SPACE EMPIRES IV GOLD NOTICE - PLEASE READ! - Page 3

Growltigga · #21 March 6th, 2002, 05:17 PM

No worries and I would be happy to do this if I can coordinate it.

In any event, sending via me would be cheaper than $85 - I pay about $19 for England and from here, it goes to you courtesy of work!!!!

I should hear tomorrow or Friday if and when I am in the US next week. If I am, I will be in Raleigh if that any good

Tim Brooks · #22 March 6th, 2002, 07:04 PM

Saxon:

If you have a minute, could you go in and place an order - just select PAY BY CHECK so you won't have to pay for it- this will help us figure this thing out. Post the order number here or e-mail it to me.

We can definitely get the game to Growltigga�s hotel. Especially if he is going to be in Raleigh - we are a suburb of Raleigh

Growltigga · #23 March 6th, 2002, 07:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Tim Brooks:
We can definitely get the game to Growltigga’s hotel. Especially if he is going to be in Raleigh - we are a suburb of Raleigh

Hell, if I get the chance when I am there, I will come round in person, collect my own copy and take you and Richard for a couple of cheeky halfs!!!!

Actually, do I get a free copy of SEIVG if I turn up in person!??

[ 06 March 2002: Message edited by: Growltigga ]

Richard · #24 March 6th, 2002, 07:56 PM

Actually you would need to find me in Ohio, I am a virtual employee

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Growltigga · #25 March 6th, 2002, 08:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Richard:
Actually you would need to find me in Ohio, I am a virtual employee .

Oh, Mac has told me all about Ohio, you have my sympathies - I thought THe Carter administration had relocated everybody living in cesspits and swamps

Oh well, if I make Richmond and if I make meeting up with Richard, we will have a virtual beer for you

Tim Brooks · #26 March 6th, 2002, 09:24 PM

You can still have a beer with me!

Richard · #27 March 6th, 2002, 09:49 PM

Hey your supposed to be shipping, don't make me tell Sarge

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quote:
Originally posted by Tim Brooks:
You can still have a beer with me!

Mephisto · #28 March 7th, 2002, 01:04 AM

Does "Sarge" have a full name? I could use him as the leader of the terrans in the next TDM-Pack.

Saxon · #29 March 7th, 2002, 02:47 AM

Umm, Shrapnel guys, I have a small problem.

I just tried ordering Gold and found the shipping to be $84.15 for a $40 game. Now, I know I live in Kenya and expect to pay through the nose, but when I got the first edition, it was less than half the price for shipping and I got two games. Can you check this out and see if it is true?

Another, smaller point. When I tried to open an account, it kept giving me an error as I put state down as “other” on my shipping address. As Kenya does not have states or provinces in the postal addresses, I couldn’t very well put something in. I tried going through the “buying without an account” system and that was when I got the shipping problem listed above.

Thanks!

jim · #30 March 7th, 2002, 03:19 AM

Mephisto -

Sadly, I was unable to get to where you suggested.

That is, I did indeed download 1.49 patch and install it. The game says in the corner that it is 1.49 when the game starts. I did indeed also download the TDM Modpack. At the moment I have an unzipped copy still, if it is the one named 175 1 of 2 and 2 of 2.

The file was indeed unzipped or extracted into the SEIV folder. I can see it there in My Computer.

When the game starts up, I get no TDM stuff. I fiddled with the Path stuff, as best I could by going with massive trepidation into the txt files. No results that I could see.

I finally achieved a small but real measure of success by lifting out the emp files one at a time and moving them to various places. Eventually, I found that one location let me "see" them in the race selection part of the game setup.

My thoughts all these Last several months were that GOLD would fix this for me. I would get instant access to all the TDM races. I would get instant access to all the various new "flavors" of how to play SEIV. My hopes seem not to be realized. I am NOT a savvy PC guy who makes Mods and is comfortable with code. I simply want the game to work out of the box as it is advertised. I have only recently acceded to the need to install a Patch pn any game, and I have done several on SEIV.

Quite frankly, I do not care about drones. I never did. However, the failure to fix the player order= order of combat bug POs me. In a simultaneous game, it makes for an unintended handicap. Playing against the AIs, I have had to always make sure I was the Last player, just to keep the game interesting - and for the wrong reasons.

I play 100 - 250 systems, 5 AIs, no neutrals, no intel, no mines, highest diffulty, medium bonus, 2000 for me, 2500 for them, varying planets, AIs allied against me, and I avoid phased weapons.

I just can't get a good game. The Rage, if I encounter them early, can be a problem, but they fade under tech advances by late mid-game (at the latest).

This is not bragging - I am quite sure everyone here can do the same thing. Web games won't work for me - I cannot play every night. I do not have the patience for 6 month PBEM games. Thus, I am left with a rare LAN party, of moi against the AIs. I simply want my few discretionary hours to be PLAYING the game, and not trying over and over to figure out what dumb mistakes I must be doing to get the #%$@*$ thing to work.