http://forums.relicnews.com/ General gaming community forums, with a focus toward Relic Entertainment titles. en Tue, 21 May 2013 08:24:56 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.relicnews.com/images/misc/rss.png http://forums.relicnews.com/ http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272414-Lets-Talk-about-Downloadable-Content&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 08:08:49 GMT *What is Lets Talk about?* Lets Talk about is a brand new incentive to get some meaty discussion... What is Lets Talk about?

Lets Talk about is a brand new incentive to get some meaty discussion from the awesome community that exists in The Gaming Lounge. Each fortnight we will be posting a new thread with a brand new topic ranging from what's happening now in the gaming industry through to aspects within games themselves that always produce some great discussion. While the discussion itself is a tad more serious than the normal fun discussions in the game threads themselves, don't take it as that it has to be 100% serious, you can still joke and poke fun as we want to hear from everyone who views the thread about their opinions on the topic at hand. That means if you really hate the topic, post it and let your voice be heard.

Topic for today - Downloadable Content

Downloadable content has been a solid part of gaming for a good couple of years now, so much so that it is a given that any title released these days will contain at least some form of Downloadable content attached to it, from day 1 DLC all the way to content being released years after the title came out. We all know why it was originally established, as a form to content used to increase the games live from the first few weeks all the way to a good few years, as well as give those who buy and love the game, something else to look forward to.

But as we've all experienced, DLC can be both good and bad, from having awesome content being released after you start to get bored of your favourite game to games being somewhat stripped of key features only to have them turn up again as DLC. Yet, one of the most recent developments on the last few years with regards to Downlaodable content has come in the forum of the 'Season Pass', basically you throw down your cash at the start of the games life cycle to secure yourself all the DLC that is suppose to come out, effectively you are pre-ordering DLC for that game, even if you might not like it - it's a risk. However, one of the most interesting things is that EA recently announced it's getting ride of Online passes, so that means things like Battlefield 3's Premium aren't going to happen in the future.

However, as it's EA most people are suspious rather than seeing this as a step in the right direction more people are wondering what's going to be coming instead of Season Passes as the way for EA to sell us DLC. So it got me wondering about the communities thought's on DLC itself.

Do you purchase DLC yourself? Do you enjoy the DLC that comes from games? What is your preferred method for DLC?

Let us know :) ]]> Akranadas http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272414-Lets-Talk-about-Downloadable-Content http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272413-Making-Defense-non-autotargetable&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 03:19:26 GMT I was wandering how I can make the defenses (sandbags, tank traps, and barbed wire) not... I was wandering how I can make the defenses (sandbags, tank traps, and barbed wire) not autotargetable? ]]> Company of Heroes - The Armoury General Kong http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272413-Making-Defense-non-autotargetable http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272412-Obsolesce-in-your-life&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 02:47:31 GMT What are things in your life that you have used or been taught to use that are now obsolete? I... What are things in your life that you have used or been taught to use that are now obsolete? I don't just mean like "I had a computer but then I got a better one" sort of thing. Was it useful? Could it still be useful? Do you miss it?

I remember using the card catalog system in libraries. It was pretty much phased out by high school though, as I don't remember using it there. I can't imagine computers have sped up finding a book much faster, as you still have to hunt the book down on the shelves somewhere. I could've used those cards recently too, as I was looking for a book but the library's online system was down for the whole week! ]]> General Discussions Derivative http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272412-Obsolesce-in-your-life http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272411-F4-tornado-hits-Oklahoma-City-area&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 01:56:25 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us/tornado-oklahoma.html?_r=0... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us...homa.html?_r=0
http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2344383

the situation is still ongoing. Local news are reporting 51 people are dead.

The F4 tornado touched down in Moore, Oklahoma(a suburb of Oklahoma City). It ripped though several housing developments and at least 2 schools were most of the fatalities happened. Please keep the families of the effected in your thoughts. ]]> General Discussions nadarko http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272411-F4-tornado-hits-Oklahoma-City-area http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272410-Question-about-the-King-Tiger-s-veterancy&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 00:57:46 GMT I have the King Tiger as a one-off call-in unit for the Panzer Elite; it works as designed but I'm having a problem with the veterancy. I copied the Jagdpanther's veterancy section as I'm not sure how PE veterancy works -- at least not specifically. I have it so that the icons come up when veterancy is gained, and the offensive or defensive options can be chosen, and it seemed to work. However, in another game, I called in the KT after having unlocked the TD doctrine's APCR upgrade, and it appear on the map with no attack function. The tank could move, but couldn't fire.

