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mis-matched factions?
« on: 23 June 2010, 21:21:24 »
Hi

I have noticed when selecting different factions that some appear to be unbalanced. Sometimes I will barely have the chance to begin building when suddenly a screen pops up saying "you win!". Other times, this screen will pop up even before the game has begun.

Also, I sometimes see people just randomly disappear - only to pop up again in another place or enemy buildings disappear simply because one of my men walked into one of them. Is the "enemy" simply pulling up camp and relocating elsewhere?.

Are these things normal and I'm just "not getting it" or are these actually bugs?. I must admit that I'm VERY new to this game and what originally attracted me to it was the beautiful graphics and life-like movements of the characters. I have a LOT of MODs, maps, factions, scenarios and tilesets too. Perhaps I'm mixing these up and ending up with unbalanced factions and other strange things?.

Just trying to get an education here.

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Re: mis-matched factions?
« Reply #1 on: 23 June 2010, 22:55:47 »
Factions being unbalanced: Yeah, I agree...sometimes they are...but it really depends on which...so which factions are you talking about?  :|

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Also, I sometimes see people just randomly disappear - only to pop up again in another place or enemy buildings disappear simply because one of my men walked into one of them. Is the "enemy" simply pulling up camp and relocating elsewhere?.
Could be, or just your computer... maybe record it so know what you are talking about? I'm still  :| on it...

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Are these things normal and I'm just "not getting it" or are these actually bugs?. I must admit that I'm VERY new to this game and what originally attracted me to it was the beautiful graphics and life-like movements of the characters. I have a LOT of MODs, maps, factions, scenarios and tilesets too. Perhaps I'm mixing these up and ending up with unbalanced factions and other strange things?.
Usually, it is best not too... because they are not made to be balanced with other factions. Sometimes it's good to though... more fun, etc. as you probably already know...Another con though is that it messes you up when playing multiplayer, meaning you can't/really do that if you are going to play with others...

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Just trying to get an education here.
OK, don't worry, you won't fail...  ;) Joking...

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Re: mis-matched factions?
« Reply #2 on: 23 June 2010, 23:32:32 »
Factions being unbalanced: Yeah, I agree...sometimes they are...but it really depends on which...so which factions are you talking about?  :|

Well, I was playing a faction that looked like something out of the war between the Brits and Americans (the Revolutionary War?). One side were "Bluecoats" and the other side "Redcoats". I played this with a map and tileset that I think were originally designed for one of the Vbros packs but I was using the MegaPack Tech Tree for it so it came out kind of weird. Probably I shouldn't mix and match like that but like you say it can be kind of fun :).

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Could be, or just your computer... maybe record it so know what you are talking about? I'm still  :| on it...

I downloaded and installed gtk-recordmydesktop and recorded a good screen but I couldn't find a way to convert the file to a common format so I could upload/link it. Maybe I'll try something else to do the recording.

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Usually, it is best not too... because they are not made to be balanced with other factions. Sometimes it's good to though... more fun, etc. as you probably already know...Another con though is that it messes you up when playing multiplayer, meaning you can't/really do that if you are going to play with others...

Very true!.

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OK, don't worry, you won't fail...  ;) Joking...

Haha :O

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Re: mis-matched factions?
« Reply #3 on: 23 June 2010, 23:42:03 »
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Well, I was playing a faction that looked like something out of the war between the Brits and Americans (the Revolutionary War?). One side were "Bluecoats" and the other side "Redcoats". I played this with a map and tileset that I think were originally designed for one of the Vbros packs but I was using the MegaPack Tech Tree for it so it came out kind of weird. Probably I shouldn't mix and match like that but like you say it can be kind of fun  :).
Bluecoats, Redcoats? I don't know of any factions like that...not yet at least.  :|
Which one?
Using other maps should be fine...
hmm, try not using the megapack tech tree, copy the resources itself and put it in a "tech", name it and what uoi think it should be, then try again...
Hmm...kinda weird...  :|

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I downloaded and installed gtk-recordmydesktop and recorded a good screen but I couldn't find a way to convert the file to a common format so I could upload/link it. Maybe I'll try something else to do the recording.
http://winff.org/html_new/downloads.html for the GUI... I think basically it is FFmpeg...

Good Luck!

 

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