Xtropy

Is there a way to confine the mouse cursor to the game window when playing in fullscreen on a multi-monitor system? I know of external programs I can run to accomplish it, but it would be nice to have an in-game option to confine the mouse cursor to the screen. Without this capability edge-scrolling is kind of a pain.

This is one the first things I noticed back in the earliest War of Magic beta builds. Would really like to have the option to be reminded that I have idle cities if I hit the turn button. Could make a toggle "No more idle notifications from this city" on the notification if the player is intentionally keeping the city idle.

[quote who="Whisker_Fish" reply="177" id="3055957"]I haven't gotten it, but this game along with Sins was high on my list to play on my new comp. I am curious however, as I see metacritic is averaging reviews in the mid 80's, any complaints on the game from those playing?[/quote] Since I was big fan of Knights of the Old Republic and was desperately looking forward to a KOTOR III release, I picked up this game because I heard that it actually had a good characte

Anyone here still play SC2? I haven't played competitively for about half a year, and it'd be nice to play a lot of non-ladder games so as not to be rusty before heading back to the ladder.

[quote who="pacov" reply="277" id="3004994"] Quoting Xtropy, reply 275Vayne is my favorite AD Carry, which is to say that she is my favorite champion in general. There are some good videos of EGWestrice, a pro-LoL player, giving lessons, tutorials, and just general gameplay of Vayne in solo queue. I think that's what got me into Vayne...that or the fact that when I first looked through the champions I decided that I needed to get a 6300 IP Champ ASAP, and Vayne happened to be the fir

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="259" id="3002112"]I knew DOTA and it's clones were popular but I thought people would be put off by the communitys horrible attitude and teamplay in general. Am I the only one who doesn't like teamgames? What about everybody else that has posted like crazy here? [/quote] While I haven't posted much in here, I didn't know the thread existed until tonight (I zipped through the thread in about a half hour), I do

[quote who="pacov" reply="271" id="3004823"]Been trying out vayne today. Was impressed with someone so much in one of my earlier matches that I decided to pick her up with RP. Anyway, been having fun with her. [/quote] Vayne is my favorite AD Carry, which is to say that she is my favorite champion in general. There are some good videos of EGWestrice, a pro-LoL player, giving lessons, tutorials, and just general gameplay of Vayne in solo queue. I think that'

Yeah congrats! You'll be diamond and then masters in no time. Hit a wall at the low masters level myself, and haven't played much in season two myself, but I remember how good it feels to get promoted. Don't know if you watch any SC2 or just play, but MLG is on right now!

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="11" id="2933412"] Well by some of the standards here, Starcraft 2 multiplayer is "broken too" (of course, there are people on the blizzard forums making that claim all the time). Multiplayer was never ever promised (or envisioned) to be simply the single player game but with multiplayer. Deal with it.[/quote] It's true that Blizzard decided to make their officially ranked multiplayer ladder games quite different than what you find in the

The only word from Stardock that I have heard in regards to multiplayer is a comment from Frogboy from the Fallen Enchantress Poll thread : [quote] Personal opinion on this: The MP is likely to increasingly go in a different direction to make it better for MP without gimping single player (quests in MP for instance not doable). [/quote] I am hoping this changes, as I've alway

[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="133" id="2903004"] I don't know, but I'm guessing there is some reason why just making 'MP like SP but with more humans' is more difficult than we think.[/quote] At least this I agree with. I've long thought there were technical reasons for the lack of implementing a "single-player" with more humans game mode, and that its omission is not entirely due to balance and gameplay concerns. The reason for the outcry though, from

[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="125" id="2901678"] Brad is saying that whatever the MP is going to wind up, it's not really going to be much of a focus.[/quote] Most don't want it to be, just want it to be the same as single player but with more humans.

[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="119" id="2901245"]There are fine options out there if this is your thing, I don't see what Elemental or FE would have to offer for MP that would be any better than anything else honestly, and specifically better than games designed for MP from the start.[/quote] I think you greatly overestimate or exaggerate the number of 4x TBS games that are "designed for MP from the start."