And yes, I had set up the APCR (or whatever it's called) unlock to switch the KT's gun to the APCR version, so I don't think it's that.

What could the issue be? Should I make a unique veterancy section for the KT (and if so, how?) or will the JP's suffice? ]]> Company of Heroes - The Armoury mandead http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272410-Question-about-the-King-Tiger-s-veterancy http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272409-adminstration-answer-please&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 00:34:15 GMT Im an old time coh player been around since vanilla coh. what is the purpose of gimping every... Im an old time coh player been around since vanilla coh. what is the purpose of gimping every single thing the nazis had. I can see the fun in having a hard faction but giving the allies unlimited arty (as in giving the calliope 125 ammo recharge was fair) , taking away even the barbed wire cutters and gimping the nazis out of being able to field two tigers (as opposed to two pershings..what was wrong with that?). I mean the elites get two panthers for every 1000 manpower. What was the purpose in not having more tigers on the field. Last and not least lets not forget the famous pioneer nerf I mean they were super all powerfull. All in all vanilla coh was and still is the best looking game even compared to coh 2. Really I'd prefer coh 1 to coh 2. I just dont get it. Millions of dollars spent on making a fun game not fun its not normal....are you guys alright? Right now you need a team or at least good players facing a weak allied team in coh 1 for nazis to win. Then lets not even mention that with too many losses noone will play with you if your stats bad. At least in coh 1 the skirmish games counted as a real win. Now as it is players just play teams and will not do randoms at any cost. Once and for all we will pay for cool stuff in coh 1 for things that make no difference in gameplay. Look at world of tanks they will let you buy stupid tanks that make no difference in gameplay I can guarantee you people will play coh 1 if you charge for cool uniforms or something.

You guys think coh2 will be popular because of whatever....but we would of paid for coh 1 just as much as coh 2. There was no need to spend millions of dollars patching a perfect game to mush then making another. ]]> Company of Heroes Everlast http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272409-adminstration-answer-please http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272408-Penny-Arcade-Episode-3-for-free&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 22:35:33 GMT http://penny-arcade.com/static/rainslick-giveaway Episode 4 is around the corner and they made... http://penny-arcade.com/static/rainslick-giveaway

Episode 4 is around the corner and they made Episode 3 available for everyone. Enjoy ]]> Patman42x http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272408-Penny-Arcade-Episode-3-for-free http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272407-(SS-1-2)-Eldar-strategy-questions&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 22:31:13 GMT Hey there, How are you doing? I just decided to start playing with Eldar; I believe I learned... Hey there,
How are you doing?

I just decided to start playing with Eldar; I believe I learned the basics of the race, but I want to get better at this. It is very frustrating because my army and my economy have a trend to collapse very fast.

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REPLAYS

I shall provide you with 2 replays (PASSWORD: eldarweb): http://www.mediafire.com/download/j3...2013.05.20.zip

DEFEAT: 2v2 CSMT>NE I made really bad mistakes here, but this will give you an idea of the situation (load screen name CSMT>NE).
VICTORY: 2v2 EOk>CSMN I find my strategy very passive, what do you think? (load screen name ZAMLOCK)

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General personal notes:

- I already read the Eldar guides on TACTICA IMPERIALIS
- I have no idea of the minimum LPs and GENs needed to keep my economy going
- How much should I expand?

Stuff I want to master

- Getting a general purpose army configuration (i.e. find a text-book eldar army)
- Moving to the vehicle’s tier
- Learning WHEN I should start building vehicles

1v1 personal vs TAU:

- I cannot do ANYTHING against the fire warrior + scouts combo; my detectors are weak and my attacks fall short ranged.
- I cannot take down the VESPIDS (this part is not in the replays).

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Here's my starting BO:

BS: AP1, GEN1, WG1
HQ: Set default stance to ranged (blue) for all units
HQ: GU1, BS2, GU2, FOF

GU1 capture the closest locations (1 & 2) and advance to cap other locations
GU2 capture the closet location (3) and go cap other locations (the relic, if available)
BS2 assists in building GEN1

At this momment AP1 is ready:
- I research Bn or Rp stone
- I add a warlock to my GU1, GU2, GU3

BS1 & BS2 finish building GEN1 and WG1 together

At this momment, my GU1 are moving to LP2
BS1 builds LP1
BS2 teleports from the edge of my base to the middle of the map and builds WG2

