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Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="NickJames" reply="6" id="2061918"] For me, it's because I like to have my program files on a separate partition from my games. My games are all on one partition I`m just curious, Why do this? Does it improve performance? I guess if the hard drive was partioned into smaller sections the pc could access files faster, I think.[/quote] It can improve performance, reduce defrag and backup times, and improve chances of recovery from dis

Reply to So what's the Stardock RPG going to be? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gir92" reply="11" id="2060286"] Quoting Aesir Rising, reply 5 Quoting Gir92, reply 3 The simultanious release on PC/console was NOT the only reason for the delay. Many BioWare devs have stated that the game was simply not done yet and they needed more time to make it a great title.[/quote] I don't usually spout unsupported rumour. The announcement was made by EA during their investor teleconference, and r

Reply to Steam goes Linux in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Zoomba" reply="14" id="2010025"] And honestly, I feel one of the single largest barriers to getting games onto Linux is support. Oh my lord supporting software on Linux is a logistical nightmare. There is no single base configuration you can count on. [/quote] I'd suggest that the type of person flirting with Ubutu might likely be a gamer. Maybe because I am a gamer and have flirted with Ubuntu a few times

Reply to Impulse: Phase 3 Preview in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Feedback: Not quite "Phase 3" specific, but I've been wanting to see two dates tracked in Impulse for products: 1) Date available through Impulse (which we have) 2) Date game/app was originally released (which we don't). Steam tracks the original release date. It's useful information for me as I browse because at a glance I can gauge what kind of tech to expect, e.g., determine the relative quality of graphics. Screenshots don't always provide

Reply to What spells do you want to see? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I like the basics. You know, classic staples of prestidigitation, such as: Fireball Magic Missle Mordenkainen's Illustrious Illusion of Effluvium (a.k.a. "Shit Storm")

Reply to Name Generator Request in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

If the back-story for the official races/factions are that well developed to require a name generator, that's probably a good sign. If such an animal is implemented, I would like to see it exposed to the modding community who may wish to plug in their own name constructors for any custom created races/factions.

Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote]It's never a good idea to explicitly wish for a single source. Some people in the comments area have said "Of course no one wants a monopoly". But I can assure them that yes, there are lots of people and companies who would like just that because a single source is seen to streamline things.[/quote] I'm one of those people that would prefer convenience, but not at the price we currently have to pay for one-stop-shopping for digital distribution. (The price

Reply to Direct2drive opinions? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I bought a Civ III compilation a while back from D2D. It was my first digital distribution game purchase. I've held off on them for any other purchases for the following reasons: * Patches and content updates released after the version you've purchased for the games I bought or was looking to buy were either very delayed, on the order of *months* (or in the case of Civ III, never materialized afaik). * User created content, mods, and addons may not be compatible wi

Reply to So what's the Stardock RPG going to be? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="6" id="2054147"] Bioware gets more filled with shit and suck by the minute. "Nothing will change now that we are a part of EA" was such utter and complete bolloks.[/quote] I've no idea if it's related to the deal with EA, but I do have to say I was looking to DA as being a return to more open-ended PC RPGing. I enjoyed KotOR, and have started playing Mass Effect, and think I might like Jade Empire. But th

Reply to Elemental: EARLY test of the engine in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

The most interesting feature displayed in the shot is the cave entrance just 'north' of the town walls. The explorer in me wants to find out what's inside. re: I agree that having the crop fields within the walls is odd. Aesthetics aside, from a gameplay standpoint I'm curious about that strictly because I'm leaning towards a preference of having such resource nodes (if that's the purpose they serve) outside of the walls and (theoretically) more vulnerable

Reply to Feature Request - Only install for one user/all users in Fences WinCustomize Forums

This is a minor 'issue', but for myself, on the PC that I have Fences installed on, I'm primary user. I have 2 user accounts I use for different purposes (one is for system admin and troubleshooting, the other is for general usage). I have 3 other accounts for other members for the household that are used rarely. Games, most applications and utilities, do not get setup on my admin account or on the user accounts associated with the rest of the household. So

Reply to Multiple monitor support? in Fences WinCustomize Forums

I don't have a direct answer to your questions. I do have a follow-up question that might impact multi-monitor setups however. There is an option to store fence scale/size/position separately, depending upon desktop resolution. This is disabled by default. If enabled, and you switch resolutions, the fences will scale automatically to 'fit' the current resolution - and when you switch back to the prior resolution, the fences should snap back to prior scale and positio

