Unfortunately, I will be spending at least part of Saturday playing, "work". The upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. has put my schedule out of whack. However, I will get some game time in and it will be Civ IV BTS MP and CKII. And in order to join a Groghead's Friday Rumble, I will be exploring Warlock Master of the Arcane.
I'll be playing Commander The Great War and also some Warlock, to check out the new Armageddon DLC.
Left 4 Dead 2 during the first weekly Grogheads Friday Rumble. Don't forget my maple bars Gus!
Squad Battles WW1 will be bought and played before the end of the weekend. So awesome.
Definitely some Skyrim, definitely some L4D2 (I ate all the maple bars already), perhaps some Warlock and of course...Commander: The Great War. All I need now is a steampunk dose and my life will be complete.
Have to work most of the weekend, but all is not lost. Tonight I am looking forward to some L4D2 action at the GrogHeads Friday Rumble. Then hopefully I'll get some Commander: The Great War in as well as Wargame: EE. Also tomorrow night looks like a boardgame night at a friends house.
I will play my newly bought Commander: The Great War ;)
Commander the Great War and Damn, My Back Is Killing Me
Quote from: MetalDog on November 16, 2012, 06:52:19 AM
Unfortunately, I will be spending at least part of Saturday playing, "work". The upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. has put my schedule out of whack. However, I will get some game time in and it will be Civ IV BTS MP and CKII. And in order to join a Groghead's Friday Rumble, I will be exploring Warlock Master of the Arcane.
Worky work here to, but offset to some degree by the journey of the Wife and Child to a distant location, leaving me to work and play more.
When playing, I will be playing (I think) CMBN:CWF and ATS Scottish Corridor -- two views of the same battles in some cases. The Germans seem to do better in ATS -- maybe because in solitaire I have to play them too, whereas against the German AI -- for me at least -- its the little sneaky things that pay off, though yesterday, I got bogged down trying to rescue a tank crew.
I'll be delving into more roguelikes (http://sugarfreegamer.com/?p=83125), but also Commander: The Great War and COD:Black Ops II, MOH: Warfighter and possibly some Shark Attack Deathmatch! Really want to find time for Phantom Leader, but I just know there won't be any left.
I'm setting up the Warthog for some sorties of War Thunder and Blackshark. I'm finding that WT is causing some odd simming habits. In WT Planes are repaired for free by waiting 1-2 hrs, so tend I to play a round, switch to BS for a mission, and then go back to WT. This helps to maximize the experience gain in WT.
Later in the day I plan to re-install VASL per instructions from GJK
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=3532.msg78417#msg78417 (http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=3532.msg78417#msg78417)
I never realized that Vassal could be customized to automatically setup based on the scenario being played.
I just bought Silent Storm and the two Blitzkrieg anthologies from GOG.com (http://www.gog.com/news/weekend_promo_ussr_invades_war_strategy_games), so I will probably be playing them for at least part of the weekend.
Then there's my usual WoW, Civ5, and Warlock to round out my time. I'm not sure what else will strike my fancy.
What I'm looking at:
Commander: The Great War
Scourge Of War Gettysburg (this one will take over my life again, if I start it up I'm sure.. then force me to buy Antietam as I've planned)
War Thunder beta
Alea Jacta Est
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
Divinity II Director's Cut
A barrel full of other stuff sitting on my desktop, waiting..
That's quite a list. :-\
What I say I will do:
• continue the opening moves of my Great Invasions campaign. (Playing as EastEmpire, Ghassanids, Armenians, Lazycians, Franks and Irish, plus Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox when they arrive. Would have chosen fewer or only one faction, but I'm acting as lead for a group gaming session and we wanted a good slice of different play situations. Took me a while to tweak the game files for starting though.)
• Warlock with its new patch and expansion is looking increasingly irresistible.
• XCOM (PS3 version) finally arrives Saturday for my birthday.
What I will actually do:
• wonder Monday where my weekend went and why I didn't play more; resolve to play more things over Thanksgiving holiday.
