A song that brings back a memory of The Falklands in 1985 - no TV to speak of so all entertainment came to the forces in the form of recordings on VHS. I remember being besotted with the song and the video - it is the 80's to me.
Anyway - gaming
Some superb
Witcher 3 Wild Hunt and the super fantastic
Project Cars - truly an amazing racer and has surpassed rFactor 2 for me and pipped Assetto Corsa to the post. I think I'll through some very cool
State of Decay in also. And of course my PBEM with UCG in
CM:Black Sea...I'm not sure I'm doing things right though - everything seems rather quite - disconcertingly so.
I think I might do some modelling this weekend too. I've yet to complete my "ye olde worlde" Me-262 my daughter got me for Christmas.
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=13504.0
Now that I finally have a pc that can run it, I bought X Rebirth. Very excited to get started with it this weekend! And it's a three day weekend in the UK, too! :D
For the longest time I thought the name of this song was "Obsession". Back before the interweb it was really difficult to get info on these type of things.
I'm probably going to continue my solo
WiTP:EA game. I'm playing the Ironman mod so the Japanese moves aren't as predictable. I sure wouldn't mind a Groghead opponent though... ;)
As per usual, CMANO for me, continuing to stalk the surging Soviet fleet in the Barents Sea in Northern Fury - X-Ray Station.
Maybe also some SPMBT, pitting my paratroopers against Soviet armor in 1985.
No games this weekend. Long drive to Florida to see the parents instead.
Working all weekend but in the gaps there will be CMANO - the French have asked for help under the increasing presence of the Chinese, who's asw helicopters I just accidentally exploded
Pbem with JD - lost 2 vehicles already and we haven't seen each other yet
And I cured myself of needing a flight/heli sim by watching lets plays until 2 this morning - entertaining as hell, especially some of the fan movies made, just not for me - to sate the thirst I have built a Russian airforce deck in airland battle, you get no tanks or aaa just a crap load of helicopters, planes and infantry - I'll give that a whirl
It's my annual binge of west wing and there's some great missions to be leeched from there so I might poke into the cmano editor too
And finally my days of working for the man are coming to an end - so I'm going over accounts, plans and generally crapping myself
Quote from: undercovergeek on May 22, 2015, 07:05:15 AM
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lost 2 vehicles already and we haven't seen each other yet
...
Say WHAT? ???
UCG - you're retiring??
I will be playing Order of Battle - Pacific along with some Medal of Honor - Pacific Assault and maybe a dash ofBattlestations: Pacific. And anything else I can find with Pacific in the name.
Test driving SABOW.
Quote from: Gusington on May 22, 2015, 07:19:25 AM
UCG - you're retiring??
I will be playing Order of Battle - Pacific along with some Medal of Honor - Pacific Assault and maybe a dash ofBattlestations: Pacific. And anything else I can find with Pacific in the name.
The Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt (Pacific Edition) ;)
Quote from: Gusington on May 22, 2015, 07:19:25 AM
UCG - you're retiring?
Working for myself
Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 22, 2015, 07:07:41 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on May 22, 2015, 07:05:15 AM
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lost 2 vehicles already and we haven't seen each other yet
...
Say WHAT? ???
See that river? It's not as fordable as you think!!
Quote from: undercovergeek on May 22, 2015, 07:05:15 AM
And I cured myself of needing a flight/heli sim ....
I'm going to cure that by playing some that I already have (possibly RoF, DCS, BoS or even CLoD) and some Invisible and some board games and maybe some VASSAL PBEM even. Three-day week-end!!!!
Quote from: undercovergeek on May 22, 2015, 08:19:18 AM
Quote from: Gusington on May 22, 2015, 07:19:25 AM
UCG - you're retiring?
Working for myself
At least if you screw up, you're only angry with you and you can always make it up to yourself ;D
Rain tomorrow so a good day for gaming and watching movies. Definitely some more AoW3.
Quote from: undercovergeek on May 22, 2015, 08:19:18 AM
See that river? It's not as fordable as you think!!
