So is it just me or is combat in this game really swingy? Like, i managed to limp my way through the tutorial, had to restart the 2nd mission a couple of times and finally just gave it my all for the 3rd (my spider and it's pilot got dunked on so god dam hard), I was fully expecting the third mission to knock my teeth out and it turnd out to be a hunt for a pirate and his bodyguards... who had a commando, a locust and a blackjack, with the two light mechs coming at me by themselves and getting gutted so god damn hard while the medium seemed confused snd just sort of wandered around in a forest rotating his facing so I couldn't take out his torso.
Not complaining, but it seems really odd that it's this swingy between missions.
I'm kind of amazed that the reviews on Battletech are currently 'mixed' on Steam. Especially because most of the complaints seem to be 'its amazing but the combat is sooooo slow'. Maybe I don't find an issue with it because I've played warhammer etc. on the tabletop so I'm used to combat taking a long time?
It's being review bombed by transphobic silly geese, sadly.
That doesn't really appear to be true, from browsing them. Most are citing technical issues, ones I've seen mentioned in professional reviews as well.
I've played three missions so far. The first 'real' mission was the easiest by far (one enemy got a lucky hit on a cockpit, landing the pilot in the medbay for a few weeks).
The tutorial was a grueling slog through hell.
Based on these early impressions, I'm starting to think the difficulty level might need some tweaking.
So is it just me or is combat in this game really swingy? Like, i managed to limp my way through the tutorial, had to restart the 2nd mission a couple of times and finally just gave it my all for the 3rd (my spider and it's pilot got dunked on so god dam hard), I was fully expecting the third mission to knock my teeth out and it turnd out to be a hunt for a pirate and his bodyguards... who had a commando, a locust and a blackjack, with the two light mechs coming at me by themselves and getting gutted so god damn hard while the medium seemed confused snd just sort of wandered around in a forest rotating his facing so I couldn't take out his torso.
Not complaining, but it seems really odd that it's this swingy between missions.
Battletech combat being swingy sounds right unless you are doing everything in your power to tilt the odds in your favor.
And even then with perfect planning sometimes a stray machinegun round slots a pilot.
I'm kind of amazed that the reviews on Battletech are currently 'mixed' on Steam. Especially because most of the complaints seem to be 'its amazing but the combat is sooooo slow'. Maybe I don't find an issue with it because I've played warhammer etc. on the tabletop so I'm used to combat taking a long time?
It's being review bombed by transphobic silly geese, sadly.
That doesn't really appear to be true, from browsing them. Most are citing technical issues, ones I've seen mentioned in professional reviews as well.
Resetting the filters and looking at all the negative reviews, about half of what I've seen bring up as major issues "politics" and troll-y "no (insert random noun) pronoun!"
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I'm kind of amazed that the reviews on Battletech are currently 'mixed' on Steam. Especially because most of the complaints seem to be 'its amazing but the combat is sooooo slow'. Maybe I don't find an issue with it because I've played warhammer etc. on the tabletop so I'm used to combat taking a long time?
It's being review bombed by transphobic silly geese, sadly.
That doesn't really appear to be true, from browsing them. Most are citing technical issues, ones I've seen mentioned in professional reviews as well.
Eh.. Many seem to be about lack of ultra wide support, which.. Okay I guess, is annoying, but I'm not sure it was even supposed to have it?
And the rest seem to be people who say it runs horribly on their 1080ti, which must be either a bug with the game, the drivers, or something else, since it runs flawlessly on my 1060 gtx.
I'm kind of amazed that the reviews on Battletech are currently 'mixed' on Steam. Especially because most of the complaints seem to be 'its amazing but the combat is sooooo slow'. Maybe I don't find an issue with it because I've played warhammer etc. on the tabletop so I'm used to combat taking a long time?
It's being review bombed by transphobic silly geese, sadly.
That doesn't really appear to be true, from browsing them. Most are citing technical issues, ones I've seen mentioned in professional reviews as well.