Quote from: Gusington on November 16, 2012, 08:11:42 AM
Definitely some Skyrim, definitely some L4D2 (I ate all the maple bars already), perhaps some Warlock and of course...Commander: The Great War. All I need now is a steampunk dose and my life will be complete.
just finished a job and the gala dinner had a steam punk circus for the entertainment - i tried to get photos for you but they didnt come out well
Guild Wars 2
Crusader Kings 2. I haven't a bloody clue what I'm doing but I'm enjoying it! The manual sucks. It's relatively thick for a modern manual but it's mostly about how to use the interfaces, which is entirely redundant because the tooltips show you all that. It contains precisely sod all about the actual concepts and mechanics.
Quote from: Huw the Poo on November 16, 2012, 01:42:30 PM
Crusader Kings 2. I haven't a bloody clue what I'm doing but I'm enjoying it! The manual sucks. It's relatively thick for a modern manual but it's mostly about how to use the interfaces, which is entirely redundant because the tooltips show you all that. It contains precisely sod all about the actual concepts and mechanics.
The CK II Userguide by Meneth and Novapaddy available (if you have registered your game with Paradox) here http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?599744-CK-II-Userguide-by-Meneth-and-Novapaddy is probably what you are after.
As for what I'll possibly be playing
Warlock with the new patch and I've just got the Eves DLC
Strategic Command Global Gold Storm Over Europe Fastplay scenario and
Conflict of Heroes
Quote from: Huw the Poo on November 16, 2012, 01:42:30 PM
Guild Wars 2
Crusader Kings 2. I haven't a bloody clue what I'm doing but I'm enjoying it! The manual sucks. It's relatively thick for a modern manual but it's mostly about how to use the interfaces, which is entirely redundant because the tooltips show you all that. It contains precisely sod all about the actual concepts and mechanics.
ill bet my ass youre a Welsh Duke/Count somewhere - i would say youre short term goal is to unify Wales, your mid term goal is to bring in Ireland or Scotland, and the big goal is to take england - how you get there is either conquest or marriage - thats whats so awesome about the game!
Ill be playing some CKII Parma, and building a Roman Empire in Civ IV BTS
Quote from: Huw the Poo on November 16, 2012, 01:42:30 PM
Crusader Kings 2. I haven't a bloody clue what I'm doing but I'm enjoying it! The manual sucks. It's relatively thick for a modern manual but it's mostly about how to use the interfaces, which is entirely redundant because the tooltips show you all that. It contains precisely sod all about the actual concepts and mechanics.
Feel free to ask questions.... there are a lot of us who play regularly.
On my shortlist to process some turns/time.....
Blood Bowl - My team - Legion of Chaos just won the Clean Cup, on to a new tournament!
Alea Jacta EstCrusader Kings IIX-ComFallen Enchantress or WarlockMaybe try to play some newly acquired Silent Storm... I'm in a community play so my time will be limited.....
PE
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 16, 2012, 12:19:02 PM
Quote from: Gusington on November 16, 2012, 08:11:42 AM
Definitely some Skyrim, definitely some L4D2 (I ate all the maple bars already), perhaps some Warlock and of course...Commander: The Great War. All I need now is a steampunk dose and my life will be complete.
just finished a job and the gala dinner had a steam punk circus for the entertainment - i tried to get photos for you but they didnt come out well
Doh, and I luv steam punk stuff as well, geek, I really do :-{
girls on stilts in the full suspenders and steam punk gear Bob - lost for words
Quote from: Rekim on November 16, 2012, 10:54:44 AM
I'm setting up the Warthog for some sorties of War Thunder and Blackshark. I'm finding that WT is causing some odd simming habits. In WT Planes are repaired for free by waiting 1-2 hrs, so tend I to play a round, switch to BS for a mission, and then go back to WT. This helps to maximize the experience gain in WT.
I tend to hop nationalities a bit, in between, and come back to fix whatever needs fixing after a match or two in the others. At the least, the cheaper ones regularly get repaired for free and I just do the others manually. I don't think the repair costs are bad until you get into upper tiers, anyway, amiright? I still haven't even reached Tier 7 in anything but
damn is it fun!
