Rome II

[JudgeDredd]

^ I was a totally idiot! I KNOW to switch off the power. I've made dozens of PC's over the years and swapped components in and out!

I hope his card is ok - 'cos I could do without that added cost! I KNEW I shouldn't have taken it and just bought my new damned card!

[Bison]

^ I was a totally idiot! I KNOW to switch off the power. I've made dozens of PC's over the years and swapped components in and out!

I hope his card is ok - 'cos I could do without that added cost! I KNEW I shouldn't have taken it and just bought my new damned card!

That sucks man.  I hope the card and the rest of your PC components are ok.

[Gusington]

I am reading this right now:

http://www.amazon.com/Legions-Rome-Definitive-History-Imperial/dp/1250004713/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378243419&sr=1-1&keywords=legions+of+rome

How do you all feel about the social media intro screen?

EDIT: Also, the game defaulted a lot of my graphics settings to 'extreme.' I toned most of them down to very high.

[undercovergeek]

Having a blast so far - im on the defeat the rebel army outside rome section of the tutuorial - no crashes, no glitches everything runs smooth

good so far - the map is gorgeous, campaign and battle, little things like deer running from woods as you approach, rain running down the camera, and the scenery in the campaign map. Everything seems to work as it should. Battles are not that different but its Rome, they look great

bad - only thing that annoyed me so far is having my cavalry chased down by running men - itll be fixed no doubt, and the usual speed of troops, ill be surprised if there isnt a patch already

[Grim.Reaper]

Wasn't there supposed to be a day one patch?  Pretty sure I didn't see anything download this morning before the unlock.  My game is fully playable however.  Just curious what version/build is showing for everyone on their main screen.

[Toonces]

I am reading this right now:

http://www.amazon.com/Legions-Rome-Definitive-History-Imperial/dp/1250004713/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378243419&sr=1-1&keywords=legions+of+rome

I have that here on my shelf ready to go.  Very handsome book, but I can't comment on the content yet as I haven't read it.

There is a very good book called, "Rubicon" that somebody suggested to me a long time ago and I really enjoyed.  It's a good intro to what Rome is all about.

[undercovergeek]

Wasn't there supposed to be a day one patch?  Pretty sure I didn't see anything download this morning before the unlock.  My game is fully playable however.  Just curious what version/build is showing for everyone on their main screen.

if i squint mine says 1.0.0 i think - but it did download for about 2 mins this morning

FWIW so its all fair and square, and theres lots of enthusiasm here - its been pretty much put down at RPS with a final summation of, that as it stands it cannot be recommended - i dont see why, but then i havent played upto 8 campaigns like they have

[Yskonyn]

Thanks for all those suggestions!

The book Gus linked seems like something I was after. *thumbs up*

The game crashed once for me. Froze.
It also defaulted all graphics settings to Extreme for me. Also for 'geek, so I guess this is just some default stance for everyone and not indicative of what the game thinks about the performance of your PC.

I have reduced some settings to Very High like the grass and trees.
Shadows to High and disabled Vegetation Alpha which -paired- gave me the biggest performance increase.
Oddly enough, enabling High Depth of Field gave me about 5 FPS increase instead of leaving it OFF. Perhaps because I have a DX11 native card and High is a DX11 shader?

Oh and if you do want to get rid of the jagged edges in the game, you will have to force AA from your vidcard.
Turning the AA option on or off in my game didn't seem to do anything. How I have overridden the function (turned it OFF in game and called for override in my Nvidia control panel) and the videocard does its job nicely; no more jagged edges and performance doesn't seem to suffer.

All in all I am having a blast with the game so far!

Oh and that weird advert launcher thingy... yeah they should get rid of that! ;)

[Grim.Reaper]

Wasn't there supposed to be a day one patch?  Pretty sure I didn't see anything download this morning before the unlock.  My game is fully playable however.  Just curious what version/build is showing for everyone on their main screen.

if i squint mine says 1.0.0 i think - but it did download for about 2 mins this morning

FWIW so its all fair and square, and theres lots of enthusiasm here - its been pretty much put down at RPS with a final summation of, that as it stands it cannot be recommended - i dont see why, but then i havent played upto 8 campaigns like they have

Thanks, looks like I have the latest....

[jomni]

I posted this in another thread.  Thought Rome II players will appreciate this.

[Nefaro]

But hmmm...boarding in FOTS required an order to the ship, probably a melee order to the melee troops on a ship in Rome II doesn't get them to do the right thing.  The real Romans had to work out mechanisms on their ships to get that all to work.  Perhaps his Corvus was fouled.  Perhaps he had disregarded the sacred chickens during the pre-battle aurguries.

The melee/boarding order in Rome 2 doesn't seem to always work.  I've had to cycle it between ram & melee when switching units, otherwise they would revert back to ramming behavior no matter what the toggle was set to. 

Still some bugs in this, but not game-breaking if you know what they are.

[Nefaro]

I think I shorted it tbh. I was an idiot and didn't switch the power off at source and as I was fitting the card, the PC started...so I think something on the card touched something and bam. I reckon I've blown the PCI-E slot

Ho-rey crap!  You accidentally turned the power on while you were slotting the vid card?   :o

I think we have the answer, here.  Did you get any sparks or smoke out of it too?  ???

Also..for future reference (in case you didn't), always remove the video drivers for the previous card in Windows, before switching.  Even if it's made by the same company & manufacturer.  :-*  While modern Windows systems are pretty good about quickly detecting the change and not forcing the old drivers, you definitely don't want to push your luck because computers are fickle bitches in league with Murphy.

[Grim.Reaper]

Haven't played a lot yet, but have been messing around in custom battles....nothing like watching your legions form up and march into battle.  You can hear your troops talking, coughing, and even spitting....gets me really pumped as they are moving towards battle!

[undercovergeek]

went to TW centre for a slow troops mod - DO NOT GO THERE!!!!

[Nefaro]

Oh and that weird advert launcher thingy... yeah they should get rid of that! ;)

I actually like the launcher - for one reason.  It has a "Continue Campaign" button that will load you straight into your last save game.  No menus, no nonsense.   8)