HQ Research mysticism & plasma granades
AP1 Rp1 or Bn1

BS1 Builds LP3
BS2 Builds turret near the WG2
BS3 Builds GEN3

Once the Rp1 or the Bn1 is ready I reinforce my army to the max
At this moment I start to defend my base/LPs or de-cap enemy locations (this was like 4-7 minutes)

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What do you think?
Hi.Q ]]> Battle Archives Hi-Q http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272407-(SS-1-2)-Eldar-strategy-questions http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272406-Subsystem-question&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 19:53:37 GMT Hello Folks, does anybody know a possibility to replace subsystems (via script, via research...... Hello Folks,

does anybody know a possibility to replace subsystems (via script, via research... doenst matter)

Example: A weapon subsystem (like normal gun) is build on a ship, the a certain research is performed, and then another subsystem can be build and replaces the first. Is this possible.

Thanks! ]]> Homeworld 2 - Tanis Shipyards Outlaw http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272406-Subsystem-question http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272405-custom-KEYDEFAULTS-lua-not-loading&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 17:46:33 GMT my custom made KEYDEFAULTS.LUA in my defprofile folder isn't working. I made it use the advanced build menu and my custom hotkeys but it doesn't seem to be working. any idea what could be the problem? even tried to use other custom KEYDEFAULTS.LUA files from other mods and they don't load too. help plz ]]> Dawn of War - Adeptus Modificatus Whiteshield http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272405-custom-KEYDEFAULTS-lua-not-loading http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272404-Heavy-Gear-Assault-Kickstarter-has-Launched!&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 15:39:17 GMT We have been fairly quite for the past couple weeks, but it was all leading up to this Kickstarter... We have been fairly quite for the past couple weeks, but it was all leading up to this Kickstarter launch!

Heavy Gear Assault Kickstarter

And a new vid to show some of what we have been up to with the Unreal 4 Engine. :) sm

http://youtu.be/GwAhHsVBc8M ]]> Solarmech http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272404-Heavy-Gear-Assault-Kickstarter-has-Launched! http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272402-Steam-Workshop&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 01:34:11 GMT At present there is no workshop space allocated on steam of company of heroes community content, I... At present there is no workshop space allocated on steam of company of heroes community content, I urge other modders to visit the steam workshop thread and sign it on behalf of whatever mods they are working on.

http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/d...6718764737413/

Lets get ourselves an easier method of distribution, especially considering steam is now a necessity to play! ]]> Company of Heroes - The Armoury Uccido http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272402-Steam-Workshop http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272401-Lone-Ranger-movie-coming-in-July&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 00:49:20 GMT I hadn't heard anything at all about this one until I saw an ad for it today. As a fan of Westerns in general and of the original Lone Ranger TV series I should be excited by this, but there are a couple of things that make me a little concerned that it won't be as good as it could be...

1. It's Disney so the gunfights are likely to be played down.
2. Johnny Depp as Tonto. I hope that doesn't mean we will see a wisecracking Tonto as the star instead of the Lone Ranger.
3. If there isn't at least some homage paid to the TV show opening theme (The William Tell Overture) I think I'll strangle someone.

Movie trailer:
]]> General Discussions GeoffS http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272401-Lone-Ranger-movie-coming-in-July http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272396-Problem-with-A-i&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 16:44:42 GMT Hi, i have a strange problem with my a.i never built the tank depot, ¿anyone can help me pls?. ... Hi, i have a strange problem with my a.i never built the tank depot, ¿anyone can help me pls?.

Thx. ]]> Company of Heroes - The Armoury -250 wh div- http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272396-Problem-with-A-i http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272395-Eldar!-Eldar!-Eldar!&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 16:24:23 GMT Weeks ago we got the first look at the upcoming Eldar-release by a picture I dare not repost... Weeks ago we got the first look at the upcoming Eldar-release by a picture I dare not repost (plastic Farseer)

Now a picture/scan from the WD (which I dare not repost either) form the uncoming Eldar release has surfaced, showing the so called "Wraithknight" - an upscaled Wraithlord or downscaled Revenant Titan, depending on how you want to put it...

I'm excited about what is to come, though between additions to my CSM and confirmation that Night Lords will be in 2nd HH book (yay all NL fluff in one place once again!) I must see where my priorities lie...

(Sure as hell gone write a little Eldar story sometime now)

EDIT: BTW I recently aquired one of the limited run Bonesinger ... kinda fitting ]]> Warhammer 40,000 Tabletop Discussion 0rph3u5 http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?272395-Eldar!-Eldar!-Eldar!