Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Blueprint
Your definition of choice opens new perpectives on the liberty concept.

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ORIGINAL: Stwa

To be honest, I think most of posts in this thread DONT fall into the "necessary" category. I am guitly myself. But how many times are you going to call Gshock a liar? Aren't you on record already?

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Clovis said:
About the Pequot war scenario:
2) The AGE AI is able to deal with these variations. The command event was introduced in this scenario, as it was openly discussend in Ageod forum, because the pequot AI wasn't sufficiently aggressive. the evnt is just inciting pequot Ai to take the offensive. Now, if the Pequot hadn't taken any offensive in reality, the war would never had occurred. And there would have been no need to simulate this.

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ORIGINAL: GShock

Stwa, mine is the distinct point of view of a CUSTOMER who could never play this game till the end due to a bug.

New game, bug, report, end of game, new patch. New game, bug, report, end of game, new patch. It is a loop.

In a game/scenario there's no opponent,
in another there's no contest,
in another there's a move bug where transport moves and cargo stays,
in another the AI doesn't attack,
in another the distant unload doesn't work,
in another the replacements do not arrive,
in another can't build a fort even though i have supplies and arty,
in another the AI is not defending its objectives,
in another ships dont get repaired,
in another a stack is said to arrive somewhere and it doesn't arrive at all,
in another, i siege the settlement, the besieged become stronger and i become weaker,
in another the game crashes, asks me to write report and the application opening outlook express crashes...

It was my choice to leave the AgeOD betas, that's why i have no hate for anyone and no regrets...but the bugs are there, oh yes they are.

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ORIGINAL: JastaV

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ORIGINAL: Stwa

To be honest, I think most of posts in this thread DONT fall into the "necessary" category. I am guitly myself. But how many times are you going to call Gshock a liar? Aren't you on record already?

It's Blueprint's style to insult and charging opponents with layer and incompetence accusations, rather than going after the discussion of the problem.
Then, when Clovis, (aka Blueprint) is not able to produce explanations or to provide fixes to troubles when talking in name of AGeod, he prefers to deny the problem at all.


Indeed, when Clovis discusses problems he just makes show of all his incompetence:

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Clovis said:
About the Pequot war scenario:
2) The AGE AI is able to deal with these variations. The command event was introduced in this scenario, as it was openly discussend in Ageod forum, because the pequot AI wasn't sufficiently aggressive. the evnt is just inciting pequot Ai to take the offensive. Now, if the Pequot hadn't taken any offensive in reality, the war would never had occurred. And there would have been no need to simulate this.

Now, there's not command to improve Pequot AI controlled aggressiveness in that scenario files.
The example I was quoting is GBR side related!
GBR, evt_nam_Boost_AI event is used to increase British side Aggressiveness and not the Indian, Pequot warriors one as Clovis stated

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ORIGINAL: JastaV

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ORIGINAL: GShock

Stwa, mine is the distinct point of view of a CUSTOMER who could never play this game till the end due to a bug.

New game, bug, report, end of game, new patch. New game, bug, report, end of game, new patch. It is a loop.

In a game/scenario there's no opponent,
in another there's no contest,
in another there's a move bug where transport moves and cargo stays,
in another the AI doesn't attack,
in another the distant unload doesn't work,
in another the replacements do not arrive,
in another can't build a fort even though i have supplies and arty,
in another the AI is not defending its objectives,
in another ships dont get repaired,
in another a stack is said to arrive somewhere and it doesn't arrive at all,
in another, i siege the settlement, the besieged become stronger and i become weaker,
in another the game crashes, asks me to write report and the application opening outlook express crashes...

It was my choice to leave the AgeOD betas, that's why i have no hate for anyone and no regrets...but the bugs are there, oh yes they are.

Is WIA playable?

May be most people here is ready to swear WIA is playable just because we can move units around the map without CTD or fatal errors as it happens with other Ageod titles!

It's some 6 months I'm going after WIA major scenarios......

Few Acres of Snow, British side
1st Campaign game wasted because of the Halifax supply transportation bug.
2nd Campaign game wasted because of the Halifax supply transportation bug a second time.
Trouble now fixed.
3th Campaign game wasted because of the inability to move troops from Ticonderoga to Montreal.
Problem known, till waiting for a fix.

The Whites of their eyes, Americans side
1st Campaign game. It was my first Campaign game and it was wasted by many bugs including the oddity of AI.
Most bugs now fixed

The whites of their eyes, British side
1st Campaign game wasted because of the Philadelphia bug.
2nd Campaign game wasted because of the Philadelphia bug, (yes a second time!)
Troubles reported, till waiting for a fix.

That without need to mention siege related troubles...... or the ugly show of AI Major Forces destroyed on the field by harsh weather conditions!
Is WIA playable?
Yes, I spent many hours playing it without experiencing stability troubles common to other titles, (WW1).
Anyway, I did not enjoy it because of so many "incidents" that wasted my game sessions.
Is then worth to dedicate hours to build up a strategy when bugs and unpredictable engine issues will disrupt it?
I can accept to see my plans disrupted by a strong AI opposition, not by oddities!
Not 9 months from game public release!

