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Digital Gaming => Computer Gaming => Topic started by: spelk on May 26, 2012, 01:21:08 AM

Title: HistWar getting a revamp
Post by: spelk on May 26, 2012, 01:21:08 AM
Halfway down this Flare Path article, mentions that Histwar is getting a coding and graphics revamp!

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/25/the-flare-path-up-with-the-larks (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/25/the-flare-path-up-with-the-larks)
Title: Re: HistWar getting a revamp
Post by: Nefaro on May 26, 2012, 09:17:13 AM
It certainly needs it.

Did they ever fix up the interface enough to resemble something intuitive?
Title: Re: HistWar getting a revamp
Post by: twitter3 on May 26, 2012, 05:15:12 PM
This is good news.  This will get me to pull the trigger and roll up my sleeves on a game I have been following for a long time.
Title: Re: HistWar getting a revamp
Post by: mikeck on May 26, 2012, 07:04:30 PM
In the meantime guys, I recommend the napoleonic mod for Scourge of War:gettysburg. Has a few battles and a sandbox for Nappy armies. Uniforms seem good, weapon ranges and such are changed to reflect the time period and so on. It's a mod afterall but you can't go wrong with the SoW engine.
Title: Re: HistWar getting a revamp
Post by: ArizonaTank on May 26, 2012, 09:13:03 PM
Quote from: mikeck on May 26, 2012, 07:04:30 PM
In the meantime guys, I recommend the napoleonic mod for Scourge of War:gettysburg. Has a few battles and a sandbox for Nappy armies. Uniforms seem good, weapon ranges and such are changed to reflect the time period and so on. It's a mod afterall but you can't go wrong with the SoW engine.

Can they form square?
Title: Re: HistWar getting a revamp
Post by: mikeck on May 26, 2012, 09:17:17 PM
No, I dont believe so. Although if I remeber correctly, there is another formation u can select that has the same effect so as to allow for that. Square is not a formation available and it is hardcoded. I know the cavalry model was redone to make their charges more powerfully since those rarely occurred in the ACW

EDIT: I just checked the lastest change log and it states that SQUARE formation IS available a battalion level!
Title: Re: HistWar getting a revamp
Post by: Grim.Reaper on May 27, 2012, 06:16:47 AM
Is it safe to assume this is a "patch" or will this be some kind of paid add-on for those that already own it? 
Title: Re: HistWar getting a revamp
Post by: Nefaro on May 27, 2012, 01:38:39 PM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on May 27, 2012, 06:16:47 AM
Is it safe to assume this is a "patch" or will this be some kind of paid add-on for those that already own it?

I'd hope it was free.  Last time I checked, the full HistWar game would cost me something like $80 USD.  :o