BI demo in PC Gamer !!!

[Little Legioner]

Historic battles were always cool but camp battles is different story. I'm eagerly waiting to see any picture of them.

[YAKOBU]

Hi everyone

I managed to get the BI demo tonight and have just had a quick half hour on it. My advice is not to play the tutorial as it is an exact copy of the RTW tutorial. I lost the battle as Arthur as I did not reach my comrade in time. I won as the huns but it was a close call.

I have a couple of questions:

In the night battle I had strange flashes of colour and odd shapes obscuring my view. I altered some of the graphic options to medium but it did not help. Has anyone else encountered this and what have you done to stop it?

My battle as the huns seemed slower than the night battle even thought the night battle seemed to stutter a little. Has anyone else noticed a difference in speed between the two?

Any advice appreciated

[sik1977]

Hi everyone

I managed to get the BI demo tonight and have just had a quick half hour on it. My advice is not to play the tutorial as it is an exact copy of the RTW tutorial. I lost the battle as Arthur as I did not reach my comrade in time. I won as the huns but it was a close call.

I have a couple of questions:

In the night battle I had strange flashes of colour and odd shapes obscuring my view. I altered some of the graphic options to medium but it did not help. Has anyone else encountered this and what have you done to stop it?

My battle as the huns seemed slower than the night battle even thought the night battle seemed to stutter a little. Has anyone else noticed a difference in speed between the two?

Any advice appreciated

Which graphics card are you using? And are you using the latest drivers for your graphics card?

Check www.nvidia.com or www.ati.com for the relevent drivers.

[YAKOBU]

Hi sik1977

I am using Nvidia with driver 71.84. This played fine on RTW apart from the well documented problem on the strategy map. I think I need to check my RTW settings and set BI to the same. I was hoping that BI would stretch my graphics no further than RTW.

Any other suggestions gratefully received.

[Orda Khan]

I didn't encounter varying game speed, both battles seemed about the same to me.
I tested Chalons by staying closely deployed and relatively static, the AI performed a coordinated attack. It was nice to see them regroup before advancing on my remaining units.
By using the Chalons map it is relatively easy to rout the enemy because of the tactical options. If you don't use the map to your advantage then things are different.
I don't like Alan mercenary HA having better stats than Hun HA. I liked the way spears performed

........Orda

[antisocialmunky]

Hey, BKB or someone with a demo, can you set up a screenshot so it's a bunch of angry peasants with torches and pitch forks going after a single man reminiscent of Frankenstein's monster?

It was on my to do list for when I get BI, but seeing as the demo's out, anyone want to see if they can since it looks like you're taking requests for screenies?