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Reply to Warlock – Master of the Arcane (New Fantasy 4X Game in World of Majesty) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="AM_Shark" reply="14" id="2991109"]I observed a cloth map in the trailer. Might be trying to capitalize on the E:WOM idea and refine it to grab the unhappy customers base. I think most of us liked the kings-bounty series they did. Though I think its kinda a cheap shot when I saw the cloth map in the trailer. Again I could be wrong and it could just be in the trailer. [/quote] That looked very similar to the campaign map for Majesty 2. Try

Reply to Warlock – Master of the Arcane (New Fantasy 4X Game in World of Majesty) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="10" id="2990797"]You got a list? I sure as hell don't. And I'm not gonna run around the internet to look for'em either. If they can't market themselves better then too bad for'em.[/quote] Dragon Commander and Masters of a Broken World to name two those I currently care about that you did not list. Also there is Heroes of Might and Magic VI, for those still interested in the series.

Reply to Fallen Enchantress- Main User Interface in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="Alstein" reply="1" id="2987295"]Unrelated but you mentioned it. I really wish Empire could get horses. Wargs should be an exotic mount that requires a random tech. I don't feel the current setup in WOM is a good design decision, it's just a nuisance. At a very minimum, I'd make horses a food resource for Empires, and wargs a food resource for kindgoms. Maybe one of the Empire

Reply to Warlock – Master of the Arcane (New Fantasy 4X Game in World of Majesty) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="8" id="2990488"]Interesting. A few days ago there was only Fallen Enchantress to look forward to and now there's Warlock as well as Sword of The Stars II. Things are looking good. Seems 4x TBS aren't dead yet ![/quote] That is hardly listing all the upcoming turn based games.

Reply to Disappointing GamesCom 2011 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Nice. This is a good time to be a fan of TBS strategy games.

Reply to Version 1.4 discussion thread in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Bellack" reply="57" id="2989998"]Personally I would perfer a system much like AOW:SM. Each Hero/Champion with spell casting has his own mana pool. And the Global Pool should only be used by the Soverign but can be cast anywhere in the Zone of influence of his kingom or Empire.[/quote] No they did not. They used the global pool... casting points just limited how much they could use.

Reply to Microsoft’s Windows 7 Touchmouse Has Arrived in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="3" id="2990024"]Gwenio1, the scroll button is a gesture with the index finger up and down the mouse.... (image from Neowin, slightly enlarged and emphasized in Jing + Ps) [/quote] So can the mouse built into my laptop. But neither is also a button. (and somethings do not react properly to the scroll feature of the built in mouse, but that is beside the point)

Reply to Windows 8 Update in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="10" id="2990045"]You might want to look into this, Gwenio1: http://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/21/qttabbar-windows-explorer-tabs/ [/quote] Not the same as tabs support being included by default.

Reply to Microsoft’s Windows 7 Touchmouse Has Arrived in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"]No middle click button[/quote] This is a deal breaker. Having a middle mouse button/scroll wheel is the main reason I use a real mouse instead of the one built into my laptop.

Reply to Windows 8 Update in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="tazgecko" reply="5" id="2989850"]Improvements in Explorer [/quote] Hopefully they reach enlightenment before release and add tabs (as in IE tabs). Then it might be possible to say it has been improved. [e digicons] Though being able to open a command promt from a file manager is a great feature.

Reply to Square map vs Hex map in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="tanafres" reply="13" id="2989348"]Everything he said, down to the hex vibe (hex games always feel more mechanical to me also, not sure why)[/quote] Go take a look at some maps for Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic. Now.

Reply to Steve Jobs Resigning Effective Wednesday in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="VistArtXPosed" reply="4" id="2987424"]Linux? But Linux is non-profit, as they sell their OS for nothing, so that's not it.[/quote] The Enterprise Linux does cost something (or at least the support does). The reason Linux will not be a big thing the forseeable future is it is highly inconsitent between distros and it has GUI issues. PS: Trivia - the 5th largest contributer to the 3rd version of the kernel is Microsoft.

