Mystikmind

USB instead of IDE? not too bad an idea, except that in my experience USB tend to be just that tiny bit too eager to think up intangible ways to be annoying.... and once it does find a way to be annoying, it is really hard to fix.... due to the basic lack of possible causes. Kindof like throwing an apple in the air and it gets stuck there! how? why? oh no reason at all, its just stuck there, in mid air for absolutely no reason at all, so ergo, how do you fix it???????? I just don'

[quote who="BernieTime" reply="21" id="3373059"] I don't think the OP's Computer is all that bad, just depends on what he wants to play. Not sure how much RAM in the original computer, OP didn't say. The only thing I saw (from his post) that's obvious (for gaming) would be wiping/reloading the PC with Windows 7 64-Bit. Perhaps upgrading to a more modern video card, or not, the 8800 is still not that bad. Lastly, buying an SSD to be your boot drive

[quote who="kona0197" reply="15" id="3373032"] To the OP: Are you thinking of Intel or AMD?[/quote] Intel.... i only ever bought 1 AMD system and that system somehow managed to run games more slowly than the system it replaced, even though on paper, it was more than twice as fast. Never touched AMD again Edit: i should mention that i bought that AMD system because Intel pissed me off changing their socket design too frequently.

[quote who="Jafo" reply="12" id="3372986"] Quoting ARESIV, reply 8It is nice if you have money to burn, but personally I would not use a 60 - 100 € case as a trash can. The 'trash can' is a container for a complete secondary computer suitable as a hand-me-down rather than consigning the not-used bits to a REAL 'trash can' aka land-fill.[/quote] I still have my old P2 computer,,, or was it a P4, cannot remember? (400mghtz Pent

Thanks for the advice everyone, all good points depending on priority and money. In the past, whenever i upgrade, i usually spend around $1000.00 Australian as i did with this current system 4 years ago. However 4 years ago i did not have a 1 year old child! Nowdays i have no money, all the time and my gaming strategy has been to buy old $5 dollar games from sites like GOG.com, i can never buy new games, so therefore i have absolutely no need for

So all this is mainly generated out of copyright enforcement? The way things are going, soon enough we will be needing to change the old saying "nothing is certain but death and taxes" to, "nothing is certain but death and copyright". A more realistic twist to the movie 'serenity'... the disaster on the planet Miranda occurred because 'they' tried to control peoples brains to stop them violating copyright laws. In Sta

looking at upgrading my 4 year old computer - specifically so i can use larger maps in FE without crashing mid game. Same for Dreadlords. It is not that i need a faster computer, the speed is fine, stability is the issue here. Currently i'm running Vista home premium 64 bit, 2.4 GHz Quad core, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT graphics. It is a bit of an obstinate, over sensitive uncooperative system which spent the past 4 years forcing me to dumb down every bios and other set

[quote who="Bobchillingworth" reply="9" id="3296633"]Monsters def. attack the AI- the top AI in my current game keeps losing cities, and I'm 90% sure it isn't to any of the other computers. It's actually kind of annoying, I need there to be at least one strong power out there so I've got someone interesting to fight [/quote] Ah i get it now.... when you 'don't' want AI monsters to attack the AI, then they will! Th

[quote who="Jafo" reply="11" id="3296224"]Hey....debating someone's taste in movies is a heck of a lot more enjoyable than where people should 'stick their guns'.... Mystik....I'm only 'having a lend' .... I, too like S/F ....but after doing it [liking SF] for half a century I 'mostly' get it right re picking the good from the bad. [/quote] When it comes to picking the good from the bad.... If only i had a doll

[quote who="Jafo" reply="5" id="3296181"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 3Er... actually the problem is 'thinking' they are good and then watching them! So the problem is you're using a poor choice of thinker... What you need is references/opinions from others BEFORE you decide...[/quote] [quote who="Jafo" reply="6" id="3296183"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 3I have loved all the transformer movies, all the star trek movies, ... gener

[quote who="dihir" reply="2" id="3296099"]Monsters will only venture a certain distance from their lairs, if they are still standing. (There are apparently other mechanics also involved -- they have their own criteria for their decision making, including some intimidation factors where your cities can scare some of them. But I am not sure if any of those are relevant for dragons.)[/quote] Yea, the dragon in my game was originally staying with its lair all the

[quote who="Jafo" reply="2" id="3296084"]If you think they are crap....don't watch them. It's easy....[/quote] Er... actually the problem is 'thinking' they are good and then watching them! And I'm a person who generally likes most action/sci fi movies even when they are generally disliked. I have loved all the transformer movies, all the star trek movies, ... generally always like sequels, even the one for Starship

I had a dragon in my territory once for a long time. It did not attack the nearby city, possibly because i had a dragon in the city?? Then after a very long time, it suddenly ran around that city and was heading right for the next city along which did not have a dragon in it. So i killed it with my dragon before knowing what it was really going to do? Anyway, the dragon in your game may have been intimidated by the AI city garrisons for some reason, and that is why it did not attack?