I especially like how it's so easy to "get out of the cockpit" and concentrate on the tactical side of dogfighting (using mouse controls and external view) rather than brawling with cockpit visibility and joystick jackin'. It just seems to emphasize the tactical thinking more than flight sims, when done this way, yet you can still be sneak attacked if your not staying aware. WT isn't even finished and I'm gushing about it. ;D
....sigh!
and no pictures, mate?
...sigh.
I can't even look at you, Geek.
I forgot to mention I may fire up Over Flanders Fields too...getting that itch.
Going to start a game as the Central Powers in Ageod's World War One Gold.
World of Tanks.
Flying in FSX and FS2004 for the virtual airline I belong to.
Quote from: Greybriar on November 16, 2012, 11:06:15 AM
I just bought Silent Storm and the two Blitzkrieg anthologies from GOG.com (http://www.gog.com/news/weekend_promo_ussr_invades_war_strategy_games), so I will probably be playing them for at least part of the weekend.
2/3's of Silent storm is a great game. Me This weekend I'll still be playing FTL although my addiction seems to finally be wearing off.
Want I plan to play:
Crusader Kings 2: My plan to turn the HRE (which is neither holy nor roman) into a new "Roman" empire has been temporarily thwarted. I have to Deal with the mother of all succession crisis. My next two heirs both have 0 diplomacy and a really low stewardship skill. From what I played with my heir before I had to go back to a previous save, everyone has a -100 opinion of him, and half of them were on the verge of rebellion. Since I had to go back. I'm tempted to have him and his eldest son imprisoned and executed. My intrigue isn't high enough to have the assassinated outright.
Sword of the Stars 2: After hearing some opinions of the latest patch, I bought the boxed version on sale. Was looking for something to tie me over until Distant Worlds: Privateer Shadows comes out.
Skyrim: Started a Nord female ranger/assassin last week. Hoping this character doesn't get a game breaking bug like my last two characters.
Diablo 3: Inferno mode with monster power set to 2-4.
Wolfe, thanks for that mate, I'll have a look.
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 16, 2012, 02:07:38 PM
ill bet my ass youre a Welsh Duke/Count somewhere - i would say youre short term goal is to unify Wales, your mid term goal is to bring in Ireland or Scotland, and the big goal is to take england - how you get there is either conquest or marriage - thats whats so awesome about the game!
Haha, you're half right! I'm Duke Bleddyn I of Gwynedd and my immediate goal
is to unify Wales and become king. But then I was planning to march straight into England (which has just become Norway, haha). Don't care about Ireland and the Scots are all transvestites. ;)
Owen Glendower, eat yer heart out!
Been pushing through Torchlight II lately, so I'll probably keep going with that. Steam has a free to play weekend for Awesomenauts, which looks like it might be fun. And...not sure what else. I DID just pick up almost all the DLC for Crusader Kings II...
Quote from: Huw the Poo on November 16, 2012, 04:09:16 PM
Wolfe, thanks for that mate, I'll have a look.
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 16, 2012, 02:07:38 PM
ill bet my ass youre a Welsh Duke/Count somewhere - i would say youre short term goal is to unify Wales, your mid term goal is to bring in Ireland or Scotland, and the big goal is to take england - how you get there is either conquest or marriage - thats whats so awesome about the game!
Haha, you're half right! I'm Duke Bleddyn I of Gwynedd and my immediate goal is to unify Wales and become king. But then I was planning to march straight into England (which has just become Norway, haha). Don't care about Ireland and the Scots are all transvestites. ;)
awesome Huw, let us know how it pans out
Just got Strike Fighters 2 Vietnam and already got a couple of mods to enhance it.....And man, Im having a blast with it!
So cool to learn the employment of early AIM 9's and Sparrows and all their drawbacks.
And who doesnt love the Phantons and Thunderchiefs?!!!
