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Originally Posted by Yunus Dogus
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That's a great piece of advice :idea2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Yunus Dogus
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diz boy IS right :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Yunus Dogus
Change the subject guys. Enough of that particular "discussion".
So, like, when is the game released exactly?
They said this month. Who can't wait two weeks who has waited a life time?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zalmoxis
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Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
Stop discussing that most pleasurable and natural part of life immediately, some find it offensive!
yeah....
and its distracting people from asking when the mod will be out
bad bad bad
:no:
with this mod coming out soon its gonna be #1 on the best mods released this month along with The Crusades and Fourth Age TW
man I bought the eras DVD pack. Not only was it more expensive but it renders me unable to play EB. I was so pissed and have waited for the new version since forever. Please release it and put me out of my misery.
The team continues to make significant progress toward our November release goal. The final prelease internal build is due shortly, and it will contain most of the key items designated for v.80. We are looking for stability (i.e no game killing CTDs) and balance, then one final rush of new units and some polish into the v.80 release build, one final run of beta testing, and then you can all be the judge of whether this was worth the wait.
Yeah, that is good news Kull. I pretty much know EB 0.8 won´t disappoint me.
Saka Rauka Saka Rauka
Looking forward to it, still playing 1.2 ver
i have one clean RTW1.5 intalled, and am waiting for the release of 0.8.
but i doubt it will be released within this week. Hope my doubt would be wrong!!!
Usually when a mod team (or even a professional gaming company) provides a release date, it's almost certainly a fantasy. And when, about 4 weeks ago, the EB Team said "November", many of you probably shook your heads and said "well then, hopefully by Christmas". But this team bought into that date and behind the scenes, they have been moving mountains. It's no exaggeration to say that the EBH forum has been busier and more productive than at any time in it's history. The amount of product this team has packed into the build in that short period of time is phenomenal.
And that frenzy culminated today in the release of what we call "Update4". It's the final internal build before v.80, and it is FULL of brand new, ass-kicking, limit-testing new features, including the 100% switch over from Iberia to Lusotana. And usually when a team makes that great of a leap, its trouble. Well it's still early, but so far the build is running smooth, to this point perhaps our cleanest ever. No new CTDs (just an old one we forgot to clean up) and many of the Update3 problems look to be resolved.
Now this could change. Over the next few days our Beta Testers will be riding it hard, looking for any hint of problems. And anything could happen. But while that is going on, the build team will be working through the list of empty descriptions, bringing in another 20 or so new units, eliminating ever more of those bothersome peasant cards, and doing 50 other things, many of which you'll never even notice (but would if we didn't do them). And many people will be working almost around the clock in order to do this.
So we're not here to guarantee you'll see v.80 in November, but we can say that we are still on track to get there. And we didn't want you guys sitting around, wondering and hoping, with no real idea of when it's coming. We have one week to complete our last set of tasks. Wish us luck, and do me a personal favor. Next time you see an EB Member post out here, tell him "Thank You!" Those guys are giving you everything they have.
Say uh, you can't play EB with RTW Gold, right? And you can't play 0.8 without BI?
You will be able to play 0.8 without BI, we are not moving to BI we are staying on RTW - its just RTW 1.5 now.
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Alright then.Thank You.Oh,and have a Happy Thanksgiving.*is wishing there was a turkey smilie*.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kull
Good news! and Thank you man!! Wish everything goes well and then we can get 0.8!! :)
In fact, I do believe it will be released within this month. :)
LUCK IN BATTLE *touches shoulder*Quote:
Originally Posted by Kull
and thankyou all - your efforts are eagerly anticipated and gratefully appreciated
:yes:
One more push and we'll win the day!
Dot'ooli awl!
By the way, how well does the EB 0.8 diplomacy work now that it is in 1.5? Has anyone who has played the "Update4" seen much difference? From what I've played 1.5 mods they tend to have better battle AI than 1.2 mods, but a little weird diplomacy... Well I guess I'll see in a while.
Thank you for everything, don't stress yourselves out. Remember to sleep ~:)
Well... 1.5 Diplomacy is unusual. It is partially moddable (You can set how likely factions are to get along with), yet if you fail in a diplomatic agreement with any faction, they will nott alk to you the rest of that turn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thaatu
Do not listen to this man! He is clearly delirious! :stars:Quote:
Thank you for everything, don't stress yourselves out. Remember to sleep ~:)
Now back to the dungeon :whip:
Yes, whatever you offer them after they reject your proposal (or vice versa) they'll just reject. It's quite annoying but I'm used to it.
