It's the end of Daylight Savings this weekend and we turn our clocks back an hour Saturday night/Sunday morning. An extra hour of gaming!! I'll most likely do what I always do, Civilization IV Beyond the Sword. Multiplayer or solo. I have an itch to play something else and it may turn out to be some Europa Universalis IV or Crusader Kings II, but, whatever it is, I will be a trooper ;)
Some new VASSAL work.
Finishing the yardwork for the season.
Wing Leader PBEM with SDR.
Maybe try some Tiger Leader... with update kit... :P
Maybe some more DVG's Warfighter. Fun game.
Maybe start in on my winter project... overhaul of my 25 year old Miata... valve job, suspension, new brakes,rotors and tires, convertible top repair. Should be interesting considering I've not attempted some of this stuff before.
Halo 5 on my XBone and maybe some Rome Total War. I'll probably end up getting Seven Years War too.
^ Rome 2? I've been just starting to get into Rome 2 and what an absolutely fantastic game. I am not liking the settlement management aspect- I'm more of an automate settlements guy- but the atmosphere, graphics, and the RPG-like aspects for the legions are freaking awesome.
For me, when not dabbling in Total War, heaven help me but I have an urge to get back into WitP:AE again for some crazy reason. So I may re-install that and take a look at the smaller scenarios.
I've also started trying to get into Combat Mission: Black Sea, another very neglected game in my collection.
Since resubbing to SWTOR, I've spent most of my time with it downloading 10-12 gigs worth of updates. I'm hoping to actually play it now.
another busy weekend but when i can ill be attacking Burgundy in EU4 as England, im going to make hay whilst theres no 100 years war and cripple a rival
The HoN PBEM with Cyrano is coming to a disasterous end for me
and ill be killing some more KyzBP in WitP AE
Quote from: mirth on October 30, 2015, 07:25:50 AM
Since resubbing to SWTOR, I've spent most of my time with it downloading 10-12 gigs worth of updates. I'm hoping to actually play it now.
You could just waste time on the starter world while it downloads. That's always exciting. :D
Continuing with what has so far been a great human campaign in AoW III, then looking forward to starting a Pict campaign in Attila Total War.
I've got guests coming and going all weekend. Probably no gaming for me :(.
Inconceivable.
Enjoying (if you can say that as it becomes a bit of a chore at times) blowing away nazi zombies with my Sniper Elite stuff and taking a deliberate step back from more gaming and focusing instead on bass playing in Rocksmith 2014.
Thank God for Custom Forge for the tons and tons of free DLC!
...however that 7 Years War game mentioned in another thread looks just so dang good!
Quote from: Toonces on October 30, 2015, 07:13:30 AM
^ Rome 2? I've been just starting to get into Rome 2 and what an absolutely fantastic game. I am not liking the settlement management aspect- I'm more of an automate settlements guy- but the atmosphere, graphics, and the RPG-like aspects for the legions are freaking awesome.
Yeah, its an awesome game. I've got 90 hours and counting sunk into it. I just don't understand how people still find a way to trash it. Its so close to strategic game perfection.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on October 30, 2015, 08:21:27 AM
Quote from: Toonces on October 30, 2015, 07:13:30 AM
^ Rome 2? I've been just starting to get into Rome 2 and what an absolutely fantastic game. I am not liking the settlement management aspect- I'm more of an automate settlements guy- but the atmosphere, graphics, and the RPG-like aspects for the legions are freaking awesome.
Yeah, its an awesome game. I've got 90 hours and counting sunk into it. I just don't understand how people still find a way to trash it. Its so close to strategic game perfection.
Rome2 is a fantastic game. But I'm playing Wing Leader and Pike and Shot this weekend, I think.
Most likely Imperium Galactica 2....and then some Grand Ages Medieval i hope.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on October 30, 2015, 07:01:36 AM
Halo 5 on my XBone and maybe some Rome Total War. I'll probably end up getting Seven Years War too.