Ooh - I could really fancy strapping on an F4
"And Kill Migs" - (No, not our Migsy, obviously)
I watched the TV prog about Op Bolo and Col Robin Olds - he was quite a charactor, having flown P38's and P51's amongst other aircraft, and he came to the UK in 1948 to fly the Meteor. Interesting stuff.
Quote from: Huw the Poo on November 16, 2012, 04:09:16 PM
Wolfe, thanks for that mate, I'll have a look.
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 16, 2012, 02:07:38 PM
ill bet my ass youre a Welsh Duke/Count somewhere - i would say youre short term goal is to unify Wales, your mid term goal is to bring in Ireland or Scotland, and the big goal is to take england - how you get there is either conquest or marriage - thats whats so awesome about the game!
Haha, you're half right! I'm Duke Bleddyn I of Gwynedd and my immediate goal is to unify Wales and become king. But then I was planning to march straight into England (which has just become Norway, haha). Don't care about Ireland and the Scots are all transvestites. ;)
OK might fire up CK2 instead of my other plans and try to unite "Greater Ulster" a.k.a. Ireland from Tyrone, first task - find a wife.
Heh, I've been trying to kill my wife. She's a bitch.
I've been sitting on my butt, waiting, and waiting, and waiting... for my inept little twit to fabricate a claim in Ossory. Been 17 years and still nothing.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on November 16, 2012, 07:04:06 PM
I've been sitting on my butt, waiting, and waiting, and waiting... for my inept little twit to fabricate a claim in Ossory. Been 17 years and still nothing.
I've been there and it is incredibly frustrating. Don't worry he will fabricate the claim when you don't have enough money to press it :)
Quote from: Huw the Poo on November 16, 2012, 06:57:02 PM
Heh, I've been trying to kill my wife. She's a bitch.
Introduce her to the Aztecs when they come ashore :)
Although even to get rid of your wife that DLC still isn't worth it.
Too many CKII players here. Why isn't there an ongoing MP game?!?!
Quote from: Huw the Poo on November 16, 2012, 06:57:02 PM
Heh, I've been trying to kill my wife. She's a bitch.
I've often got myself in that position, too. Hahahah! The killing part is sometimes mutual.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 16, 2012, 10:58:31 PM
Too many CKII players here. Why isn't there an ongoing MP game?!?!
It would be interesting. But the problem is that it's real-time and the game takes a
very long time to play.
I tend to think of the multiplayers for many of the paradox games to be LAN'ers and people who regularly get together for long hours on a regular basis, to play. That would be exceptionally difficult to do for long stretches, on a regular basis, for numerous acquaintances in different time zones I'd imagine.
There also likely wouldn't be a lot of contact with each other until the game had progressed for a long time, unless the players specifically picked demesnes adjacent to each other. I guess things like teaming up as the various Rurik family demesnes or the Spanish ones for the reconquista would be interesting if only for beating up on the AI and then possibly backstabbing each other for the spoils later on. I just shudder to think of how much time & coordination it takes to get multiple people regularly running it.
^Good points. And very true. But I'm sure there are people that fit the bill and any who would like to try can count me in.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 17, 2012, 06:58:00 AM
^Good points. And very true. But I'm sure there are people that fit the bill and any who would like to try can count me in.
I'd like to give it a shot. Not sure what time zone your in. I'm on the west coast. I'm assuming paradox lets you save a MP game and continue it later?
Quote from: Nefaro on November 17, 2012, 06:31:46 AM
There also likely wouldn't be a lot of contact with each other until the game had progressed for a long time, unless the players specifically picked demesnes adjacent to each other. I guess things like teaming up as the various Rurik family demesnes or the Spanish ones for the reconquista would be interesting if only for beating up on the AI and then possibly backstabbing each other for the spoils later on. I just shudder to think of how much time & coordination it takes to get multiple people regularly running it.
If we could get a game going with more then 2-3 people I think that would be the way to do it. Have everyone start out as some Duke or count in the same realm. Doing the reconquista would be interesting, since branches of the same family control most of northern Spain.
