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Reply to Elemental Beta 1-Z3 Changelog in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

So no road building at all until caravans are implemented?

Reply to Starcraft 2 Preorder Beta Keys in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I've been following a lot of casted game replays on youtube, but what does the beta include? Is it just multiplay and skirmish vs AI? I was assuming that it doesn't include the campaign, and that being the case I'd probably just wait until it came out, or wait until the price drops a little. However it is tempting. Giving beta access to those who preorder is a very good incentive for me. (And no I haven't gotten any beta access keys though I have tried.)

Reply to Is MP going to be simultaneous turns? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Here is the dev journal thread on this topic: https://forums.elementalgame.com/377297

Reply to Can Stardock PLEASE buy the rights for Warcraft RTS? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Coming out with a sequel every 12 months might not be a good thing, but I'm not going to blame people for being irritated because they've waited 12 years (Starcraft).

Reply to Sorry guys, there will be a beta 1z3 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'm really not very surprised. I for one actually had less stability between z1 and z2.

Reply to [0.3]End turn button "hang" in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I have the same problem. I can save, exit, and reload the game, but it will occur again in a few turns. debug.err I do not have any caravans in my game, I only control one city.

Reply to Great game intros of all time in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Don't forget: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E07LAJG1i84

Reply to Elemental: Why it’s important to get it right in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

What I don't understand is if people want to play a rushed version of the game, why not just pre-order and get into one of the betas? Sure right now they are pretty raw, but I imagine by August/September the betas will start to resemble a feature complete game.

Reply to Time Time Time. See what has become of me. in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I enjoyed both Age of Wonders 2 and Civ4s simultaneous turn system. However in both games it was optional, you could choose whether you wanted to play sequentially or simultaneously. Couldn't Elemental do the same? Implement both? (Edit: I missed Frogboy's comment on page 3 that the game will support both.) I also hope turns limited by time is optional. The one thing that did irk me about AoW2 was how tactical battles were handled in multiplayer. I thought the pacing

Reply to Are you worried about the sudden popularity drop of PC games? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Unless consoles start making more use out of a keyboard and mouse there are going to be a lot of games which will never work well on the console platform. I have no allegiance to any one platform for playing video games, the only thing that is important to me is that I can play the games I want. Unfortunately, consoles simply can't accommodate all the types of games I enjoy.

Reply to [.262][CTD] Crash when game loading in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Same thing. Started new game in .262, saved it, and next time I ran Elemental it would crash when I tried to load the game. debug.err: http://pastebin.com/m71d9236a

Reply to Killer Floor in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

It's a fun game, especially at first. Once you get high level in perks, and once the premier locations on the map become second nature to you, the game can get extremely easy and repetitive. The most fun I had was playing on Suicidal with a team of people who were all about level 4, the level of challenge was perfect It's kind of fun to level up the perks though, just recently got all my perks to level 6. I happen to run a dedicated server (along with L4D1 and L4D2)

Reply to Getting back to Elemental in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="148" id="2401570"]thats what I was wondering too ... hopefully a "bot" is separate from a normal AI, in that its a lurker of the server lobby as opposed to an actor added to the game by the game "host." In that case, it would probably only be necessary if a nation in Elemental could not easily switch between AI control and human control, but rather a separate "bot" function would have to control AI's you might think a human would join as at a later date. <br

Reply to [SUGGESTION] improve the built-in units in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I agree entirely with the original poster. After a while I found the ship designer in galciv2 to be more tedious than fun.