I mean, they are sneakier about it nowadays. They will open with "technical issues" that they copy-pasta from other people. Some of them will say "Don't say 'pronouns' on the forums, lol get banned", just a little hint of what their ideology is like. Most of them do get voted down, so they aren't seen on the front wall of recommendations. Here's one example:
I'm kind of amazed that the reviews on Battletech are currently 'mixed' on Steam. Especially because most of the complaints seem to be 'its amazing but the combat is sooooo slow'. Maybe I don't find an issue with it because I've played warhammer etc. on the tabletop so I'm used to combat taking a long time?
It's being review bombed by transphobic silly geese, sadly.
That doesn't really appear to be true, from browsing them. Most are citing technical issues, ones I've seen mentioned in professional reviews as well.
I mean, they are sneakier about it nowadays. They will open with "technical issues" that they copy-pasta from other people. Some of them will say "Don't say 'pronouns' on the forums, lol get banned", just a little hint of what their ideology is like. Most of them do get voted down, so they aren't seen on the front wall of recommendations. Here's one example:
I did see a few legitimate performance complaints and the rps guy talking about the slow turns but also one person saying there was no immersion because they couldn't choose a gender and that seems downright silly.
HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
MWO stuff: Turns out heat is starting to become an issue for my Jenner in prolonged fights, which I only get into if it's the zero hour.
On the plus side I almost single-handedly won a Conquest match. While my team was fighting over the central hub (and losing) I was able to swoop around and capture the other four points. To my team's credit they did fully cap Theta, but they couldn't hold it and the kill counter went nuts really fast. So I ran around playing survivor trying to counter-capture. Almost worked. Two mediums were guarding the point I ran up to and died at. One of them was critical though and I took him out the second I ran into him (literally).
I'm kind of amazed that the reviews on Battletech are currently 'mixed' on Steam. Especially because most of the complaints seem to be 'its amazing but the combat is sooooo slow'. Maybe I don't find an issue with it because I've played warhammer etc. on the tabletop so I'm used to combat taking a long time?
It's being review bombed by transphobic silly geese, sadly.
That doesn't really appear to be true, from browsing them. Most are citing technical issues, ones I've seen mentioned in professional reviews as well.
I mean, they are sneakier about it nowadays. They will open with "technical issues" that they copy-pasta from other people. Some of them will say "Don't say 'pronouns' on the forums, lol get banned", just a little hint of what their ideology is like. Most of them do get voted down, so they aren't seen on the front wall of recommendations. Here's one example:
It's really unfortunate.
Wow.. That's fucking disgusting
Unsurprisingly they've got an anime avatar which just further cements my opinion that anime is cancerous.
I'm kind of amazed that the reviews on Battletech are currently 'mixed' on Steam. Especially because most of the complaints seem to be 'its amazing but the combat is sooooo slow'. Maybe I don't find an issue with it because I've played warhammer etc. on the tabletop so I'm used to combat taking a long time?
It's being review bombed by transphobic silly geese, sadly.
Of course it is, gamers are scum. God damn it.
I can't wait for other people to start finding the entry for Non-Binary in the pilot data JSons :rotate:
Just had a crash after a mission; gonna have to replay it, but otherwise?
It's Battletech. I don't know why one of my friends was all "THEY LIED ABOUT IT THEY ADVERTISED IT AS MECHCOMMANDER 3 THEN JUST BEFORE THE KICKSTARTER ENDED THEY REBRANDED IT AS BATTLETECH", which, if people were expecting MechCommander I guess I can understand the negative reaction.
But it's Battletech; in all it's glory, and all it's horror.
+5
IceBurnerIt's cold and there are penguins.Registered Userregular
*starts to dig around in the game files to see where I can add some quality Oosik stuff*
They're....DDS files? WTF is a DDS file? That's one I don't think I've ever seen before.
.dds has been the texture format for DirectX for quite some time. Even free software such as paint.NET and GIMP can save to .dds.
So they made these particular textures as simple to replace as possible, while still using a file format meant for textures. Easier on the devs without needing some special code or tools to handle custom portraits and emblems, and a very low hurdle for players interested in customizing them.
*starts to dig around in the game files to see where I can add some quality Oosik stuff*
They're....DDS files? WTF is a DDS file? That's one I don't think I've ever seen before.
.dds has been the texture format for DirectX for quite some time. Even free software such as paint.NET and GIMP can save to .dds.
