Malfador Machinations hits Strategy First!

Atrocities · #1 June 5th, 2005, 05:41 PM

I have fun where I can. It all stems from having designed, manufactured, and then used many of my own tool designs which are not owned by my former company with many a manager getting the patent and credit for my work. Lets just say that memo isn't to far off from one I and a few other people got one day after a sneaky bastard engineer took credit for our ideas and impervised tools. We were less than happy, but there was nothing we could do. Like I said I wish Aaron the best.

jim · #2 June 7th, 2005, 01:27 AM

Someone putting out a CD for sale that includes the last GOLD patch would let those like moi get to play it. (Those like moi are their target market?!)

The remaining question for me would be if it contained all the current mods or even just the TDM Modpack.

If it does not, then I will still buy it as long as it contains the two revisions that I consider game breakers:

- warp point battle sequence NOT being by Player #, and
- AI players recognize that they are getting a bonus and plan accordingly.

Once I confirm that, I will buy it and try to get the current TDM Modpack somehow (if it is not on the CD). I will particularly like to try the AIs that have been tweaked after the Death Matches.

Mephisto · #3 June 8th, 2005, 06:27 PM

If everything is working out as planned you will find the latest TDM version on the CD. After the release I will make it available via the TDM homepage and of course here at shrapnel.

There are only minor updates to a few races in comparison to the currently available TDM. A patch from 3.40 to the Deluxe version will also be available.

jim · #4 June 9th, 2005, 12:06 AM

Thanx for the info!

I am realllly looking forward to being able to get a fully-patched GOLD ("Deluxe") with TDM. ;-))

I'd've gladly paid Shrapnel the full GOLD price for that, but not for an unpatched GOLD w/o updated TDM.

BTW, Major General Mephisto, I noted your location is "Frankfurt, Germany". Are you interested in World War I German naval stuff?

Mephisto · #5 June 11th, 2005, 10:26 AM

Thanks for the praise! Unfortunately I'm not very much into WWI naval action.

Spoo · #6 June 11th, 2005, 12:52 PM

Is anything actually changing in "Deluxe"? Is there a website for this?

Captain Kwok · #7 June 11th, 2005, 01:18 PM

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Spoo said:
Is anything actually changing in "Deluxe"? Is there a website for this?

At this point, only the music system is changing - whether there will be a patch that addresses any outstanding bugs is not known...

No website aside from the announcement at Strategy First.

Suicide Junkie · #8 June 11th, 2005, 07:02 PM

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jim said:I am realllly looking forward to being able to get a fully-patched GOLD ("Deluxe") with TDM. ;-))

I'd've gladly paid Shrapnel the full GOLD price for that, but not for an unpatched GOLD w/o updated TDM.

Eh? Gold is already up to patch 4...
Just grab the patch, and install... grab the latest TDM and install...

You can always put those files on a CD or a USB-drive or something if you don't have good net access from home.

jim · #9 June 12th, 2005, 09:52 PM

SJ

Sadly, I do not have good web access that I can use at work, either.

When I lamented this a few months ago, several of this Board graciously made places where I could get the pieces all at 1.4 megs at a time. However, that also proved not feasible for me.

Thus, I asked Shrapnel directly if they could sell me GOLD and a CD with the pieces I needed, and that I was willing to pay extra for that other CD. They declined, and I declined to buy what, for me, would be not much more than a coaster.

As one can deduce from my bio stats, I've been here from almost the beginning, but GOLD truncated me.