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Problem with downloading from Order History in Other Stardock Games Stardock.net Forums

Hi Stardock, A number of years ago I bought several games from you folks and have very fond memories of playing them. I was looking to revisit the games, and so I tried to download them from my order history. Unfortunately, I haven't had any luck. Chrome won't even start to download them, and so I dug out Edge and tried there - and it worked, sort of. I now have several large files downloaded, but they won't transition out of crdownload format, no matter how long I leave them

Reply to Start11 - Recycle Bin to Taskbar in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

Thanks for the quick reply! Hm, that's too bad. I'm jumping off from Win7, so I hadn't run into that limitation yet. I guess it'll have to be in the start menu after all.

Start11 - Recycle Bin to Taskbar in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

Hi Folks, got myself Start11 for a new Win11 laptop and loving it. One niggle, and I'm not sure if it's a Start11 or Win11 issue, is that I can't seem to successfully pin the recycle bin to the taskbar. I've tried: 1. Using the right-click -> "pin to start" option to no effect (although to be clear, I want it on the taskbar and not in the start menu); and 2. Have tried dragging and dropping the recycle bin itself to the taskbar (tooltip displays "no you don't" symbol); and<

Gamespot gives FE 7.5 in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Gamespot has given Elemental: Fallen Enchantress a score of 7.5. http://www.gamespot.com/elemental-fallen-enchantress/reviews/fallen-enchantress-review-6400437/ Fallen Enchantress nicely wipes lingering memories of its predecessor from your mind. This is a much better game, a fresher and much-improved take on the same concepts of forging a kingdom and fighting epic bat

Reply to To Beta Testers: Readying for today’s release! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Download in progress (1.5 hours!?), but I can't get past a "Could not access network location NO$KEY" error on the Beta uninstall. Here's hoping stardock support isn't too busy with the launch today to help me out...

.98 Feedback in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Ok, so I skipped the last couple of betas after playing beta 2 extensively in the spring. I have to say the game has come leaps and bounds since then. I just answered the "where are we at?" poll that Brad posted up; my answer was 'good'. There is obviously a bunch of polishing to be done, and I've got a list of things I noticed in the two games I played of Beta 5 (0.98). There is a bit more than polish to bump it up to where I would say it is "excellent" however: First, the

Reply to Quest of Mastery Bugged or just stuck? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Ah, they're separate now! Ok, that makes more sense. Just didn't get far enough in either to figure that out. On reload the 'Free Rider Compound' has now appeared on the map, so I can proceed with that one. As for the land bridge, hopefully I don't have to do that outside of their borders, or it's going to take awhile. My sovereign has maxed out as an air mage, though I couldn't see anything that would help. What in particular are you suggest

Quest of Mastery Bugged or just stuck? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

This is my first game since Beta 2, and if I'm just being ignorant please somebody let me know. So, the original (i.e. what I experienced in Beta 2) Quest of Mastery involved the dragon statues, getting the gems, fighting a mercenary army under a guy called Arneson, and then beating multiple dragons and their leader, then - ta da - you've won the game. It appears that most of that quest is still in the Beta 5 game I'm playing - I already got the one dragon ge

Reply to More Beta testing of 0.80 in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

excited and impatient. looks like good stuff.

Reply to [0.77] Resources in FOW become invisible on reload in FE Support Elemental Forums

I've seen this too. Has always sorted itself out within a couple of turns.

Reply to [BUG] Dominion Spell is All-Powerful in FE Support Elemental Forums

Cool. I had no idea. I won with this victory condition, and so spent 10 min levelling up my champs only to find the game had finished. Never got to play with the final item.

Reply to [Bug] Doom Club nonfunctional in FE Support Elemental Forums

Ah, well then, so much for my theory. Either it's not working right or not being displayed right. Maybe the increased damage is only calculated at the time of the hit?

Reply to How do you research spells? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

For the most part, you don't. Your sovereign and champs will start with certain spellcasting affinities, according to the different shard types: fire, water, life, death, air, earth. As you level up you will be given the opportunity to upgrade your spellcaster's skill at casting those affinities. Each time you select, for example, a fire magic trait, you'll get access to more fire spells. You can't pick up spells from a school you don't have an affinity for to start with.