This happened to me in the ARMAIII Afghanistan map. Drove a tank into a river thinking "How deep can a river in a desert be?" It was about 40 feet deep. The tank crew and I got out and we attacked on foot and were shot to bits pretty fast.
Not sure yet what else I'll be doing (with the nieces if possible), but for Memorial Day weekend I'll certainly be trying to put a quick stop to the American Civil War with a small two regiment brigade in my Take Command 2 AAR of the 1st Bull Run battle. (http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=13619.0)
Or if I can't get a survivably epic failure out of that instead of an epic win (assuming I'm going to fail since the plan is pretty crazy), I'll reload and try a safer defensive win.
Getting all the scenarios and presentations ready for the GrogHead HQ Staff Planning Exercises for Origins in over a week! O0
...and know that is not enough time to get it all done and ready :tickedoff:
It will be almost entirely space/sci-fi 4x goodness for me this weekend:
Some more Birth of the Federation (Ultimate Mod 5), and have started a new Wekkarus campaign in Distant Worlds: Universe now that the new update is out. I also need to take Pandora for a spin since I picked up the Eclipse of the Nashira expansion pack.
Maybe a little Sovereignty if I feel the need to change things up...
Well done UCG, you magnificent bastard.
Kudos, UCG. You're living the dream. Of course, in my case, "working for myself" would fall somewhere between "Subprime mortgage lending" and "Arab-Israeli peace talks" on the Unlikely To End Well Spectrum...
Still hooked on Prison Architect. Would be nice to get back into some Kerbal Space Program as well...
I plan to continue my campaigns in CIV V and Shogun 2 TW. I've only started to play both games this week. So far, i am not really that impressed. CIV V is a very classic successor to the series, looking good and plays smoothly. Still, not too excited yet but it's pleasant and relaxing. Shogun 2 has a really nice strategy map but i have to say that so far the battles have left me "meh". They look great but it usually ends with a big rush on the center by the AI without much tactics...so far it's been way too easy (battles). Actually it makes me want to play Takeda 3 with it's, imho, much superior battle engine. Will try to focus on the campaign.
Quote from: undercovergeek on May 22, 2015, 08:19:18 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 22, 2015, 07:07:41 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on May 22, 2015, 07:05:15 AM
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lost 2 vehicles already and we haven't seen each other yet
...
Say WHAT? ???
See that river? It's not as fordable as you think!!
LOL!
Also warn him about driving tanks over small bridges.
;)
This is the version I fondly remember of the Eurythmics. When I saw Annie Lennox take that wig off in the video for the first time I was absolutely stunned and shocked. "I stumbled through the debris." Always had a love for the Eurythmics.
Judge the video you posted is forbidden here in the states. I think I found one that is permissible for us yankees. I had a big crush on the girl in this video because she reminded me of a waitress I worked with that I wanted when I was 18. :smitten:
But I was just a humble dishwasher that no girl wanted. :'(
As for gaming I'll be bouncing between Project Cars, Bladestorm Nightmare, and the recently rediscovered and now fully functional under Win8 "Pacific Storm Allies" with the Rising Sun mod.
Man, Bladestorm Nightmare has gotten hammered in the PS4 reviews, averaging around 53% from 22 reviews!
I'm thinking I might be better off staying with the original. :o
3.5 day weekend for me starting an hour and a half ago, with the weather looking to be rubbish there should be plenty of time for gaming. Command will be taking up a lot of my time. Going to be doing a complete rework of the scenario I've been working on. I should be able to reuse most of the forces I already have set up but most of the missions and scripting will need to be redone. Good news is the new scripting should be easier to do.
I'll definitely be continuing my EUIV and Distant Worlds AAR games. Going to try and throw some Elite, Kerbal and Cities Skyline (with the new patch) in there somewhere as well.
Quote from: JasonPratt on May 22, 2015, 03:08:58 PM
Man, Bladestorm Nightmare has gotten hammered in the PS4 reviews, averaging around 53% from 22 reviews!
I'm thinking I might be better off staying with the original. :o
I really don't know why there is a lot of hate on the game. I think they did a great job remastering the original campaign that you can play in this version. I haven't tried the Nightmare campaign yet as I wanted to judge the original content first and compare it to the PS3 version. I might post some gameplay vids of mine here over the weekend if there is any interest.
