I have no idea how I ever missed this game, but I did.

So, bought it on Impulse tonight, started playing, then 15 minutes in the game just closes completely. Try to reload and it goes about 5 secs into the loading screen and crashes again. Can't get it working. Restart my computer and it's fine for a bit then crashes, and I can't get it back up

Is anyone else having this problem or have any idea about it?

thanks

Sounds like shadow magic is the one to get.  I'll prob pick that up this weekend.  Thanks for the feedback.

It should be compatible I guess [..but I am not sure]. + I guess you are talking about the 3in1 modpack [..because it combines the best mods available for SM like Dwiggs & CoMA].

More infos about Dwiggs 5.0

More infos about CoMA

Am I the only one who can't get AoWII or SM through Impulse?  I follow the links and try to add the game to my cart, but it just says that my cart is empty no matter now often I try and add them.  I can add AoW to my cart just fine.

I'm thinking that they removed the ability for people to actually buy the games since they are only advertising AoWI and you can only find AoWI (and not AoWII or SM) with Impulse's built in search engine.  They really shouldnt even have the pages up if you can't actually purchase the games, but whatever.

I hope AOW SM is available soon, I still can't add it to my cart and I want it now.  (I have been looking for it for years but it is impossible to find)

Just avoid AOW2 and you're fine.  That game gets completely overshadowed and made irrelevant by SM.

I would avoid 1 and 2 and just get SM. AoW 1 was kind of like the paid beta version of the other 2.

Regarding the fan made patches, are they reasonable to use if you are playing through the campaigns? Or will they completely break them?

Right but AoW I was kind of like the first attempt which didn't work very well. It had an extremely bad release with crippling problems and while later patches improved things it was never able to quite recover from it. AoW II was kind of like how AoW I should have been if they had taken more time to get it right before releasing it.

Man, I'm really disappointed Put off buying AOW:SM until today because I didn't have enough time to play it during the week.  Anyone know when it's going to be available?

Well I meant it was beta in the sense that it was an incomplete and buggy game that was released before it was anywhere close to being ready. Not beta in the sense that it was a literal beta test. But in the end it kind of worked as a beta test for the much better games that came later, they got to see what worked and what didn't and make changes, something they never got to do in their initial rushed development cycle.

Well Craptastic!  I guess I should have purchased SM when this thread started LOL.  I was too busy playing the campaign in AOW 2 and forgot to buy it!  Wonder when it will be released? 

The 3rd fire mission in AOW2: Wizards throne was so huge it took me 5 days of playing here and there to beat the darn thing, the map is pretty huge.  The underground adds extra strategy as well.  I left an unexplored cave, missed due to fog of war, so close to my starting city I was shocked when I found it, and the undead city that was hiding in there as well. 

The AI seems to do a pretty good job, even on beginner.  If you leave any resources unguarded, and they have the ability to go after it, the AI will. 

While EWOM has a fantastic technology tree, something that AOW does not really have, it seems to be lacking in complexity otherwise? Maybe Stardock should hire a psychologist to study what the hell makes me stay up till 3am playing AOW, but not EWOM in its current state.  I know EWOM is a work in progress, and I mean that totally constructively.  Not knocking the Dev's at all, but seriously, where is the difference? 

Comparing the two further ..... I do like the cloth map, and the ability to zoom out, but the maps at the zoomed in level of EWOM are way too simplistic in the empty spaces.  I do like the art work in EWOM, but all that open space is plain ugly!  I also see similarities with HOMMV, the maps are very pretty. 

The tactical battles in AOW2 are sometimes nail biters.  There is something different in EWOM that I can't quite put my finger on.  Are the graphics better in AOW2 here?  No! EWOM has that feather in their cap.  I think it is the "Heroes".  I have two heroes in AOW.  Both have very different skill sets.  One is somewhat the tank, the other is the spell caster with wall climbing.  Trying to get the last hit with them so they get the XP makes the battles a bit interesting.  At first I did not like the fact that none of my units got the XP unless they killed the mob personally, I guess I have learned to live with it.  Makes me maneuver my heroes in for the last kill, while also trying to avoid getting them killed, they can still die fairly quickly just like any other unit. 

Anyhow, this is probably the wrong place, really just wanted to say how much I'm enjoying AOW, and when can I buy it, since I forgot to buy it last week LOL.

Your right Gravedancer.  Do you risk moving the engaged unit away to put the finishing blow on a more powerful unit or not?  100% agree with the things you have listed. Trying to line up several units on the hexes so they can all participate in the attack is critical. 

Something about this game that makes you want to curse at the enemy AI, or yourself, for not overlooking your stupid mistakes.....

The only appeal i see for AOW 1 is that you can totally customize your wizard with any skill in the game.

But i didnt like how how the window was cluttered with giant buttons or the main movement view is about 1/3 the size of the screen. SM graphics blow AOW1 away. But it seems that alot of the mechanics in AOW1 made it all the way to SM. And i love the mechanics of AOW. So props to that.

I played SM for about 10 hours. And AOW for about 20 mins. So its a bit unfair.

Any reason why i should give AOW1 another chance?