Bob-Morane

Painter 10 license in Corel Applications Stardock Forums

Hello, i was wondering whether Painter 10 (currently on sale at an interesting price) has a full license when bought at Impulse. In short, do i get the same license i would have if i bought it directly at Corel and would i be eligible for an upgrade price to Corel Painter 11 if i decide to upgrade later? I refuse to buy directly from Corel as Painter is more expensive in Euros than the price in Dollar despite the fact the Euro is worth $1.3 (if i were to buy Painter X now, and immedia

Reply to Tactical Combat discussion continuation in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

11 pages is more than i can read in the few spare time i have, so sorry if i repeat other people's posts. I wanted to give my point of view on the " Winners take all " issue. I don't like it. I think it should always be possible, not easy but possible, to flee if you discover you're in a loosing position. Also, you can't use any hit and run with fast units without a way to flee a battle. Think of Faramir's rangers in Lord of the Rings, they were patrolling the borderlan

[1z4-Crash] CTD on end of turn under WinXP in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Hello, sorry to report this, but i still got a CTD upon hitting End Turn with the new beta 1z4. I'm running Windows XP home SP3. Here is the log : http://pastebin.com/dqjv3Z46 And the memory dump : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6047647/Elemental0_32-2010-05-08T17-06-34-625.zip

Reply to [0.302 CTD] Crash on next turn in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Same for me, CTD out of the blue upon hitting next turn. err report here memory dump here

Reply to Elemental: Why it’s important to get it right in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Well, i sure hope Elemental will be released soon, just like most everyone here, but don't rush it. Take all the time it needs to create a great game. Rushed games never give great games. I've seen games released too early, and it wasn't pretty (Space Empires V comes to my mind, but there have been others). Sometimes those games can survive the time it takes to get all the patches released until the game can be seen as finished, but others die quickly and never get finshed. Yo

Reply to [1z1] "conflict" with Online Armor IDS in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Yep, but we all hope Elemental will be better than most games out there don't we [e digicons]:grin:[/e] BTW, is it the right place to report issues. It's what i understood from the reporting guide, but i'd like to be sure cause a public forum is rarely the place to report bugs to.

[1z1] Can't play after loading an auto-save in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

After my last CTD i tried loading the auto-save and see if i could play a bit further. However after loading the auto-save i can't play cause i can't move my sovereign (despite her having move points available) and i can't end the turn either (no matter how many times i click the end-turn button, nothing happens). Same happens with the "previous auto save" so it's shouldn't be related to the game being saved when Elemental crashed. Both saves are on my drop-box <a href="http:/

Reply to [1z1] "conflict" with Online Armor IDS in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I know other games, even final builds have the same issue, but some others don't. It means something can be done. If Elemental does cede focus or allows alt-tabbing even during the loading screen step, it will fix the issue. Or maybe use windowed mode for the loading step rather than full-screen, and only go to full screen when everything is loaded and every process is working. Well i'm no programmer, so i can only guess what might work. I just wanted to port this to

Reply to Creative solution to the "end-game problem"? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="RikazeMA" reply="14" id="2588965"] How is luck unrealistic? Shit happens, it's a fact. Let's say you and I are the leaders of Empires, and we're at war, and you're whuppin' me. Suddenly, every coastal city you are in control of gets hit by a massive Tidal Wave, effectively cutting off all benefits from those cities. Now, you're still ahead, but I've got a chance to level the playing field somehow, either via Military, Diplomacy, or Economy booming.<br

[1z1] "conflict" with Online Armor IDS in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Well, i just started testing Elemental yesterday but when i tried startring it for the first time, i had some troubles related to the IDS functionnality of my Firewall : Online Armor Online Armor has a function that monitors new unknown applications starting, registry changes ... When a new application starts, it displays a pop-up window above the notification area. This po-up has options for allowing or not the application, an option to "Tr

Reply to [1Z1][CRASH] Crashes when ending turn in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Same here. CTD after hitting "End Turn" some 10-15 turns in the game. err log is here : http://pastebin.com/xMBa8C0n dxdiag info is here : http://pastebin.com/0aikGy2H memory dump : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6047647/Elemental0_299-2010-04-11T12-33-50-187.zip

What is CryptoUtilAX.dll ? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Hello, i've just preordered Elemental and installed Beta 1z. During installation my Firewall warned me about this file (CryptoUtilAX.dll) being added to auto start. I was wondering what this file does? If i would have been installing a game that's crippeled by invasive DRMs, i would have guessed it's a DRM driver, but as far as i know, Elemental doesn't use invasive DRMs? Why does it need to register an auto-start entry? I must say i don't like to many autostarts as i try hard t

Reply to Creative solution to the "end-game problem"? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I agree that late game can become tedious, but i don't think "game breaking events" would be a proper solution. I think anything that can suddenly, and out of pure luck, turn the tide of a game has nothing to do in a strategy game. I'm no hardcore chess player that can't live with some randomness, but i hate events that suddenly ruin a game with nothing you can do about them. Events can exist in a strategy game, but they should only have small to moderate impact on the game, and certa

Reply to Time Time Time. See what has become of me. in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Hello. First sorry, i've not read everything, i don't really have time to read 170+ posts, but i wanted to post a few thoughts i have on the TBS waiting "issue" First, as a board game player, i like true turn based strategy, and i don't mind waiting a few minutes for others to play, however, with as much as 32 players, waiting could become a real issu. I think to make waiting less tedious, you should simply allow players to do something. As posted by <a id="ctl00__Content__RepeaterRep

Reply to Autoplace is driving me nuts in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Too easy for me [e digicons]:-"[/e] I searched all options but never thought of searching an in-game option. Thanks for the answer.

Autoplace is driving me nuts in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

I don't know how it happened, but i can't place any structure myself, each time i try to build something, the CPU insists on placing it for me, most of the time where i don't want it of course. In my current game, i have two full upgrade orkulus in my frontier "systems", but i can't place correctly my jump interdictors so the enemy doesn't just pass by and jump to my inner systems [e digicons]:annoyed:[/e] Anyone knows how i can disable this feature/bug. I only found an option

Reply to Master of Orion IV in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

Seeing what Blizzard is planning for Starcraft 2, i'd be happy if Stardock was to release this title too [e digicons]:annoyed:[/e]