I'm having nausea problems with Witcher 3. No FOV adjustment that I can find. So I'll have to revert back to OoH: Pacific and GC3 until there's hopefully a mod for FOV.
Quote from: Rizik6 on May 22, 2015, 05:51:19 PM
I'm having nausea problems with Witcher 3. No FOV adjustment that I can find. So I'll have to revert back to OoH: Pacific and GC3 until there's hopefully a mod for FOV.
Ugh. Well, if someone else is getting it then I will too. Looks like Witcher 3 is off the list.
Flying the La5 and Yak1 in il2 battle of Stalingrad, and crewing a t-62 in SABOW.
Maybe a couple rounds of Verdun.
Playing the Emperor's Will mission in Might & Magic: Heroes VI
Conrath's Counterattack campaign for CMFI
Cities: Skylines
Quote from: Shelldrake on May 22, 2015, 09:38:27 AM
Rain tomorrow so a good day for gaming and watching movies. Definitely some more AoW3.
Shell, do you ever MP? I'd be up for some AoW with you if you do.
Quote from: Anguille on May 22, 2015, 02:13:30 PM
I plan to continue my campaigns in CIV V and Shogun 2 TW. I've only started to play both games this week. So far, i am not really that impressed. CIV V is a very classic successor to the series, looking good and plays smoothly. Still, not too excited yet but it's pleasant and relaxing.
As a connoisseur of Civ IV, I would like to see you really enjoy it. If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know.
As for my own game playing, it will be Lightning/Rangers tonight and Sunday. Steaks with the kids on Sunday. Maybe even a couple of beers. A lot of Magic the Gathering CCG. The kids are playing Black & Blue and White & Blue. I am playing a Red & Green cheap creature deck.
As time allows i'll be putting the new CO2 build through its paces and probably something else just not quite sure yet. I did pickup SABOW and shadowrun this week so maybe one of those.
Quote from: MetalDog on May 22, 2015, 08:58:05 PM
As a connoisseur of Civ IV, I would like to see you really enjoy it. If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know.
Thanks. I am mostly familiar with CIV II and III. I have to learn both sequels. I have CIV V with all the DLCs installed. Not sure what to do with the city-states though. Will keep on playing my campaign and may play one scenario after that.
In CIV IV, there's 3 different games to play (Warlords, normal and Beyond the sword) don't really know the differences between them..
Cheers
Really pleased with X Rebirth so far. It's Eurovision tonight so may not get a chance to play but I'm itching to dive back in tomorrow.
Quote from: Huw the Poo on May 23, 2015, 12:02:44 PM
Really pleased with X Rebirth so far. It's Eurovision tonight so may not get a chance to play but I'm itching to dive back in tomorrow.
You're watching Eurovision? Interesting... ;)
Playing the 'Decorate Bedrooms' game at the moment, so not much else for me. maybe a little SoW and possibly CM:RT pbem with panzerde, if I can get the CM helper to work.
Quote from: Anguille on May 23, 2015, 11:40:19 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on May 22, 2015, 08:58:05 PM
As a connoisseur of Civ IV, I would like to see you really enjoy it. If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know.
Thanks. I am mostly familiar with CIV II and III. I have to learn both sequels. I have CIV V with all the DLCs installed. Not sure what to do with the city-states though. Will keep on playing my campaign and may play one scenario after that.
In CIV IV, there's 3 different games to play (Warlords, normal and Beyond the sword) don't really know the differences between them..
Cheers
The different expansions just add more features, Anguille. You might want to start with the base game to familiarize yourself.
Bawb are you going to get the silk or the rubber sheets?
Silk on the top, rubber on the bottom.
...is there any other way?
Quote from: bob48 on May 23, 2015, 12:28:55 PM
Playing the 'Decorate Bedrooms' game at the moment, so not much else for me. maybe a little SoW and possibly CM:RT pbem with panzerde, if I can get the CM helper to work.
