Sareln

Reply to v1.2 has gone gold in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Frogboy, I am curious as to your wrecking technique. Do you have a list that you run down?

Reply to [Mod XML Editor] Setting up an XML workspace in Eclipse (free download) in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

[quote who="Das123" reply="15" id="2794891"] Quoting cr0nic69, reply 14 What do yo mean by a utility that does the code work for you? Some programs allow you to build within a visual interface to make the process easier while the XML code is being built underneath. The Tile Editor is a good example. Eclipse is purely a code editor so will mean you need to code the XML structure directly.[/quote] Kael built something like what you describe for FfH's XML in Exce

Reply to PCWorld’s Game On: Interview with Stardock CEO about Impulse Sale in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[QUOTE] I turn off the recorder and finish my burger. We talk some more about general geek stuff, like what we're watching or reading and why, then go. Before the visit's over, Brad will take me back and show me several white, boxlike beehives he keeps in a meadow behind Stardock's HQ building. My younger brother's allergic to bee stings. I'm wondering for the umpteenth time if I am, too. I ask if we ought to suit up first. He tells me I have nothing to wor

Reply to Design a Trait Contest in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Spitz" reply="122" id="2914230"]The list of possible traits to vote for is blank for me. Can anyone else see it? I'm on Firefox 4.0.[/quote] I also cannot see it. I am using the latest version of Chrome.

[UI][Suggestion] More Info on City Levelup in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I use the random name-gen for city names, and therefore I don't have a very strong connection between the name and what the city does/is specialized in. Upon city Levelup, I'd like the screen to be more to the side, so that we can see which city it is referring to inform our choice on the levelup screen - similar to the CIV IV quick popup build menu that shows up when a city finishes a build. Even though you can see the city's stats in the main UI window, it may be useful

Reply to Steam Christmas Sale in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="58" id="2853815"]I've got SMAC all boxed up and never played. Not sure if it'll even run on Vista.[/quote] It runs. You'll need a patch for vista/7 systems which a little bit of searching should find .

Reply to Update in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Impulse Anywhere is what you're looking for I think.

Reply to [Suggestion][UI] Looking at the Shop in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="onyx_blackbird" reply="4" id="2729456"]Agree with all of it, managed to buy the same stuff twice for one of my champs. Point 4 is already there though[/quote] Did I miss some arrow buttons somewhere? [e digicons]X|[/e]

[Suggestion][UI] Looking at the Shop in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Playing some more Elemental, there are a few UI features I'd like to see added to the in-game shop. Subtabs to sort things to buy - perhaps: Weapons, Armor, Misc, All. A marker to see which items my character already has equipped (even when I'm in the buy tab) Showing me all items in "my inventory" even when they're equipped (use the same mark as #2) The ability to cycle between characters without leaving the shop. A button to take me str

Reply to Elemental isn't showing up in impulse in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Cruxador" reply="2" id="2722009"]There's already a couple threads about this, I'd recommend finding one of them for a full story. Short answer, it's because the beta keys are disabled. You should be able to get it when it's ready (non-beta) which may be tonight. Edit: I'm slow. Oh well.[/quote] Eh, Kyro is paid to be fast :P

Reply to I just found out about this game, so how do I buy it? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Impulse is stardock's digital distribution platform - think steam, but you don't need to have impulse running everytime you start a game. Currently they're planning to release Elemental a few day(s) early to their pre-order crowd. I think the window on that is closed. Elemental's street date is August 24th, so you should be able to order it from impulse then.

Reply to Come hang out with us while you wait in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

/join #elemental

Reply to Who is still up waiting for download? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="2" id="2720406"]What download?[/quote] Yay cross-forum misc. Elemental for the Beta-testers.

Reply to Killing time before 1.0 release in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Wandered down to the local arcade with a friend and threw down $5 each, running through as many of the light-gun games as possible.

Reply to Impending Judgment in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Astrobia" reply="15" id="2719275"] Quoting Pantasd, reply 9Assuming you make $30 a profit per game you sell... you've sold a LOT more preorders than I thought you would. they have a bigger profit if you buy only digital edition Uh... If they are breaking even they haven't made a profit on any of them yet. [/quote] I think we're conflating margin and profit right now - it's just language...

Reply to Elemental BETA Is Now Over in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="22" id="2718263"]Only Beta is over. Clash of opinions, battles of will, Great Walls of Text, Eureka moments, silliness and beers will continue for some years in this forum (more in others). Plus, we get to beta test the expansion packs if we preorder then. [/quote] As Winter says, we are just getting warmed up. This should be one wild ride, IMO, and we're just cresting the first hump!

Reply to Brad Wardell wants to use Steamworks.. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote]However, one thing I think that should be high in priority for Stardock is to make sure Reactor chatting can work with a program like Raptr. One fair criticism of GFWL is that once you close your game, you can't talk with anyone. I think integrating it with another chat program would serve Reactor's interests best.[/quote] I would love that. Most every "in-game" chat system doesn't expose the chat API, so 3rd party chat software cannot interface with the game's chat interface.&

Reply to Elemental & Multiplayer - an essay in WOM Multiplayer Elemental Forums

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="32" id="2718275"] Quoting Shalkto, reply 30this drama queeness is so unnecessary What would be of the internet without it?[/quote] Boring. Better than anything television can write.

Reply to A Question on the old "Continuous Turn" system. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

As a benchmark, Python and XML modding were available for CIV IV on day 0. They released the uncompiled dll (SDK) at some point later in the timeline, around a year later. For some perspective on what should and shouldn't be done with DLL modding (something we probably won't have on day 0), see Xienwolf's thread on CFC . As annatar11 says, you only get to modify what is "exposed" to python in the dll.

Reply to StarCraft 2: Clan Stardock in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Sareln CC: 153 Still busy whoring campaign achievements, but managed to pass all the challenges and play with friends from time to time. They're mostly at Gold, but we all went to school with this guy , so that probably pushed us up from Silver :D. EDIT: Also NA servers.

Reply to EU Price in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Moderatus"] Sareln, I agree with most of what you wrote, but this: It also means that they naturally cannot work within the different price-fixing standards of each particular market. Since they are also offering Elemental at retail, they are stuck with the constraints put upon them by the retail markets they are participating in. Not quite. 1) In Europe ther'

Reply to Elemental: No Copy Protection, Activation, LAN and more in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Monopoly might take a while, depending upon the size and age of your family I'd be more inclined towards quicker games, perhaps something like Settlers of Catan or Robo Rally?

Reply to Post Mortem on the Elemental Beta in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="psychoravin" reply="1" id="2714420"]Stardock is smart to do the beta the way they did. If they had of released a full version near the end of programming developing stage it would have been out there on the Pirate sites before the 24th of Aug got here thus cutting into their revenue and profits even more. I've been beta testing for 25 years and I've seen it all. Most beta testers just want a free game and hardly ever send in a bug report. In this case we all paid to be in the beta

Reply to Elemental: No Copy Protection, Activation, LAN and more in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="117" id="2714380"] LAN Support? Errr LAN Support that requires internet, what is that? Somekind of joke? now your local house is LAN, the Internet is a really large WAN.... so you basically have "LAN Support with Access to Stardock WAN Required" feature.... Okay now that really doesn't sound very local at all. Is the LAN Support a feature where you can type the Local Network Address instead of the Internet IP to connect? Oh well enough fo

Reply to Victoria 2 so far is a good game in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Also, the music is fantastic and sets a great tone.