The game this weekend is Warlock. The objective is to piss off a god enough that he sends an Avatar to extinguish me.
Friday already? blimey.................
Dom 3 PBEM with the guys here
CMFI/BN PBEM
some ARMA II British Forces mission building
hopefully finishing the Shogun II tutorials to start a campaign
and some serious Dom 3 reading - i understand the game more this time round and hope to get immersed up to the neck
Second weekend in a row of no Gaming PC for me :'(. I may have to go find a spot somewhere to set it up temporarily with wifi..
Quote from: Tuna on March 15, 2013, 06:34:55 AM
Second weekend in a row of no Gaming PC for me :'(. I may have to go find a spot somewhere to set it up temporarily with wifi..
If you make it that far and you want to game...hit me up :)
More SimCity.
More testing. ;)
More finishing the wine cellar (more of a closet really ;D) before my wife throws me out.
Quote from: Barthheart on March 15, 2013, 07:24:24 AM
More testing. ;)
Not cool Barth ...you are just gonna make us angry and bitter. With it being the Ides of March and all I would watch your back if I were you. 8)
Most of my gaming time will be spent with StarCraft II and some League of Legends. Also if the weather is cooperative I might try and get some primer on some of the miniatures that are clogging up my painting desk.
Quote from: Barthheart on March 15, 2013, 07:24:24 AM
More SimCity.
More testing. ;)
More finishing the wine cellar (more of a closet really ;D) before my wife throws me out.
NO - JUST TESTING! ;)
I have very little time this weekend with a training ride on the bike required before my 100km ride next week, a few things to put up in the house, a chest of drawers to assemble, a chest of drawers to disassemble, a room to be cleared for a carpet to be fitted, a room to be filled after said carpet has been fitted and a bed to build.
On top of that is a marathon 8 hours drinking session on Saturday for the final day of the 6 Nations Rugby tournament.
If I do - I reckon I'll play ArmA II which I just rebought 'cos I couldn't find my original copy and most likely LnL Band of Heroes (once I've finished watching the videos Arctic Blast pointed me to)
Armada 2526 Supernova, Endless Space and maybe start a new game of Distant Worlds. But I heard the wife mention something about "spring cleaning weekend". I suspect that's some kind of RTS game that I won't like. ::)
^Worst game EVER! (though at least you don't HAVE to be online to play it!)
Clearly made by a woman with no knowledge of strategy or tactics in all things military.
One of the advantages of having the 'living alone' DLC
Quote from: bbmike on March 15, 2013, 08:00:50 AMBut I heard the wife mention something about "spring cleaning weekend". I suspect that's some kind of RTS game that I won't like. ::)
Sounds like more of a first person shooter to me!!!
Just started the Dread Lords campaign for Galactic Civilizations II.
Also just updated Achtung Panzer: Operation Star with the new March patches so I'll be fooling around with that game.
Quote from: undercovergeek on March 15, 2013, 08:10:03 AM
One of the advantages of having the 'living alone' DLC
Wife out of town. The gaming possibilities are endless, but some likely games are:
Arma in some form
CMBN in some form
air games (Third wire? Il-2? Rise of Flight?)
boargames (PQ-17 might turn up...Elusive Victory?...Flying Colors?)
World of Warplanes!
AOW Shadow Magic thanks to all the great recommendations here. And you all were right as usual. What a great little game it is. Full of hidden surprises strategic as well as tactical and addictive as hell. For something a little heavier, I'm wading my way through FOTS where I got my first Gatling gun and Warrior class ironclad units just in time for Realm Divide. Now it's on to Kyoto.
In preparation for Gears of War: Judgement due out next Tuesday I will be gorging myself on GoW, GoW2, and GoW3 in some way shape or form this weekend.
I just started Halo Wars last night and will also try to squeeze this in as well.
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fxboxoz360.files.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fhalo-war-oxcgn-8.jpg&hash=bafba117675f6beb76b59f0196fe7b3a6ef0e436)
Hope to get in some time with.....
Distant Worlds
StarDrive
Crusader Kings II The Republic
who know what else.....
PE
Playing the final DLC for Mass Effect 3. Nice wrap up to the game and series.
Packing boxes and maybe a little Simcity before the desktop gets packed up.
It's going to be Commander the Great War on the gaming laptop and Star Trek: Birth of the federation as the Romulans (balance mod) on the netbook.
Man, I just don't know this weekend.
I'll stick with ARMA2 and BMS Falcon. Also DCS: Combined Arms.