Right click, select "Launch Game." If that doesn't work and I'm not online, call Gary. :)
Still hooked on Decisive Campaigns Warsaw to Paris . And have Case Blue sitting for another weekend
Some Heroes and Generals for less taxing gaming
And will fire up CMBS tomorrow evening after gardening.
Quote from: Anguille on May 23, 2015, 12:25:42 PM
You're watching Eurovision? Interesting... ;)
It's the TV event of the year! Very funny stuff!
Well done Bawb. A true master.
Quote from: Huw the Poo on May 23, 2015, 04:23:45 PM
Quote from: Anguille on May 23, 2015, 12:25:42 PM
You're watching Eurovision? Interesting... ;)
It's the TV event of the year! Very funny stuff!
There are no words for my shame huw
I see the Welsh entry of a man singing while throwing his boot at a sheep didn't get through
I bought and am playing Regency Solitaire. That's right, I'm secretly a foppish dandy at heart.
Oh, I can admit something worse than that, SDR.
A few years ago I bought Fairy Solitaire.
For the PC.
And played it.
For several days.
Fairies? :buck2:
I have Faerie Solitaire. It's rather good actually. :P
Quote from: Huw the Poo on May 25, 2015, 03:04:21 AM
I have Faerie Solitaire. It's rather good actually. :P
That's fairy solitaire and the Eurovision song contest in one weekend huw
Don't make me come down there!!
Quote from: Huw the Poo on May 25, 2015, 03:04:21 AM
I have Faerie Solitaire. It's rather good actually. :P
That's a faerie good assessment of the game.
Just got in last night about mid-night from a week in the lovely state of Arizona, where I very nearly froze my ass off. 35 Degrees, rain, wind, even hail, at the Grand Canyon no less!?! Anyway, a great trip to see family and the scenery. But after a week of no games or Grogs, I'm needing a real gaming fix even if I have to go back to Pong. And a manly drink along with some good food. And a nap. To plan my gaming itinerary.
We're having ribs and beer for dinner, then some Order of Battle: Pacific. We'll leave a light on for you.
A new version of Ultimate Mod 5 for
Birth of the Federation was just released two days ago, so I've been playing the hell out of that.
Started a campaign as the Dominion, and holy crap did I strike gold! Encountered two minor races with frickin' HUGE star systems (meaning lots of population and production, which is good). The first race I encountered (the T'lani) is perfectly placed to extend my range to the galactic southeast, which is where the majority of any future expansion would take place (I started in the northwest corner of the map). The second race (the Tellarites) have an even larger system; combined with their race-specific structure which grants them a big boost to production, they'll be my primary shipbuilding world...as soon I convince them to join me. :D
Quote from: Sir Slash on May 25, 2015, 01:06:20 PM
Just got in last night about mid-night from a week in the lovely state of Arizona, where I very nearly froze my ass off. 35 Degrees, rain, wind, even hail, at the Grand Canyon no less!?! Anyway, a great trip to see family and the scenery. But after a week of no games or Grogs, I'm needing a real gaming fix even if I have to go back to Pong. And a manly drink along with some good food. And a nap. To plan my gaming itinerary.
Welcome back
Sir Slash! Glad you had a good time. :)
Quote from: Gusington on May 25, 2015, 01:24:51 PM
We're having ribs and beer for dinner, then some Order of Battle: Pacific. We'll leave a light on for you.
Nice! Just finished grilling burgers and corn on the cob. We're done eating and now I'm getting ready for a night of gaming before going back to work tomorrow.
Got very far in my plans on Take Command 2's 1st Bull Run mod, about half of which has now been updated in the AAR (http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=13619.0) here at Grogheads. So that was nice. :)
Not sure what I'll play tonight at the end of the 3day weekend. Something bangzoomy? Maybe back to working on FarCry3...?
The wife talked me into taking her son out to Outback for his birthday, so still no gaming fix yet. But I got steak and drinks so I ain't bitching.
Last weekend, I picked up Order of Battle: Pacific. Good game, entertaining, and something I'll play now and again. Just a bit light for my typical tastes. It did rekindle my interest in the PTO in WWII however, something I haven't spent much time on in over 30 years but was a bit of an obsession in my youth.
