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Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 02 Apr 2009, 14:34
by Griv
Saltire (!empty($user->lang['WROTE'])) ? $user->lang['WROTE'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'WROTE')))(!empty($user->lang['COLON'])) ? $user->lang['COLON'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'COLON')))riflemen ftw.

anyone want to try a multiplayer at some point? Im gonna try and set up a fake LAN using that hamachi thing.


You got a dodgy game?

Otherwise just use Steam - I did it last night and got obliterated!

Cannon just isnt that effective online!!!!

But hamachi is easy enough to use.

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 02 Apr 2009, 15:43
by Saltire
yeah, me n fely had massive issues doing a multiplayer through the totalwaronline ingame thing.

Kept getting 'no response form server' when trying to connect to each others games.

Il install hamachi tonight i think

/edit - yeah, cannons are great v mass hordes of units and other cannons or forts.

The best anti everything i winmobile are rockets, mortars and howitzers, all with percussive shells / explosive rockets.

thats why you see so many games saying 'no mortars'

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 02 Apr 2009, 16:17
by Neeps
Let me know how Hamachi goes, curious if its still as useful as it was previously.

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 02 Apr 2009, 17:55
by Saltire
network is setup.

In hamachi join the network 'Sekura-Family' with password '123qweasd'

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 02 Apr 2009, 18:24
by Dungeon Master
Do I need to buy this game? I like RTS...

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 02 Apr 2009, 20:10
by Blastomy
Thinking I'm gonna go pick it up today.

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 02 Apr 2009, 20:15
by Saltire
yeah, u will enjoy it.

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 03 Apr 2009, 05:58
by Blastomy
I'm liking it so far, def worth 50 bones.

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 03 Apr 2009, 09:58
by Griv
Haish - i wasnt a big Total war fan, but im hooked on this!

something very satisfing about unleashing a hail of bullets onto the enemy, also sending them flying with a cavalry charge!

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 03 Apr 2009, 10:20
by Saltire
or eviscerating them with cannonballs.

Its like AOE3 except you have a world map to play across and the battles (land and sea) are fought on a terrain map where you have total control.

Economic warfare possibilities are endless, you can occupy enemy infrastructure (farms, mines, ports) and blockade trade routes (and steal the trade income for yourself).

The best economic one i did was a chevauchee through Muscovy (Moscow and the surrounding countryside). I sacked Moscow and destroyed all the economic buildings in the region, then left. i traded the region back to Russia for a peace deal and let them bankrupt themselves by rebuilding the region. It effectively stopped any threat from the east for about 10 years.

The other long term effects of this were that the Russians couldn't afford to build an army to take The Crimea and its vital black sea trading port of Sevastopol.

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 03 Apr 2009, 14:24
by Dungeon Master
I may pick it up on Sunday. Give me a week to toy with it, then I'm up for some Hamachi games.

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 05 Apr 2009, 01:15
by Shogunassassin
Just got this today however I cant get it to run, the launch window keeps flashing on screen.

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 05 Apr 2009, 01:24
by Saltire
You have correct hardware reqs?

Reboot, start steam, launch?

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 05 Apr 2009, 02:07
by Shogunassassin
EDit - got it running

Re: Empire : total war

Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 13:45
by Saltire
anyone up for some Hamachi games then?

il be connected to our VPN from about 1645(gmt) 1745 (UK time) tonight.


for those who still need to know the info its :

network name : Sekura-Family

Password : 123qweasd