I'm pretty sure I'll be playing at least a bit of those three.
Soliciting payback for the beating I got in FOTS last week by wiping the floor with the Japanese as the Chinese in some modded Civ V. Maybe start some Mark of the Ninja.
It's Saint Patrick's Day Weekend (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2128-saint-patricks-day-weekend/) at World of Tanks with x3 crew experience per battle, so I will be playing WoT for a few hours this weekend.
Recently I got interested in my old favorite Master of Magic (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/master_of_magic) so I will playing around with it. In the same vein, I may fire up Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/age_of_wonders_shadow_magic) or even Elemental - Fallen Enchantress, or I may go off in another direction and play something like Panzer Corps or Civilization IV: Colonization or Eador - Genesis or Crusader Kings II or something of an entirely different genre.
In short, I really don't know which games I will end up playing.
Well, I have spent £200 this week on games from Gamersgate and gog , but nothing is comeing close at grabing my attention, because Dominions3 is just about the best game I ever played, so its Dom 3 for Me :)
Quote from: gameleaper on March 15, 2013, 01:57:04 PM
Well, I have spent £200 this week on games from Gamersgate and gog , but nothing is comeing close at grabing my attention, because Dominions3 is just about the best game I ever played, so its Dom 3 for Me :)
Yes!
I'm also cramming some
Dominions 3 the last few days. Still learning a lot of stuff along the way. I finally did get around to putting in the three recommended mods (from the multi-player thread) and it was a piece of cake what with the in-game Mod enabler. I hope there wasn't extra stuff I needed to do other than unzipping & turning them on, as I recall someone saying that some of the new graphics weren't "on" by default. :-[
If I get the urge to fire at someone in digital anger, I'll jump into some
War Thunder matches or maybe even see if the
World of Warplanes beta has received some improved gameplay. I didn't think it was going in the right direction a few months ago, but LB's screenshots looks like some things may have been improved for the better.
The new
AP:Op Star patches look interesting but I'll wait until they get the udpates for the DLC done too, because I don't wanna get confused over which scenario/ops are up-to-date.. or break something. May mess with the
StarDrive beta a bit more, if the mood hits, too.
I will be playing 'Drive to High River in winter weather' and will hopefully have time for a quick game of 'Try not to bankrupt myself at The Sentry Box' on my way through Calgary.
Quote from: undercovergeek on March 15, 2013, 08:10:03 AM
One of the advantages of having the 'living alone' DLC
Amen to that! ;D
Still learning War in the East (and still enjoying it) and some Endless Space and probably a bit of Tropico 4
Quote from: Nefaro on March 15, 2013, 02:03:20 PM
Quote from: gameleaper on March 15, 2013, 01:57:04 PM
Well, I have spent £200 this week on games from Gamersgate and gog , but nothing is comeing close at grabing my attention, because Dominions3 is just about the best game I ever played, so its Dom 3 for Me :)
Yes!
I'm also cramming some Dominions 3 the last few days. Still learning a lot of stuff along the way. I finally did get around to putting in the three recommended mods (from the multi-player thread) and it was a piece of cake what with the in-game Mod enabler. I hope there wasn't extra stuff I needed to do other than unzipping & turning them on, as I recall someone saying that some of the new graphics weren't "on" by default. :-[
Mods, that sounds good! Im still a newbie,the game is vast, so all this is great value for money in a game.
Quote from: gameleaper on March 15, 2013, 03:08:30 PM
Quote from: Nefaro on March 15, 2013, 02:03:20 PM
Quote from: gameleaper on March 15, 2013, 01:57:04 PM
Well, I have spent £200 this week on games from Gamersgate and gog , but nothing is comeing close at grabing my attention, because Dominions3 is just about the best game I ever played, so its Dom 3 for Me :)
Yes!
I'm also cramming some Dominions 3 the last few days. Still learning a lot of stuff along the way. I finally did get around to putting in the three recommended mods (from the multi-player thread) and it was a piece of cake what with the in-game Mod enabler. I hope there wasn't extra stuff I needed to do other than unzipping & turning them on, as I recall someone saying that some of the new graphics weren't "on" by default. :-[
Mods, that sounds good! Im still a newbie,the game is vast, so all this is great value for money in a game.
I was a bit wary of adding the CBM mod (the others are just improved pixel graphics for a few things) but it really is just a balance mod, mostly with some adjusted values so it didn't drastically alter the core gameplay or anything.
Very late to the show. I'm now downloading WoT.