Looking forward to impressions, Jarhead! Maybe a mini AAR? ;)
Looking hard at Seven Years War too. But for now I'm working on a very neglected NTW Peninsular Campaign that I'd almost forgotten about. Halloween is about monsters though so maybe some Trick or Treat with the ones living under my stronghold in POE's never-ending tunnels. Hope all the Grogs get something in their Goodie-Bags.
Quote from: Sir Slash on October 30, 2015, 10:47:36 AM
Looking hard at Seven Years War too.
+1 If initial feedback is at all encouraging I'll certainly pick it up.
Have reached a bit of a plateau with
Elite: Dangerous -- once I got my Viper, I was able to vastly amplify my income through bounty hunting, and just bought a Cobra to go with it. But having reached that goal, I'm not sure if I want to keep up the grind....? :-\
Hate that feeling when you look over every game in your library and your response is, "meh"...
Really enjoying Command Modern Naval/Air Ops, which I picked up last week and would like to try out some more complex scenarios. Perhaps another OP TORCH scenario from War in the West and very likely will pick up Seven Years War.
Some Advanced Tactics Gold, try the new Civ BE Rising Tide patch that came out today, and Seven Years War if I cave and buy it. Also keep tuning my FS2 vassal module.
CMANO: I'm more or less done with my current submarine scenario. I have a couple of minor script changes to make then I'm going to call v1.0. I'll be reworking it for v2.0 with some of the new goodies v1.10 will have. With that done I'll be moving onto my next scenario, which is remaking an old Harpoon 3 scenario using Command. Scenario is a combined British/Greek task force tasked with liberating Cyprus after a Turkish invasion set in 1966. I'm going to make a 2018 version of it as well just because I want to do something that features the Queen Elizabeth class and the F-35. And I'll be live streaming Northern Inferno tomorrow.
War in the West: I started the Battleground Italy scenario on my live stream a few weeks ago. I have a little mopping up on Sicily to do. Axis still hold one coastal hex on the NE tip of the island. Naval HQ's have been recalled to port for repair. Once I finish moving up my air forces to bases in Sicily my troops will be off for a vacation in the south Italian countryside.
Elite: I'm on a imperial rep grinding kick right now so that means lots of hunting pirates in resource extraction sites for me.
There may be some
WoWS and
7 Years War thrown in somewhere as well.
Quote from: sandman2575 on October 30, 2015, 11:16:28 AM
Have reached a bit of a plateau with Elite: Dangerous -- once I got my Viper, I was able to vastly amplify my income through bounty hunting, and just bought a Cobra to go with it. But having reached that goal, I'm not sure if I want to keep up the grind....? :-\
That's when I put a fuel scoop on my Cobra and started exploration. I picked a direction and just went with it
Skyrim.
This lady is awesome.
Quote from: Kushan on October 30, 2015, 02:14:44 PM
That's when I put a fuel scoop on my Cobra and started exploration. I picked a direction and just went with it
Interesting. Not sure I've got the exploring bug though.
In terms of 'making the game meaningful' (which is really the crux of E:D) -- I wish PowerPlay were developing in a more interesting way. In theory it sounds very cool but by most accounts it winds up being a tremendous grind-fest, which is exactly what I don't want. I like that it gives E:D a human face, so to speak -- that's a big part of what seems lacking, the sense of actual people being involved in the goings on of the galaxy. I hope they'll continue to refine on it -- I see lots of posts in the forums about "Frontier has abandoned PP"....
Bawb reminded me that I have installed the Forbidden City mod for Skyrim...tempting...very tempting.
Quote from: Kushan on October 30, 2015, 02:14:44 PM
I have a little mopping up on Sicily to do. Axis still hold one coastal hex on the NE tip of the island.
Messina? It can be a brute to capture.
Quote from: Kushan on October 30, 2015, 02:14:44 PM
I want to do something that features the Queen Elizabeth class and the F-35.
So I found out today that the British exchange officer I work with just got picked for XO of the Queen Elizabeth. So first I congratulated him on getting XO of a cruise ship. After we got done laughing (well, maybe just smiling) I asked him about the QE only to find out it's one of two carriers they're building. Of course, being suitably impressed, but not knowing what carrier-capable aircraft the UK operates I asked him what it would carry and he told me about the F-35. Very, very cool.