So they made these particular textures as simple to replace as possible, while still using a file format meant for textures. Easier on the devs without needing some special code or tools to handle custom portraits and emblems, and a very low hurdle for players interested in customizing them.
Pffft...if I can't do it in MS Paint, it's too complicated.
this is ever so slightly tongue-in-cheek. While I can make multi-layer GIS figures using multiple data sources, I haven't used any visual design programs more complicated than using MS Paint to redact player/unit names in my posted end-game screenshots
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Just had a crash after a mission; gonna have to replay it, but otherwise?
It's Battletech. I don't know why one of my friends was all "THEY LIED ABOUT IT THEY ADVERTISED IT AS MECHCOMMANDER 3 THEN JUST BEFORE THE KICKSTARTER ENDED THEY REBRANDED IT AS BATTLETECH", which, if people were expecting MechCommander I guess I can understand the negative reaction.
But it's Battletech; in all it's glory, and all it's horror.
Everything is fucking politics these days. So I pulled the trigger on this one, have about 2 hours into it. Thoughts:
-Have had zero technical issues: no trouble booting the game, no weird frame issues or crashes, nothing like that at all.
-Saw the inclusion of a "they" pronoun, thought "huh, that'll probably be a thing online, hope they don't make this game about current politics," and have encountered literally nothing political outside of that so far (and I'm typically annoyed by games that push "agendas"). So I don't think that's a "thing" beyond the culture war people pushing their various culture war stuff.
-The game BADLY needs a mod like that one in XCom that speeds up animations. I'm having fun with it now, but I could see this getting annoying over time. Just take a few seconds of wait time out. Also the load screens DO take some time. I'm a Total War player, so I'm kind of used to it, but that's a thing.
That's the bad. The good, is that this game is super detailed, tactical, and exactly how I remember early MW stuff. Have had lots of moments remembering "ohhhhh yeah, AC5 is the light ballistics and PPC is the long range laser thing". The plot seems interesting enough so far, very much how I remember MW world being with desperate struggles, a semi-cyberpunk feel (or maybe hightech/lowlife is the better way to put it. Running a company is fun so far. Combat is pretty, intense, and fun. It's strategic, not actiony.
Have had minor challenges, but no real trouble in combat. Though all these missions are super early (have probably done tutorial plus 2-3), so I wouldn't expect the challenges. Haven't had anyone die yet, not sure if you can load or redo missions or if this one is permadeath for your characters.
So, bottom line: This game is what you think it is. It's a super-detailed tactical combat game set in a the super detailed MW universe, where you run your own company. It's awesome and fun, and doesn't piss me off with aggressive politics, and I will lose dozens of hours to it for sure. It would be nice if I didn't lose so much time to long animations and pauses between things. It would also be nice if the Internet could chill the fuck out both ways: the game needs some help, but it's by no means a disaster and the reviews I've seen are starting to polarize because of course they are.
It is exactly what it looks like and I'm pretty happy so far.
Regarding the GPU thing, I popped open my GPU monitor for my 1080 on my other screen and will report back on what it does in game.
+3
IceBurnerIt's cold and there are penguins.Registered Userregular
edited April 2018
Anyone who doesn't already have a more heavyweight image editor and wants to make or just insert their own custom portraits or emblems for this game should really try the Paint.NET software. Free, and pretty darn close to MS Paint in presentation, just more capable.
To save an open image into .dds format, choose "Save As" from the File menu. Then select the file type .dds from the "Save as type:" menu.
Edit: I don't have the game yet and won't for a bit, as I just bought another one earlier this week. Anyone know the proper pixel sizes for portraits, unit emblems, nose art, and such?
Just had a crash after a mission; gonna have to replay it, but otherwise?
It's Battletech. I don't know why one of my friends was all "THEY LIED ABOUT IT THEY ADVERTISED IT AS MECHCOMMANDER 3 THEN JUST BEFORE THE KICKSTARTER ENDED THEY REBRANDED IT AS BATTLETECH", which, if people were expecting MechCommander I guess I can understand the negative reaction.
But it's Battletech; in all it's glory, and all it's horror.
