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#1 22 JAN 2010 at 11:32am
toonces Commander Posts : 2322 Joined: 21 MAR 2006 Status : Offline	I found the Fallout 3 Game of the Year edition (with all the expansions) at the store the other day and I picked it up. I was going to get Left 4 Dead 2, but I saw it had a requirement for Steam, so Fallout 3 got the nod. I'm going to try and get into that tonight. Question: can I just start out in the bonus part that has the Maryland swamps, or do I need to "level up" in DC first? I also re-installed RTW with the Barbarian Invasion expansion. I am seriously debating with myself starting a new RTW campaign with the intention of playing through to the end. So...what's hot for you guys tonight? "I am always fondling my nut sack, just to be safe. " - bboyer66 "It's like Mount and Blade got together with Total War and had a game baby." - Bison36 on Real Warfare Northern Crusades
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#2 22 JAN 2010 at 11:37am
Gusington General Posts : 18089 Joined: 16 AUG 2004 Location: US, USMA Status : Offline	Playing a tricked out M2TW mod (Stainless Steel 6.2) as the Kievan Rus slogging it out with the Cumans in the east and the Turks in Wallachia in the 16th century. Solid. Toonces you do not want to wander around some parts of F3 without getting some experience first unless you like getting some good buttock-whippin'. And before you load up RTW: BI, check out some of the mods for it over at TWC. This game has got legs. I'm glad my character uses a shield because I may be taking a bashing here soon. - Rayfer
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#3 22 JAN 2010 at 11:41am
bboyer66 Colonel Posts : 4709 Joined: 17 APR 2006 Location: US, Pittsburgh PA Status : Offline	Busting Heads at the bar tonight doing my part time gig as doorman. But Saturday night I plan a little Football Manager 2010, a little Dragonage, a little IL2 Sturmovik, and some EU III Heir to the Throne. Pittsburgh Eats
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#4 22 JAN 2010 at 11:41am
Shelldrake Commander Posts : 2742 Joined: 1 NOV 2006 Location: CA, Nova Scotia Status : Offline	I am going to start a 1939 campaign in WW2 Time of Wrath...and probably going to get butt kicked until I figure out what I am doing!
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#5 22 JAN 2010 at 11:43am
ComradeP Colonel Posts : 6889 Joined: 1 JUL 2006 Location: NL Status : Offline	I'm hoping I can finally get my Kharkov 1943 for BiI PBEM going again, as my opponent hasn't send me a turn this week yet. Aside from that, I spend most the afternoon playtesting the soon to be released Operation Konrad scenario for Kharkov: DotD. We, the scenario designer and the testers, are trying to iron out all problems we can find prior to release. There are still some issues that need to be fixed/some things that need to be changed, but the scenario is a lot of fun. It is, however, VERY lethal (as in: lots of people die in a short amount of time, more or less), like Kirovograd. I'm not too sure what I'm going to play tonight, maybe some Max Payne 2 or The Witcher: Enhanced Edition.
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#6 22 JAN 2010 at 11:46am
Gusington General Posts : 18089 Joined: 16 AUG 2004 Location: US, USMA Status : Offline	Sorry for the OT but I just love it when boyer describes himself as a 'doorman.' That's like Jarhead saying he's a 'firearms aficianado.' I'm glad my character uses a shield because I may be taking a bashing here soon. - Rayfer
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#7 22 JAN 2010 at 11:47am
Knavery Centurion Posts : 930 Joined: 10 JAN 2005 Location: US Status : Offline	Mmmmm.... The Witcher. What a great game that was. Of course that got knocked out of my top RPG by Dragon Age. Hehe. I plan on playing Advanced Tactics or Time of Wrath. Of course, I'll probably end up playing CoH. A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians. -- Frank Zappa
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#8 22 JAN 2010 at 12:33pm
TeeBee Centurion Posts : 348 Joined: 8 MAR 2009 Status : Offline	I whacked some Z's in L4D2, I played some occasional games until I found out this group, and we started on Swamp Fever. Had a lot of difficulties, but after about 1,5 hours of shooting, we made it to the river boat and salvation. We, of course, didn't include myself, who was incapacitated on the roof of a building, as the three other dudes were already on the ground, chased by a tank and a horde of Z's. On the last moment I therefore died and couldn't get the Swamp Fever -achievement. But it was intense, and I had a blast (pun intended!) Best co-op I ever played! And when you've got the difficulty level high enough, and are on a tight spot, low on health, you are really starting to get the kicks! =) I believe the crew in Generation Kill put it best: "Get some!" [sm=00000106.gif] [sm=00000036.gif] [sm=00000055.gif] "Blitzkrieg mit dem Fleischgewehr" --- Rammstein "King or beggar - what's the difference? One dh'oine less." --- Iorweth
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#9 22 JAN 2010 at 12:43pm
Johnnie Centurion Posts : 781 Joined: 1 FEB 2006 Location: US Status : Offline	Tonite poker with friends. Over the weekend COGEE and Panzer General Forever.