Commander: The Great War
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (playing on a Normal difficulty this time, I'm such a dweeb but Classic extinguished many of my brain cells)
And as part of my video game training course for W8taminutette 1 and 2 we will be playing:
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Quote from: Kushan on November 17, 2012, 07:37:30 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on November 17, 2012, 06:58:00 AM
^Good points. And very true. But I'm sure there are people that fit the bill and any who would like to try can count me in.
I'd like to give it a shot. Not sure what time zone your in. I'm on the west coast. I'm assuming paradox lets you save a MP game and continue it later?
Quote from: Nefaro on November 17, 2012, 06:31:46 AM
There also likely wouldn't be a lot of contact with each other until the game had progressed for a long time, unless the players specifically picked demesnes adjacent to each other. I guess things like teaming up as the various Rurik family demesnes or the Spanish ones for the reconquista would be interesting if only for beating up on the AI and then possibly backstabbing each other for the spoils later on. I just shudder to think of how much time & coordination it takes to get multiple people regularly running it.
If we could get a game going with more then 2-3 people I think that would be the way to do it. Have everyone start out as some Duke or count in the same realm. Doing the reconquista would be interesting, since branches of the same family control most of northern Spain.
I'm in the Central Time Zone. I regularaly MP with a friend from outside L.A. We usually get some time in on Saturday afternoons and Monday nights.
So far, I have only played as a Count. On the fifth try, I finally united Ireland. It's around 1200 A.D. and I'm trying to fabricate claims in Brittany, but a POWERFUL muslim ruler took it out from under me and I don't have the troops to take him on just yet.
I'm losing a lot of time to civ IV bts.... Got the iron I needed, thanks guys, and declared on Portugal who thought he was awesome with his swordsmen.... Jaoa II meet praetorians! He's lost 3 of his 8 cities but only outlying ones, I've secured more iron and am building forces for a raid on Oporto. Meanwhile England ask and ask and ask and ask for a gift of tech.. Queen Liz can only take so many refusals and she declares on me too... I'm the 3rd nation in scoring but I have the biggest army, I'm thinking ill eradicate Portugal and subdue England.... Good times
One of the features of BTS that I think is pretty cool, is the fact that you can Vassal other civs. For instance, Joao losing three cities should put him close to giving up, or at least talking peace. One of the options, if the criteria is met (and that depends on factors I am not aware of, but use the diplomacy screen to sound him out), is to capitulate and accept vassallage. You gain a points boost for becoming the Master of another civ and alliance with your vassal. However, depending on compatibility between your civs, your vassal may try to slip loose the fetters.
no way - did not know that - ill go see the big man himself, see how he feels
Amazingly, I managed to meet my weekend gaming goals! -- except that when I started trying to play Warlock, I discovered my video card wouldn't work with it, after which I discovered that it requires at least Win7 to run (not even Vista, much less XP which is what I actually have).
ARGH!! I inferred that if its game engine was so clearly built on the Fantasy War/Elven Legacy engine, of course it would work in XP, so I didn't bother to check.
Naturally, there aren't even any limited returns for buying an ultra-DRMd game off Steam. Despite the fact that the whole damned point to how Steam operates is to help prevent piracy. :P
So until I pony up for a new computer, I have a game on Steam I can't run. (Actually two, since while Dawn of War 2 technically can run on XP, realistically it can't. Almost three, since CK2 chugs hard on XP and/or my old computer.)
I swapped out that time with Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition instead. But instead of being happy that I have several great new games I played a lot of this weekend (including the new XCOM reboot), I'm vexed about Warlock. Oh well; I shall just have to work harder on not being irrational. ;D
Quote from: MengJiao on November 16, 2012, 09:45:01 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on November 16, 2012, 06:52:19 AM
Unfortunately, I will be spending at least part of Saturday playing, "work". The upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. has put my schedule out of whack. However, I will get some game time in and it will be Civ IV BTS MP and CKII. And in order to join a Groghead's Friday Rumble, I will be exploring Warlock Master of the Arcane.
