[quote]That's a really crappy thing to say and it's offensive. Apparently one can't voice their concern regarding the intended release date and profer useful feedback at the same time. I've been putting a lot of work into this beta. At least I know where I stand now.[/quote]Provide good feedback and not "WOE IS US!" and you'll be fine.
I just picked up (###)MrZubaz as my new google voice phone #. yay me!
[quote who="Adam_H" reply="11" id="2653495"]It'd probably feel less odd if those picturesque inns weren't the only thing standing in an otherwise completely desolate wasteland.[/quote]Less would be better. But if you think of them as way-stations between far distances they make more sense. I wonder if they will be intelligently placed in the final release (near rivers or passes or . . something that makes it sensible to be there). Which made m
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Played every time the wife and kids left teh house. Why must they keep coming back?!?!
[quote who="the_neurologist" reply="10" id="2652133"] What if the game does not work on my system after release? Currently I have only got past the introduction screen (before intro and main menu) 3 of 20 times and with no succes the last 6 or 7 times. Everything upgraded, tried re-install, computer got plenty of power to run the game etc.[/quote]Make sure you are providing data to the devs (which will be easier when the debug.err returns) so that they can try to resolve your issue
[quote]I might be a little too early, wondering what's going to happen to this game site years from now, even before the game's been published. But it would be awesome to know that the people running Stardock's community sites (to whom this post is mostly addressed) have some plan in mind for what to eventually do with them so they don't disappear.[/quote]Galciv goes back a ways: https://www.galciv1.com/forum.asp?BID=GF&id=2
[quote who="Istari" reply="41" id="2649759"]We appreciate the feedback here.. We have some of the UI controls disabled. But we agree, there's more work to be done on that screen.[/quote]What more can we ask for? :)
[quote]For example, under Civilization you may have the subcategories of farming, production, economics, and housing. You, as the Sovereign, decide that your people need to strengthen their ability to feed themselves. You tell your minions to go focus their research efforts on "Civilization-> Farming". They come back with one of the green, yellow, or red techs that would have been available for you to choose, but you never see the options. They just come back with their discovery. "Si
[quote]One thing I would like to see is some way to get more information on a given tech, from the research window, before choosing it.[/quote]In the upper right is the Hiergemonenen (like the Civopedia). It's a bit light right now but I expect it to fill out before launch.
For me, an in-game research tree cheats the civ building lie we are willingly telling ourselves. But I like the sim/world building part of games like this. I shouldn't be able to know that atomic weapons are in the future somewhere and if I follow X path I get them. It's more real to me to research "warfare" and see a progressive evolution of weaponry. In fact, I'd dig it if, while researching magic (or some such thing), something goes terribly wrong (as research doe
The latest build isn't creating the debug. Expect an update soon.
I try not to think of it as wining a game . . but as building a civ. Research what makes sense to you. It'll work out . .or you'll die and have to start something new. Thankfully, it *IS* is game and you have do-overs.
[quote who="Naithin" reply="36" id="2645741"]Now I'm assuming that by the Elemental Army's mentioning of full blog posts garnering a decent number of points for you, that there is no NDA surrounding the beta? i.e., We are allowed to post screenshots/vids/game walkthrough's and that kind of thing with the appropriate beta warnings spread throughout?[/quote]Feel free to tell anyone anything. Have fun.
[quote]They harvest the users![/quote]I would like to find the Soylent Green shard. [e digicons]x_x[/e]
[quote] Quoting Zubaz, reply 43I'm not much of a modder . . but after seeing *this* vid I can't get the thought of recreating Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure using this engine. Thanks Stardock![/quote] [quote who="Blaze of Glory" reply="48" id="2642843"] Errr, aren't you with Stardock?[/quote] I was . . . but have moved on. The current badge is a bug that has been reported to the web devs. (I wondered who would comment on it.) :)
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="54" id="2643044"] Heh. Funny you should say that![/quote] Too Funny Brad. Really quite awesome! Can't wait to play it. The original for comparison (Apple ][):
I'm not much of a modder . . but after seeing *this* vid I can't get the thought of recreating Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure using this engine. Thanks Stardock!
[quote who="dsk2293" reply="43" id="2636094"]he graphics are the thing that makes me least excited about this game, and I'm even afraid it will ruin the whole experience for me.[/quote]Then play on teh cloth map. :)
If you've never had a kumquat, now is a good time to try. My "rebel" kid and I love them. I can't wait for this game to be done.
[quote]Yeah I thought it was real slick the way they waited until [their] quitting time to send out a message so I didn't have any time to respond in time to actually get the thing downloaded today.[/quote]The process started early in the day but there are A LOT of pre-orders. All will be well soon.
[quote]the way that Stardock is removing most of the user control of the software and only allowing users very narrow minded interfaces and options.[/quote]we get a lot of feedback from a lot of sources. With only so much dev resources we have to find that balance between what the "power users" want and the rest of the world. Think of it JoeHobbyist vs JoeConsumer. Our goal is to keep applications accesible and powerful. Sometimes we please one group more than the othe
[quote]I think someone should be able to vent their frustration without someone telling them not to let the door hit them on the way out.[/quote]Shouldn't that be true for Stardock too? ;)
[quote who="Vampothika" reply="10" id="2351760"]** reported***[/quote]Crazy does not equal spam. :) Unless there is a term of service violation there is nothing here to report.
[quote]"Oh man, Elemental is shaping up really well, it's good see what all that hard work has brought us - that UI script you just finished works perfectly!" "..." "What's wrong, man?" "Stupid random numbers..." ".. oh. Sorry"[/quote]LMAO [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]