That reminded me that I had Rising Sun as part of John Tiller's Campaign Series but hadn't played it. Started a solo game of that and soon had Cyrano roped into a PBEM game.
OoB:P also takes a stab at naval warfare but it does so in a pretty abstract manner and I wanted to really get into carrier ops. So, that called for Naval Campaigns: Midway and I played that a good bit of last week and this weekend.
Of course, Jim pointed me to JTS/HPS Pacific War and The Proud and the Few which I of course had to have, so that he and I could play those PBEM, as well. So I added those to my collection this weekend. Spent a couple hours modding them so they'd look just right for me when we get around to playing...
You can see where this is going, can't you? You can see the slippery slope, and we all know that an obsession with the PTO only ends up in one place. There's no escaping it if you're really, truly obsessed and have started reading campaign histories and the like. At some point, commanding ground forces or a single carrier task force just isn't enough. You want to be Nimitz. You want to try your hand at the operations you're reading about.
Sometime last year I bought War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition. It was on sale. I wasn't sure I'd ever play it but how could I pass up a monster $80 game that was selling for $50?
All weekend it's been whispering to me. Teasing me, taunting me...seducing me with it's dark appeal. I know it eats lives. I know it has reduced strong men to tears and broken up families. I fought. I stood my ground. I played turn after turn of CM:BS PBEM to take my mind off of it. But...at the same time, between turns, I'd watch a few minutes of Youtube Let's Play and tutorial videos of WitP:AE or read a few Matrix forum posts. What could it hurt? I mean, I was sure the sheer complexity of the game would soon have me shaking my head in disgust. Play that? When I have so many more accessible games to play?
Only, it started to seem accessible. It didn't seem that tough, or all that complicated, at least for the smaller scenarios. It looked interesting. It looked like it would be a fit companion for those campaign histories I was reading. The more I watched, the more it looked like fun.
So I loaded it up tonight, and started playing. Those wiser than I will know the rest: I am lost. I must play this game. I must master it, understand it and finally, play the Grand Campaign. I may only be playing Coral Sea right now but I am already consumed with the need to play the entire Pacific War, at a turn resolution of one day per turn. To take the war from the smoking ruins of Pearl Harbor all the way to Tokyo. To lead the mighty American carrier fleets to victory...and then turn around and win the war for Japan.
I hope my fate can be a warning to others. Beware that monster game you buy but think you'll never play. Someday it will rise from the deep to claim you.
;)
Quote from: Martok on May 25, 2015, 02:15:38 PM
A new version of Ultimate Mod 5 for Birth of the Federation was just released two days ago, so I've been playing the hell out of that.
Great to hear...so what's new in the mod?
Cheers
Quote from: panzerde on May 25, 2015, 10:45:49 PM
Sometime last year I bought War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition. It was on sale. I wasn't sure I'd ever play it but how could I pass up a monster $80 game that was selling for $50?
All weekend it's been whispering to me. Teasing me, taunting me...seducing me with it's dark appeal. I know it eats lives. I know it has reduced strong men to tears and broken up families. I fought. I stood my ground. I played turn after turn of CM:BS PBEM to take my mind off of it. But...at the same time, between turns, I'd watch a few minutes of Youtube Let's Play and tutorial videos of WitP:AE or read a few Matrix forum posts. What could it hurt? I mean, I was sure the sheer complexity of the game would soon have me shaking my head in disgust. Play that? When I have so many more accessible games to play?
Only, it started to seem accessible. It didn't seem that tough, or all that complicated, at least for the smaller scenarios. It looked interesting. It looked like it would be a fit companion for those campaign histories I was reading. The more I watched, the more it looked like fun.
So I loaded it up tonight, and started playing. Those wiser than I will know the rest: I am lost. I must play this game. I must master it, understand it and finally, play the Grand Campaign. I may only be playing Coral Sea right now but I am already consumed with the need to play the entire Pacific War, at a turn resolution of one day per turn. To take the war from the smoking ruins of Pearl Harbor all the way to Tokyo. To lead the mighty American carrier fleets to victory...and then turn around and win the war for Japan.
