Whatre you guys up to?
For me im BETA testing 2 games, and playing GR:FS on PS3
Windows open, fresh air, Crabbies and gaming - aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
Guard duty all weekend...HAZMAT Ops training. No gaming for me. :'(
Talk about weekend warrioring...
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on June 01, 2012, 09:48:11 AM
Guard duty all weekend...HAZMAT Ops training. No gaming for me. :'(
Talk about weekend warrioring...
Sounds fun...
Wait...
Aren't you a lawyer now?!
In between trying to avoid family obligations I will be trying my damnedest to not get disconnected from Diablo III and killing The Butcher, that bastard.
Quote from: Tpek on June 01, 2012, 09:56:07 AM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on June 01, 2012, 09:48:11 AM
Guard duty all weekend...HAZMAT Ops training. No gaming for me. :'(
Talk about weekend warrioring...
Sounds fun...
Wait...
Aren't you a lawyer now?!
Yes, but I'm also in the Guard...and even though I'm in the JAG Corps, we still have to undego general training which includes FEMA courses, HAZMAT, Response to Terrorism, etc.
Quote from: Gusington on June 01, 2012, 09:57:27 AM
In between trying to avoid family obligations I will be trying my damnedest to not get disconnected from Diablo III and killing The Butcher, that bastard.
i read of your pain - that would have been a bit too much for me i think, same as JH and his iron front battle - i dont know whether its our grogginess or just investiture in a game but when you play a battle and then get kicked, replaying never feels the same, like youve skewed history somehow - i had an epic MTW2 battle once using a mod - i forget which - and it crashed after id won - 25 men left out of 1500, the enemy wiped out - it was awesome but to reboot and play again and have such a 'non awesome' battle left me feeling robbed - uninstalled mod - couldnt get back into it after that
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on June 01, 2012, 10:18:30 AM
Quote from: Tpek on June 01, 2012, 09:56:07 AM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on June 01, 2012, 09:48:11 AM
Guard duty all weekend...HAZMAT Ops training. No gaming for me. :'(
Talk about weekend warrioring...
Sounds fun...
Wait...
Aren't you a lawyer now?!
Yes, but I'm also in the Guard...and even though I'm in the JAG Corps, we still have to undego general training which includes FEMA courses, HAZMAT, Response to Terrorism, etc.
so its an all over haz-suit, gas mask, and the full monty for you this weekend? and hollywood style decontamination shower?
Quote from: undercovergeek on June 01, 2012, 10:21:11 AM
Quote from: Gusington on June 01, 2012, 09:57:27 AM
In between trying to avoid family obligations I will be trying my damnedest to not get disconnected from Diablo III and killing The Butcher, that bastard.
i read of your pain - that would have been a bit too much for me i think, same as JH and his iron front battle - i dont know whether its our grogginess or just investiture in a game but when you play a battle and then get kicked, replaying never feels the same, like youve skewed history somehow - i had an epic MTW2 battle once using a mod - i forget which - and it crashed after id won - 25 men left out of 1500, the enemy wiped out - it was awesome but to reboot and play again and have such a 'non awesome' battle left me feeling robbed - uninstalled mod - couldnt get back into it after that
Gus, I can feel the anger swelling within you. I get that way sometimes when I play my games as well. Believe it or not, it's actually quite therapeutic to play (games) with such emotion.
Undercovergeek, I can definitely relate to what you're saying as well. I hate having to replay for precisely the same reasons you mentioned. My most recent incident was when I inadvertently deleted my Skyrim save file I never had the heart to start again, even with a brand new character. I feel that since I had progressed so far I was unwilling to re-live the "history", even with a new character.
It's far far easier to recover with a turn based strategy game than it is with an RPG. In a TBS you can always play another scenario, map, or faction and get a brand new history (I'm thinking Civ or Total War here) but with RPGs, once you've experienced the story, it's just to stale to do it again. Just my feelings anyway.
^I've had that crash happen to me in M2TW too. That one resulted in even more geek rage, if you can imagine it. It also happened less than an hour after a 'spirited discussion' with The Wife. Lots of rage to go around.