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#10 22 JAN 2010 at 12:57pm
Greybriar Commander Posts : 2704 Joined: 30 MAY 2008 Location: US Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By toonces* It's Friday night...what are you playing (#2) The StarForce-free version of Silent Hunter III (along with Silent Hunter II) that is being sold on Amazon.com was delivered to my house today. So I may reinstall SH3 and spend some time playing it tonight. This war is not about slavery. --Robert E. Lee
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#11 22 JAN 2010 at 1:15pm
Mike_Toth Centurion Posts : 473 Joined: 29 MAR 2004 Status : Offline	I believe I shall trudge thru the Wastelands in my current Fallout 3 game, then a bit of multiplayer in COD MW2, then some AI Wars...... Waiting for Mass Effect 2 next week. That looks yummy.... Toonces.. please check your email.. I sent you a blurb about Fallout 3 GOTY... thanks much "Corpsman Up"
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#12 22 JAN 2010 at 1:27pm
toonces Commander Posts : 2322 Joined: 21 MAR 2006 Status : Offline	I really do need to spend more time with the Silent Hunter series. I got the deluxe edition or commander's edition or whatever of SH4 when it first came out and I don't even think I did a full patrol in it before I moved on. No good excuse for that. SH3 I can understand because I'm not really a U-boat kinda guy. But SH4- no good reason. I AM a US sub kinda guy. I think it's just the extraordinarily tedious transit to and from onstation that turned me off. It is a long, long drive from Pearl Harbor to Japan, even with time-compression on. "I am always fondling my nut sack, just to be safe. " - bboyer66 "It's like Mount and Blade got together with Total War and had a game baby." - Bison36 on Real Warfare Northern Crusades
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#13 22 JAN 2010 at 1:33pm
beldar Centurion Posts : 16 Joined: 15 JUN 2006 Status : Offline	Jumping into my 1st real game of EU III Heir to the Throne. Have to start in the homeland of my ancestors - Milan. Assume I will be crushed.
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#14 22 JAN 2010 at 1:36pm
Rayfer Commander Posts : 1851 Joined: 19 FEB 2006 Location: US, Michigan Status : Offline	Panzer Command: Kharkov.......finally getting into this one. Quite a good and challenging game.
