jvaughn

jvaughn

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Reply to Paul Ryan selected as Mitt Romney's VP! in Politics PolMach Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1" id="3204351"]media and the left (sorry for being redundant) have had the demonization script written for a long time and only need to fill in the blanks now. [/quote] It's interesting you should say that, and, indeed, many people say that regardless of the fact that Fox News and, indeed, everything that falls under the sun of Rupert Murdoch has quite a conservative bias and News Corporation is the second largest media company in the world, a

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Simulation Mode (and how it could lead to three candidates in a race!) in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Hey fellow political sim junkies (kind of a specific subset of gamers, eh?), Jay Vaughn here. Over the past few weeks, I and many others made some suggestions about multiple campaigns and TPM '08 candidates in TPM '12 and these two issues are largely being worked on or have been resolved in different ways, whether through mods or the possibility of future game updates to support multiple campaigns. I couldn't be happier and I thank the good folks at Stardock as well as ou

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Paul Ryan selected as Mitt Romney's VP! in Politics PolMach Forums

It's been formally announced after several fevered weeks of speculation that Paul Ryan will, indeed, serve as the Vice Presidential candidate for the Republican 2012 run at the White House. Will this hurt or help Romney? On one hand, you have an ideologically pure young superstar of the party who brings credentials, a vote of confidence from both Tea Party folk and mainline neo-Conservatives, and some character and personality to a candidate who is considered rather bland by many. On the

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Reply to Political machine 2012? in TPM Suggestions PolMach Forums

Wow. I have so many things I'd like to say about the reactions of a consumer who believes the forums for a particular game are his own personal tech help hotline and revealing personal information of a variety of family health issues, but most of them aren't particularly politically correct. [e digicons];)[/e] Nice patience shown, team, haha.

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Reply to HOW TO: Modding a Character in TPM Modding PolMach Forums

[quote who="redarrow141" reply="7" id="3203482"]To be perfectly honest, there would be no point copying them over, you might as well make them yourself with what you think they would be like. because the TPM '08 has different issues, so they will be missing some stats.[/quote] There are many issues that carry over, but my main concern is with their attributes and not their platform. It just creates a sense of authenticity for me. I don't mind blank platforms for some of them s

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Reply to Political Machine 2012 - UK edition (MOD) - NOW LIVE!!! in TPM Modding PolMach Forums

Ah, right. Electoral college votes are akin to seats gained in a general election, and presidential candidates are akin to party leaders. That actually works out very well, doesn't it? I'm quite excited about this now. Let me know if you have any busy work you need done. Soon, I'll be working on an "America through Europe's eyes" kind of mod (no map changes, yesssss) to sort of be a companion piece to Europa, but I'm now very excited about your

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Reply to HOW TO: Modding a Character in TPM Modding PolMach Forums

It is quite easily-accesible knowledge and can probably be found in numerous FAQ's online, as I know the original Political Machine's candidates are. Not to mention that none of the original TPM '08's premade characters are available for download at Wincustomize, so a player would have to buy TPM '08 to have access to them, making the stats essentially useless unless you have already made the purchase. Nevertheless, this is Stardock's forums, so I will res

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Reply to Political Machine 2012 - UK edition (MOD) - NOW LIVE!!! in TPM Modding PolMach Forums

Mmm, yes there is quite a difference between simply notifying people how they can do things themselves vs distribution of a mod and I had overlooked that you planned to release the project as an actual mod and not as various instructions as how to do it yourself. Also, I overlooked that you had posited the UK and not the EU as the mod, so my fault...which would also explain why you'd use pounds and not the euro. How did I overlook that?? Ha, I guess I had imagined a kind of Europa

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Reply to Historical Character Unlocks? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Also, it is fairly easy to get their impossibly high points to match up perfectly with their TPM '08 versions by creating a saving a character with their skin in TPM '12, and then editing that saved character with Notepad to alter their stats. See redarrow114's tutorials for a more exacting tutorial on how to do this.

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Reply to HOW TO: Modding the Issues (adding/editing) in TPM Modding PolMach Forums

Very nice! Currently, copying these files into a new folder with all the other campaign details you want to add/alter is recommended so that you can swap out which data you want to use if you want to play a game with a whole new scenario is recommended, right? Then you can replace them with the vanilla version as you see fit. Or is there some other way to have different scenarios at this time?

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Reply to HOW TO: Modding the parties in TPM Modding PolMach Forums

Fantastic! I can't wait for the unique modding subforum. This is an old take on modding, kind of reminds me of the old wrestling game forums where you built a character by the numbers. This is great and the only thing I would ask from Stardock is a simple mod manager so to make this simpler without having to move files around to make sure the game selects the correct file you want it to...but that just might overcomplicate things, in fact. Thanks for another tutorial!

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Reply to This game is an insulting embarrassment in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Well, redarrow114, I don't think the rant was unhelpful. It was a legitimate concern and voice of disappointment. And let's be honest, Stardock isn't the best at getting their messages out. That aside, I do think a community of like-minded individuals like ourselves is really what can make this easily-accessible and editable tool a lot of fun! I like that your tutorials are starting to see the light of day here, and I really appreciate that a new modding section (or edited

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Reply to HOW TO: Modding a Character in TPM Modding PolMach Forums

Wow, I was just thinking of posting a similar tutorial, but you beat me to it and perhaps did it better than I would have. Good on you, reddarrow141! Using this technique, I've moved all of the characters from TPM '08 to TPM '12 and edited them through Notepad. It's necessary with candidates like Bill Clinton and absolutely essential for powerhouses like George Washington, who has impossibly high stats, haha. One thing I would add is that to have acces

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Reply to Campaigns, TPM 2008, and Simulation Mode in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Come on now, don't ignore me. These are solid ideas and from the posts on these forums, it should be evident you have a loyal, steady fanbase who loves this series and only wants to see some effort in it or maybe have their voices heard. Look at the models of Wasteland 2, Shadowrun, and the very community involved Project Zomboid. The fans are making the game better and better, and the more involvement they have, the more money the seem to get for it. I'm not trying to give ar

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Campaigns, TPM 2008, and Simulation Mode in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Originally posted as a response to TPM updates: I very much enjoyed The Political Machine 2008's different campaigns. While the 1860 election was entertaining (especially Barack Obama's 99% against Slavery), I particularly enjoyed the Europa and the Galactic Civilizations campaigns. I would very much love to see something this creative and hilarious make a comeback! Additionally, I was wondering if The Political Machine 2008 might show up on Steam sometime. Who knows w

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Reply to Plans to update TPM? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I very much enjoyed The Political Machine 2008's different campaigns. While the 1860 election was entertaining (especially Barack Obama's 99% against Slavery), I particularly enjoyed the Europa and the Galactic Civilizations campaigns. I would very much love to see something this creative and hilarious make a comeback! Additionally, I was wondering if The Political Machine 2008 might show up on Steam sometime. Who knows what happened to my original disk in 4 years, and if noth

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