W8 it did not feel too therapeutic last night. I almost burned my house down.
Quote from: undercovergeek on June 01, 2012, 10:22:27 AM
so its an all over haz-suit, gas mask, and the full monty for you this weekend? and hollywood style decontamination shower?
I'll be partying in MOPP gear.
Playing "Sword of the Stars 2" now that its all patched up. Actually, its quite good.
Maybe some Scourge of War
Isn't there an online petition for Diablo - to have offline play or something ? I'm sorry guys- you'll have to bear with me when it comes to RPG stuff....I like space and military games, but I never got into the wizards and warriors thing....
Mostly Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar...gotta finish Vercingetorix...
and of course Armada 2526 Supernova pbem
Quote from: mikeck on June 01, 2012, 10:42:36 AM
Playing "Sword of the Stars 2" now that its all patched up. Actually, its quite good.
Everytime I think that, I start playing a new game. Then a few days later, another huge patch is released that seems to fix some pretty obvious and basic problems. Its very hard to assess where the game is now in terms of completion.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on June 01, 2012, 11:04:51 AM
Quote from: mikeck on June 01, 2012, 10:42:36 AM
Playing "Sword of the Stars 2" now that its all patched up. Actually, its quite good.
Everytime I think that, I start playing a new game. Then a few days later, another huge patch is released that seems to fix some pretty obvious and basic problems. Its very hard to assess where the game is now in terms of completion.
True. At this point, it is essentially feature complete and i have had no crashes. Turns process quickly enough. Look at the fixes.on todays huge patch, all bug fixes. So basically, its up to the standard of most releases. Regardless of bugs, none are gamestoppers and the game is a blast. You really cant beat the combat in any 4x
Speaking of frustration--- I just loaded-up some of my old saves for Third Age Total War mod for MTW and the game now crashes when the screen changes to go to the battle screen. Auto-resolve and all other aspects of the game play fine. And MTW/ Kingdoms plays fine. Haven't played Third Age in a while so something's changed and not getting along. I had 3 great campaigns going. Auto-resolve just doesn't cut it. I'll continue my Shogun 2 with Darthmod and Lydia and I are up to our butts in necromancers in Broken Fang Cave(Skyrim). That'll have to do for this weekend.
Quote from: mikeck on June 01, 2012, 10:42:36 AM
Playing "Sword of the Stars 2" now that its all patched up. Actually, its quite good.
Maybe some Scourge of War
no endless war mikeck?
I just had a refresher course on some good tactical games for an upcoming article.
I may have to play some more Combat Mission.
Earlier this week I actually completed my first game of Warlock. It was quite satisfying seeing my fellow mages in chains before me. The island map brought new challenges, but in the end I overcame and crushed all comers. With that checked off the list I'm not sure whether I'll fire it up again - looking forward mostly to the MP add on.
Maybe I'll fire up Panther's latest expansion to Battles from the Bulge. I haven't peeked under the wrapping of that yet and I'm looking forward to it.
JH, sorry to hear about your training. Hopefully you'll come back refreshed and looking for blood.
No endless war....the card based combat kind of killed it for me. With Sword of the Stars, DW out now and Gemini and Pegasus in the chute, no sense playinga space 4x you don't like. Shame because I liked the rest.
Quote from: undercovergeek on June 01, 2012, 09:43:05 AM
Whatre you guys up to?
For me im BETA testing 2 games, and playing GR:FS on PS3
Windows open, fresh air, Crabbies and gaming - aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
You are BETA testing Ghost Recon?? aaaaaaaaaaaargh!
I might have a drive to get a chunk of my Mosquito model complete. On top of that, I guess some Saints Row The Third as it was a tenner on Steam and some iRacing as I'm promoted to Class D. Maybe I can see if I can pick my LAA MLB team up from their current L3 streak!
EDIT - read wrong - you are PLAYING GR on the PS3. Any good?
Quote from: Gusington on June 01, 2012, 10:34:24 AM
W8 it did not feel too therapeutic last night. I almost burned my house down.
Ouch, that is not good. Now we're entering the "this game portion is so ridiculously hard that it's killing the experience for me" phase. I feel for you man.