I hope my fate can be a warning to others. Beware that monster game you buy but think you'll never play. Someday it will rise from the deep to claim you.
;)
I'm in a similar situation with the same game. If you want to do a PBEM to tackle this beast against an equally amateur opponent let me know. I've never played the Japanese side but might be willing to try. :uglystupid2:
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Quote from: undercovergeek on May 22, 2015, 07:05:15 AM
And I cured myself of needing a flight/heli sim ....
I'm going to cure that by playing some that I already have (possibly RoF, DCS, BoS or even CLoD) and some Invisible and some board games and maybe some VASSAL PBEM even. Three-day week-end!!!!
I played Invisible, Bloody April (board game) and CLoD. Installing the mods for CLoD (it won't even start without them under windows 8.1) was disturbing. Chrome (very correctly as it turned out) just dropped the mod downloads when the XML wonderstuff switched to a mirror in Germany. And then I had to unpack a .rar file in the Cloud for some reason and then somewhere along the line I picked up a "trojan dropper" called rotbrow.E which is probably an ancient bit of malware because it had odd but not particularly functional effects on windows 8.1. Windows defender removed it and here I am. I would advise against doing anything with the Team Fusion web site or mods for a while or unless you have an antivirus shield better than Windows Defender.
Quote from: KyzBP on May 26, 2015, 03:27:35 AM
I'm in a similar situation with the same game. If you want to do a PBEM to tackle this beast against an equally amateur opponent let me know. I've never played the Japanese side but might be willing to try. :uglystupid2:
Give me a little bit to play a couple of small scenario to figure out which bits to click when and then you're on.
Quote from: panzerde on May 26, 2015, 09:01:09 PM
Quote from: KyzBP on May 26, 2015, 03:27:35 AM
I'm in a similar situation with the same game. If you want to do a PBEM to tackle this beast against an equally amateur opponent let me know. I've never played the Japanese side but might be willing to try. :uglystupid2:
Give me a little bit to play a couple of small scenario to figure out which bits to click when and then you're on.
That's a deal. It'll take me awhile to figure out how to set up and play Japan so take your time and let me know when you're ready.
Quote from: Anguille on May 26, 2015, 12:58:04 AM
Quote from: Martok on May 25, 2015, 02:15:38 PM
A new version of Ultimate Mod 5 for Birth of the Federation was just released two days ago, so I've been playing the hell out of that.
Great to hear...so what's new in the mod?
Cheers
You mean for UM5 in general, or the new update specifically? (It's a bit of a list either way. ;) )
Quote from: Martok on May 27, 2015, 02:02:08 PM
Quote from: Anguille on May 26, 2015, 12:58:04 AM
Quote from: Martok on May 25, 2015, 02:15:38 PM
A new version of Ultimate Mod 5 for Birth of the Federation was just released two days ago, so I've been playing the hell out of that.
Great to hear...so what's new in the mod?
Cheers
You mean for UM5 in general, or the new update specifically? (It's a bit of a list either way. ;) )
I meant the new update because i already have one of the older versions installed. Thanks. ;)
Gotcha. Well since I'm lazy (sorry!), I'm just gonna quote directly from Dafedz's post:
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Notes for v2.4
-Ship repair output has been slightly boosted, in that if you limp a damaged ship to a system with a Starbase the hull will repair more quickly now. The old values of leaving it in a system without a Starbase has remained the same.
-Klingon ships have had to be nerfed, pretty much across the board -- their bangs for bucks firepower beforehand was proving somewhat humongous, particularly with regards to Defence, which was erroneously set much too high (eg, in a battle I experienced, Klingons put 170 Heavy Destroyer IIIs against my 152 Commands, 125 Frigates, and 18 Tactical - and utterly wrecked the lot of them, losing only 31 ships of their own. Oops
-A few building outputs have been changed. Eg, Particle Fountain output increased from 3 Dilithium to 5, Romulan Reman Mine output increased from 3 Dilithium to 5, Vulcan Advanced Fusion reactor increased to +125% Energy.
-Thanks to suggestions by Martok in this thread, changes have also been made to research, namely in the functionality of Subatomic Simulators, and the Daystrom Institute. Subatomic Simulators now provide +20% Research (Local), and the Daystrom Institute 25% Empire-wide.