I'm pretty sure its been Battletech ever since it was called MechWarrior Tactics and was being run by a different dev studio with a focus on a browser based Unity engine game.
Regarding the GPU thing, I popped open my GPU monitor for my 1080 on my other screen and will report back on what it does in game.
Even under 100% load, no card should overheat, and frankly, I'm not sure I believe the reviews that say they do
Choppy graphics because something isn't optimized for a certain exact hardware combination? I can believe that, although the game runs perfectly on my 1060 gtx ti, no one can test for all configs
Overheating? Not really. Last time this happened was in 2010 when StarCraft 2 was released, and gpu drivers got a few updates since then
+1
H3KnucklesBut we decide which is rightand which is an illusion.Registered Userregular
Was able to log in and it saved my profile correctly, yay!
Just had a crash after a mission; gonna have to replay it, but otherwise?
It's Battletech. I don't know why one of my friends was all "THEY LIED ABOUT IT THEY ADVERTISED IT AS MECHCOMMANDER 3 THEN JUST BEFORE THE KICKSTARTER ENDED THEY REBRANDED IT AS BATTLETECH", which, if people were expecting MechCommander I guess I can understand the negative reaction.
But it's Battletech; in all it's glory, and all it's horror.
I'm pretty sure its been Battletech ever since it was called MechWarrior Tactics and was being run by a different dev studio with a focus on a browser based Unity engine game.
I pulled two interviews from before the Kickstarter started advertising it clearly as Battletech. I dunno where they thought they advertised it as MechCommander 3 but boy howdy.
MechMantis on
+8
MortiousThe Nightmare BeginsMove to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
Just had a crash after a mission; gonna have to replay it, but otherwise?
It's Battletech. I don't know why one of my friends was all "THEY LIED ABOUT IT THEY ADVERTISED IT AS MECHCOMMANDER 3 THEN JUST BEFORE THE KICKSTARTER ENDED THEY REBRANDED IT AS BATTLETECH", which, if people were expecting MechCommander I guess I can understand the negative reaction.
But it's Battletech; in all it's glory, and all it's horror.
Do they not allow saves?
They do, it just crashed before the save triggered I think. No bigs; I've certainly had worse setbacks in recent gaming history.
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NipsHe/HimLuxuriating in existential crisis.Registered Userregular
Just had a crash after a mission; gonna have to replay it, but otherwise?
It's Battletech. I don't know why one of my friends was all "THEY LIED ABOUT IT THEY ADVERTISED IT AS MECHCOMMANDER 3 THEN JUST BEFORE THE KICKSTARTER ENDED THEY REBRANDED IT AS BATTLETECH", which, if people were expecting MechCommander I guess I can understand the negative reaction.
But it's Battletech; in all it's glory, and all it's horror.
I'm pretty sure its been Battletech ever since it was called MechWarrior Tactics and was being run by a different dev studio with a focus on a browser based Unity engine game.
I pulled two interviews from before the Kickstarter started advertising it clearly as Battletech. I dunno where they thought they advertised it as MechCommander 3 but boy howdy.
Yeah, whoah lol. HBS and its game (BATTLETECH) has never had anything to do with that rancid MechWarrior Tactics game published by IGP (former publisher of MWO) that tanked before release.
Anyone that thinks this game project was anything but BATTLETECH right from the start, hasn't been fucking paying attention and should be summarily ignored and shunned.
+6
GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
Internet/gamer/red pill shit lords being mouth breathing cretins over something that doesn't effect them in any appreciable way? Say it ain't so.
As far as the game itself, I have a 1080 Ti so I'm curious to see if I have any issues when I get home.
Anyone who doesn't already have a more heavyweight image editor and wants to make or just insert their own custom portraits or emblems for this game should really try the Paint.NET software. Free, and pretty darn close to MS Paint in presentation, just more capable.
To save an open image into .dds format, choose "Save As" from the File menu. Then select the file type .dds from the "Save as type:" menu.
Edit: I don't have the game yet and won't for a bit, as I just bought another one earlier this week. Anyone know the proper pixel sizes for portraits, unit emblems, nose art, and such?
Emblems are 256 X 256. I haven't looked at the other art options yet.
