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Reply to Full Medallion list in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Seems like some of the icons aren't showing the proper full image when clicked on.

Reply to [Solved] Supreme Commander sound / audio problem in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

[quote who="highlander" reply="1" id="1977865"]Thank you for the fix, this will be added to our support database. [/quote] Coolness!

Reply to Integrated physics in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="22" id="1977215"]We're using Havok for physics.[/quote] Good to know. Sounds like this will use the processor to handle the physics rendering, then, based on what I've read. It would be cool if the video cards could help to off-load some of this processing- can they? Looks like the Havok site will need to include Stardock on their list of customers now. I also didn't realize Intel bought Havok. Does that mean anything for A

[Solved] Supreme Commander sound / audio problem in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

I thought I would post here to pass along a bit of info I've gained researching problems with audio in Supreme Commander. The support forum at GPG provided some help, but a lot of the posts had solutions all over, so I wanted to post my issue and resolution: Problem: When playing Supreme Commander, there is no sound at all- not during the intro screen and none anywhere else Solution(s): The fix for me was downloading the D

Reply to Stardock's Society in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Elemental will help to bring this closer to reality, and probably Impulse, too.

Reply to Integrated physics in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Integrated physics could easily be used for more than just eye candy- it could help with unit placement when those units are "struck" by something- magic, other units, artillery, etc. It can also be used for special effects (weather, magic, etc.) and reaction to terrain. While a good portion will mean just visual effects, there are some gameplay implications that should make this helpful. Does this mean that SD will be using Nvidia's PhysX engine? If so, I'm glad I b

Reply to What do we talk about the most in Elemental Ideas? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Hawawaa" reply="12" id="1973695"]Almost forget BEAR, BEARS, BEAR RAGE, BEAR MOUNTS, ...cubs, BEAR KNIGHTS and DAAA BEARS! ...space pony?[/quote] Very nice!

Reply to What do we talk about the most in Elemental Ideas? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="7" id="1973410"]I love how "BEAR" is right in the middle of the cloud I don't know about you guys, but now every time I type one of the words used more often than bear, I'm going to be inclined to use bear at least once to bring this cloud to where it should be This post has been a good start! Also, I'm assuming these word cloud generators exclude certain words like prepositions? Otherwise I'd imagine that the words "THE" and "IT" and

Reply to What do we talk about the most in Elemental Ideas? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I pointed it to an RSS feed for the Elemental Ideas forum, so it's not 100%, but not a bad general overview.

What do we talk about the most in Elemental Ideas? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

See below, according to our word cloud, courtesy of ( http://www.wordle.net/create ). I'm somewhat suprised Bear isn't larger than what it is. :)

Reply to Complexity FTW? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Complexity can easily equal problems, especially with feature creep, poor documentation, poor coding, etc. Now, there are ways around this. For instance: Start off small and scale big (either through expansions, product patches/enhancements, or training scenarios) Slowly introduce complex elements Allow users to easily customize content they want to see and to the extent they would find helpful Do a lot of interface testing and mock-ups

Reply to Growing Cities in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I like it. It's more organic, less micro-management oriented, and more than anything else, it would encourage you to build a military to keep areas "safe". One of my biggest problems in games is justifying building up an early military that I know will get wiped out easily/quickly when I can invest in another city or economics instead. Even just being able to promote existing villages into cities as a managerial power would be cool. And there wouldn't have to be anyt

Reply to Feedback in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Good point. I think in GalCiv2 (it's been too long since I've played last), in addition to the fancy graphics, you would also see a text read-out. It's nice to have a visual indicator of what is happening, but it's also good to see an actual log of events, too. On this front, some sort of combat effectiveness analysis tool would be a nice feature.

Reply to Bear Cavalry vs. Pink Space Ponies. Who will win? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="TheStephenColbert" reply="13" id="1965639"]Because if bear calvery prevails what's next?[/quote] This isn't the real Stephen Colbert- he would never mis-spell cavalry. Imposter! Actually, given this is mis-spelled, I blame someone at Stardock. ;)

Reply to Credit cards charged today for Elemental pre-order? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Maybe you double-clicked instead of single clicked? ;) That does seem pretty coincidental.