Reply to Will the Beta be fun... Yes and No or yeahno if you want... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Hawawaa" reply="33" id="2372963"]Oh the beta will be fine. Just submit debugs for every problem you run into and give tons of feedback... So we can get tons of features and the sooner we will get eye candy. [/quote] I've got a bug to report already! Time seems to be getting slower and slower as the day of the beta release approaches. I have found the only real workaround is work, school, and sleep. If anyone else has experienced this proble

Reply to Beta NOW, and KYRO HOW DARE YOU EDIT MY LONG AND EXTENDED THREAD TITLE in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Nehanski" reply="68" id="2372252"]I am a bit late; is it still possible to pre-order/buy/register the game and participate in beta? or it's too late now?[/quote] What I've heard is that as long as you order it prior to the beta being released you should definitely get access to the beta. I think one can even order it up to a week after the beta is released and still have access to it. I'm not as certain about that though.

Reply to Will the Beta be fun... Yes and No or yeahno if you want... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Since I was going to buy the game when it came out anyway, I saw no reason in not preordering it and taking a look at the beta. For that reason, I guess it won't be a big deal to me if the beta isn't fun. I didn't preorder the beta just to get a pre-release version of the game. However I do hope it will be fun, or perhaps interesting, enough for me to have a desire to toy around with it. Though either way I won't be too upset. If nothing else, the beta will giv

Reply to What war game on PC has best AI in your opinion? Any genre in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

GalCiv2 seems to be the gold standard amongst empire building games. That said, it's still pretty awful compared to a human. From what people tell me, the technology to implement 'human-like' opponents in modern computer games just isn't there yet. It's the one thing that keeps single-player-only RTS/TBS games from being able to hold my attention for more than a few weeks. This is why I'm so excited about Elemental, I can finally play with my friends and family!

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I would vote yes. Without a leap in AI programming by several orders of magnitude, playing against the computer is neither challenging, varied, or interesting. The computer can't compete without getting handicaps. The time and money spent on trying to improve AI to this level, even if it were possible, would take far more time and money than adding a simple multiplayer component. I find it interesting how you keep harping on how many features would have to go by the

Reply to A good multiplayer turn-based strategy game in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="kryo" reply="8" id="1911956"]There's always Not-MoM, coming soon [/quote] Will it have multiplayer? I was under the impression SD (and/or their fanbase) didn't care much for multiplayer in epic turn-based strategy games, so I was assuming that it would be single-player only. As others have asked, how soon is soon? For all I know it won't be released this decade. It would also be nice to know a bit more about it. [quote who="mystic" reply="6" id=

A good multiplayer turn-based strategy game in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

A group of friends and I a couple times a week spend a couple hours playing video games. For about a year we played Civilization 4 and its various expansion packs, but eventually we moved on to something else for a little variety. We played Sins of a Solar Empire for about a month or two but it wasn't our cup of tea, then played a WW2 sim, IL2 Sturmovik, for a few months, and then this summer we switched to Age of Wonders Shadow Magic. AoWSM is still working fine, but I'm al

Reply to Diplomacy is kind of weak...... in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Mexico isn't rolling tanks across the border. If I see another civs warships roaming through my territory there should be some diplomatic option to demand that they leave my space, or better yet, have some diplomatic agreement with that civ for them to respect my territorial sovereignty to begin with. I agree, space is big. So if they want to try to enter my territory without me knowing it they should be free to make the attempt. But if I ever detect their ships

Reply to Galactic Civilizations: The case for no multiplayer in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I just want an option to play this kick-ass game with my friends... Is that really too much to ask ?And those of you who don't have friends or you don't trust them enough not to use exploits, please, before saying that you don't want any kind of MP, put yourself in my shoes. I'm not there to compete, and most of my friends are the same... we just want to have some fun .[/quote] My exact sentiments. I'm not expecting anything as fancy as battle.net complete with match-making ser

Reply to ObjectDock Tray Icon in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

ObjectDock Plus 1.90 Build 535u. I think I bought it back in September, but I started messing around with it again the past few days. It's not on the dock it's in the system tray/notification area.

ObjectDock Tray Icon in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

Is there anyway to remove the ObjectDock tray icon? I mean without actually closing ObjectDock. I don't feel like I need a tray icon for a program that I can obviously see running.