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[quote who="Zubaz" reply="43" id="2642747"]I'm not much of a modder . . but after seeing *this* vid I can't get the thought of recreating Odyssey: The Complete Adventure using this engine. Thanks Stardock! [/quote] Exactly. For me this game is a lot about "what I can do With it". I'm sure the story driven campaign will be very cool. Honestly though once I've beaten it once or twice it's gonna be all about the making HUGE random maps and populating them with characters

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="22" id="2642464"] YMMV. [/quote] Um...stupid question. What does "YMMV" mean? Is it really "Your Mileage May Vary"? Anyway, indeed it's looking very nice. Can't wait to dig in and see what I can do. :)

Excellent question. Now you got me curious as well. I'm thinking between the tile ditor and the map editor we should be able to cover all those. That's just my best guess though. P.S. Thanks for labeling this for me Dr Frank :)

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="14" id="2641240"]The economics in beta 2 is pretty solid. However, how strong NPCs and monsters are is still very much in flux as there's a lot of place holder values on monsters still (especially after new monsters get added). [/quote] Much appreciated, Boss :) . So I'll know the Economy won't need tweaked for the Mod. As for starting on creatures I guess I'll hold off till beta 3 when the numbers are more solid with

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="126" id="2641477"]Game.AIDoSmartStuff() [/quote] See, the reason that doesn't work is you have to update it to the "Modern" l33t speak for the computer to understand what you want it to do. Example: Game.AIWTFPwnThemBitch() Try that, you'll have better results ;) :D

[quote who="XeronX" reply="68" id="2641793"] Alright well then on to the question of when does Paramount lose the sole control of the property? Because I can get behind the creator having the ip rights till he dies. I can get behind the creator having the rights to sell it off and both he and who he sells it to can profit off it for a reasonable amount of time. What I cannot get behind is due to the fact that a corporation is not a living entity and therefore not on

[quote who="Saije" reply="15" id="2641612"]Women are whores... Men are scum[/quote] All of us, every Human on the planet, we're All "whores" for one thing or another. Whether it's food or drugs or money or power or even feelings like Love. We're all whores. [quote who="KellenDunk" reply="16" id="2641675"] I do not consider this dishonorable [/quote] I'd say it would have to depend on the usage. As I say above, we're all whores in our own way. If I was walking

[quote who="_PawelS_" reply="88" id="2640987"] Quoting Raven X, reply 87 About time we get some more smart people around here. Welcome to the club, brother. OK, I'll try to continue the discussion about simplicity and complexity that started in another thread. I guess your "club" will have to make its own mod, which complicates things as much as possible The normal game is going to be quite simple, which is good for me. I prefer di

[quote who="PoSmedley" reply="86" id="2641109"] You are talking about playing STO right? Or were you just kidding Reduced 66% Original 566 x 658 [/quote] Very Cool :) . I actually let my account run out and didn't continue, mostly because of money reasons atm, medical bills etc etc. One of my best friends how-ever bought a Lifetime Subscription and doesn't want it anymore. He's as big a Trekkie as I am, but he has two kids a wife and t

[quote who="Scorpiana" reply="25" id="2641036"]Just a little (maybe ) question, will we be able to just have a few AI's play against each other and see how / why they decide to do the things they do? That could make for an interesting new game, have people try to develop an AI that can beat the others, could even become a tournament, let the best AI win and become self aware... Ok, that last part may be a bit too much [/quote] That could actually be a Really Cool Idea for a Elem

[quote who="RandomEasyPlayer" reply="36" id="2638467"]The first game i ever played was Shogun: Total War and i honestly don't think they have topped that so far. Sure Ive bought them all but napoleon and with the exception of Empire i have loved playing them all for a long long amount of time all up. The only and i repeat only reason i didn't think Napoleon was worth buying after Empire is that i heard that like Empire the game worked in other areas at the sacrifice of the actual battles them

[quote who="XeronX" reply="65" id="2641719"]I have a question. Gene Rodenberry created Star Trek correct? So Techinically it is his IP correct? And he is Dead correct? Now assuming that the above three questions were anwsered as a yes... Does that mean Star Trek is now a free IP because the person who created it can no longer profit from it? Or does a company own the IP? If a company does own the IP, when will the IP

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="62" id="2641618"]It's been my experience that if people can steal something without fear punishment, that suddenly those things they steal are things they "can't afford" to pay for. Over the years during these piracy debates the "I can't afford it so I'm not hurting anyone" argument is something I've seen over and over. And yet, those people tend to have high speed net connections and high end video cards and the such that they could "afford".<br /