[quote who="StarReaper" reply="88" id="2899458"]People who wont touch multiplayer are counted as no "If Elemental had a true stable Multiplayer with all the single player bells and whistles, would you want that, simple Yes or No" That is the question I asked.[/quote] The problem is, if someone says "No" to a question like that, what does it mean? Does it mean they want a streamlined version of multiplayer? Does

[quote who="StarReaper" reply="86" id="2899437"]34Y 27n as of now. + or - 2 for counting errors. A bunch of people on the fence as well, would like to try.[/quote] Many people are saying that they wouldn't touch multiplayer no matter what. The problem is, EWOM and FE do have multiplayer so the real question, or the real "poll," should be "IF you are interested in multiplayer, do you think it should have all the features of single player? or do you think features should be left o

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="64" id="2898124"]How many of you 'yes' people would honestly play TBS multiplayer mode for more than just a day or a week?[/quote] Depends if it is good. I have been playing Civ 4, Civ 5, Shadow magic, Fall From heaven, and HoMM online about 5 hours a week for the past 6 years. Alternating between the titles of course. If Elemental could be at least the equal of any of those I don't see why it shouldn't last as long as any of those titl

Yes I would like multiplayer, but only if it is exactly the same as single player but with humans filling in for some of the AI spots. Not sure why anyone would call it a "useless" feature, as the only "use" of a video game is entertainment, and if some people are entertained by multiplayer then it clearly isn't "useless."

[quote who="troglyte" reply="60" id="2897357"] I honestly think unless they go all the way with multiplayer, there's no sense spending too much time on it because it won't really be used. The time would be better spent focusing on the single player game. Maybe an expansion could really take the time to focus on multiplayer, but we probably underestimate what kind of investment that is.[/quote] What Frogboy keeps saying is that he wants single player and multiplayer to be t

Can we finally get a multiplayer experience that duplicates the single player experience, except with the ability to experience it with our friends? I understand that you personally don't believe multiplayer in these kinds of games is fun, but what I don't understand is why you believe stripping out most of the fun elements of the game will make it better for those of us who do want to play Elemental multiplayer.

[quote]but just because that is IMPOSSIBLE unless it is done by email[/quote] It's not impossible, I've been playing multiplayer TBS games for decades. Most recently this includes Civ 4, AoW: Shadow Magic, and Civ 5. My group of friends does not play by email. [quote]In Age of Wonders PBEM works extremely well, and that game has still a huge number of fans after 7 years from its distribution.[/quote] Non-PBEM AoW works extremely well too.

Multiplayer version of 1.09 not out yet? Downloaded 1.09 but in game it tells me to click show pre-release versions in options. I already have show pre-release selected, and multiplayer worked in 1.08 for me.

Agree with Nesrie. I think there will be a lot of people satisfied by duplicating single player in multiplayer but with humans filling in for some of the AI. If this is not happening for technical reasons its a bit easier to swallow. If however it is purely a design decision to branch the development of the game into two completely different versions with different rules, tech trees, and maps, I think it's a mistake, or at least it's a mistake to not give players the option

[quote]After we had played 100 turns or so it was time for bed so the host of our multiplayer game went to save the game. UH OH! No Save game button. Apparently there is an auto save game button or something like that when you are starting the game but we didn't have that checked, so we lose our game. Seems like that should definitely be put back into Civ V. It was there in IV.[/quote] Thanks for pointing this out, was going to play a sessions with some friends tomorrow and it w

I agree with Tridus. Especially if you're playing mostly co-op, or playing multiplayer for a "shared single player experience," simultaneous turns is pretty much the same experience as traditional turn-based play. It would be a different experience for competitive play however I suppose.

[quote who="eldrone" reply="21" id="2762696"]What is this I dont even[/quote] LOL Okay "Trump"!