Reply to FE 0.80 random notes in FE Sneak Peeks Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="52" id="3084180"]I agree with Brad. As much as I throw out ideas and complaints, I would prefer Stardock take all of our ideas with a grain of salt. Simply because as fabulous as I think my ideas are, I think some of your ideas are terrible. But, I also know that from a third party perspective, all our ideas(mine too) are probably only marginally helpful at best, and obnoxiously worthless at worst. But, things to listen to the for

Reply to [Bug] Doom Club nonfunctional in FE Support Elemental Forums

My understanding is that whatever effect it had was cumulative only with consecutive successful attacks in Tactical, and reset at the first miss or after the battle finished (not sure about switching targets). Never had any problem doing massive damage, so I assumed it was working. At any rate, that wouldn't show up on the equip screen.

Reply to Fire Ball Lockup in FE Support Elemental Forums

Blizzard does the same thing. I used autoplay to get out. Does anyone else have problems with Fireball not casting? I have had many experiences with selecting the spell, waiting for the charge to take place, and then the mana is gone but I never get to cast it.

Reply to Replacing "Rebels" with "Drudges" or "Thralls" in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="pslblog" reply="35" id="3082519"]The upshot of all of this complicated background is as follows: For true rebellion, you need true tyranny. As uncomfortable as early settlements of reconstruction might be in E:FE, they are not the conditions that breed rebellion. Exhaustion, not exalted treason, is the more reasonable result of privation due to circumstance instead of flawed rule. [/quote] Agreed. And the more oppressed an exhausted citizenry feels, the less

Reply to Documentation? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="immagikman" reply="13" id="3083471"]Wow, hehe, good information but I guess I kinda missed the mark with my question a bit... I was looking for information on things like.....How do I get my Ranged Champions Damage up? How is ranged damage affected by strength, accuracy and dexterity? What differences are there from Accuracy and Dexterity? How do I increase my Magical damage (other than the obvious +50% spell damage perk) what good for exam

Reply to [eWIP] Connecting Paths in FE Modding Elemental Forums

Lots and lots of good thought here. I really hope that a great deal of this gets incorporated into development, as I too find that the traits are a key part of a fun experience. One distinction to make is between traits that are mutually exclusive and traits that are not, but are so related to each other that they make for redundant options at any one opportunity to choose. So, for example, I don't particularly have a problem with the Assassin path having multiple t

Reply to [Feedback][.77] Level Abilities in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Gambler's Strike: Double damage unless target resists, in which case it does normal damage to attacker. What determines resistance? Are we hitting ourselves with our own attack? I never choose this ability because it is unclear how often I will take damage from my own attack. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Prereq: Level 3, Path of the Assassin. [/quote] I too never choose Gambler'

Reply to Next Patch - Look forward to it when you're ready. =) in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="12" id="3082763"]Useless feedback is when a tester points out something as a problem that is only a problem to the tester because they don't understand the game mechanics. Ex: The game needs cities and roads to be good. There has been quite a bit of this and the only thing it really tells the devs is that the tester did not play the tutorial. It is also useless to develop convoluted solutions to problems in the game. Ex: Magic is too rare, d

Reply to Next Patch - Look forward to it when you're ready. =) in FE Beta Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="8" id="3082638"]I don't know. I have seem walls of useless feedback by people that are either not in the beta or don't understand the core mechanics and what is possible with this game. Let them change the things we asked them to and then give us a polished beta. I think that is fair. [/quote] I don't know about useless ;) As the author of at least one such wall, I'm well aware that the time for detailed polish to arri

Reply to [Bug] Uh, wow... Bragni is really pricey! in FE Support Elemental Forums

Must be dependent on some variable, because in my game today (small map, challenging difficulty) he only cost 350 or so. and no, nothing special to him. he doesn't even have any potential to be a spellcaster.

Reply to [0.77] magic resistance of enemies - is it possible to overcome? in FE Beta Elemental Forums

Increase your caster's intelligence, and choose 'spell mastery' skills when levelling up. That counters magic resistance.

Reply to [Tac Maps] Deorcynsse in FE Beta Elemental Forums

And yet, it's window dressing. No effect on gameplay (e.g. no defensive bonus for defenders).