But, I wish I had read this post about 8 hours ago and spared myself some embarrassment. :-[
Quote from: Gusington on October 30, 2015, 02:32:52 PM
Bawb reminded me that I have installed the Forbidden City mod for Skyrim...tempting...very tempting.
Oh man Gus, I've only had a bit of a look around it - its a very spooky place, so much so that I had to come out of it.
I'm very much hooked on Skyrim again.
Quote from: Toonces on October 30, 2015, 04:30:16 PM
Quote from: Kushan on October 30, 2015, 02:14:44 PM
I want to do something that features the Queen Elizabeth class and the F-35.
So I found out today that the British exchange officer I work with just got picked for XO of the Queen Elizabeth. So first I congratulated him on getting XO of a cruise ship. After we got done laughing (well, maybe just smiling) I asked him about the QE only to find out it's one of two carriers they're building. Of course, being suitably impressed, but not knowing what carrier-capable aircraft the UK operates I asked him what it would carry and he told me about the F-35. Very, very cool.
But, I wish I had read this post about 8 hours ago and spared myself some embarrassment. :-[
As far as I'm aware, the second ship will be used as a helicopter carrier, mainly due to the problems with the F-35, and the rising costs.
What Skyrim mod is y'all fellers talkin' 'bout? I dun' see no mod nowhares.
In the Steam Workshop - 'Forgotten City'
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=528616722
Spooky you say...now I have to play it. Only question is - do I start over with a totally new avatar or use my ol' reliable?
Quote from: Gusington on October 30, 2015, 04:54:42 PM
Spooky you say...now I have to play it. Only question is - do I start over with a totally new avatar or use my ol' reliable?
I think you'll need a fairly beefed up one. I went in with my level 26 and did not feel very confidant. Also, due to the method of entry (if you'll pardon the expression) it seems that you go in alone, so no help from followers.
^Much like sex with The Wife, that is how I prefer it.
Quote from: bob48 on October 30, 2015, 04:53:21 PM
In the Steam Workshop - 'Forgotten City'
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=528616722
Thanks Bob...didn't see it come up in an initial search, which is weird. I downloaded it for future gaming...ain't gonna do it tonight, I don't want to be up until 2 am playing it.
MGS V. I'm 27 hours in and apparently 16% done. I just completed my first African mission, and then went and got the Legendary Gunsmith to unlock weapons customization. FINALLY developing a silent sniper rifle, too.
Since I never did get around to sorting Warfighter at all, I also plan to get that done. I might bust out Duel of Ages II to re-familiarize myself with it, too.
You take my Friday and I''' certainly take yours, too! :knuppel2:
This weekend for something completely different for me, that is figuring out how to get the old Rome Total War and Total War Medieval discs to work on my W10 set up.
Apparently what's happened is Microsoft's found a potential security hole in the DRM setup these games, among others, used, and secured it by disabling their support for this system. With W7 and W8 it seems to be possible to just not install the specific Windows Update, while with W10 we're out of luck.
I am a huge Roma Surrectum II RTW mod fan, it was a total bummer the game stopped working. The beauty of this all of course is that RTW as well as TWM are availabe via Steam, but RS II does not work with Steam version of the game.
Wish me luck!
^Jordanian Centurion from Avalon Hill's "Arab Israeli Wars". O0
Digging into newly purchased CMANO + NI (finally got a sale I couldn't resist) this weekend, as time permits. Also playing a little Fallout 1, since I never really finished 1 & 2. Played the crap out of 3 and NV though.
Quote from: W8taminute on October 31, 2015, 08:33:44 AM
^Jordanian Centurion from Avalon Hill's "Arab Israeli Wars". O0
Yes Sir! :smitten:
Playing through the campaign in Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis using the excellent ECP 1.3 mod.
Running the second race at Atlanta for my career in Nascar '15.