Dominions 3 all the way, baby! Between two PBEM games and a single player game I have going, I seriously doubt anything else will get a look-in! 8)
Quote from: Sir Slash on March 15, 2013, 10:27:49 AM
AOW Shadow Magic thanks to all the great recommendations here. And you all were right as usual. What a great little game it is. Full of hidden surprises strategic as well as tactical and addictive as hell.
Splendid! I'm really glad you're enjoying it. I haven't introduced it to anyone yet who didn't fall instantly in love with it. Just an amazing game. :)
Quote from: gameleaper on March 15, 2013, 03:08:30 PM
Quote from: Nefaro on March 15, 2013, 02:03:20 PM
Quote from: gameleaper on March 15, 2013, 01:57:04 PM
Well, I have spent £200 this week on games from Gamersgate and gog , but nothing is comeing close at grabing my attention, because Dominions3 is just about the best game I ever played, so its Dom 3 for Me :)
Yes!
I'm also cramming some Dominions 3 the last few days. Still learning a lot of stuff along the way. I finally did get around to putting in the three recommended mods (from the multi-player thread) and it was a piece of cake what with the in-game Mod enabler. I hope there wasn't extra stuff I needed to do other than unzipping & turning them on, as I recall someone saying that some of the new graphics weren't "on" by default. :-[
Mods, that sounds good! Im still a newbie,the game is vast, so all this is great value for money in a game.
gameleaper, i dont think its too late for you to join the PBEM here if you want in
I have to get all of my taxes together to send to my accountant.
2 College Baseball Games.
1 Hold'em Poker
If I have any time after all of this, I'm trying out some Niefelheim strategies in Dominions 3. Against the AI I can almost always win with either T'ien Chien or Abysia. But, I'm still only playing early age.
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Quote from: Huw the Poo on March 15, 2013, 05:06:54 PM
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Pfft...what is this garbage. Stick by what you say man!
Quote from: Bison on March 15, 2013, 05:11:02 PM
Pfft...what is this garbage. Stick by what you say man!
Heh, sorry. I realised that, however unlikely, what I said was a bit too "personally identifiable".
Quote from: Huw the Poo on March 15, 2013, 06:00:12 PM
Quote from: Bison on March 15, 2013, 05:11:02 PM
Pfft...what is this garbage. Stick by what you say man!
Heh, sorry. I realised that, however unlikely, what I said was a bit too "personally identifiable".
you mean you were going to insult someone? :P
I need to play a few more turns in my Strategic Command: WWI grand campaign, and I'm hoping to also get in some more Rise of Prussia. I'm playing as Prussia and I knocked Saxony out of the war and captured Prague before the winter of 1757-1758 closed down campaigning. Unfortunately the Austrians are massing and the French, Swedes, and Russians are about to have a Prussian beating party unless I can drive quickly to take out the three other Austrian objective cities early in 1758.
I finally upgraded Scourge of War: Gettysburg to the latest version and loaded Chancellorsville, so I'm going to try a bit out that as well. I stayed up way too late last night reminding myself how to command troops in that game engine.
Unfortunately, I'm also about to be involved in the two-front war known as A Visit from Your Mother combined with A Visit From Your In-Laws simultaneously. This will culminate tomorrow night in the Battle of Having to Go to a Fancy Concert and Make Small Talk. Before and after I anticipate repeated Keep the Damn Dog From Jumping On My Mother-In-Law skirmishes. This may adversely impact gaming.
You gotta know when to run.......
Quote from: panzerde on March 15, 2013, 06:29:39 PM
Unfortunately, I'm also about to be involved in the two-front war known as A Visit from Your Mother combined with A Visit From Your In-Laws simultaneously. This will culminate tomorrow night in the Battle of Having to Go to a Fancy Concert and Make Small Talk. Before and after I anticipate repeated Keep the Damn Dog From Jumping On My Mother-In-Law skirmishes. This may adversely impact gaming.
Thanks, now I don't feel so bad about that
Spring Cleaning RTS game my wife wants me to play this weekend!
Quote from: panzerde on March 15, 2013, 06:29:39 PM
Unfortunately, I'm also about to be involved in the two-front war known as A Visit from Your Mother combined with A Visit From Your In-Laws simultaneously. This will culminate tomorrow night in the Battle of Having to Go to a Fancy Concert and Make Small Talk. Before and after I anticipate repeated Keep the Damn Dog From Jumping On My Mother-In-Law skirmishes. This may adversely impact gaming.