Diablo 3.
I've been in a strategy game funk for a few days now where nothing appeals to me.
...Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup, Trunk... Lot's of changes from 0.10.2 and my casters can now find books.
Well I just picked up Ultima 4+5+6 on GoG (they're on sale - $3 for the lot). I never did finish U6 back in the day so I'm looking forward to trying again.
Slightly late to the party, I downloaded the demo of Demigod last night and was very impressed, so I'll probably buy the full version this weekend - in which case it'll probably be my main game of the weekend.
Dunno what else, I'll have to look at the list. Oh, almost certainly some Lunar Flight. I'm getting to be quite the expert at sailing majestically over the lunar surface!
By the way, some crusty old woman who lives in a palace is having a birthday or something, so we Brits get a four day weekend. :P
Now you're with me W8. The thing with The Butcher is that every time I lost my equipment took a -10% hit in durability and some of it was destroyed. F that noize, I say.
Next time I can play I am going to buy some kind of sweet magical ranged bazooka, sign up a couple of compatriots and shove The Butcher's giant blade into his demonic ass.
You are learning the joys of being a glass cannon Gus.
It's times like these that I feel that perhaps I should have taken the Monk or the Barbarian.
Well the Magic User ends up being the most powerful class IMO. The Monk and Barb are great for Normal and then need serious equipment upgrades because everything spawns pools of death for melee characters.
^And the mediocre-magic wielding Demon Hunter?
Quote from: JudgeDredd on June 01, 2012, 12:31:37 PM
Quote from: undercovergeek on June 01, 2012, 09:43:05 AM
Whatre you guys up to?
For me im BETA testing 2 games, and playing GR:FS on PS3
Windows open, fresh air, Crabbies and gaming - aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
You are BETA testing Ghost Recon?? aaaaaaaaaaaargh!
I might have a drive to get a chunk of my Mosquito model complete. On top of that, I guess some Saints Row The Third as it was a tenner on Steam and some iRacing as I'm promoted to Class D. Maybe I can see if I can pick my LAA MLB team up from their current L3 streak!
EDIT - read wrong - you are PLAYING GR on the PS3. Any good?
Lol yeah, playing GR:FS with some MW3/BF3 buddies - good so far, just adjusting from the non stop carnage of those 2 games and running from cover to cover and doing it properly!
I honestly don't know what I'm playing this weekend.
Lately I have been playing a lot of Day Z mod for ARMA 2. I'm really surprised that it isn't generating more chatter here at grogheads given how much you guys are into all things zombie. I had a pretty good run going, 3 nights alive, but my guy was starving to death and I got mortally wounded by a zed while I was scrounging around in a warehouse outside of some town. It was a real bummer, too, because I was doing pretty good to that point.
I have been playing a lot of Rise of Flight as well, just trying to get back into it.
I installed DCS:A-10 last weekend and got some touch and goes in. I'm thinking seriously of shelving Falcon for a while and getting into DCS full time. I like where they're going with the DCS World concept, and when this Combined Arms takes off I want to know how to do something in that world. The thing holding me back more than anything is the extremely painful learning process of figuring out how to fly a new plane, and programing my HOTAS (and then getting the muscle memory for all of the buttons). It's like I want to, but then when it comes time for execution I just can't generate the energy. I need a lot of uninterrupted hours to do this and I don't get enough of those.
Strategy-wise, I think I'm burning out a bit on fantasy and medieval. I am strongly considering going back to the Pacific Theater of Operations, either with WiTP:AE, or perhaps some boardgaming with Carrier or Flat Top.
Quote from: Toonces on June 01, 2012, 01:48:04 PM
Lately I have been playing a lot of Day Z mod for ARMA 2. I'm really surprised that it isn't generating more chatter here at grogheads given how much you guys are into all things zombie.
If I could get the sodding thing to work, I'd be playing it!
QuoteI need a lot of uninterrupted hours to do this and I don't get enough of those.
That's the only reason I haven't yet bought a DCS sim. Hell, I haven't even got
Falcon 4:AF out of my system yet but just don't get the time to play it really.
