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Ignore this one, double posted. Delete this post pls. Thank You.

So I noticed a few funny things while I was going through the file structure of Elemental. It's obvious there are some Tolkien fans on the Elemental team. It looks like there are some Star Trek fans in there too somewhere from some of the sound effects I found :). TolkienMap_EdgeDetect.fx temp_Tachyon temp_TachyonBeam Those two sound effects are ripped straight from Star Trek TNG by the sounds of them when you listen to them. Note: I'm talking about how

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="27" id="2418437"] As for magical dmg types [ice/fire/shadow/etc] & resistances/immunities....they must be implemented or the combat system will be dumbed down/primitive.... [/quote] I agree %100. You simply can't have a game like this and Not include them. IMO it would be tantamount to suicide for a game that relies heavily on Magic for combat.

[quote who="Climber" reply="15" id="2419280"]"main theme behind this post was just to point out that even mundane things can be made fun with proper UI application" I cannot help but DISAGREE with this idea. No matter how fun you made an UI, doing mundane task (with a fun UI) is NO fun when you've to repeat it 500 times. I've written something rgds to reducing micromanagement a while back. Maybe I should necro-post it, if I find it. [/quote] Well

Ok. Win 7 installed pretty easy actually. It even auto-detected my internet and network settings without me having to manually configure them. I'm still getting used to the interface. It's slick, but I'm still not sure how much I like it. Most likely that's because I'm so used to the old school system that's been in place since 95. I like a lot of the new functions Win 7 has. I'm still re-installing apps and most likely will be most of the night. I don't like that it moved (seems like it hid

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="11" id="2417903"]hmm ... well by the time the game comes out I will probably start looking for a new OS anyways .... is XP-64 better than Vista-64 like I would guess? [/quote] I would say XP 64 still runs better then Vista 64 but it's mostly a matter of opinion. With a new OS though go with Win 64. Sadly they don't support XP 64 anymore which was another big factor in my latest upgrade. [quote who="Tasunke" reply="14" id="2418079"]Is windows 7

Excelent points. You should also check out the coversation we have going here: How to Handle Micromanagement

I'm installing now. I'll post mine either in a few hours or tomorrow :)

[quote who="vStyler" reply="5" id="2419115"]All u had to say was games Dont u have an external or two for music, movies, resources? [/quote] Nada, instead of buying a external I went for another 1 Tb HD in the system as a secondary storage drive. When I make backups normally I burn them to Dual Layer DvD's or to blank Blu Ray disks.

[quote who="vStyler" reply="3" id="2419101"]What apps are taking up that 2tb of data? Seems very excessive [/quote] All kinds of stuff. I think I have at least 30 games installed at the moment. Not to mention 3DsMax, Maya 3d, AutoCad, my programming guide to MEL and C++ API, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Dreamweaver, Hex Workshop, numerous Burning and Imaging tools, tons of .ISO and .Rar files, important documents for my Modding works in progress, movies, my entire CD collection ripp

[quote who="Nosrick" reply="1" id="2419077"]I've got a GTX 260, and as far as I know, it only gets as high as 10, but I'm using XP, so it's not a big deal. [/quote] I've got the GTX 280 1Gig card. It should handle DX11 when it comes out. I think yours will too. I could be wrong about that but I'm pretty sure both our cards will.

I just got back from going shopping and then out to dinner with the wife and while I was out I picked up a copy of Windows 7 Professional ($299.99). I wanted Ultimate but they didn't have any in stock anywhere and I didn't want to wait to order one online so I got this one. The only two things "Supposedly" that Ultimate has that Professional doesn't is a encryption tool called Bitlocker and some extra languages. Over the course of tomorrow I'll be installing it and doing some upgrades

Found another one Kryo. Can't see this thread accept for the title. [Tactical Combat] How to make it simple and provide variety

So, any word on the stability issues? The hotfix that was put out didn't do anything that I could tell to fix stability.

[quote who="Tridus" reply="1" id="2417225"]at the number of people actually using XP-64, considering it was never aimed at anybody other then professionals with a very specific need, and driver developers. [/quote] When I built the system technically I was doing work in the industry so I guess I was considered a "professional". [quote who="Tasunke" reply="5" id="2417548"]So ... will elemental run on XP? and what is XP-64?? does this just mean I would not be abl

I found a conflicting report between what I was told here on the forums by a Stardock member (can't remember who just now, sorry) and by what the Elemental Pre Order page says. The page says Elemental will be supported on: Windows XP (Native 64-bit will be available) Windows Vista (Native 64-bit will be available) I was told on here however it would not be "officially" supported on XP Pro 64. I'm inclined to believe the staff member over the web page

Banned for having nothing overly large.

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="1" id="2417005"] Also this current version is crashing quite frequently. [/quote] Well, at least I'm not alone there then. No one answered my "Stability" post so I almost feared maybe it was just me.

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="59" id="2417031"] My avatar is my real photo.... yepp you guessed it... I'm the Kurgan. Yes, I did lose my head... luckily a saint used a scroll of ressurect and brought me back to life where I lead a normal life with a career in the computer software industry. [/quote] I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod, I was born in 1518 in the Highland village of Glenfinnan....and I have come for your head!!!</

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="4" id="2416430"]Ok....do you you three (Myles, cleflar and Raven X) like Civ, Cities XL and that type of games which are a bit like economy simulators? [/quote] Sometimes yes, sometimes no, depends on the game. I haven't played Cities XL yet either but I loved Sim City back in the day. I stopped playing the Civ games after 2 or 3. The Civ games are good at a lot of things but the unrealistic battle models just killed the game for me. For grand strat

[quote who="Ephafn" reply="20" id="2416946"]I voted no, but this is partly because I believe the poll to be biased by the way it presents the possibility. [/quote] Honestly, I am biased in thinking that we Need Magical Damage types like Boogiebac talks about further up in the thread. The game will have a robust magic system and a very diverse range of magical monsters to fight. I've been playing games like this for 20 years now and I can honestly say I think it's somethi

Thanks for the info. Keep up the hard work :)

I like the music too. It's quite fitting to the game environment so far. Lets hope the battle music is just as awesome.

Votes so far. 45 for Yes at 92% 4 for No at 8%

[quote who="VicenteC" reply="17" id="2416743"] It's pretty surprising to defend that the only possible source of strategy are damage types.[/quote] I'm not saying it's the only source of strategy, but, in a game about Magic , Magic damage types are a huge part of it. The rest is all subject to opinion. I also understand how getting slashed and getting crushed are quite different but I do consider them rather Mundane forms of damage when compared to