Fed Up

spillblood · #1 June 21st, 2011, 08:47 AM

Hey people, if you know of some bugs that happened in your last games, and still have the savegames (I had some of the games I described in forum posts here), just send them to Aaron, and if you have logs enabled, you can simply send him the game logs, I think they are located in World Supremacy\backup. You can change the settings (which stuff to log) in debugsettings.txt located in the folder: "World Supremacy/userdata directory" You don't have to play more games if you still have savegames left.
JCrowe: Just send him savegames of the games you described in the forum, and logs if you have them. You only have to tell him which savegames are referred to in which posts (I have sent him collections of all post 1.09 forum posts).
He's answered my E-Mail with savegames, logs etc., and wants me to specify which games they are from, what happened in the respective games etc.

spillblood · #2 June 21st, 2011, 08:53 AM

But he hasn't told me specifically which settings to enable so that he can see AI-errors.
Hehe, I wanna quote a post from another forum (the forums of Armada 2526 by Ntronium Games:
"Thanks for the feedback, spillblood.
Well I wouldn't be too hard on Shrapnel Games for the quality of the game itself, although I concur it sucks that they don't do refunds. It's Aaron Hall of Malfador Machinations who actually made World Supremacy, and his PC titles have always been known for their weak AI (his Space Empires series is notorious for it). The actual gameplay and mechanics are generally pretty solid, but he can't code computer opponents worth a damn.

I did play the WS demo a little, but not enough to really get a good impression of it. Sorry to hear you had to buy the game before realizing (too late) that it wasn't your cup of tea, but I appreciate you sharing your take on it! It'll at least save the rest of us money and time better spent on good games (like Armada 2526 Supernova)."

I had put a warning not to buy the game there. Man, if I had known the Space Empires series already had poor AI, I wouldn't have bought World Supremacy.

spillblood · #3 June 23rd, 2011, 10:07 AM

Any news? Starting to get silent again. No response from Shrapnel and Malfador, and I've not received an answer to my response-E Mail of the bug report (savegames, game logs) yet.

LarryP · #4 June 23rd, 2011, 02:25 PM

I played the demo of this game, and was thinking of buying it. Not after reading the forum posts. Thanks!

spillblood · #5 June 27th, 2011, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by LarryP

I played the demo of this game, and was thinking of buying it. Not after reading the forum posts. Thanks!

Good that our posting here serves a purpose. If you want to play hotseat or TCP/IP you should consider buying it though (especially hotseat), because the overall mechanics are good. What completely ruins the game (for single player) is the bad AI. But don't expect much support after buying it. I think it's simply not worth it's price. There are better free games than this (for example TripleA and People's General, or Battle for Wesnoth if you like Fantasy games).

LarryP · #6 June 27th, 2011, 03:56 PM

I'm certainly not hard pressed for games. I have lots. However, I like this demo but I would only play it against the AI. Since the support is the way it is here, not now.

I have over 40 Matrix games and plenty of Steam, Gamersgate, Paradox, Battlefront (although they have DRM), boxed games,and others. Tons. My favorite ones however are like World Supremacy.

Thanks for your honest posts! The one main thing besides easy download and install without DRM, is the support that Matrix gives. Can't beat that. I wish others were as good.

spillblood · #7 June 28th, 2011, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by LarryP

I'm certainly not hard pressed for games. I have lots. However, I like this demo but I would only play it against the AI. Since the support is the way it is here, not now.

I have over 40 Matrix games and plenty of Steam, Gamersgate, Paradox, Battlefront (although they have DRM), boxed games,and others. Tons. My favorite ones however are like World Supremacy.

Thanks for your honest posts! The one main thing besides easy download and install without DRM, is the support that Matrix gives. Can't beat that. I wish others were as good.

Yeah, Matrix Games is pretty good. I own Armada 2526 (Matrix Games Version), which is a pretty awesome 4X game. Try Triple A (see post above), if you want a game similar to World Supremacy (it's a free open-source game, gets regular updates, and has a good community). And you can play it against the AI (which works better than the one in WS, but also isn't perfect, but they are working on a new AI, which isn't fully finished in the newest release).
By the way, DRM is also an important thing for me. I normally don't buy games that require an Internet connection to activate, because I have no permanent internet connection at home. I always go for Indie games without DRM or protected by serial numbers that can be entered offline.

ScottWAR · #8 June 23rd, 2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by spillblood

Any news? Starting to get silent again. No response from Shrapnel and Malfador, and I've not received an answer to my response-E Mail of the bug report (savegames, game logs) yet.

Shocking!

Mike_T · #9 June 24th, 2011, 04:01 AM

I have been shocked at Shrapnel's behaviour. However, news of this saga is gradually spreading across the gaming world, as we speak.....

It's a great pity and such an avoidable tragedy - companies that treat customers badly always suffer as a result.

spillblood · #10 June 26th, 2011, 09:09 AM

Hehe, try this one out if you want a better working simple world conquest game:
http://triplea.sourceforge.net/mywiki
It's an open source clone of Axis & Allies, and the AI works better than the one in World Supremacy, and it's got a lot of maps. Try the latest unstable version (release candidate), because it's better than the last unstable, and the AI works better (and it's faster). But don't use the Dynamix AI (in Version 1.3.1.1) for England, USA or Japan in WW2-scenarios, because it can't move sea zones yet (but it's better in land battles than the two other AIs). Just use Moore N. Able or E.Z. Fodder for them. Try it out, it's free!