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ORIGINAL: Blueprint

For my own, when you posted here, I've just written 3 more command for the AI in my mod. Each spends time in different ways, isn't it?

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ORIGINAL: JastaV

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ORIGINAL: Blueprint

For my own, when you posted here, I've just written 3 more command for the AI in my mod. Each spends time in different ways, isn't it?

GREAT!
Indeed, I wrote a mess of new commands too, edited new units and reworked the Winter Quarters routine!
I did not say my WQ routine is better; just different!

Guess, we should manage to organize a files exchange........
Thinking of a Cold War times style exchange!

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ORIGINAL: Blueprint

Do us another favour: explain us why you're spending time to mod a totally broken game. I would like to know how you can conciliate your statement on Ageod games ( broken, unacurrate, Ai challenged) with the painflul modding task. Certainly not because in reality there are no better computer wargames on the market....whatever you can write here and there.

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I never spent so many time after a strategy game as I did after AGEod titles!
That modding; that playing: mostly modding and play-testing indeed.
Did that because looking to denigrate AGEod and its products?
No!
No, No!
I would not spent months modding NCP and helping the program developers in such a perspective!
My attention and care to AGEod games is dictated by the great potential the games have.

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ORIGINAL: JastaV

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ORIGINAL: Blueprint

Do us another favour: explain us why you're spending time to mod a totally broken game. I would like to know how you can conciliate your statement on Ageod games ( broken, unacurrate, Ai challenged) with the painflul modding task. Certainly not because in reality there are no better computer wargames on the market....whatever you can write here and there.

I already did:

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I never spent so many time after a strategy game as I did after AGEod titles!
That modding; that playing: mostly modding and play-testing indeed.
Did that because looking to denigrate AGEod and its products?
No!
No, No!
I would not spent months modding NCP and helping the program developers in such a perspective!
My attention and care to AGEod games is dictated by the great potential the games have.

1. I spent so many time to become confident with AGEod games codes: Now, it's time to use what I learned!
2. Ageod games have a superb potentiality and improvement chance.
3. My Mods are so beloved You cannot stay without it, as documented by your endless requests for their public availability. Isn't it!

Now some suggestions for you, helping me decide giving up with AGEod............

1. Ageod could re-edit the full codes pool: at that point I'll give up for sure. I'll not waste 6 more months to learn the new ones.
2. Ageod could destroy the "improvement chances reason": that publishing playable, perfect games.
3. No, stopping asking for my mods will not work. I'm modding for my pleasure... a thing you should already know!

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ORIGINAL: GShock


The difference, Stwa/Blueprint, is that the Empires in Arms volounteers do not say the game is not bugged like the AgeOD volounteers do.

The typical AgeOD volounteer either:
denies the existence of bugs
blames it on supposed second reasons the poster has
says the team didn't receive any report
says it's all wad.

Furthenmore, the guy at EiA is a lone dev and he's released ONE unfinished product.
AgeOD has released 3 in a row.

Of course the situations are different.

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ORIGINAL: JastaV


Do not forget point 4!

4. The most important: .................

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ORIGINAL: Stwa

To get a campaign game you would have to get CCWAR which is here at Matrix. It has improved from the CC2 days. It has 64 campaign maps and a complete strategic layer.

CCMT does NOT have a strategic game and only allows single battles, one at a time, but that's my preference now days.

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ORIGINAL: Stwa

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tt.asp?forumid=621

Its called Close Combat Wacht am Rhein. Its about two games above this one in the forum menu.

I think your resolution will be supported during game play. In other words the game does support wide screen. But please be advised the initial menus that are used prior to game play are 800 x 600 and may appear very small on that monitor, and will have black letterboxes on either side and above and below the menu. I can live with that because my resoltion is 1360 x 768.

Be sure to ask plenty of questions or get someone with a similar monitor to send you a screen shot. Talk to Andrew over there, he is the moderator and is very knowledgeable.

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ORIGINAL: Stwa

JastaV, Gshock,

You guys need to try some new titles. May I suggest CCMT. Its fun, and it doesn't cost alot.

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ORIGINAL: JastaV

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ORIGINAL: berto
Hot-seat solitaire. Works for me!

Then, going after your suggestion, many gamers will stop buying PC games...... guess it will not greately help authors/publishers.

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ORIGINAL: JastaV

2. The useless of PC game supported by AI, as suggested by berto.

I think it is a bit excessive! Isn't it?

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Apparently, for some games, for some scenarios, the answers are: yes, and yes.

When I am disappointed with the AI--not all the time, just some of the time; not just for AGEOD games, but for games from any publisher--my solution is:

Hot-seat Solitaire!