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Sid Meier's Civilization V: one...more...post...
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Maybe its different down there, but its not only PC games up here. When Red Dead Redemption came out they didnt have copies of that either. I think the last game they actually had for sale on release day was Forza 3, and i snagged the last copy at like, 10am on my way to work. I really hope futureshop/bestbuy crushes them, especially now that theyre both getting into used games, and offering way better trade in values.
But yeah im constantly refreshing futureshops stock indicator making sure its worth my time to leave early. Worst case scenario i make a quick run up the highway to walmart, but id rather not since its completely out of my way. Im dying to play this game, its gonna be so good. Ive already told all my friends that the next time they see me, im going to have a wicked mountainman beard.
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Didn't have crashing problems nor slowdown until the end game. 1920x1080 high settings, DX10, 2xAA.
Firaxis needs a new QA department
edit: All of the features they're talking about in the Bombcast were all in Civ 4
Nice system nerds.
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however, while I think city-states are interesting, I get annoyed by them fairly quickly. I really miss religion, and diplomacy options, from what the demo showed, aren't that grand. I do love the fact that if you start massing military on an enemy's border, they start getting angry... I dunno. Someone convince me to buy this game.
I hear having a navy is surprisingly useful now.
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As for the lockup issues - I had a bunch until I started it up in DX9 mode, at which point it runs flawlessly.
The demo's taught me a lot that I can make use of for my first real game. For example, make sure you have access to luxury resources before you build your next city, unhappiness hits you hard, cutting city growth and eventually stopping it altogether as well as no settler production.
Explore fast, get a scout and a boat out asap to plan ahead, if you can take ruins only with your scout since if you get a unit upgrade they keep the movement bonus letting you move archers/spearmen into hills for 1 movement point. Focus on buildings and workers early since your cities are almost invincible without a concerted effort to take it, cities are plenty safe from barbarians early game.
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So you have Tesselation and everything else turned up all the way? Except for AA?
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Everything's on high, I don't know if there's a very high or something that only newer cards see. Using the 258.96 drivers, at 1680x1050.
Edit: Oh, VSync is off, too.
what just happened
last time i checked it was five pm now its one am what the fuck
God is it really 7 pm?
So if you have an Nvidia card, update your drivers
Not that it's a great solution, though.
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Also, zero computer issues here. So happy I bought a new one in June. <3
Yeah that works for scrolling (but yeah, not ideal). Also doesn't fix the weird intro problem. It's like the computer doesn't have the movie as the focused window (normal windows cursor until I directly click civ on the taskbar).
Also having no dual monitor support kinda sucks atm. I am tired of trying to scroll right and ending up on the second monitor.
And you will love this quote from a mod over at 2k.
I think it's a tad bit over 5%. That post makes my brain hurt.
Civ IV didn't have this problem. Hurpdurp. Core programming. Harumph, I rarely run into trouble with this in any game and my dual monitors unless I'm in windowed mode.
We're not asking for some weird dual monitor support wherein the civi-opedia is on monitor...just mouse constraint. I tried using Cursorlock but it didn't really work with the launcher nonsense.
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I will miss Leonard Nimoy. But my nipples still harden with anticipation. Much longer, and I shall begin to worry about chafing.
I have AA on, although it's probably not necessary at 1920x1080. It's been smooth sailing. There was also a new ATI driver released a few days ago, I believe, so it may be worth checking that out if anyone is having problems.
About the game itself, if I had to make one complaint, it would be that multiplayer disables the animations. They add such charm to the game. It's weird seeing everything warp around. Everything else, though? Amazing.
If you weren't startled by the dawn's rays coming through your window you got off lightly.
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don't put up with that! Military response is required.
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Didn't have an issue with the Civ V demo on my dual monitor setup.