I watched a couple of movies this past weekend.... first movie, The man with the iron fist. This movie already irritated me right at the start by pausing the combat every few seconds for opening credits. Then as the story progressed, my yawns were barely held off by the occasional bit of combat until i could wait no longer for the staggeringly slow plot development to take shape and hit the stop button. This movie would be perfect if it was a cheap porno with the corny writing we all

My favorite change is the mercenaries upkeep dropped - now i don't have to waste time continually disbanding them!!! fantastic. [quote who="bullyellis" reply="9" id="3294330"]multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player, multi-player,&nbs

[quote who="ofthedark" reply="24" id="3293864"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 22 Can't say i have ever seen this happen? I have seen a similar thing occur but it is related to graphical tile misalignment; IE the tile your pointer is pointing at, is not the same tile the game thinks your pointing at. My unit cannot move exactly as you describe until i point at a different tile than the tile i actually want or attack the unit directly. I suppose if the tile misalignment was severe eno

[quote who="Phidrae" reply="21" id="3293250"]BTW I wasn't talking about the initiative of the units, I see really nothing wrong with that system. My units get to act, they just don't get to move first. Usually when it is a unit's turn, they will move first, then act- i.e. either cast a spell, attack, or pass. What's happening is then when it is their turn, they won't be able to move first to perform their attack. Usually the battlefield will be highlighted in green squares

[quote who="MarvinKosh" reply="9" id="3292736"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 7It might be associated with the difficulty level? Because you don't want to spoil a strong opponent by chancing they run out of manna?? It was on normal. Yeah I know, I'm such a novice. When I crank it up to Challenging I just end up screaming.[/quote] That gives me an idea.... imagine if they introduced a new kind of difficulty level called 'incremental&#

[/quote][quote who="stax77" reply="17" id="3292841"] Maybe we just don't understand each other. I am opposing your claim(as i understand it) that there is something inherently broken with initiative as a game system. I am not however saying that everything is perfect. If you believe that some units' initiative is too high and some units' initiative too low, then that's open for debate of course. It's just that i consider that an unit balance pr

[quote who="dihir" reply="14" id="3292730"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 13 Quoting stax77, reply 12 Now, what would happen if we made the combatants trade blow for blow like you suggest we should? That is not what i am suggesting at all, otherwise your argument is pretty solid for that example. But you will have to admit that at other times in the game, the mechanism you defend does get 'stretched' way beyond what is even remo

It might be associated with the difficulty level? Because you don't want to spoil a strong opponent by chancing they run out of manna??

This is what i think about Adventurer skill... If you look at it in terms of the number of hero's in WOM then yes it is way overpowered. If you look at it in terms of the number of heros in FE then it becomes a 'junk' trait.

[quote who="stax77" reply="12" id="3292335"] Now, what would happen if we made the combatants trade blow for blow like you suggest we should?[/quote] That is not what i am suggesting at all, otherwise your argument is pretty solid for that example. But you will have to admit that at other times in the game, the mechanism you defend does get 'stretched' way beyond what is even remotely plausible.... such as having dudes running around in melee

[quote who="stax77" reply="9" id="3292190"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 8 As reasonable as that sounds, it is in my opinion a huge backward step in the struggle to make turn based combat more realistic. The faster an unit is, the more often it gets to attack. Thats much more realistic than both units simply trading blow for blow no matter how fast or how big they are, IMHO. I mean, imagine a huge lumbering giant wielding a half-ton club fighting a dagger-wielding pixie that

Very good questions? As far as i can tell..... all traits are random but higher level traits have no chance of appearing until after you have selected the lower level trait. In order to properly control the development of a Hero, you will need to be reloading the game incessantly - so for me, that is just too much work, so what i do, i simply choose to focus on other things in the game and pretty much ignore Hero development