[quote who="Scorpiana" reply="7" id="2641043"]Raven, I'm a bit slow in replying to this (haven't been keeping up with the forums much, blame all those great writers out there...) but I still have to add my support to your well being. You have added some great ideas to these forums and the game can only be better for that. I hope we can enjoy your company for a long time to come. Get well, we'll need everyone to beat the AI Brad is writing when it starts destroying the world [

[quote who="Jafo" reply="58" id="2640948"] Deviantart is a pretty reputable site though (at least I thought), how come they won't just take the content down and ban the guy? They will....once their policy violation system is working again. I'll keep chasing it/them up.... [/quote] Good. Stupid question. What if I draw a picture of Bat-Man. Now everyone knows I didn't invent Bat-Man, nor am I saying I did, but I want to show off the picture I drew.

[quote who="Sareln" reply="10" id="2640930"]Interesting questions Raven, I know I'd be interested in the answer to at least the 2nd one. On a technical note, this reads horribly color-wise on the standard elemental forum. Just letting you know. [/quote] I'm on the normal Elemental Forums and to me it looks like it's red text on a black background. I like it :P

I don't know if I'd call that "Human Cheese" exactly. In a world of magic raising and lowering mountains and rivers sounds like a viable strategy to try to save your capitol city to me. You can probably deal with this in the "path-finding" part of the AI. Have it detect what kind of land is in front of it. If mountain then lower the land. If ocean, build a boat or raise a land bridge using magic. If a human can do it and call it "Human Cheese" then the AI should be able to do the same

[quote who="Bill_Door" reply="86" id="2640326"] And so, I see no reason complexity should be shunned, it may take longer to learn the game, but after you do, it shall be far more rewarding. I'm not saying we should make Elemental as complex as Dwarf Fortress, that would be incredibly difficult and time-consuming, but we should embrace complexity with open arms. Though if it weren't an almost unattainable goal, I'd say make it at least as complex as Dwarf Fortress. &

Bump...Bump Bump.... Yeap, I'm gonna be annoying with this until I get some feedback :P

[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="110" id="2640805"] Quoting Raven X, reply 109 I guess it will depends about the height of the mountain: if it is too tall (think Everest), there won't be enough air available to allow the dragon to fly Don't make me bash you with large heavy objects, it hurtsHurts as much as a dragon flying smack into a granite cliff face? [/quote] lol nice one

[quote who="PoSmedley" reply="84" id="2640857"] Awesome Photoshopping to who-ever did that. Was it you? Yup. Now if you'll excuse me, I just made Admiral and I need a new Poloran Assualt Rifle. [/quote] lol Nice. I thought I've seen that pic around on the STO forums. You are talking about playing STO right? Or were you just kidding? lol ;)

[quote who="Jafo" reply="54" id="2640864"]Currently there is a guy on Deviantart.com 'freely' distributing Stardock's property including Windowblinds [the proggy] and Premium/Master skins. Every single person here who is a member of this community IS SUFFERING because of his actions - through commercial loss to the very entity that provides this forum for us all. I would have no qualms [were there the opportunity] to slap him across the FRONT of his knees with a baseball

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="52" id="2640844"] Actually no, that's one of those Internet fantasies. Even now, you can't realistically play through AC2 with any of the "cracks" out there. The "cracks" were basically demos of "Look, I can demo me playing this game for a few minutes.." And AC2 is relatively simple. [/quote] I don't want to argue with you chief, but I can point you at a "server emulation crack" and "pirated download of AC2". The

[quote who="Leonon" reply="50" id="2640769"]"No-one died so that people could continue to steal other's property." - Jafo That's pretty much the reason for every invasive war ever. Step 1 - Someone sees something Step 2 - That person wants it Step 3 - War is fought, people die Step 4 - Stuff is stolen [/quote] True. That, and Religion, have been the cause of more Wars in Human History then anything else. In my eyes, Religion is nothing but th

[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="31" id="2635940"]Can a hero earn new "skills" or upgrade already existing ones on level up ? I agree with the fact that some tech are so must-have that it's un-fun to get them randomly. Housing, lumber and mining shouldn't be random but given free as you reach some levels in civilization. [/quote] Agreed. Some things seem too "basic" or "Common sense" to be left to random chance. Imagine being able to cast a World Destroying Spell, yet at