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Reply to Elemental Twitter Updates Weeks 10-14 in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="29" id="2350797"]Holy crap, 11 weeks already?! Time friggin' flies![/quote]And you didn't give us enough updates, either! :D

Reply to Questions (and possibly ideas) about game engine moddability in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote] 1. The engine FAQs state that there are plans to support any land-based game... how plausible is it that there would be support for realtime gameplay, like SoaSE?[/quote] I wouldn't look for this out the door, it would require massive re-writing of massive sections of the code to hand real-time. [quote]# # Is the networking code able to deal with connecting to a non-stardock server? # Would it be possible to log in/out of a currently running

Reply to Sovereign's family....New tidbit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]Thus, this is probably one that has changed with the advent of children and aging. Thus if the channeler dies his offspring can take over for him and the game continues on an on an on until you take out the whole race, all it's cities and castles and everything.[/quote] No, that didn't change. The article clearly states that while the [i]soveriegn[/i] is immortal, his children aren't. Soveriegn death = game over.

Reply to Pre-Ordering and Payment in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]And where do you get this information that this is the way SD is doing the "pre-order"? I see you talking but I don't see any documentation.[/quote] Multiple pre-order experiances with the company? Sins of a Solar Empire, Demigod, GalCiv II ToA (I wasn't really active there, though, more foused on Sins as I recall), and now Elemental, I've been in lots of betas with SD.

Reply to Kotaku: Elemental sets up dynasties in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]Elemental will be realeased in the USA, so I suggest to implement the setting of the gender (who is the rightfull heir). Otherwise you may have problems with feminists.[/quote] Like it or not, traditionally it has been the eldest male. [i]Rarely[/i] if there are no male children the guuuurls can inherit... but whether they like it or not, history is what history has always been. And girls are, in general, weaker than men with regards to combat. THey don't have

Reply to Pre-Ordering and Payment in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="mojoman2" reply="9" id="2350349"]Yes you are charged in theory. as the funds will dissapear from your account for at least 1 week. Impulse does a check to see if the funds are there. They do charge you straight away but they cancel the ticket and do the full charge when the game is released.[/quote] Please try to avoid spreading innacurate information. Impulse does a [i]check[/i] to see if the funds are there. Your ba

Reply to Elemental: War of Magic on Facebook in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="8" id="2349369"]man, not many people comment on news. I guess there isn't much to generate coversation though. just like... "I'm a fan" and that doesn't even really need to be said for most people. [/quote] Some of us missed the news until lately :D

Reply to Pre-Ordering and Payment in War of Magic Elemental Forums

You gain access to the game -- even if in beta form -- so yes, you pay.

Reply to New screenshot analysis in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]However, it's still possible those fences are just upgrades to hedges. [/quote] Or downgrades :P

Reply to Sins Diplomacy Expansion in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="5" id="2348752"]We want preorders! We want preorders! *pickets outside Stardock HQ*[/quote] :( I hate loosing my job, I don't think I can afford to pre-order unless I skip Elemental. And I ain't doin' that!

Reply to Could the beta program be an experience unto itself? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Each beta cycle is more a 'time window' when people can get in; multiple builds will come out with varying frequencies.

Reply to To Ironclad: Question concerning slowdowns in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]One reason surely is, that the game only uses a single core, although advertised as multicore.[/quote] The game [i]does[/i] use multiple cores, just not as efficiently or heavily as desired. The primary use is for texture loading, which doesn't happen constantly. That said, another cause of slowdowns (a major one) is large amounts of civilian traffic (i. e. lots of trade centers).

Reply to Windows 7 Launch Events Around the Country in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote]I find that a contradiction in terms! Google is an ad company! Its primary source of income comes from ads, so why would things have changed? Google would not cut off its nose (income/revenue) to spite its face (bank balance).[/quote] Things would have changed precisely because of the way they were annoying people like you?

Reply to Integratable MODs in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote]Yeah, god knows I've had my share of threads I've wanted to bump, but just the fact that I was the last posted keeps me from doing so. I didn't find the OP rude, though, not sure what you're getting at.[/quote] Some of us find that kind of bump annoying, and consider it rude in and of itself :D Plus, to be honest, I think I was just in a bad mood (read tired) when I wrote that, I could have phrased myself a lot better.

Reply to [MOD] Mad Scientist Mod v2.5 *ATTENTION FELLOW MODDERS-USE RESTRICTIONS LIFTED** in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Oridian, I haven't had a chance to drop by in a while, but thank you very much for all the hard work, time, and effort you have put into this mod!

Reply to [MOD] Distant Stars - Rebellion Alpha 0.13 Released! [17/06/13] in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Are there any workarounds for the constant and monotonously continuos crashes?

Reply to Welcome to agony: AKA a Stardock BETA! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]Best screenshot yet in my opinion. Even if it's just a mockup.[/quote] What makes you think it's a mock up? Staged, yes, but a mockup? I don't think SD would do that, not after strongly implying that that was the graphics engine.

Reply to Integratable MODs in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

b1ue, there's a kind of ettiquete involved in online forums. Bumping a post which isn't even off the first page is, to most people, innapropriate behaviour. The devs will, or won't, read this forum. Your bump was unnecessary, and [i]most[/i] bumps are considered 'rude'. You can occasionally get away with it when the thread in question has become re-relevant (for example, if a new thread makes it clear the information in it is important and overlooked), but in general i

Reply to Integratable MODs in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

B1ueman, odds are you aren't going to get a response, especially since you're being so rude (bumping the thread).

Reply to Welcome to agony: AKA a Stardock BETA! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]So you can't order during beta to get into the beta?[/quote] SD process usually goes as follows: Preorder group 'A' -- preorders before beta 1 is available. Beta 1 -- for a small window, usually 2 weeks, all orders are processed in the order recieved (this includes pre-orders). At the end of this period, the transactions are closed and no new orders are accepted. As a result, Preorder group A is in, along with anyone who

Reply to Science of magic in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]Magic should have rules that keep it internally consistant... however... if you do manage to gather up enough crystals... you should be able to blow a hole in the planet and end the game....[/quote] Don't forget essence; we don't know how it works but you need essence as well as mana to cast spells.

Reply to Welcome to agony: AKA a Stardock BETA! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]No, I think it will be less than a demo, at least for a while. I mean, the first couple months will be only cloth map.[/quote] LOL

Reply to Sins is dead? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Normally, I'm the one leading the charge to defend SD, IC, and the like. But at this point, I find myself almost in agreement: they need to do [i]something[/i]. The last news item was 3 months ago, about the last patch. Even if they cant' release information on the next mini expansion (Why? By now at least a few of the features they plan on adding should be locked enough to say 'New Diplomatic System: Make friends and influence people!' or

Reply to Gameplay video? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="21" id="2339177"]We're getting pretty close IMHO...I have shots of a fire shard from the newest build that blow https://www.elementalgame.com/Screenshots/Empire_Fire_Shard_1280.jpg away. It actually makes me a little queezy thinking that that is the graphical fiedelity people are arguing over. Bleh![/quote] So, show us the new build? :D

Reply to Stardock coding practices in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]Just need to keep learnin and soon enough we'll know how to CSCI jargon too.[/quote] That's only comforting if you're a Computer Sci major in his senior year, about to graduate in two semesters (oh please, let me be right on that!).