GRAND AGES: ROME – enhanced Demo version and demo-patch released
Kalypso Media published an enhanced demo for GRAND AGES: ROME their eagerly awaited city building title. GRAND AGES: ROME, which has been developed by Haemimont Games, is the sequel to their bestseller, Imperium Romanum. Also released is a patch for the Grand Ages: Rome demo released on the 6th February.
Patch-notes / improvements to the demo version:
Difficulty adjustment
• Houses are now deserted every 60 seconds during unemployment (was 30 seconds)
• Deserted buildings health degeneration 3x slower than previously (roughly 9 minutes before fire)
• Fire extinguished by Prefectures twice as quickly.
UI improvements
• Important notifications now blink
• New notification sound for important notifications
• It’s harder to accidentally go to realm overview mode
Miscellaneous
• Reduced bad weather duration and intensity
• Stability and compatibility improvements
Improved Demo:
http://www.kalypsomedia.com/downloads/demos/grandagesromedemo-neu-eu.exe
Patch:
http://www.kalypsomedia.com/downloads/demos/grandagesromedemopatch.exe
GRAND AGES: ROME will be released in the UK on 6th March for a recommended retail price of £29.99.
Patch 1.0.2: New Features in The Chronicles of Spellborn
Wandering Unique Bosses, New Tutorial
A whole lot of new challenges await the players of The Chronicles of Spellborn®. The Dutch developer of the fantasy MMOPRG The Chronicles of Spellborn®, Spellborn NV, released today a new Content Patch to the live servers, named “Scroll of the Second Path”. After an automatic update to the new version 1.0.2, Players will now find Wandering Unique Bosses, called Menaces, in each region of the Shards. Wanted Posters will give quests to the players to hunt down these humanoid and animal menaces. Defeating one of these strong bosses will be rewarded by lot of fame points.
In addition, to help the players in their daily questing and leveling needs, new vendor NPCs have been added in all friendly villages and cities of the Enclave.
Moreover, the update brings a completely new feature for The Chronicles of Spellborn®: the Tutorial. This tutorial, taking place on board of a Shardship, explains new players how to control their character, how to interact with the game environment and how the active manual aiming combat system works. After completing this initiation, Spellborn players will land on the Docks of Hawksmouth, after and impressive and breathtaking in-game and real-time cinematic. From these Docks, they will be able to start questing in the Shard of Parliament and even to partake in PvP battles in Erik’s Mosh Pit, a PvP-enabled ring located just on the outskirts of Hawksmouth City.
It is important to note that Players do not lose their valuable PeP level any longer after being defeated in a PvP fight.
In terms of corrections, lots of improvements and bug-fixes have been made, especially in the High Houses quests, which will provide better experience to the players as far as their leveling goes.
The Special Item redemption process is now also fully active and functional for Spellborn Special/Premium Boxes owners. A detailed procedure is available on Spellborn Official Site: http://tcos.com/en/news,id208,item_redemption_premium_special_edition_owners_available.html
Last but not least, the developers of The Chronicles of Spellborn® greatly optimized the User Interface of the game, by implementing a font optimization which enables great readability of the text. An adjustment of the fog effects and the shadows for all characters now provides even more atmosphere to the world. Interested adventurers, can take a free look at The Chronicles of Spellborn® by downloading the FULL client for free at : https://eu-players.tcos.com/game/downloads.phtml
What Lies Hidden, Must Be Found
In The Chronicles of Spellborn® players enter an impressive online game world containing scenic landscapes, majestic cities and the remnants of a shattered world. Alone or with a party of friends, PC adventurers step into a fantasy realm consisting of varied shards: habitable pieces of the destroyed world floating in the magical Deadspell Storm. Those who want to prevail in the actively involving combat of The Chronicles of Spellborn® need to apply their mighty arsenal of skills with actual manual aiming skills. Battles with bloodthirsty creatures, intelligent hostile factions and other human opponents in Player vs. Player battles are waiting. An innovative and tactically challenging combat system with third-person shooter-like controls and a unique rotating Skill Deck provides a breath of fresh air amidst the more traditional MMORPGs. Thanks to a largely extended Unreal Engine 2.5, The Chronicles of Spellborn® boasts stunning 3D graphics, spectacular effects and countless elaborate details. More information, images, videos and a beta registration-form can be found on the official website: www.tcos.com
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Patch 1.05 Available Today
First Major Patch Includes Easy-to-Use DRM De-Authorization Tool, Powerful WorldBuilder Map Editor, Balancing and Bug Fixes
The first major patch for EALA’s Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 is available for download now. Patch 1.05 is mainly focused on giving players two tools the Command & Conquer community has been asking for:
- DRM De-authorization Tool: This easy-to-use tool allows gamers to de-authorize previously authenticated machines so they ultimately have the freedom to play Red Alert 3 on an unlimited number of PCs.
- WorldBuilder: The powerful map making tool gives players full creative control and all the tools they will need to make the ultimate Red Alert 3 skirmish or multiplayer map.
The patch also includes technical bug fixes and balancing fixes across all three of the game’s factions. For a full list of notes and to download the patch, please visit www.commandandconquer.com.