So far my GPU is doing fine. The VRAM usage is hovering around 50% and the temps are in the 60C range running @ max graphics and 3840 X 2160 resolution with my GPU set to OC mode just for giggles. The temps could be lower but it's kinda hot as fuck in my apartment atm.
Signed up my paradox account and redeemed my backer codes without any problems. I'll try and actually play the game later after work. Fist bump @HydroSqueegee for the same metallic Orange/Blue combo bros.
I'm kind of amazed that the reviews on Battletech are currently 'mixed' on Steam. Especially because most of the complaints seem to be 'its amazing but the combat is sooooo slow'. Maybe I don't find an issue with it because I've played warhammer etc. on the tabletop so I'm used to combat taking a long time?
It's being review bombed by transphobic silly geese, sadly.
That doesn't really appear to be true, from browsing them. Most are citing technical issues, ones I've seen mentioned in professional reviews as well.
I mean, they are sneakier about it nowadays. They will open with "technical issues" that they copy-pasta from other people. Some of them will say "Don't say 'pronouns' on the forums, lol get banned", just a little hint of what their ideology is like. Most of them do get voted down, so they aren't seen on the front wall of recommendations. Here's one example:
Seems I got a GoG copy of the new Battletech from the kickstarter.. and the Steam Backer Beta did not update to be the full thing.. so I guess I'd best start to download the game from GoG now..
I have 5 minutes played in the beta..
Yay! Everything shall be new to me!
I don't know why I keep pledging at Beta access levels when I'll never play the betas.
+1
Ninja Snarl PMy helmet is my burden.Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered Userregular
Aaagh, the salvage and repair situation has me regularly agonizing about risking attacks versus holding back, and it's great. I almost had a chance at an early Quickdraw, but ultimately put it down because it had way too many active weapons for me to want to risk my mechs, at the end of a long mission and with swiss-cheese armor, taking an unlucky salvo that puts them in repairs for a month. At the same time, it makes it so much more rewarding when you take a risk and score a lucky crit that sets off multiple ammo explosions, because you know all that stuff blowing off the enemy is no longer going to be driving up your repair costs.
Still pretty early in the game and I'm squeaking by on budget, and it's great. A big payout usually means heavy damage, but you can then also afford the downtime to refit. But when making my way through the lesser missions I just make do with what I've got, because I don't have the luxury of optimizing everything. It may drive me crazy to have to just leave a mech with a mix of SL, ML, and SRM2, but it's also more fun to earn getting that mech to the point of making it better.
Game definitely has some technical issues (and really needs some sped-up animations and shorter pauses in the gameplay), but I'm enjoying the hell out of it.
+1
H3KnucklesBut we decide which is rightand which is an illusion.Registered Userregular
I'm kind of amazed that the reviews on Battletech are currently 'mixed' on Steam. Especially because most of the complaints seem to be 'its amazing but the combat is sooooo slow'. Maybe I don't find an issue with it because I've played warhammer etc. on the tabletop so I'm used to combat taking a long time?
It's being review bombed by transphobic silly geese, sadly.
That doesn't really appear to be true, from browsing them. Most are citing technical issues, ones I've seen mentioned in professional reviews as well.
I mean, they are sneakier about it nowadays. They will open with "technical issues" that they copy-pasta from other people. Some of them will say "Don't say 'pronouns' on the forums, lol get banned", just a little hint of what their ideology is like. Most of them do get voted down, so they aren't seen on the front wall of recommendations. Here's one example:
It's really unfortunate.
Wow.. That's fucking disgusting
Unsurprisingly they've got an anime avatar which just further cements my opinion that anime is cancerous.
I'm kind of amazed that the reviews on Battletech are currently 'mixed' on Steam. Especially because most of the complaints seem to be 'its amazing but the combat is sooooo slow'. Maybe I don't find an issue with it because I've played warhammer etc. on the tabletop so I'm used to combat taking a long time?
It's being review bombed by transphobic silly geese, sadly.
Of course it is, gamers are scum. God damn it.
