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[0.95] Installation - Games Explorer shortcut issue when install to non-C: drive in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

I encountered a minor issue when installing FE Beta 4 for the first time. When installing to a different drive besides C:, the shortcut in the Games folder for some reason tries to launch something from C:. This is despite the fact that the \ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer\{guid}\PlayTasks\0\Play shortcut points to the right drive (F:) and that shortcut will run the game properly. Also the shortcut in Stardock Games from the Start Menu works fine. I coul

Reply to Keeping your sovereign alive in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Well stated, Wintersong. More options, especially such large-ranging ones, might make it harder to develop good AI.

Reply to Will the Beta be fun... Yes and No or yeahno if you want... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="14" id="2371068"]As long as there is beta I don't care if it's fun or not. I'm getting some serious anxiety problems about it right now.[/quote] Maybe take a break a bit and check in every couple of days? Fire up some old game you like a lot and get lost in the gameplay of that until the next break. At least you didn't order a Pandora! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPandora#Development_history (Hope to get mine this year.)

Reply to The Lord of the Rings The Rise of Mordor [Mod] in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jharii" reply="5" id="2366322"] FYI, it's not too early to think about mods. I've already been toying with ideas for full conversions of the Talisman, Descent, and Runebound board games.[/quote] Interesting idea. When you state "full conversions", do you mean to actually play the board games within Elemental? I'm assuming not, but otherwise not sure what you mean by "full conversions". And it would be more interesting if you did not mean

Reply to Elemental Alpha: Invites going out in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'm sort of glad I did not get into the Alpha, since I'm pretty busy with other stuff and would prefer more dedicated testers than me. It would have been cool, but I can wait for Beta.

Reply to Elemental Alpha: Invites going out in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Re: MOM bugs: My most memorable bug was the one where, once you finished playing, if you ran any DOS commands afterwards, your hard drive FAT would be scrambled due to them messing with the COMMAND.COM. I ended up creating a new partition just for SimTex games, named "SIMTEX_SUX". (Still, I did buy all their games!) Also, correct me if I'm wrong, please, but didn't MOM run in 320x200?

Reply to Pimping Elemental at Board Game Night in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I own way too many board games with not enough time to play them. At least as long as I keep my job. :-O If you intend on looking into any board games, be sure to check out the BoardGameGeek website. For really good video reviews and brief explanations of how to play certain games, check out Board Games With Scott.

Pimping Elemental at Board Game Night in War of Magic Elemental Forums

At weekly board game night tonight I showed up styling my new sporty E:WOM shirt sent to me by landisaurus (thank you). It was well received. Most folks remembered me talking about Elemental before. One person hated MOM so that analogy did not help for him. I didn't get any pictures but will try next time I go out with it. We played "Small World" which just came out. A remake of the game Vinci, which is one of my favorites. Had a fun time. The chang

Reply to Connecting my work machine with my home machine. in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

I am in a similar boat, only I have no expectation of Multiplicity being able to work between my work PC connected via VPN and my home machines. The reason why is your work VPN, which does not allow you to communicate with your local non-work PCs. If it did, then this would be a security risk your corporate masters would not like. It's the same reason you aren't able to print to a local network printer or cannot browse files on your non-work PCs while connected to your VPN.<

Reply to HoMM vs. Elemental in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="2" id="2065358"] Quoting timbur, reply 25I have a hard time imagining how you could ever play a strategic multi-player game where you have any sort of interaction during battles. The only exception of course being if battles last longer than 1 strategic game-turn. But I call those "wars". How could you have a hard time imagining it? You just described an example of exactly that in Titan... And to name yet another example (or two), HoMM an

Reply to HoMM vs. Elemental in War of Magic Elemental Forums

To continue (badly) the spin-off from HOMM, the MM 5/6/7 games let you toggle between real-time and turn-based. It worked in some ways and did not work in others. It will be interesting to see what Stardock does for this. I have a hard time imagining how you could ever play a strategic multi-player game where you have any sort of interaction during battles. The only exception of course being if battles last longer than 1 strategic game-turn. But I call those "war

Reply to FAN CONTEST! FREE SHIRT! BE A FAN! > now over with winners announced (2nd page) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Thanks! And sorry about not being obvious. I obviously need to work on that. :-)

Reply to FAN CONTEST! FREE SHIRT! BE A FAN! > now over with winners announced (2nd page) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

When I first heard (re-heard actually) of E:WOM, I ended up sending an email to all my buddies about it and also DemiGod (although I haven't had much chance to beta that yet). Here's the text, and I apologize in advance for any misrepresentations and IP issues. It was a private email. But this contest is making me prove my efforts. :-) From my email: In case any of you are fans of the old game Master Of Magic, you should chec

Reply to Economic Stimulus Payment in Community Stardock Forums

As long as we're actually spending money on building items and other projects instead of giving away money (stim checks) or cutting taxes (similar to stim checks only to people like me who don't need it as much since you pay more only when you make more), then the multiplier effect of the spent money will be increased. (Multiplier effect is there for stim checks and tax cuts too, but less so.) And that will create jobs. So if we spend $1M to build or improve something physic

How large will the download be? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

How large will the download be? I'll be on the road on the release date, so I'll be downloading from a hotel. Will the release download be smaller if you already have the beta installed?

Reply to Using Multiplicity via VPN? in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

Thanks, Zubaz. I wonder whether your VPN has Split Tunneling enabled, or something like that, which enables you to actually communicate to the LAN machines. Mine doesn't. If I can manage to ping machines on my LAN, then I will be OK. Currently I am seeing whether I can manage to do this using a "route delete ...".

Using Multiplicity via VPN? in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

I currently have just my work laptop and my main home PC on my desktop, but once I finish rearranging and putting up my new desk, I will be adding several new testbed PCs and other home servers to the mix. For my main home PC and those extra ones, I will likely try to use Multiplicity Pro. But I would also like to use Multiplicity on the work laptop, which is almost always connected to work via the VPN. I've seen a few posts on t