Reply to So what's the Stardock RPG going to be? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gir92" reply="3" id="2053669"] Have you not heard of Dragon Age: Origins?[/quote] It was the 'secret project' listed on Bioware's site when I was active in NWN persistent worlds. I've followed it off and on for a while now (seems like about 5 years?) to see where it stood - and it was stuck in "looking for publisher" status for a couple of years. Yes, I've heard of it! I also was a bit peeved they pushed the Mar

Reply to So what's the Stardock RPG going to be? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Zubaz" reply="25" id="2050523"] Dragon's Lair? [/quote] Bingo! And to make my earlier post more contributory, I'll add: I really do look forward to someone developing a spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate. If rumours about PS:T and SD are correct, I'm not as excited as I might otherwise be. Though I respected the tech and story of Planescape: Torment , it wasn't in the setting that I most enjoyed. I just p

Reply to What is your biggest hope/biggest fear regarding EWOM? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="8" id="2050354"] Quoting landisaurus, reply 7[...] If bears arn't in, then somebody will add them. [...]Will you make the animated model(s) and parse it with the other models? D:[/quote] I'd offer a decent starting point, I can try to recreate my old Im

Reply to Warning to all Fourm Users!!!!!!! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Moosetek13" reply="3" id="2050295"] "I think the fourms is catching a rare..." fourms - forums [/quote] No, I think fourms is correct. It's short for transfourms - as in furrier transfourms . This is the end result of all the symptoms listed in the top post. If you get furrier transfourmation , you grow more animalistic and, well, fur. You

Reply to So what's the Stardock RPG going to be? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="1" id="2049610"]point and click adventure game is my vote. (in a dark planescape setting)[/quote] point and click ... like that laser disc arcade game I played once and hated? Dragon something. My god, please no.

Reply to OTF Political, Religious, and Inflammatory Threads in Everything Else Elemental Forums

This is like NTFS hard links. I hate them too. I'd like to think that because the banner I'm posting under says Elemental , I'm posting on that forum. What was the giant win for implementing this nexus of confusion?

Reply to Autosave on lost focus in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I ctrl+esc (common) or alt+tab (rare) fairly frequently, in order to flip to another app (usually a web browser). Assuming this auto-save option is an option, I'd be ok with it - but I would certainly disable it. Because I don't want hard disks thrashing while I try to switch over to the other app.

Reply to Globalization, Global Warming, and Overpopulation in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="25" id="2049762"]Has anyone stopped to consider whether, for the long-term health of the planet, these things need to happen (rising & dropping temperatures, rising & dropping sea levels, continental drift, you name it)? It's all about us, after all.[/quote] I've considered the Earth-as-Self-Cleaning-Oven. But I enjoy the prospect of human survival as a species. So, I am ok with exploring opportunities to help keep us around a

Reply to Which will be the futures car? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="DarthCaedusMorgan" reply="12" id="2045284"] Um vegetable oil comes from food and that not an option period. Basicly option B that you provided on the list does not work at all period due to the need to produce mass quantity of food required to fuel all vehicles, which will be pointless and that food can be used to help africa and other places start having a real functioning economy and no one starving. This option should not be c

Reply to Roles of Magic Users in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="5" id="2049688"]DoT is more accurate, since obviously 'seconds' have no factor in turn-based gameplay (or shouldn't anyway, defeats the purpose). [/quote] I probably should have just said "Damage" instead of DPS for that bullet point. Thanks for pointing out the issue with terminology. If they implement DoT** attacks then I'd still consider (possibly) having that as a seperate role for my casting unit(s) if I were trying to bet

Reply to How do you feel about potentially "game unbalancing" random events? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I'm ambivalent about random events. Sometimes they're fun and sometimes they're not fun and get annoying, Check box toggle off/on, or slider frequency control from Off to Frequent works best for me.

Reply to Globalization, Global Warming, and Overpopulation in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Pretty sure a 3 foot rise would screw Florida. Probably Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, too. New Orleans would have to start over. Again. Doesn't take much in coastal areas.

Reply to Roles of Magic Users in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Some of the roles overlap in functionality (Supporters and Augmenters). A couple might be too narrowly-defined (Mage Killer, Diviner) to be worthwhile unless very cheap to get. Whether that is good or bad (or not an issue) I have no idea yet - and won't until we have more info about actual gameplay. For sake of discussion, let's say having overlapping roles or magic schools was just horrible and we absolutely had to avoid it. In that instance, I'd probably reduce t