I can't wait for other people to start finding the entry for Non-Binary in the pilot data JSons :rotate:
It's sort of bizarre to me because there's a lot of transgender characters and content in anime and manga nowadays (and to be honest, even going back to the 80's there was more than you saw in similar content here in the states). Granted, it's not always handled in a manner that would be considered PC here, but I'd say most of what I've come across was empathetic rather than derisive. Transphobia & homophobia really seem out of place in that crowd.
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Not complaining, but it seems really odd that it's this swingy between missions.
That doesn't really appear to be true, from browsing them. Most are citing technical issues, ones I've seen mentioned in professional reviews as well.
The tutorial was a grueling slog through hell.
Based on these early impressions, I'm starting to think the difficulty level might need some tweaking.
Battletech combat being swingy sounds right unless you are doing everything in your power to tilt the odds in your favor.
And even then with perfect planning sometimes a stray machinegun round slots a pilot.
Resetting the filters and looking at all the negative reviews, about half of what I've seen bring up as major issues "politics" and troll-y "no (insert random noun) pronoun!"
Eh.. Many seem to be about lack of ultra wide support, which.. Okay I guess, is annoying, but I'm not sure it was even supposed to have it?
And the rest seem to be people who say it runs horribly on their 1080ti, which must be either a bug with the game, the drivers, or something else, since it runs flawlessly on my 1060 gtx.
It's really unfortunate.
Nm, it's a script that runs every hour or so.
PSN: Bizazedo
CFN: Bizazedo (I don't think I suck, add me).
Wow.. That's fucking disgusting
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On the plus side I almost single-handedly won a Conquest match. While my team was fighting over the central hub (and losing) I was able to swoop around and capture the other four points. To my team's credit they did fully cap Theta, but they couldn't hold it and the kill counter went nuts really fast. So I ran around playing survivor trying to counter-capture. Almost worked. Two mediums were guarding the point I ran up to and died at. One of them was critical though and I took him out the second I ran into him (literally).
I can't wait for other people to start finding the entry for Non-Binary in the pilot data JSons :rotate:
It's Battletech. I don't know why one of my friends was all "THEY LIED ABOUT IT THEY ADVERTISED IT AS MECHCOMMANDER 3 THEN JUST BEFORE THE KICKSTARTER ENDED THEY REBRANDED IT AS BATTLETECH", which, if people were expecting MechCommander I guess I can understand the negative reaction.
But it's Battletech; in all it's glory, and all it's horror.
So they made these particular textures as simple to replace as possible, while still using a file format meant for textures. Easier on the devs without needing some special code or tools to handle custom portraits and emblems, and a very low hurdle for players interested in customizing them.
PSN: theIceBurner, IceBurnerEU, IceBurner-JP | X-Link Kai: TheIceBurner
Dragon's Dogma: 192 Warrior Linty | 80 Strider Alicia | 32 Mage Terra
Pffft...if I can't do it in MS Paint, it's too complicated.
Do they not allow saves?
-Have had zero technical issues: no trouble booting the game, no weird frame issues or crashes, nothing like that at all.
-Saw the inclusion of a "they" pronoun, thought "huh, that'll probably be a thing online, hope they don't make this game about current politics," and have encountered literally nothing political outside of that so far (and I'm typically annoyed by games that push "agendas"). So I don't think that's a "thing" beyond the culture war people pushing their various culture war stuff.
-The game BADLY needs a mod like that one in XCom that speeds up animations. I'm having fun with it now, but I could see this getting annoying over time. Just take a few seconds of wait time out. Also the load screens DO take some time. I'm a Total War player, so I'm kind of used to it, but that's a thing.
That's the bad. The good, is that this game is super detailed, tactical, and exactly how I remember early MW stuff. Have had lots of moments remembering "ohhhhh yeah, AC5 is the light ballistics and PPC is the long range laser thing". The plot seems interesting enough so far, very much how I remember MW world being with desperate struggles, a semi-cyberpunk feel (or maybe hightech/lowlife is the better way to put it. Running a company is fun so far. Combat is pretty, intense, and fun. It's strategic, not actiony.
Have had minor challenges, but no real trouble in combat. Though all these missions are super early (have probably done tutorial plus 2-3), so I wouldn't expect the challenges. Haven't had anyone die yet, not sure if you can load or redo missions or if this one is permadeath for your characters.