Quote from: bob48 on October 30, 2015, 05:00:08 PM
Quote from: Gusington on October 30, 2015, 04:54:42 PM
Spooky you say...now I have to play it. Only question is - do I start over with a totally new avatar or use my ol' reliable?
I think you'll need a fairly beefed up one. I went in with my level 26 and did not feel very confidant. Also, due to the method of entry (if you'll pardon the expression) it seems that you go in alone, so no help from followers.
I read in the notes that it says if you bring a follower, "strange things will happen." I can only imagine this would be a similar thing if Gus or Gussette brought in a +1.
Maybe. I aint been back in there yet.
Got in some WOWS today. Grabbed big pharma on the steam sale will hopefully tear into that tonight or tomorrow. Beyond maybe continuing my Vicky 2 or CK 2 campaigns
EU4 England is tough!!! Having dodged the 100 years war, the War of the Roses broke out, i supported Richard III (hes a local) and the country has been in tatters, then the Lollard rebellion broke out - whilst effectively wiping out all their gains what they had done was enough to gain their demands - the Lollard rebellion was successful for at least 100 years, the pope hates me and were a heretic nation. Then the War of the Roses reared its ugly head again when Richard died in battle, we have a Regency council waiting for King Charles to come of age. I had enough years of peace to annex Leinster and Munster in an attempt to subjigate Ireland and then Lancastrian rebels broke out on the south of England - i have to go to bed its 2:30, when i return im burning the south coast
Crossroads it's weird what you mention above on installing older TW games on newer systems. I tried to install M2TW on my new rig with Windows 8.1 and could not (from disc). One of my all time favorites and now it looks like I can't play with the original disks :/
Total War collection routinely goes on sale on Steam for pennies. I recommend holding out till Thanksgiving or Xmas and then bagging the whole smack for a few clams. That's what I did....like 3 years ago. ::)
Quote from: Gusington on October 31, 2015, 10:09:35 PM
I tried to install M2TW on my new rig with Windows 8.1 and could not (from disc).
Disk DRM coming back to haunt.
Quote from: Nefaro on November 01, 2015, 01:44:47 AM
Quote from: Gusington on October 31, 2015, 10:09:35 PM
I tried to install M2TW on my new rig with Windows 8.1 and could not (from disc).
Disk DRM coming back to haunt.
So Cheap, just buy another copy on Steam, that's what I did long ago.
I am all-in with BMS Falcon 4.33. That is all. 8)
Well this is more of a Sunday post than Friday one, but:
Won the Battle of Adwalton Moor in Pike and Shot, RoFfed a bit, went back to my gaming roots with some Darkest Hour, and tried out an Arma 3 mod which generates random missions for co-op play. Oh, and dabbled in a little Insurgency with our very own Huw the Poo.
Quote from: Gusington on October 31, 2015, 10:09:35 PM
Crossroads it's weird what you mention above on installing older TW games on newer systems. I tried to install M2TW on my new rig with Windows 8.1 and could not (from disc). One of my all time favorites and now it looks like I can't play with the original disks :/
Yep, unfortunately as mentioned the DRM sysem is now broken. MS security update (3086255 is what I've seen quoted) broke it, so if you - while understanding the consequences of it - uninstall it the discs should play.
Unfortunately for W10 there's no such cure, which really sucks.
Buying a Steam version may or may not be an option, depending if you're playing a Mod or not. Some Mods work with Steam version of the game, while some such as Roma Surrectum II does not.
Major bummer for us RS II fans.
^See this just sucks. On principle I don't want to buy it again but it is one of my favorites *grumbles in old guy voice*
I will wait for a sale, at least.
Here's another Skyrim mod I'm gonna install. It'll be interesting to see how long it takes before it annoys me, but for now, it amuses me greatly. And I don't do a lot of sneak attacks, so...
ROFL :-)
^That's pretty hilarious :)
Behold I have found the Forgotten City in Skyrim. The game seems a little unstable...had multiple crashes where it used to run rock solid...maybe I have conflicting mods? Anyway, this feels like it will be a great Skyrim adventure.