-Trade-route restrictions have been relaxed. It will now require slightly smaller populations to initialize a trade-route. eg Sol can now manage 2 trade-routes at maximum population whereas before it could only support 1.
-Some of the minor race attitudes have been altered, particularly the Halkans - so much hate! Additionally, a few minors have had their sympathies slightly increased to the more belligerent majors such as the Cardassians, who always found it very hard to get anyone to like them. can't imagine why...
-I had a number of issues with strain on the late game economy when supporting large fleets. So with this in mind I wanted (ideally) to implement a structure upgrade for the Trade Centre - nothing too big, just a little extra cash for end game. As structures can't be upgraded in this way, I came up with a workaround. Single Trade Centres used to boost local credit generation by 20%. Now, those Trade Centres provide a 10% boost - a slight reduction, but later on (at tech 6) a second structure called the Trade Hub can be added to it, which provides an additional 20%. So the pair of them put out a combined 30% bonus to local credit generation, which was the initially desired figure.
-The Shiplist has had a major overhaul. Firstly, number of ships per type has been better standardized, so that each empire has virtually the same ships available per tech level, eg Commands I - IV available at tech 4,6,8,10, are the same for each empire. Stipulations do occur however, one sentimentally making room for a tech 1 Cruiser for the Feds (Constitution), and another later on for the Defiant - still the best Fast Attack ship in the game.
-Also with regards the shiplist, balancing and re-calculation has taken place in almost every statistic. A link to download the shiplist spreadsheet for UM5 can be found at end of post.
-Combat Drone got a nerf. I seriously hate that thing.
-Many thanks to QuasarDonkey for his excellent Taskforce Patch. 18 Ships per task force now supported.
-Several minor typo corrections have been made.
In general, I'd say the most noticeable/notable changes & additions are the Klingon ships getting nerfed back to being more balanced (I had noticed they seemed to be tougher than they ought to be), the increased dilithium production for the Particle Fountain/Reman Mine, increased research output for Subatomic Simulators, and the standardization of all five empires' ship-lists (they do seem more even now). I will also add that while Dafedz didn't specifically say so in the patch notes, the Combat Drone's cloaking device was removed (in addition to its firepower being somewhat lowered).
I do have to say, I'm coming to enjoy Ultimate Mod 5 as much as -- and maybe even a little bit more than -- Balance of Power for my favorite mod for BOTF. I really like the the changes Dafedz has made: Replacing the the Ferengi with the Dominion as one of the five major powers (and make the former a minor race), swapping out some of the "lamer" minor races and adding ones more familiar to fans (such as the Breen, Gorn, Orions, and Tholians), dividing the tech ladder into "eras", and increasing the importance of M-class planets to the point that they're almost a "resource" to fight over like dilithium is...they all add up to make for some pretty unique and compelling gameplay. I really give him credit for livening up this grand old game. :smitten:
Now if only Flocke was able to find time to work on MPR++ again (since he's planning to include UM5 in his next update -- whenever that ends up being)... :D
Quote from: Martok on May 28, 2015, 01:55:30 PM
Gotcha. Well since I'm lazy (sorry!), I'm just gonna quote directly from Dafedz's post:
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Notes for v2.4
-Ship repair output has been slightly boosted, in that if you limp a damaged ship to a system with a Starbase the hull will repair more quickly now. The old values of leaving it in a system without a Starbase has remained the same.
-Klingon ships have had to be nerfed, pretty much across the board -- their bangs for bucks firepower beforehand was proving somewhat humongous, particularly with regards to Defence, which was erroneously set much too high (eg, in a battle I experienced, Klingons put 170 Heavy Destroyer IIIs against my 152 Commands, 125 Frigates, and 18 Tactical - and utterly wrecked the lot of them, losing only 31 ships of their own. Oops
-A few building outputs have been changed. Eg, Particle Fountain output increased from 3 Dilithium to 5, Romulan Reman Mine output increased from 3 Dilithium to 5, Vulcan Advanced Fusion reactor increased to +125% Energy.