Reply to Disappointing GamesCom 2011 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Zeta1127" reply="20" id="2986383"]Homeworld is definitely the one to play, the story was one of the best I have ever seen, and the gameplay was excellent.[/quote] The writer for Homeworld and Homeworld: Cataclysm is now the lead writer at Kerberos and is working on Sword of the Stars II. The lead designer and owner of Kerberos also woked on both of those. And I suspect quite a few other people there worked on at least Cataclysm. Are you sure Relic could still

Reply to Disappointing GamesCom 2011 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="TorinReborn" reply="19" id="2986360"]Also for any turn based fantasy themed games fans this game is going to be freaking awesome: http://www.destructoid.com/preview-masters-of-the-broken-world-209470.phtml[/quote] Looks good. Seems like a good time for TBS games.

Reply to Frogboy, how does one go about learning to write good AI code (such as for a game like fheroes2, but in general too)? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="15" id="2986147"]Actually, this is the part I'm more interested in: how to go about writing an API? I'm about to take on a BIG task. To the tune of writing something like OpenGL. And I don't mean writing IN OpenGL--I mean writing OpenGL. But I've always been more into developing the video card than I have writing the C libraries interfacing to the video card. How do you go about collecting requiremen

Reply to Disappointing GamesCom 2011 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

The first details about Dragon Commander were released and so was the Sword of the Stars II trailer / opening squence , so it was a good year for me. [e digicons]|-)[/e]

Reply to Tactical Combat, Hopes and dreams in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="25" id="2983715"]My dreams are simple but not sure what will be possible: 1. Line of sight. 2. Line of Fire. (obstacles) 3. Meaningful terrain I'd love to write an AI to handle this stuff. But you'd be surprised how hard it is to code these things that work well on older machines at the resolutions we want today. If anyone here is running 32-bit Windows still, please stop. You're ruining

Reply to Tactical Combat, Hopes and dreams in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Austinvn" reply="32" id="2984501"]32-bit machines are limited to using 4GB of memory; the limit for 64-bit is.. a very large number, which is practically unlimited with current hardware.[/quote] The limit is 2^64 / (2^10)^2 GB or 17,592,186,044,416 GB. Or more that you can have HDD space in a desktop computer. ------- As I see it, memory would only be a problem in TC if they are keeping the world map data in memory in order to reduce loading times when swit

Reply to Dragon Commander in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

http://www.larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=448535#Post448535 Some bits of press coverage. Reveals a a little bit more about how the game will work.

Reply to Active vs. Passive 3D–which is better? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="kona0197" reply="12" id="2984095"]External hard drives are a better choice. Bluray burners are still quite expensive. [/quote] You are thinking short term storage. I am talking about for archiving things forever. And from a quick look at Newegg Blu-Ray discs are better priced for the capacity they provide. Which in the long run (or if you are archiving lots of data) will make Blu-Ray cheaper. Plus the failure rate of discs is likely to be much lower than that of dr

Reply to Frogboy, how does one go about learning to write good AI code (such as for a game like fheroes2, but in general too)? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

In programming, doing is the most important step to mastery. Though it is good to find and read good introductory material (particularly to get an intro to the langauge).

Reply to Active vs. Passive 3D–which is better? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

The third deminsion is a waste until it is a hologram that gives surround imagery. Blu-ray on the otherhand has practical applications: namely cheap, long term, bulk storage. Not to mention it involves advances in laser tech which is always good.

Reply to You can now cross over any two games series - which two would you chose? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Ryat" reply="17" id="2983449"]I haven't heard of Outpost 2 in a long time. And yeah, a good mix there.[/quote] Builder games are at their best when the game has a way to properly measure your success. And war is a very comprhensive way to do so.

Reply to You can now cross over any two games series - which two would you chose? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Sword of the Stars II and Outpost 2.

Reply to Outlook vs. Gmail in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I prefer Thunderbird.