Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
FYI. "Semi-official" confirmation that AA is not in fact implemented in the demo but will be in the release.
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...l=1#post103820The Engine doesn't have AA supported yet, its in the final release so dont worry guys.
This leaves me (semi) relieved.
Last edited by Barkhorn1x; 02-23-2011 at 19:27.
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Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
Hmm, that siege was quite the clusterfark.
I had no idea where to attack, I shot the gate to 100% damage but still couldn't enter through it. Didn't seem to matter since climbing walls seems pretty straight forward while carrying a long spear, and takes about 10 seconds. Wouldn't want generation deficient attention span to quit playing, right?
Guess you can use the bow hero to shoot a bit, they have longer range and can attack where there's no tower? I did get a few opportunities to shoot at yari units inside the walls without getting shot at with samurai archers, regardless.
Eventually I sent my katana samurai up the walls at the gates, they didn't open, the katanas lost against yaris, I think half of them were ashigerus even. The AI had sent his cavalry and at least one unit of yaris out to die before that, before I even reached the walls. Then I sent my yaris up and suddenly the enemy started running out the gates, shattered. I have no idea what happened at that point. Suddenly I won the battle without being anywhere near the keep-thingie.
Some of these games takes a while getting used to, but I can't say I'm impressed after this.
I like how there seems to be a lot of choke points on the map though.
Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
The demo is nothing impressive. It feels like a reskinned NTW.
I hope for better things in the original.
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
Proud
Been to:
Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
More semi-official bits from the moderator at at the .COM site:
So...GOLD!To my knowledge there isn't any released material from the gold version yet as it only went gold a few days ago and the magazines/computer sites tend to run a week or two behind real time.
From this page:
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...889#post103889As Mark said the demo is like a "lite" version of the full game in order to keep it as small as possible so just because something isn't in the demo doesn't mean it won't be in the full game.
This is why a lot of the graphical features are not included.
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Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
Seems like run speed is back to RTW levels. Walk is the fastest in any Total War game so far. Unless I did something wrong in the tests I just ran...
Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
That pun was pretty terrible right there.Originally Posted by CBR
Fighting isn't about winning, it's about depriving your enemy of all options except to lose.
"Hi, Billy Mays Here!" 1958-2009
Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
Moving by dragging out a formation defaults to run. Sure that wasn't the reason?
Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
I timed same units for both walk and run so that cannot be the reason. And quite sure I was running at standard 1:1 time too.
Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
Really? This leaves me much more concerned. To me it comes across as though the AI is in such a poor state that they couldn't include it in the demo.
and New Zealand.
Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
I believe he is is referring to AA, Anti-Aliasing, not the Artificial Intelligence.Really? This leaves me much more concerned. To me it comes across as though the AI is in such a poor state that they couldn't include it in the demo.
If you use the link Kagemusha posted, the mod will allow you to see how the Campaign AI acts by itself. However, if you would like to see the Battle AI in action I believe we have to wait until release.
RIP Tosa, I can't believe you are gone, but we will never forget you
Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
If you want to try more mods released for the demo, please visit the S2TW modding area and go this thread.I have gathered there the mods released so far: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...s-for-the-demo.
Ja Mata Tosainu Sama.
Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
Correct - Anti-Alaising takes care of the jaggies and makes everything look better on higher resolutions.
BTW, using the Camp mod and playing a conservative slow build up of buildings and tech only ensured my clans destruction by the agressive and strong Miyoshi clan. So that is "interesting".
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Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
Thats great to hear. I dont remember the last time you could actually loose in TW game in campaign.
Ja Mata Tosainu Sama.
Re: Demo out on 22 February 2011
The demo is updating on Steam at the minute, perhaps blocking the free play mod?
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