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.akamai.steamusercontent.com%2Fugc%2F646625190666963624%2F345BFEB00E4D013510A005A48B9749865883BB80%2F&hash=8f774a54b2a1122c192fd11692a332da005aaac8)
I've seen that mentioned on the forums about the crashes with this mod. The reason I've held off so far. But it sure looks better than gooder.
Quote from: Tuna on November 01, 2015, 10:27:29 AM
Quote from: Nefaro on November 01, 2015, 01:44:47 AM
Quote from: Gusington on October 31, 2015, 10:09:35 PM
I tried to install M2TW on my new rig with Windows 8.1 and could not (from disc).
Disk DRM coming back to haunt.
So Cheap, just buy another copy on Steam, that's what I did long ago.
I ended up re-purchasing M2TW again on a Gamersgate sale years ago. And that damn thing ended up having online activation DRM. :knuppel2:
Ah there's mention of crashes with the Forgotten City mod Slash? I did not know this. I updated my video drivers anyway and disabled the 1-2 other mods I had running anyway.
Tested out Attila TW on my new rig last night...looks quite giggity. Starting a Pict campaign probably Friday :)
There were a few mentions of crashes when the mod first came out on the workshop. But there's usually somebody somewhere claiming crashes for almost every mod for every game it seems. I'm going to give it a try soon but got to dig myself out of the cave where I left off last time I played. A good Murder Mystery would be a welcome change of pace for Skyrim.
Would be good to hear if you guys have those issues. I don't aim to go into the Forbidden City until I get closer to the endgame, perhaps do it before the final series of main storyline quests.
I don't have many mods installed...just these:
Sounds of Skyrim - The Dungeons
Sounds of Skyrim - The Wilds
Sounds of Skyrim - Civilization
Immersive Patrols Vanilla
Extra Encounters - Basic
The Forgotten City
John Cena Sneak Attack
It crashed on me 3 or 4 times last night. I am hoping it's a driver or other mod issue. What I did get to see was extremely well done, though. Fingers crossed.
I was also happy to see that my avatar was a level 32 ax wielding rogue dark elf, just like me in real life.
Mine has crashed a couple of times since installing the mod, but only at startup; it'll to to the Bethesda screen and dump me back into the desktop, or just won't start at all, but a second try always brings it right up.
Hey BC. How do you like the "Sounds" mods? Been looking very hard at these for some time.
They're pretty good...so good I hardly notice them except when I stop to enjoy the scenery. It certainly makes the cities more interesting, because there's dogs barking and other 'normal' sounds you'd hear around a town.
Mine crashes at random times during gameplay...the video disappears but the audio keeps going fine. Which makes me.hopeit was a driver updating issue.
Finally got a chance to try a sneak attack with that John Cena screaming...holy hell is it LOUD. But hilarious. 8)
I can see it getting a bit old after 37 million times :)
What IS that funny mod? I didn't understand the video. Does it automatically give you away to everyone in the vicinity when you try to do a sneak attack?
When you conduct a Sneak Attack (just a successful one, where you hit someone or an animal while sneaking and they don't know you're there...not a killing blow necessarily), the sound in the video plays (and loudly too). It's just a SFX, it's not a real-world sound.
And Gus, my character is an Orc tank with a warhammer. I don't do a lot of stealthy attacks, let alone 37 million of them. 8) I don't like playing rogues in this game.
Having forgotten to save my disastrous EU 4 England game to the cloud, only to my home machine, I decided to start one on my laptop - holy dice rolls, what a difference a bit of knowledge and a new game can bring - within a month the scarily poor Henry VI had an heir, thus the war of the roses can't fire, the Lollards lasted all of three months - the game at home had me failing to contain them and the heretics roam the land, I thought if I took back their ill gotten gains by following them round the map without fighting their doom stacks they would eventually lose - wrong - each provincial victory gives them points whether they keep the province or not, so despite them not actually owning any territory they have in effect taken all of England as far as their points are concerned, this time I hired mercenaries and attacked - crash, bang, wallop everyone's dead an England Is a peaceful haven of Catholicism - time to go kill some Irish