A question: How close is beta 2 going to be to your current internal build? I think that if it is close then people will have a lot more idea of how close the game is to ready. It seems like a lot of people are disbelieving August as a possibility based solely on what they have seen from beta 1. Is beta 2 going to still have stuff disabled compared to your internal build, and if so, how much?
I have from the very beginning felt like the graphics ahd almost a stained glass quality to them. I thought it was a pretty bold move and I personally like it a lot. Yes you are not going to be able to get as sharp of an image, things are going to be more muted and the coolness factor is in the gutsy move to go with an art look that looks like art, rather than something that reaches out of the monitor and gives your retinas a sugar high. Certainly those who don't like it are e
Wow, August 24. Seems like Beta 1 took almost all of the beta time. I really expected beta 2-5 would get more time, even with combining 2 and 3. I am sure a lot will continue to be done after release.... 2.5 months to get it out the door just seems incredibly fast. Of course with the tools you have developed you can probably build content at an incredible pace.
I realize different factions are going to have different tech trees - at least I am pretty sure that is the case. My question is say I repeatedly play the same faction. Will I be able to memorize the tech tree or is it going to be somewhat random from game to game, even for the same faction?
[quote who="dsk2293" reply="51" id="2636325"] Quoting BoogieBac, reply 47 The 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. While I can understand disliking a different art style, I certainly hope it wouldn't RUIN a gaming experience (edit: here's an IGN article where we lay our artistic decisions on the table...if you're interested http://pc.ign.com/articles/101/101936
Does this mean you can edit the game while your playin, add something then go back to the game? My guess would be probably not. When you start a game and you wait for the world to "be created" It is probably pulling all of this information in. My guess is once you are in a game, you won;t be able to modify things and have it take effect in the current game. I'm no game designer, but I ahve done a good bit of programming and t
Was anything ever decided on the idea of a technology greying out and possibly being learned as a bonus tech?
It really seems like the sky is the limit with Elemental. It also sounds like the internal build is vastly farther along. Will beta 2 be pretty close to your internal build or is it still going to be pretty stripped down as far as content goes?
In regards to the "richness vs. random" discussion. An option that I thought of is we could have some set maps, but then goodies could randomly be scattered around. An old tower that a few units could fortify and defend from. Random itesm like swords, armor, potions etc that the first unit to gets a related bonus for the duration of the fight. Some battles could randomly be "capture the flag" - each side has a flag behind their lines, and the first side to
In order of how good I think my ideas are: Richness vs. randomness: My original idea was to do both. Maybe have 20 premade tactical battlefields. Then random 40, 1-20 is the corresponding pre made map, anything randomed over 21 would be random generated. This could also be functional for people adding their own tactical maps, just add them to the existing "canon" maps and then random (#of maps) x 2. However I also really like the suggestion ab
All good news. And no need to beg for forgiveness Frogboy, it's yours for the asking. [e digicons]XD[/e] You just have to reciprocate when perhaps we become too attached to our own personal views of how things should be. Such as "more eye candy and 3D animations". - He who shall not be named Regarding NPCs and quests - I really would like the NPCs to have some personality. Like some NPCs if they offer their services and you say No, they may just shrug their shoulders a
[quote who="Raven X" reply="34" id="2624924"] Quoting Denryu, reply 29 And at 46 years old, it takes something to keep me up til 2:00 a.m., let alone not realizing how late it is... Wow..you know Den, from your posts I always thought you were younger then that. I knew you were an adult and had some experience and everything, I just didn't think you were that old. Freakin old farts...geez. hehe J/K brother Awesome games list as well. You
I'm with Raven X. Every now and then a game comes along that is special, that really takes things to a whole new level. Pyramid and Zork on the old TRS-80 Ultima II on the Apple on the PC there are so many - Archon, Master of Magic, Wing Commander (the game I upgraded to a 286 to play!), Civilization, Everquest (these are some of mine, I am sure everyone has their own list) This game is looking to be the first game in years to join my list of games that just ma
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="10" id="2624647"] Quoting Sir_Linque, reply 6 During Beta 1 the game hasn't felt remotely like what you described there. Really? Now I wish someone had mentioned at some point that beta 1 wasn't supposed to be fun. [/quote] I tried to stifle the ROFL, and my head almost 'sploded...[e digicons]XD[/e]
[quote who="astrath" reply="15" id="2623498"] Quoting TheProgress, reply 11 What the hell is draginol? www.draginol.com/ Frogboy's evil twin [/quote] That implies a non-evil twin. [e digicons]}:)[/e] [e digicons]}:)[/e]
Damn. and I didn't bring a change of pants to work. [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]
The Empire also scoffs at the Civics concepts of markets. Deals are made on the basis of leverage alone. Instead of relying on institutions, the Empire relies on leaders of capitalism to deal with it. Players can build Financiers (until we have a better name, feel free to suggest a better one) who enhance the city’s money making. I suggest "Greenspanbernankes". [e digicons]}:)[/e] Also instead of pig farms...human farms? They raise humans as
[quote who="Xan" reply="80" id="2616113"] Well then you have not been paying any attention to the criteria that STARDOCK (you know, the guys making the game?) wants as a determination of whether to move forward. They are not going to "complete" the game any more in beta 1 either way, it is ALL about stability. And they have already made it clear that their internal; builds that we don;t see, the game is MUCH further developed than what we are seeing. So if you are wanting to see a more c
Sounds like my issue when running in fullscreen mode. Obviously ti needs fixed, but playing in a window might resolve it. I have been having the exact same issue, and playing ina a window went from unplayable to very stable.
[quote who="Xan" reply="64" id="2615583"]I vote that they should wait longer. I haven't had any crashes but I would just like to see the game more complete before beta 2. [/quote] Well then you have not been paying any attention to the criteria that STARDOCK (you know, the guys making the game?) wants as a determination of whether to move forward. They are not going to "complete" the game any more in beta 1 either way, it is ALL about stability. And they have already made it clea
Stability gets a thumbs up from me.
[quote who="mrakomo" reply="46" id="2613671"]For me this build even more unstable than the last one. The last one was unusable in fullscreen. This one does not work in window mode either. [/quote] Try deleting and redownloading everything. I have had to do that a couple of times and both times it made a BIG difference.
[quote who="strager" reply="33" id="2610719"]FrogBoy- For your next tile you should just call it "Alpha" to prevent confusion. [/quote] What next title? After Ewom Froggy is going to retire a bazillionaire and open a school of game development...[e digicons]\o/[/e]
So safe to say that June 1 is being targetted for beta 3? I realize that if z4 fails that is not going to happen....
[quote who="Orvidos" reply="27" id="2608421"] Quoting Denryu, reply 26 Done. I am assuming all we need to do to send it to you is post it in the mod forum? If not here is the link again http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6606493/Denryu.xml Keep in mind they probably can't use copyrighted names. [/quote] Denryu has been my online persona and martial arts name since long b