Martimus

Reply to Stardock coding practices in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I have a few suggestions. First type the stack contents in every line of code as a comment. This helps immensely when troubleshooting random errors, and helps you from developing memory leaks. Second, don't calculate anything in the main program. Have all calculations done with functions. Also, make sure each function is short and don't calculate more than one thing in each. Splitting up the functions like this helps organi

Reply to Demigod Demo Released! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I'll give this game a try. It sounds interesting, so a demo to see how it plays is a nice touch (although a little late).

Reply to Elemental: July FAQ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

If you are able to create other channelers by imbuing them with some of your essense, and they are able to gain essense by leveling up, wouldn't that just make the best strategy to give as many people essense as possible and heve them all grind levels so you have as much essense as possible? I think it would be better if they are unable to gain essense by leveling up, so that it really does matter when you give them your essense as opposed to using it to grow your empire, or keeping i

Reply to Looking for some opinions. (Fallout 3) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] First, a little introduction to the situation... A while pack, I picked up Fallout 3 for my Xbox 360. This decision was based solely on the fact that my current rig wouldn't have been able to run it well, if at all. I've enjoyed the game thoroughly and, at the moment, I'm eyeing up the DLC packs so I can get back into it. However, recent events have opened up an alternative. With a new PC soon to be had, I've considered grabbing the

Reply to Elemental: Updated screenshots in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

The pictures look really nice. Keep up the good work.

Reply to Command & Conquer 4 is announced! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="1" id="2296870"]C&C has been dead for years, and frankly I've stopped caring about the crap they're churning out. The last good C&C game was Red Alert 2. Generals completely lost the spirit of C&C and was nothing more than a generic run-of-the-mill RTS, and they've been forgettable shadows of their predecessors ever since. [/quote] I have to disagree. I disliked Red Alert 2, as it was

Reply to new Mechwarrior game? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

The game is called Mechwarrior. It takes place before the Clan was discovered by the inner sphere. http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1002275p1.html http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1002164p1.html

Reply to new Mechwarrior game? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Hawawaa" reply="3" id="2293427"]Oh please god... make it like the originals... PLEASE... make it good... you know kinda like how I want Deus Ex 3 to be at least half as good as Deus Ex... FINALLY! WOOT! There are 3 teaser trailers on ign too... but soon everyone will have it so ya...[/quote] Mechwarrior 1 wasn't a very good game at all. It wasn't particularly bad, but it had little to do with the actual battletech game. Mechwarrior 2 on the other hand was

Reply to Elemental: Internal debates made external in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I like camp 3 with the option to adjust it ala camp 1. That way you can move the swords/iron/whatever to a place before you build your barracks or whatever so you can have the materials on hand when you can produce the requisite unit. More of a strategic way of preparing for war that is only needed on occasion, but would be handy when you do want it.

Reply to Elemental: Internal debates made external in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Please go with option 1. That option sounds perfect to me. The closer you can get it to Eve's economy the better. That is the only game where playing the market and buying and selling stuff is actually fun for me.

Reply to 10 games to help you get over Battlestar Galactica in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Freespace 2 is a good start. It even has a Battlestar Galactica mod.

Reply to Elemental: War of Magic – GDC Video Walkthrough in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

OOOHHH Pretty! That is very impressive! I never expected something that was so well animated. You have outdone yourself, and you aren't even done with it yet. EDIT: Now that I have seen the video a couple dozen times (I was bored), I have to say that I was impressed because I didn't expect much. (none of the other games I have of yours has any character animation, so any animation was much better than expected for me.)&nbsp

Reply to The World of Elemental in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Hey, it looks like you have your campaign all set to go. I'll pre-order this as soon as I buy a house so I can get in on the beta.

Reply to Elemental: scale of power in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Cool. Will a Dragon be able to attack more than just three untrained peasants in one turn? (I am asking because it says 3 moves) Would he be only able to use his 500 attack points against a single oponent in a large army? If so, that would make him rather useless against large armies, but still useful against enemy heros or special characters.

Reply to Eve ONline: What is That? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Even though I don't play the game yet (It looks like a huge time vacuum), I still read the EVE thread every day because it is just so interesting to me. Here is the thread I always check: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=80&threadid=2255450&enterthread=y The game looks and sounds bad-ass to me, but paying $15 a month for something is something I have a mental block on doing.

Reply to Will it be pre-technology Altaria? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jonny5446" reply="4" id="2096043"]I'm with GW on this one.. I read the Elemental Inspirations pieces as being in a parallel universe sorta thing (like in those crazy episodes of star trek where all the characters were there but in totally different situations and with different personalities), and nothing in them explicitly contradicted that. I hope that remains a legitimate way of viewing it as I have issues with placing a fantasy world as a planet within a sci fi universe.

Reply to Human vs. AI Death Match: Game 2 in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

The Terrans seem like they are taking the strategy I usually use: Build up infrastructure early, so you have a huge manufacturing advantage. If you can research Democracy fast enough, you can usually keep in the black and by the time anyone attacks you, you can pump out ships faster than they can by an order of magnitude. The changes you made in the engines (making them bigger) just makes this tactic even better, because they can no longer Blitzkrieg you before you can build

Reply to Gal Civ II: Game of the Year Edition Tops PC Sales in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Very impressive. Especially for such an old game. Good job on the distinction Stardock!

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

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="2055073"] Martimuscomment 8 I just wish that it was more like Stardock Central, and less like Steam. I loved how just plain functional the interface on Stardock central was - you could tell at a glance if you had the most recent version, or whether you were missing something. Impulse is a little more convoluted than that. I can honestly say that I liked SDC better than Steam in most ways, but I actually like St

Reply to Where’s the external video cards? in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Anything that can function on the bandwidth limitations of a USB connection isn't going to be a whole lot faster than what you already have. Plus it will need power, and be designed with ground loops in mind since you aren't likely to be able to draw enough power from any connector coming from the laptop. These things can be designed around, but neither is a trivial task with GPU's drawing so much power and unknown feedback circuitry from the laptop side (Yo

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

I just wish that it was more like Stardock Central, and less like Steam. I loved how just plain functional the interface on Stardock central was - you could tell at a glance if you had the most recent version, or whether you were missing something. Impulse is a little more convoluted than that. I can honestly say that I liked SDC better than Steam in most ways, but I actually like Steam better than Impulse in most ways. Impulse has managed to take a ve

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

It could look exactly like that when released, and I would love it. That is a pretty impressive looking scene.

Reply to Question to Developers about Text Assets ... ? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I can say that I hope for fewer spells than more spells. I would like a simple Fire spell that I could research to make better as time goes on, instead of having 20 different types of fire spells. Similar to how they stated equipment would be.

Reply to Create-A-Hero in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="11" id="2041499"]Yay, super model cavalry Avatar Lols! New avatar for who wants it Somebody has to make it once we get our custom unit creator.[/quote] That is pure awesomeness!

Reply to The Fallen in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="24" id="2042528"]Wait a minute! all these buildings are totally customizeable by players. Think GalCiv II ships. The ships had parts that had direct changes of final result. For example: you could put a laser cannon on the back and now the ship's fire/power was increased. You could place an armor plate on its wings and now it was able to stand more in combat. Are you saying that the buildings are g