Quote from: Gusington on June 01, 2012, 01:27:32 PM
^And the mediocre-magic wielding Demon Hunter?
Just need to learn to keep distance, traps, shadow and roll.
Quote from: Gusington on June 01, 2012, 01:18:12 PM
It's times like these that I feel that perhaps I should have taken the Monk or the Barbarian.
Fun into you hit hell mode then you will really be banging your head into a wall.
I'll be playing demon hunter on Diablo. Took a few days off from playing it this week due to work and be frustrated with how melee is useless in hell mode. Now I'm going to take that frustration out on hell mode demon/undead by shooting arrow holes in them.
Going to fire up Crusader Kings II for the first time in a month, maybe with the Game of Thrones mod.
Probably end up playing a bit more Diablo 3. And I need to start something else up, but I still haven't decided what that something else will be. I might load up Civ V.
@Huw the Poo,
It took me 5 tries to get the installation down so that it worked. It's not hard, but you have to do it in exactly the right order.
I have the ARMA 2 Combined Operations pack, hard copy.
Install ARMA 2.
Start ARMA 2, start a mission, close ARMA 2.
Install Operation Arrowhead INTO THE SAME FOLDER as ARMA 2. This will create a shortcut called "Combined Operations".
Patch Op Arrowhead to version 1.6 (very important!). This will install the lite versions of PMC and Brits. You need these to get Day Z to work.
Start "Combined Operations". Start a mission. Exit from mission and Op Arrowhead.
Then create the @DayZ/Addons folder. Copy/paste all of the unzipped DayZ files into there (should be 14 total).
Start Combined Operations. Ensure the @DayZ mod is enabled. Exit C Ops.
Finally, create your shortcut and edit the point so that it has "-nosplash -mod=@Dayz" and you should be good to go. You have to do every one of these steps in the order I said. If you miss a step, you have to uninstall and start over.
^I just recently got ARMA II so I am trying to play through that campaign before getting the Day Z mod. By that time hopefully it will be a bit more stable.
Other then that this weekend I think I have a boadgaming night, work, and perhaps some ARMA II or Tropico 4.
Toonces, thank you very much for that. I'll try uninstalling then following your steps precisely.
FWIW...I'm within sight of finishing the original Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Assault campaign. I might see if I can find and install the Red Hammer and Resistance campaigns, next.
I reinstalled Unity of Command, since I played it to death during the beta, but hadn't touched it since. It will keep me busy until the new version of Endless Space hits Monday evening.
Tgb, how do u like Unity? I liked War in the East but get tired of all the pieces. Is it complex? I'm hoping it is but not overly so?
Quote from: mikeck on June 02, 2012, 11:50:58 AM
Tgb, how do u like Unity? I liked War in the East but get tired of all the pieces. Is it complex? I'm hoping it is but not overly so?
I've been keeping my eye open for this one as well and would be interested in hearing your thoughts on the game.
Quote from: mikeck on June 02, 2012, 11:50:58 AM
Tgb, how do u like Unity? I liked War in the East but get tired of all the pieces. Is it complex? I'm hoping it is but not overly so?
I love it, and it's a lot less complex than WitE. It's not quite as beer-n-pretzels as Panzer Command, but a lot is abstracted. Individual scenarios are relatively small and can be finished in less than an hour, without a lot of units to push around.
I hit a wall with Diablo 3. I absolutely love the game, but after logging somewhere around 100 hours or so I needed a break. Mostly from the new found death phase I found on Chapter 2 with my Monk. There is more farming to be done, but I don't have the energy to deal with it right now.
So....
I've switched my attention to a 4X game and will be playing on a SotS campaign through out the weekend.
Sword of the Stars 2 seems to be 75% off on Steam for the next 20 hours, if anyone's interested.
Civ V'ing all afternoon :)
(was out w/ REI laying mulch on trails all morning)
Rather unexpectedly, I have returned to Rift! \o/
I'm on another "all-space-4x" kick this weekend...
Per usual, I have my PBEM games in Armada 2526 Supernova. One of my non-GH matches isn't going well -- one of my human players conquered my homeworld! -- but otherwise I'm doing pretty well in the rest.