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#15 22 JAN 2010 at 1:41pm
Sol Invictus Centurion Posts : 967 Joined: 6 APR 2005 Location: US Status : Offline	HPS Battle of Auerstaedt. "The fruit of too much liberty is slavery" Cicero
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#16 22 JAN 2010 at 1:45pm
Greybriar Commander Posts : 2704 Joined: 30 MAY 2008 Location: US Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By toonces* I really do need to spend more time with the Silent Hunter series. I got the deluxe edition or commander's edition or whatever of SH4 when it first came out and I don't even think I did a full patrol in it before I moved on. No good excuse for that. SH3 I can understand because I'm not really a U-boat kinda guy. But SH4- no good reason. I AM a US sub kinda guy. I think it's just the extraordinarily tedious transit to and from onstation that turned me off. It is a long, long drive from Pearl Harbor to Japan, even with time-compression on. Among the Amazon reviews for SH3, I found some tips offered by John Kane. In his review he mentioned: *Originally Posted By John Kane* ....Here is a tip for customizing the map time compression options in SH3 to your tastes. You can edit the time compression by opening the document named main.cfg -This is located in the SH3/data/cfg folder that the game places in your documents folder(the same place where the game saves are found. This file can be opened with notepad or word document, just be sure to uncheck the box that says 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file.' Its also a good idea to copy this file to a different location before editing in case you need to restore the original later. In order to set the enemy contact to real time you would change the value under [Time Compression] EnemyDetected=8 to EnemyDetected=1 I also changed the maximum from 1024 to 2048 for moving around the map faster. Then I changed CharacterAnim to =2 as the default was something like 32 and was making me seasick to watch. Changing AirEnemyDetected=1 to AirEnemyDetected=0 will make the game pause whenever an enemy plane spots you. You won't see the default message saying that a plane has been spotting as the game will just pause. You could do this for enemy contact as well if desired. This is nice if you leave your game run to make a quick soda or sandwich run. UPDATE: When I first started doing campaign missions. I only averaged 1 and 1/2 ships sunk per mission using 100% realism settings and manual targeting. After learning interception techniques and Fast 90 attacks form a subsim forum, I averaged 7.5 ships sunk per mission. So its worth your time to check out one of these forums if your new to Subsims as I was. There was a bit of a frustration factor in learning this game but it has layers of depth to it that make it rewarding once you have it down. I haven't gotten around to installing SH3 let alone trying his tips out, but perhaps mentioning them here will benefit someone. This war is not about slavery. --Robert E. Lee
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#17 22 JAN 2010 at 1:49pm
sandman2575 Centurion Posts : 449 Joined: 4 JUL 2008 Status : Offline	HoI3 !!! (plus some CoH Eastern Front mod... very interested in trying it out... ) "Well, if this is it, old boy, I hope you don't mind I go out speaking the King's?" - Lt. Archie Hicox
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#18 22 JAN 2010 at 2:25pm
Cougar_DK Centurion Posts : 592 Joined: 14 APR 2008 Location: DK Status : Offline	CoD 4 for the first time in multiplayer. What a great experience. And the some Kings Bounty Armored Princess. -Men do not quit playing because they grow old. They grow old because they quit playing. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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#19 22 JAN 2010 at 2:31pm
mscano Commander Posts : 1524 Joined: 29 DEC 2006 Location: US, New York Status : Offline	Will probably be online later playing Red Orchestra at the TWB servers. Maybe a little Left4Dead 2 after that.
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#20 22 JAN 2010 at 2:50pm
critter Commander Posts : 1170 Joined: 7 APR 2004 Location: US Status : Offline	Toaw2 that I got from Braz24.. Was playin warcraft but the undead keep wupping my ass. You know what's sad? My first thought was, "Gah! She overcooked the bacon!" - Martok
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#21 22 JAN 2010 at 2:53pm
bbmike Centurion Posts : 455 Joined: 28 JUN 2009 Location: US, DC Status : Offline	Star Trek Online Beta. I need to see what all this patching fuss is about. AAR Central
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#22 22 JAN 2010 at 3:13pm
Silent Disapproval Robot Commander Posts : 1358 Joined: 14 MAR 2009 Status : Offline	A weekend of homework for me. Man, 39 years old and back in university. Shoot me now.... 豆腐の角に頭をぶつけて死ね
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#23 22 JAN 2010 at 3:31pm
Azzurri Banned for 15395 days Posts : 9755 Joined: 24 NOV 2009 Location: 0, Kentucky Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By Silent Disapproval Robot* A weekend of homework for me. Man, 39 years old and back in university. Shoot me now.... Lord of the Rings mod for Age of Wonders and betting professional sports...to which I do 366 day's out of the year![ ] It is better to die by a swords quick thrust than to be impaled for a lifetime upon the sharp tongue of a woman.-Grimjack
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#24 22 JAN 2010 at 3:32pm
gabeeg Centurion Posts : 316 Joined: 20 JAN 2010 Location: US, California Status : Offline	PBEM WinSPWW2 and Squad Battles Eagles Strike against the AI. gabeeg
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#25 22 JAN 2010 at 3:36pm
Gusington General Posts : 18089 Joined: 16 AUG 2004 Location: US, USMA Status : Offline	Azzurri how are you finding the Lord of the Rings mod? I'm glad my character uses a shield because I may be taking a bashing here soon. - Rayfer
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