ScottTykoski

ScottTykoski

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Reply to What Exactly Is This Supposed To Be? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I'm not going to speak for Brad (the creator of the game), but while working on it, I felt we were making more of a game than an election simulator. We tried to make sure the data we were using in the game was as accurate as possible, but in the end it came down to "Will this be fun to play?", not "Is this as realistic as possible?". In the end, I feel the game works well as both...a fun game to pick up a play, as well as a too to inform and

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Reply to can't continue campaign in Political Machine PolMach Forums

A bug was discoved in the 1.0 build where saved games wouldn't remember if they were a campaign game or not. Thus, you could only win a Campaign if you played from start to finish. This is fixed in the upcoming patch. If you're on TotalGaming.net or preordered the game from us, you should be able to update using Stardock Central to the fixed version. If you have a boxed copy you'll have to wait for the UBISoft cerfitied patch to be released

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Reply to Carter creamed me: Why? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

OK, we're looking into jscott's file. Carter definatly kicks some arse in the last quarter...quite frustrating We'll keep you guys up to date (and thanks for the save game file, jscott, it should lead to the answer)

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Reply to So is this a bug, or what am I missing!? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

When you get something happening that dosent look right (like the above situation in FL) could you send a save game file to [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]. As a player that is also getting consistantly trounced in the game, I can understand the frustration of getting beat and not understanding why...hopefully we can shed some light on Carter's "late blooming" <img src="../images/smiles/joke.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddl

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Reply to Seriously, what am I not getting.... (image) in Political Machine PolMach Forums

While I can't say for certain without seeing the map, I can tell that you have the difficulty level set at a decient level (Buch is seen using Political Capital, something easy candidates don't use much). My guess is that he used the ol' "Spin Doctor / Smear Merchant" combo on some key states. This raises his ratings on all issues by 15%, while lowering yours by 15%. Looking at the War on Terror, which arrounted for 38% of votes made, the al

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Reply to Political Opportunity is MEANT to be a race at the turn's beginning? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

The AI's speed is directly linked to the difficulty level. A pushover candidate will take a few turns to see the ?'s, where a difficult candiate will jump on those like a starving pit-bull. At first it may seem to detract from the strategy of the game, but as long as youre on the look out for those puppies when the turn advances, you should be all right. Plus I think it ads some excitement to the more methodical pace of the game play. You suddenly h

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Reply to A couple campaign mode questions in Political Machine PolMach Forums

1. Yes.Yes you can -On the map mode, click on the "Candidate Info" button in the lower left hand corner. -Then select the "Opponent" check box beneith your players portrait. -Finally, select the "Characteristics" tab ("Issues" are selected by default). 2. No...or at least, not in this version. 3. Yes. Play in "Quick Game" to set all your se

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Reply to interviews ? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Tyveil's correct...when a turn spawns interviews, it makes one fo the democrat, one for the republican. Look at the color of the TV Camera for a quick indication of who the interview is for.

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Reply to Choosing your opponent in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Play through the "Quick Play" mode. There you'll have full control over all the aspects of the game, as well as who you'll be playing against. Campaign Mode sets you up automatically with your opponents, and lets you unlock the more powerful candidates available in the game.

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Reply to The Political Machine Availability in Political Machine News PolMach Forums

Link To add to what Tyveil posted, folks who order the game will have the ability to Download it from Stardock Central up until we get the boxes to ship. Following that, we'll be simply sending out the Boxed versions and the downloadable version will only be available on TotalGami

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Reply to Graphical Glitches Galore in Political Machine PolMach Forums

1. We'll look into that one. Could we also get your other system specs? 2. I've logged a bug internally where this will occur when loading a game where things are going on in the smaller states, but It's neverhappened in the middle of a game. Perhaps these two buglettes are related

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Reply to Serious Problem with Special Events in Political Machine PolMach Forums

The AI should be paused when popups have focus...if they're still flying around the screen when the Weekly News report is unhidden at the beginning of the turn, then that'd be a bug. As for the game-dynamic of having to be the first to reach the special event, it really comes down to preference. You see that ? just popped up, so do you leave your current

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Reply to The Political Machine Availability in Political Machine News PolMach Forums

To the Folks looking for the Demo: We've shipped a "release candidate" of the dem out to UbiSoft, so once they've tested and given it the thumbs up, you'll probably be able to get it at their site, amongst others. At the moment, however, no demo is available for download.

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Political Machine Chat Room in Political Machine PolMach Forums

For anyone looking for some multiplayer challenges, there's a #politicalmachine room that's accessable via Stardock Central. There'll be Stardock team members online for technical support, as well as other gamers looking for an online political showdown. To get there, just folow these simple steps.... 1. Open up your copy of Stardock Central (if you're playing with a boxed version, and need SDCentral, go to https://www.stardock.com/p

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Reply to The more I play the game, the more I LOVE it! in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Thats awesome...I know the more I understand it, more more exciting each game becomes. I'd really like to see a 'Training Guide' made for entry-level political junkies, 'cause you really need to understand the political parties before you can become a formidtible opponent in TPM. Though, I'll admit, knowing that to use as a platform is only half the battle <img src="../images/smiles/

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Reply to Ebgames and Gamestop push release date back in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Around the office we'll be checking for the game on local store shelves (much of the box-art contains work from 'yours-truly', so I'm exceptionally excited to see the final copy). EBGames said the 11th as well (in South East Michigan), so hopefully we'll be seeing it today!

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