My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
Ferdinand Foch
Quote from: undercovergeek on March 15, 2013, 06:27:43 PM
Quote from: Huw the Poo on March 15, 2013, 06:00:12 PM
Quote from: Bison on March 15, 2013, 05:11:02 PM
Pfft...what is this garbage. Stick by what you say man!
Heh, sorry. I realised that, however unlikely, what I said was a bit too "personally identifiable".
you mean you were going to insult someone? :P
Ha. That was my thoughts too.
Not really sure what I'm going to be playing this weekend. Skyrim, Distant Worlds, and Crusader Kings 2 are all possibilities.
Quote from: Bison on March 15, 2013, 07:46:32 PM
Quote from: undercovergeek on March 15, 2013, 06:27:43 PM
Quote from: Huw the Poo on March 15, 2013, 06:00:12 PM
Quote from: Bison on March 15, 2013, 05:11:02 PM
Pfft...what is this garbage. Stick by what you say man!
Heh, sorry. I realised that, however unlikely, what I said was a bit too "personally identifiable".
you mean you were going to insult someone? :P
Ha. That was my thoughts too.
something like 'Bison's a twat?' :P :P
Quote from: undercovergeek on March 15, 2013, 04:32:00 PM
Quote from: gameleaper on March 15, 2013, 03:08:30 PM
Quote from: Nefaro on March 15, 2013, 02:03:20 PM
Quote from: gameleaper on March 15, 2013, 01:57:04 PM
Well, I have spent £200 this week on games from Gamersgate and gog , but nothing is comeing close at grabing my attention, because Dominions3 is just about the best game I ever played, so its Dom 3 for Me :)
Yes!
I'm also cramming some Dominions 3 the last few days. Still learning a lot of stuff along the way. I finally did get around to putting in the three recommended mods (from the multi-player thread) and it was a piece of cake what with the in-game Mod enabler. I hope there wasn't extra stuff I needed to do other than unzipping & turning them on, as I recall someone saying that some of the new graphics weren't "on" by default. :-[
Mods, that sounds good! Im still a newbie,the game is vast, so all this is great value for money in a game.
gameleaper, i dont think its too late for you to join the PBEM here if you want in
how do I join-up?, but Im not useing mods yet :( and Ive only played the early age :)
Quote from: undercovergeek on March 15, 2013, 08:06:05 PM
Quote from: Bison on March 15, 2013, 07:46:32 PM
Quote from: undercovergeek on March 15, 2013, 06:27:43 PM
Quote from: Huw the Poo on March 15, 2013, 06:00:12 PM
Quote from: Bison on March 15, 2013, 05:11:02 PM
Pfft...what is this garbage. Stick by what you say man!
Heh, sorry. I realised that, however unlikely, what I said was a bit too "personally identifiable".
you mean you were going to insult someone? :P
Ha. That was my thoughts too.
something like 'Bison's a twat?' :P :P
I've been called worse things.
Quote from: Nefaro on March 15, 2013, 03:28:49 PM
Quote from: gameleaper on March 15, 2013, 03:08:30 PM
Quote from: Nefaro on March 15, 2013, 02:03:20 PM
Quote from: gameleaper on March 15, 2013, 01:57:04 PM
Well, I have spent £200 this week on games from Gamersgate and gog , but nothing is comeing close at grabing my attention, because Dominions3 is just about the best game I ever played, so its Dom 3 for Me :)
Yes!
I'm also cramming some Dominions 3 the last few days. Still learning a lot of stuff along the way. I finally did get around to putting in the three recommended mods (from the multi-player thread) and it was a piece of cake what with the in-game Mod enabler. I hope there wasn't extra stuff I needed to do other than unzipping & turning them on, as I recall someone saying that some of the new graphics weren't "on" by default. :-[
Mods, that sounds good! Im still a newbie,the game is vast, so all this is great value for money in a game.
I was a bit wary of adding the CBM mod (the others are just improved pixel graphics for a few things) but it really is just a balance mod, mostly with some adjusted values so it didn't drastically alter the core gameplay or anything.
Nefaro where do I get the Mods for the slow game? Ive found http://www.dom3minions.com/mods.htm , but Im a bit lost on whats needed ! Im new to multiplayer too but dom3 is to good not to play MP.
