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abiessener

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Reply to Map Editor questions "Start Positions etc" in Ashes Modding AshesoftheSingularity Forums

I actually use the GIMP to make most of the preview images you see ;) They're 512x512 single-layer DDS images. Start positions are defined in LobbyOverlay.dds which is also a 512x512 image. Though they're generated automatically on our internal build; not sure when that's going out to public if it isn't already. Also, the start position order is defined by the order you put the Nexuses on the map. You can do a hacky manual assignment by noting which Nexuses are

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Reply to General Thoughts in Ashes of the Singularity AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Keep in mind that Ashes is much, much harder on your GPU than your CPU due to how efficiently the Nitrous engine uses multiple cores. We'll always be working on performance, of course, but Ticktoc is right that GPU memory is a significant limitation if it's low or slow.

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Reply to Are base defenses in a good place? in Ashes of the Singularity Founders AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Smarties are cheap and mostly useful for keeping cheap econ raiders from stealing regions, yeah. Sentinels are hardcore death machines, but they're expensive and slow to build - and they get wrecked by Artemis (the anti-building missile they have is brutal), Nemesis (if it gets to shoot, heh), Prometheus, and bombers. Falcons...probably need some love. Mostly I build Furies ;) A lot of people love a more defensive, turtle-y playstyle, and that's probably someth

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Reply to Controlling large empires difficult - some suggestions in Ashes of the Singularity Founders AshesoftheSingularity Forums

This is great feedback, thanks all. Regarding the empire tree, I've been banging on it a bit internally and I think it can be useful in Ashes for a couple things: 1. Seeing which battlegroups/controlgroups are in combat quickly 2. Getting a very quick sense of relative battlegroup/controlgroup strength 3. Seeing what you have lying around as "loose" (non-battlegroup) units at a glance I don't know that it'll ever be quite as useful overall a

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Reply to Pariden Crusader Power Level - Feedback Requested in Sorcerer King Discussion SorcererKing Forums

Oh, they're coming in as a 5x? Weird. That would explain it. They level extra strong on attack as well (they get +1 physical +1 lightning every level). I think I'm going to leave them as is for now and wait to see if another fix (delaying trait reward events so you don't get them on turn 5 or whatever) solves the issue. Thanks guys!

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Pariden Crusader Power Level - Feedback Requested in Sorcerer King Discussion SorcererKing Forums

Hey all -- We've seen some reports about the Pariden Crusader being totally overpowered and trivializing the game when he shows up. I poked around in the data and did some testing, and he's definitely strong but not anything I'd think would be gamebreaking. Anyone have any details? Should be an easy fix once I understand the issue. Thanks! Adam (P.S. Sorry for what's about to happen to Varda #sorrynotsorry ;) )

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Latest playthrough on Internal in Sorcerer King Discussion SorcererKing Forums

So I've been banging on balance and polish for a while. Very interested to see what you guys think. This is based on the latest Steam build, which I'm told you all have as of this evening. Wrote this originally for folks who don't have hours and hours in the game, so forgive the explanatory bits. --- I can't tell you how much better the last few weeks have made the game. A game like SK benefits so much from getting all its moving parts in sync with one

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Reply to My Concern for the End Game in Sorcerer King Discussion SorcererKing Forums

Interesting. You just camp out in Athica until you fill out your army with Soldiers? That sounds on paper to be...suboptimal. Totally willing to be proved wrong, though. You're giving up 30-40 DC and scouting and questing and...so much stuff to have a couple more units.

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Reply to 5.3 Feedback in Sorcerer King SorcererKing Forums

Do you guys build an "outpost perimeter" around your empire to guard against attacks? I don't take issue with pioneer spam, but more or less the only outposts I build most games are around shards.

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Galactic Civilizations III v1.01 Opt-in Available in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

The first post-launch patch for Galactic Civilizations III is now available on an opt-in basis. This patch enables custom races in multiplayer and fixes various data bugs and crashes. Read the full patch notes here. To enable the patch, do the following: Select Galactic Civilizations III in your Steam Library list Right-click and select Properties Select the BETAS tab F

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Offworld Trading Company - 25% off all weekend! in Offworld News Offworld Forums

Hooray, it's a sale! Offworld Trading Company is 25% off -- $29.99 -- all weekend. Mars is the next frontier for ambitious men and women to make their mark on humanity, but the battle for control of the red planet is fought with stock buyouts and short sales rather than missiles and tanks. Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson's next game is an economic RTS that challenges the foundational assumptions of what the real-time strategy genre can be. <a href="https://www.o

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Reply to Auto end turn and simultaneous turns? in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="stevepeach" reply="7" id="3541597"] You literally have to wait until the other player is done moving to even issue orders or modify build queues. [/quote] This is incorrect. You can issue orders and adjust build queues at any time; they are only executed when your turn comes up. Simultaneous planning, sequential execution. If you are seeing different behavior in the game, that's a bug. Please report it to the support forum and we'll look i

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Founder's Alpha NDA Reminder in Servo Stardock Forums

Happy Alpha day, everyone! Stardock and BonusXP are thrilled to be getting the Servo alpha into your hands. Thank you for your support! As a reminder, no screenshots or video of the Alpha are to be posted . The reasoning for this is that we want to start getting feedback from you, our Founders, before the game is visually ready for the teeming masses to pick it apart. Not everyone is as pumped for Servo as you are (thanks, by the way), and we want to ma

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Reply to Sorcerer King Beta 5.1 Released in Sorcerer King News SorcererKing Forums

Just did a custom priest and got the intro quest as appropriate too...we'll bug it and send to QA. Sorry about that! If you guys can give us specific game settings where you're seeing this behavior (i.e. what exactly did you pick for starting party / ability / spellbooks / land size / difficulty / everything) that would be super helpful.

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