A Laugh

Last post by GDS_Starfury - Yesterday at 09:56:10 PM

#20

Computer Gaming / Re: Sins Of a Solar Empire 2

Last post by Destraex - Yesterday at 08:36:43 PM

Yeah as you can see below from the example I posted, even on the weekend the devs seem very active. Blair Fraser is one of the original ironclad devs from sins1.

 Most game devs use discord these days as it is favoured by the younger crowd. Personally I think forums are much better for structural reasons. Discord is very hard to find anything on usually. Even when the devs make special areas for feedback and try to make things more forum like.

Blair Fraser — Today at 10:22 AM
No, it should not have broken saves.
Blair Fraser — Today at 10:23 AM
Saves should be fine.
Send me one of your save games and I'll verify, otherwise fix it.
it should zip up nice so it can be sent to me here on discord via DM.
Blair Fraser — Today at 10:25 AM
same as with rpare, send one to me as a zip via DM. this should not be happening.
rpare001 — Today at 10:27 AM
sure one moment, thank you!
Blair Fraser — Today at 10:27 AM
(to be clear, send me one of the ones you can't load, not a new one that works :P)
Logion567 — Today at 10:54 AM
lol, doing a 8 player PVE thing this time as Exodus, other players are 1 Tec Loyalist, 1 Rebel, 1 Vasari Exodus, and *4 Alliance
talk abouta lopsided spread.....
Blair Fraser — Today at 10:56 AM
we screwed up and will make a hotfix for loading save games. however, here is a work around.
first, your recent save games are safe and will load with 1.21.6.
you need to go to "%username%\AppData\Local\sins2\settings\settings.json"
change "front_end.enable_strict_saved_game_filtering" to false instead of true
then restart the game and you should see your save game show up in the load menu