My observations on 1.5-based mods is that they are best played on medium campaign difficulty - IMHO, this often makes the AI decisions quite reasonable. In one game, for example, as Rome I was offered a ceasefire by Iberia (while I had a land border) after I decimated their armies, and I accepted. They used the chance to build up a new army and launch another attack on me.
And the AI will still accept anything with inordinate amounts of money ;) add a million denarii/mnai to the mix and hey presto, you have a protectorate 100% of the time...
Great!:beam: Since it takes me about 15 minutes already to load a battle, I'll really only need the music!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kull
15 minutes? c'mon, my computer's slow, but that's way exaggerated.
Some examples, with my numbers at top, on a lower end system. But be sure to look at the second to last entry - that is the absolute slowest system you would seriously want to try and run RTW on, and it is nowhere near that. We hear people complain about load times, but when we actually time them, our concerns almost totally disappear:
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EB 0.80a, latest build (without/new gov-mic system files), RTW 1.5.
Equipment
AMD Athlon 1.3 GHZ
1.0 GB DDRAM
Nvidia GEForce4 MX 4000 128MB (Dual Monitor - this is one of those that can't show our campaign map trees, but uses sprites for them instead)
Loading times
EB Total Load Up(from double click to Main Menu): 1m 58s
EB Campaign Load Up: 1m 39s
EB Campaign End Turn: approx 1m 47s
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EB latest build, RTW 1.5.
Equipment
Pentium IV 3.2 GHZ with HT
512MB DDRAM
250GB HDD
ATI RADEON X700 256MB
Loading times
EB Total Load Up(from double click to Main Menu): 1m 11s
EB Load Up: 7s
EB Campaign Load Up: approx 1m 10s
EB Campaign End Turn: approx 35s
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EB 0.80a, latest build (w/new gov-mic system files), RTW 1.5.
Equipment
AMD Athlon 1.84 GHZ
1.0 GB DDRAM
Nvidia GEForce4 Ti 4600 128MB
Loading times
EB Total Load Up(from double click to Main Menu): 1m 17s
EB Campaign Load Up: 53s
EB Campaign End Turn: approx 28s
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EB 0.8 with all UI updates and new resources
Equipment
AMD Athlon 2.6 GHZ
1.0 GB DDRAM
ATI Radeon 9600
Loading times
EB Total Load Up(from double click to Main Menu): 1m 18s
EB Campaign Load Up: 40s
EB Campaign End Turn: 10s (without script on)
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CPU : 1,70 GHz
RAM : 512 MB
GFX : ATI RADEON 9600 64 Mb
EB Load-up : 1:40
EB Campaign Load : 2:10
EB Campaign Turn : 40s (15 turns as Pontos)
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AMD Athlon 756 MHz
320 MB RAM
Radeon 9200
Total Load: 3 min 40 sec
Camapaign Load: 3 min 35 sec
End Turn: 2 min 43 sec
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System:
CPU --> AMD Athlon64 3000 (1,8 Ghz, Venice core)
MB --> Asus A8N-E (nForce4)
RAM --> TwinMOS 2 GB (4 DIMM PC3200)
GPU --> Asus Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT (128 MB, Zalman VGA Cooler)
HDD:
* 1 --> Western Digital Special Edition SATA2 (16MB cache, 7200 RPM, 250 Gb)
* 2 --> Western Digital Special Edition UATA (8MB cache, 7200 RPM, 80 Gb)
* 3 --> Western Digital Special Edition UATA (8MB cache, 7200 RPM, 80 Gb)
Loading times:
EB Total Load Up (from double click to Main Menu): 1m 01s
EB Campaign Load Up: 46s
EB Campaign End Turn: 22s
the only time it really takes a while for me (on a lower end system) is when i initially start the program. i usually take the opportunity to go and make a cup of tea.
Or going to the bathroom one last time and passing by the frige and getting some more beers before you start.
If we were able to blend the agressive aspect of VH and the diplomacy of E or M then it would create more diplomatic reliant games.