Reply to Players that wish said cavalry/creature and LOUD people in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="FlyGuy7" reply="23" id="1965351"]Then I apologize about it, but you can't say that wouldn't sound like it. Lets not be Care Bears or Ponies, lets be all![/quote] Let's be all. What do you mean by that? It reminds me of an ASUS manual that was translated poorly to English. The slogan "Take all you need out". I think what they meant was "capable and powerful", but the way it was worded was...strange. I'm really starting to l

Reply to Bear Cavalry vs. Pink Space Ponies. Who will win? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="TheStephenColbert" reply="10" id="1965323"]Hello America, I think it is finally time that truthiness prevails here. Bear calvery just does not make sense. First of all the bears would devour their riders as fast as you can say... manwich. Secondly bears are the Number One threat to America. I call for a ban on all bears in all video games. If you want them... then you can go to canada. And remember to buy A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All Album on

Reply to Credit cards charged today for Elemental pre-order? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Sammual" reply="10" id="1965115"] Quoting Lord Reliant, reply 9My card has not been charged. Are you sure it was for Elemental, though? From the email; Elemental [Pre-Order] (Digital Download) $49.95 Quantity: 1 From my bank's online banking. VISA CHECKCARD DB-POINT OF SALE STARDOCK SYSTEMS-MI 734-927-0677 MI Debit $49.95 [/quote] Did you just pre-order today? And d

Reply to Bear Cavalry vs. Pink Space Ponies. Who will win? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="FlyGuy7" reply="4" id="1965067"]Space Ponies since it was not an arbitrary thing created by egocentric guys. It was more genuine and creative.[/quote] I just find the whole thing funny to think about, and that some people have such an issue with the mere mention of it. Back on off-topic- If Stephen Colbert were here, how would he vote (he has an intense fear/hatred of bears)?

Reply to Credit cards charged today for Elemental pre-order? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

My card has not been charged. Are you sure it was for Elemental, though?

Bear Cavalry vs. Pink Space Ponies. Who will win? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Bear Calvary army vs. Pink Space Ponies army. Who will win? My vote- bear calvary. This reminds me of an old SNL skit of Bill Swerski's SuperFans: Bob : Ok Gentleman, the [bear cavalry] are preparing to defend their crown, and gentleman, the only question is not will they repeat, but how many times? Pat : You know, I don’t think were talking a repeat, a three peat, or even a four peat.

Reply to Players that wish said cavalry/creature and LOUD people in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Wow. I thought the bear cavalry stuff was mostly light-hearted fun among forumers alongside a legitimate request. I never would have thought someone would view it as a problem. This is a minor "issue" that highlights the nature of forums- there will always be loud people for both minor and major issues. Stardock realizes this (how long have they had forums now?) and so do the other forumers. But, without loud people, some really good, positive changes wouldn't

Bear Cavalry is to EoM as Pink Space Ponies is to SoaSE? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Thankfully, the Pink Space Ponies "thing" from Sins of a Solar Empire hasn't carried over to Elemental. However, as I've been reading through the forums, I see more and more references to bear cavalry (and not just from one person). So, at least for now it seems like the Bear Cavalry is the new, official mascot of Elemental. Granted, the Beta hasn't even begun yet, but that's only a matter of time. Growl? [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

Reply to Elemental for linux? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="2" id="1961728"]Yeah, it's unfortunate, because for some reason, it just feels like games like GalCiv2 and Elemental would fit perfectly with Linux. I don't know why, I can't put my finger on it, but it's just like they resonate with eachother, the same spirit, the same kind of soul.[/quote] Linux users, generally, like to tinker with their computers. This probably also equates into being strategy-oriented as well. Even though it's not suppor

Reply to How will casting spells work? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

From the screenshots, it looks like there's still the mana pool concept, but whether or not it's for both combat and outside of combat is probably unknown at this point. I agree- if you're going to bring your channeler into combat, it'd be sweet to not have to spend mana points to be effective in battle.