Nefaro panic over found the Mods :)
Quote from: Wolfe1759 on March 15, 2013, 06:46:16 PM
Quote from: panzerde on March 15, 2013, 06:29:39 PM
Unfortunately, I'm also about to be involved in the two-front war known as A Visit from Your Mother combined with A Visit From Your In-Laws simultaneously. This will culminate tomorrow night in the Battle of Having to Go to a Fancy Concert and Make Small Talk. Before and after I anticipate repeated Keep the Damn Dog From Jumping On My Mother-In-Law skirmishes. This may adversely impact gaming.
My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
Ferdinand Foch
Man, I love this place!!
Quote from: gameleaper on March 16, 2013, 12:10:07 AM
Nefaro where do I get the Mods for the slow game? Ive found http://www.dom3minions.com/mods.htm , but Im a bit lost on whats needed ! Im new to multiplayer too but dom3 is to good not to play MP.
CBM http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?showtopic=998
Llama's Banners http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=39989
Upgraded Sprites http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?showtopic=707
Community Sprites http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?showtopic=80
Hell.. I was missing one of those. :-[
Unzip them into the Mods folder in the Dom3 install location, then open Settings->Mods (IIRC?) in-game and click on the mods to activate them. When they're active a small banner graphic for each one should show in the upper right side of the game's main menu.
Quote from: Nefaro on March 16, 2013, 01:10:24 PM
Quote from: gameleaper on March 16, 2013, 12:10:07 AM
Nefaro where do I get the Mods for the slow game? Ive found http://www.dom3minions.com/mods.htm , but Im a bit lost on whats needed ! Im new to multiplayer too but dom3 is to good not to play MP.
CBM http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?showtopic=998
Llama's Banners http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=39989
Upgraded Sprites http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?showtopic=707
Community Sprites http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?showtopic=80
Hell.. I was missing one of those. :-[
Unzip them into the Mods folder in the Dom3 install location, then open Settings->Mods (IIRC?) in-game and click on the mods to activate them. When they're active a small banner graphic for each one should show in the upper right side of the game's main menu.
thanks Nef. Im all ready to go now
Quote from: Tuna on March 15, 2013, 06:34:55 AM
Second weekend in a row of no Gaming PC for me :'(. I may have to go find a spot somewhere to set it up temporarily with wifi..
Got my gaming PC all setup to play SimHQ's Iron Front session yesterday, the the old wireless adapter (linksys, kids used to use for their old xbox) would not connect! :o
Went to Staples later and bought a new usb one (will give it to the wife once our new bedroom is done and her PC moves up there).
Can't wait to be hard wired again!...
Will try and play some of the new Acthung Panzer OS today (If I ever get the patches downloaded)...
Quote from: MengJiao on March 15, 2013, 09:52:03 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on March 15, 2013, 08:10:03 AM
One of the advantages of having the 'living alone' DLC
Wife out of town. The gaming possibilities are endless, but some likely games are:
Arma in some form
CMBN in some form
air games (Third wire? Il-2? Rise of Flight?)
boargames (PQ-17 might turn up...Elusive Victory?...Flying Colors?)
So what REALLY happened?
1) a good round of Elusive Victory. I'm coming to think limited intelligence (in the game, I mean) is a good thing
with solitaire. Everything is a dummy until you get a good detection and and track.
I had simple plans for both sides: Egypt: switch everything on, fire a lot of SAMs and then let the MIGs go in
Israel: Jam on a narrow front, penetrate with Mirages, peel off with Phantoms and hit radars and SAMs
The SAM barrage busted up the attack, but one group of Phantoms ducked out of the radar and hit a SAM site
pretty heavily. I stopped playing before I did the recon to see what the damage really was. MiG-21s and Mirages
zipped right past each other and when it was over, no planes were shot down and maybe only one SAM site damaged.
2) Then I played ARMA III -- or at least fooled with the editor. Very atmospheric. Kind of creepily atmospheric. The ragdoll thing
makes for some limp body creepiness when people get shot. And I found the blood effects occasionally quite disturbing. Which is all good. But still a bit
disturbing.
On the other hand, the swimming under water thing is nice. As are the various mines.
I managed to arm a civilian (the initial problem with civilians is that they can't carry much ammo in a tee shirt and shorts).
He wiped out the OPFOR AI since he was either just in a tee shirt or wearing looted OPFOR gear so they never shot at him.
BLUEFOR AI eventually shot him apparenly because he was wearing OPFOR gear. Subsequent experiments seemed to show
BLUEFOR gear makes you look totally BLUEFOR to the BLUEFOR AI and same for OPFOR and vis-versa.
PS: nobody has hit a mine yet, though I distributed them quite a bit. A mine resistant vehicle hit an APERS mine, but wasn't damaged much if at all.