Worky work here to, but offset to some degree by the journey of the Wife and Child to a distant location, leaving me to work and play more.
When playing, I will be playing (I think) CMBN:CWF and ATS Scottish Corridor -- two views of the same battles in some cases. The Germans seem to do better in ATS -- maybe because in solitaire I have to play them too, whereas against the German AI -- for me at least -- its the little sneaky things that pay off, though yesterday, I got bogged down trying to rescue a tank crew.
Things went well, though Iron Front displaced some of the above. I even got some worky work done.
No gaming this weekend... :o
I mostlky played what I said I was going to, although I didn't get to Crusader Kings 2.
Started my first game of SOTS2, playing as the Tarkas. Played 25 turns or so yesterday. I'm not a big fan of the UI. Too many buttons and it takes up too much of the screen IMO. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it though. I'm still not all too sure what I should be doing. After playing Distant Worlds for so long, and having an advisor make suggestions on what I should colonize, what I should be building, etc; Going back to do it all manually is taking some getting used to. I'm also still trying to figure out how the game systems work. Not sure if I should be constantly laying down ship hulls (scouts and colonizers) and constantly expanding or if I should take it slow. I also don't understand some of the numbers on the ship design screen. Its shows 3 numbers, one for how much is costs to maintain, one for how much it costs in reserve, and a third number above them that I have no clue what it means. For example, my first class of cruisers, maintenance cost was 3,000, reserve cost was 1,000 and the third number said 262,000. The third number didn't seem to match up with anything. Going to be a busy work week, but I plan to put some more time in during the long weekend.
Is the 262,000 a Buy Now price?
@Jason Pratt: I only have XP and I run Warlock and CKII just fine through Steam. I'm no computer wiz, so I can't say why it's ok for me but not you, but it does work for me on XP.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 19, 2012, 07:26:45 PM
Is the 262,000 a Buy Now price?
@Jason Pratt: I only have XP and I run Warlock and CKII just fine through Steam. I'm no computer wiz, so I can't say why it's ok for me but not you, but it does work for me on XP.
Huh. Well, strictly speaking Warlock said my video card wasn't good enough to run it. That seems insane, as the level of graphics don't look much more advanced (if at all) from FW/EL, and while my computer is old it's a Falcon-Northwest that when I bought it was top of the line. It has never once simply chunked on a graphics card issue, and while I figure that would be true for many games today I can't imagine why that would be true for Warlock (of all things).
But then I read the minimum specs and it said Win7 or 8, so I figured that was the answer. (I didn't even go further to look at the minimum card specs.)
Anyway, if it really isn't the OS, it must be the graphics card. Still SOL. I could ask Falcon tech support what they recommended trying to upgrade to for that computer system, which would be naturally much cheaper than getting a new computer; but I don't know that I want to plonk significant money on the DRX and yet still be so behind the tech curve that I still need a new computer relatively soon: I might as well go on and get the new computer (or wait until I can afford it more safely).
Quote from: JasonPratt on November 20, 2012, 08:22:42 AM
Anyway, if it really isn't the OS, it must be the graphics card. Still SOL. I could ask Falcon tech support what they recommended trying to upgrade to for that computer system, which would be naturally much cheaper than getting a new computer; but I don't know that I want to plonk significant money on the DRX and yet still be so behind the tech curve that I still need a new computer relatively soon: I might as well go on and get the new computer (or wait until I can afford it more safely).
Definitely sounds like the video card is 'unsupported', which is a good way of saying that it doesn't work with the game(s) in question.
What video card model do you have? And if it's so old that it's using an AGP slot, then yes, you'd be better off waiting until a new one.
Thanks, Nef. :)
It's an NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800, PCI Express x16 (not AGP) with 256MB onboard RAM.
Checking the specs on Steam, I can see they list minimum specs as 512MB and would prefer to have a full Gig of onboard video RAM.
That's.... that's insane. Is Warlock (of all things) really THAT graphics intensive??