Beware the Ides of March this Friday

[undercovergeek]

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

[gameleaper]

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 :)

[Bison]

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. 

[gameleaper]

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.

[gameleaper]

Nefaro panic over found the Mods :)

[W8taminute]

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!!

[Nefaro]

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.

[gameleaper]

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

[Tuna]

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)...

[MengJiao]

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.