So, bottom line: This game is what you think it is. It's a super-detailed tactical combat game set in a the super detailed MW universe, where you run your own company. It's awesome and fun, and doesn't piss me off with aggressive politics, and I will lose dozens of hours to it for sure. It would be nice if I didn't lose so much time to long animations and pauses between things. It would also be nice if the Internet could chill the fuck out both ways: the game needs some help, but it's by no means a disaster and the reviews I've seen are starting to polarize because of course they are.
It is exactly what it looks like and I'm pretty happy so far.
FYI the site for it is http://www.getpaint.net/, not http://paint.net (the latter belongs to an ordinary commercial paints company).
To save an open image into .dds format, choose "Save As" from the File menu. Then select the file type .dds from the "Save as type:" menu.
Edit: I don't have the game yet and won't for a bit, as I just bought another one earlier this week. Anyone know the proper pixel sizes for portraits, unit emblems, nose art, and such?
PSN: theIceBurner, IceBurnerEU, IceBurner-JP | X-Link Kai: TheIceBurner
Dragon's Dogma: 192 Warrior Linty | 80 Strider Alicia | 32 Mage Terra
I'm pretty sure its been Battletech ever since it was called MechWarrior Tactics and was being run by a different dev studio with a focus on a browser based Unity engine game.
MWO: Adamski
Even under 100% load, no card should overheat, and frankly, I'm not sure I believe the reviews that say they do
Choppy graphics because something isn't optimized for a certain exact hardware combination? I can believe that, although the game runs perfectly on my 1060 gtx ti, no one can test for all configs
Overheating? Not really. Last time this happened was in 2010 when StarCraft 2 was released, and gpu drivers got a few updates since then
I pulled two interviews from before the Kickstarter started advertising it clearly as Battletech. I dunno where they thought they advertised it as MechCommander 3 but boy howdy.
With AC2s!
It’s not a very important country most of the time
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mortious
They do, it just crashed before the save triggered I think. No bigs; I've certainly had worse setbacks in recent gaming history.
Yeah, whoah lol. HBS and its game (BATTLETECH) has never had anything to do with that rancid MechWarrior Tactics game published by IGP (former publisher of MWO) that tanked before release.
Anyone that thinks this game project was anything but BATTLETECH right from the start, hasn't been fucking paying attention and should be summarily ignored and shunned.
As far as the game itself, I have a 1080 Ti so I'm curious to see if I have any issues when I get home.
Emblems are 256 X 256. I haven't looked at the other art options yet.
So far my GPU is doing fine. The VRAM usage is hovering around 50% and the temps are in the 60C range running @ max graphics and 3840 X 2160 resolution with my GPU set to OC mode just for giggles. The temps could be lower but it's kinda hot as fuck in my apartment atm.
Right from the start, or is it past some story progress milestone?
It’s not a very important country most of the time
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mortious
One mission after you go "wait why didn't I get any salvage from that?"
It's like 2-3 missions in.
e: Turns out my work laptop cannot run this for anything, it's way too old and slow! So I will wait until Thursday!
Never trust anyone with an anime avatar
I have 5 minutes played in the beta..
Yay! Everything shall be new to me!
I don't know why I keep pledging at Beta access levels when I'll never play the betas.
Still pretty early in the game and I'm squeaking by on budget, and it's great. A big payout usually means heavy damage, but you can then also afford the downtime to refit. But when making my way through the lesser missions I just make do with what I've got, because I don't have the luxury of optimizing everything. It may drive me crazy to have to just leave a mech with a mix of SL, ML, and SRM2, but it's also more fun to earn getting that mech to the point of making it better.
Game definitely has some technical issues (and really needs some sped-up animations and shorter pauses in the gameplay), but I'm enjoying the hell out of it.
It's sort of bizarre to me because there's a lot of transgender characters and content in anime and manga nowadays (and to be honest, even going back to the 80's there was more than you saw in similar content here in the states). Granted, it's not always handled in a manner that would be considered PC here, but I'd say most of what I've come across was empathetic rather than derisive. Transphobia & homophobia really seem out of place in that crowd.
These are my thoughts.
every time my PC gets a single wound hes out for a month or two.
Which is getting fucking annoying.