-Thanks to suggestions by Martok in this thread, changes have also been made to research, namely in the functionality of Subatomic Simulators, and the Daystrom Institute. Subatomic Simulators now provide +20% Research (Local), and the Daystrom Institute 25% Empire-wide.
-Trade-route restrictions have been relaxed. It will now require slightly smaller populations to initialize a trade-route. eg Sol can now manage 2 trade-routes at maximum population whereas before it could only support 1.
-Some of the minor race attitudes have been altered, particularly the Halkans - so much hate! Additionally, a few minors have had their sympathies slightly increased to the more belligerent majors such as the Cardassians, who always found it very hard to get anyone to like them. can't imagine why...
-I had a number of issues with strain on the late game economy when supporting large fleets. So with this in mind I wanted (ideally) to implement a structure upgrade for the Trade Centre - nothing too big, just a little extra cash for end game. As structures can't be upgraded in this way, I came up with a workaround. Single Trade Centres used to boost local credit generation by 20%. Now, those Trade Centres provide a 10% boost - a slight reduction, but later on (at tech 6) a second structure called the Trade Hub can be added to it, which provides an additional 20%. So the pair of them put out a combined 30% bonus to local credit generation, which was the initially desired figure.
-The Shiplist has had a major overhaul. Firstly, number of ships per type has been better standardized, so that each empire has virtually the same ships available per tech level, eg Commands I - IV available at tech 4,6,8,10, are the same for each empire. Stipulations do occur however, one sentimentally making room for a tech 1 Cruiser for the Feds (Constitution), and another later on for the Defiant - still the best Fast Attack ship in the game.
-Also with regards the shiplist, balancing and re-calculation has taken place in almost every statistic. A link to download the shiplist spreadsheet for UM5 can be found at end of post.
-Combat Drone got a nerf. I seriously hate that thing.
-Many thanks to QuasarDonkey for his excellent Taskforce Patch. 18 Ships per task force now supported.
-Several minor typo corrections have been made.
In general, I'd say the most noticeable/notable changes & additions are the Klingon ships getting nerfed back to being more balanced (I had noticed they seemed to be tougher than they ought to be), the increased dilithium production for the Particle Fountain/Reman Mine, increased research output for Subatomic Simulators, and the standardization of all five empires' ship-lists (they do seem more even now). I will also add that while Dafedz didn't specifically say so in the patch notes, the Combat Drone's cloaking device was removed (in addition to its firepower being somewhat lowered).
I do have to say, I'm coming to enjoy Ultimate Mod 5 as much as -- and maybe even a little bit more than -- Balance of Power for my favorite mod for BOTF. I really like the the changes Dafedz has made: Replacing the the Ferengi with the Dominion as one of the five major powers (and make the former a minor race), swapping out some of the "lamer" minor races and adding ones more familiar to fans (such as the Breen, Gorn, Orions, and Tholians), dividing the tech ladder into "eras", and increasing the importance of M-class planets to the point that they're almost a "resource" to fight over like dilithium is...they all add up to make for some pretty unique and compelling gameplay. I really give him credit for livening up this grand old game. :smitten:
Now if only Flocke was able to find time to work on MPR++ again (since he's planning to include UM5 in his next update -- whenever that ends up being)... :D
Thanks...this sounds awesome....will have to download the thing!
I assume that i have to uninstall the previous version, right?
Quote from: Anguille on May 28, 2015, 02:42:20 PM
I assume that i have to uninstall the previous version, right?
That's what he recommends doing, yes. It's what I did as well.
Hope you enjoy it like I am! :)
Eh. I'll bite.
The lack of a "high speed," sort of laptop (at the moment) keeps me grounded in older or slower stuff, but I'm thinking that that isn't so bad.
While I've been enjoying my TalonSoft CDs (East Front II, etc.) now that I've found them again, its time to upgrade to the newest version via Matrix and ditch those pesky CDs for something newer. Hope the loading music and such is still there.
Once back home for a day or so, its patching World of Tanks and any of the other games that need such attention (and maybe even playing some :)). Then, its back on the road again and some more time with "Lappy," as Strongbad calls it.