I'm continuing my Wekkarus campaign Distant Worlds: Legends. Have I mentioned lately how much I love the AI automation in this game (despite its flaws)? It's honestly the biggest reason why I can actually play this massive real-time 4x title.
I've gotten some decent time in on my Romulan campaign in Birth of the Federation (BOP mod). Haven't met any of the major powers yet (the huge maps are so ginormous it's almost absurd!), but have found a good number of minors who should prove useful to me.
Playing CMAK. Assaulted a fortified ridge with infantry. I took most of the ridge, but fell short of taking the crest.
Perhaps, I could have done better to maintain the pace of the action, but it was extremely hot and hard fighting up hill. There was also a AA gun at the top slowing my advance. However, I had already used my few mortars early in the assault to suppress the first line of defenders so that I could secure a toehold on the lower terrace defense of the ridge. With no mortar support left, the final assault on the crest was depending on concentrated fire to suppress the AA gun. Of course, a few mortar rounds might have made a difference.
Oh, well ...
Killed The Butcher in Diablo III and finally moved on to Act II. Got the Enchantress as my partner now...hubba hubba
^Congrats on killing the Butcher Gus. I know that he was giving you a hard time.
I've ended up getting sucked back into Combat Mission this weekend. Did a WW2 battle this afternoon and am getting ready to fire up an Afghanistan mission tonight.
Well I successfully ran a Soviet movement to contact mission pulling off a minor victory. It's pretty interesting these days with Combat Mission. You can do the WW2 thing with CMBN, 80's Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with CMA or 2000's middle east conflict with CMSF. That is an excellent range of tactical comsim.
Damn! Spent most my weekend creating an airport in X-Plane. And spent the rest doing a flight in FSX and BF3 (PS3) in between.
The airpot editing really gets in the way and I've been doing it for a week already. Can't wait to see the airport in action.
Attempted to assault Herat with Soviet troops. I made a great push into the city initially, but my mechanized troops got stalled by Afghani RPG and small rifle teams. The Herat map is a brutal urban planning nightmare.
Shifted gears back to CMBN for a late night battle. My pixeljoes took a beating attempting to assualt a small urban build up that was masterfully defended by the Germans. It was ugly.
Quote from: Bison on June 04, 2012, 04:55:50 AM
Attempted to assault Herat with Soviet troops. I made a great push into the city initially, but my mechanized troops got stalled by Afghani RPG and small rifle teams. The Herat map is a brutal urban planning nightmare.
Shifted gears back to CMBN for a late night battle. My pixeljoes took a beating attempting to assualt a small urban build up that was masterfully defended by the Germans. It was ugly.
Sounds like quite the night of gaming. Do you have any screenshots for the screenshot thread from your games?
^Yeah I would like to see some Afghan pics too.
CMBN I had 2 German officers on the 2nd floor of a 3 story bldg keep sniping at my troops below and suppressing the troops in the bldg. and I had no idea they were there until a unit went up to the top floor and was on the way back downstairs and run into them. I couldn't figure out where the hell the fire was coming from. This games alot different than the original CM.
Quote from: Bison on June 03, 2012, 10:51:55 PM
I've ended up getting sucked back into Combat Mission this weekend. Did a WW2 battle this afternoon and am getting ready to fire up an Afghanistan mission tonight.
I skillfully avoided CMBN-CWF this weekend and played Iron Front and WITPAE PBEM.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on June 04, 2012, 07:28:10 AM
Quote from: Bison on June 04, 2012, 04:55:50 AM
Attempted to assault Herat with Soviet troops. I made a great push into the city initially, but my mechanized troops got stalled by Afghani RPG and small rifle teams. The Herat map is a brutal urban planning nightmare.
Shifted gears back to CMBN for a late night battle. My pixeljoes took a beating attempting to assualt a small urban build up that was masterfully defended by the Germans. It was ugly.
Sounds like quite the night of gaming. Do you have any screenshots for the screenshot thread from your games?
Quote from: Gusington on June 04, 2012, 09:39:39 AM
^Yeah I would like to see some Afghan pics too.
I'll whip something up.