Demo Discussion Thread

[Sir Beane]

This is a thread for the discussin' of the demo, hence the name. It isn't out yet but it will be soon and we'll need a thread to contain the excitement/crushing disappointment/indifference of those who have played it.

Let us hope it is good, demo legion.

The demo is being released on Friday 20th, 4pm via Steam. Be there or be a four-sided equilateral geometric construction .

[Monk]

Maybe a few of the "demo this" and "demo that" threads could get merged with this one? There's an awful lot of discussion going on but it's sorta spread out among a number of threads.

[Sir Beane]

I'd prefer if this thread was free from discussion speculating on when the demo will be released, which is what most of the other threads are full of. I'll close the irrelevant ones and then hopefully the rest will die a natural death as people begin posting in this thread.

[Monk]

I'd prefer if this thread was free from discussion speculating on when the demo will be released, which is what most of the other threads are full of. I'll close the irrelevant ones and then hopefully the rest will die a natural death as people begin posting in this thread.

That works too.

[Hosakawa Tito]

I just perused the Steam news page and found no mention of the soon to be released demo. Kinda odd isn't it? I've never used Steam before so maybe I'm looking in the wrong place...

[Monk]

I just perused the Steam news page and found no mention of the soon to be released demo. Kinda odd isn't it? I've never used Steam before so maybe I'm looking in the wrong place...

Nah. They are just likely trying to prevent people accessing it earlier than CA would like, like what happened a few weeks ago. They probably won't announce it until the moment CA gives the O.K.

[miniwally]

This is a thread for the discussin' of the demo, hence the name. It isn't out yet but it will be soon and we'll need a thread to contain the excitement/crushing disappointment/indifference of those who have played it.

Let us hope it is good, demo legion.

The demo is being released on Friday 20th, 4pm via Steam. Be there or be a four-sided equilateral geometric construction .

4pm GMT?

[Monsieur Alphonse]

4pm GMT?

= 16.00 hours in England.

[Barkhorn1x]

4PM GMT - so that's like 11am EST. Which means I will have to slog through another 5 hours of work before I can leave and get home to d/l.

Crap.

I'm leaving early.

...and can someone be so kind as to post some screens this afternoon/evening to whet the appetite?

[TenkiSoratoti_]

As a British Empire fan I am heartedly excited about charging my brave Redcoats up that hill to attack yet another US army camping like big girls blouses. Brandywine should be a British battle honour in my opinion, for all regiments involved.

And Lagos? Superb.

British triumphs all around; huuuuuzaaaah!

[Greyblades]

This is going to be the longest 2 hours & 6 minutes of this year.

[ToeAndno]

You think the next 2 hours are gonna be long?

You wait until you click Download, now that is gonna be a long wait.

[Rhyfelwyr]

What tactics did you use for this battle?

I deployed one unit of horse artillery at the central hill, where the gap in the forest is. The other one was deployed at the near end of the main valley, using a hill for elevation. I sent my light infantry forward first, straight up the central valley. My Hessian Infantry followed them, while the Line Infantry marched into the woods on the central hill, since I thought that might give them cover while they wait for the others to cross the river.

Meanwhile, I sent my Highlanders, Granadiers, and a unit of Line Infantry round the 'alternate' route, with the Hussars right behind them. I let the main opposing forces exchange artillery fire while this group crossed the undefended river crossing point, and took out a couple of units of US infantry. A few more came at my men, but they were sent one at a time (slightly disappointing AI there), and were routed quickly. Just when I was marching this force to take out George Washington, he went forward to join his main force. To my shock, the main US force crossed the main river crossing at this point. I had some men on the central hill and quickly formed my Hessians into a line in the valley, and they mopped up the US fairly comfortably. Soon after, my Hessians crossed the river and engaged the remaining forces with their melee attack. By this point I was rushing the Hussars and Dragoons right round that bit in the river that sticks out, smacking right into the rear of the remaining US forces.

In the end, it was a fairly comfortable win, but great fun nonetheless!

[Necceh]

Played the first land battle, was okay, i'll be honest in that i'm more interested in the whole campaign affair, theres some nice improvements although i think i need to adjust to the tactics for this time period somewhat, i ended up just getting fustrated with my forces not firing and swithcing to a melee charge. Won the battle no problem though.

Gonna go back to Europa Unversails III while i await the release of the game, cheers for the demo CA :).

[Chloe]

Played the land tutorial so far, and I was impressed, The only small thing was that the Spanish did not react when I outflanked them with my general and made a spectacular charge.
No lag for me, runs fine and is a great game.

[Sir Beane]

Played the land tutorial so far, and I was impressed, The only small thing was that the Spanish did not react when I outflanked them with my general and made a spectacular charge.
No lag for me, runs fine and is a great game.

I think the Spaniards in the Tutorial are purposefully programmed to act stupid to make it easier.

[Chloe]

I think the Spaniards in the Tutorial are purposefully programmed to act stupid to make it easier.

Oh, yeah, the scripts!:D
Also, did anyone else notice the building? There were actual soldiers moving around inside it.

[Mailman653]

Has anyone tried unpacking the files yet? I think M2TW uses the same .pack format, but I might be wrong. I'd love to take a peek inside the files.

[TB666]

I usually get 1,4 MB/sec on Steam even when a "hot" game has just been released.
Now it's struggling with 100kb/sec.
What the hell steam ??