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 is available in stores now for the PC and Xbox 360, featuring the real-time strategy genre’s fully co-operative campaign, groundbreaking naval warfare and the series’ trademark live-action movie sequences, Red Alert 3 also features the largest and most talented cast in the history of video games including Jenny McCarthy, George Takei, Tim Curry, J.K. Simmons, Randy Couture, Gina Carano, Autumn Reeser, Kelly Hu and Gemma Atkinson.
For more information, please visit www.commandandconquer.com, www.redalert3.com and www.conquerthislife.com.
v1.05 patch and demo for SC2 Weapons and Warfare released
Today we are pleased to release the new v1.05 Patch and v1.05 Demo for Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion. This all-inclusive v1.05 Patch includes a number of user requested changes, bug fixes and editor enhancements as well as better overall game performance by means of a new “Video Acceleration” option accessible via the games Settings panel. Most importantly it also addresses a Windows Vista config file update issue which could occur under certain circumstances. We have also added a great deal of material to the game manual itself since many players have asked for more details on all the new changes in the expansion.
Visit the SC2 WaW Patch page for full details and download: http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=152&Itemid=209 In addition to the v1.05 Patch, we have also updated the Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Demo. The new demo includes all the relevant v1.05 updates. Visit the SC2 WaW Demo page for full details and download: http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=153&Itemid=210
SC2 Weapons and Warfare v1.04 Patch and Demo Released
Even though the second expansion for SC2, Patton Drives East, was released recently, work on improving the first expansion Weapons and Warfare hasn’t stopped. To prove that statement, we are proud to announce the new v1.04 Patch and updated Demo for Weapons and Warfare.
This Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion v1.04 Patch brings the normal load of enhancements, bug fixes and editor updates to the table along with a new “Video Acceleration” setting which should address the issue some people have had with in-game scroll and unit selection speeds being extremely slow.
The patch is 128Mb in size and i s All-Inclusive, meaning it can be applied to any of the previously released English langauge Battlefront.com versions of the game.
[ Download the v1.04 Weapons and Warfare Patch Here ]
http://www.battlefront-store.com:8080//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=152&Itemid=209
In addition to the all the new game patch above, we have also prepared an updated v1.04 Demo. This demo features 2 playable campaigns and all of the fixes and changes offered in the patch version.
[ Download the updated v1.04 Demo Here ]
http://www.battlefront-store.com:8080//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=153&Itemid=210
SC2 Weapons and Warfare Patch v1.04
PATCH NOTES:
This patch is all-inclusive, includes all the earlier patch content and will patch any previous Battlefront.com English language version of Strategic Command Weapons and Warfare Expansion from the initial v1.0 to v1.03.
This patch will not work with any non-English version of Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion at this time.
Separate patches for the other language versions will be released in the future.
PREVIOUS SAVE GAME COMPATIBILITY NOTE
Save games created with earlier versions of the game are NOT compatible with v1.04. Please finish your in-progress games before applying this patch.
NEW VIDEO ACCELERATION SETTING
If you play the game and notice unplayably slow map scroll speeds and unit selection time, then please activ ate the “Video Acceleration” option from inside the Settings panel. That option will use a different method to handle graphics and should put your game performance back to what it should be. If you have never noticed any extreme game slowness, you can leave this option set to OFF.
File Details
Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion v1.04 Patch
Filesize: 128 Megabytes
v1.04 VERSION HISTORY:
GAME ENGINE CHANGES
- Corrected a Network load error for some games converted from E-Mail/Hotseat, resaved all Allied start campaigns via Editor
- Fixed a surprise enemy contact error for Paratroops that sometimes gave them an extra strength point
- Fixed a strategic bomber error that caused some strength point anomalies for defending air units located on the attacked resource
- Fixed a Map dialog error
- Sea weather zone with majority value of ‘calm’ will be set to calm for the first turn of a campaign, similar setting already in place for land Primary an d Secondary weather effects
- Fixed a submarine surprise encounter error
- Fixed a graphical glitch that would cause islands to disappear when stormy seas were present
- Improved AI naval combat calculations, now up to 4X faster under the right circumstances
- Storms and storm effects no longer apply to naval units that are on a coastal or island position at sea where there is a territorial owner of the tile, for example the rules remain unchanged for all open sea tiles
- Improved scroll speed by adjusting how DirectX stores bitmaps to memory with an optional setting for ‘Video Acceleration’ in the SETTINGS dialog
- Improved scroll speed by adding bitmapped strength values instead of generating them on the fly
EDITOR RELATED CHANGES
- Fixed the following User Manual errata:
- SA armies France, Spain and Sweden value is 2 now mentioned
- Destroyer range attack value is now correctly set to 1
- Motorization cost values are corrected
- Fixed the following campaign errors:
- Polish town properly renamed Przemysl
- Removed extraneous Corps names for Saudi Arabia
Strategic Command 2: Weapons and Warfare Expansion Demo (v1.04)
This demo includes two playable campaigns, Fall Weiss which depicts the German invasion of Poland and Wacht Am Rhein, better known as the Battle of the Bulge. Multiplayer modes are disabled in the demo but both campaigns are playable against the AI as either the Axis or Allied side.
Weapons and Warfare incorporates a huge list of new features frequently asked for by t he fan community, including a bigger world map, new units, enhanced naval movement and combat rules, a deeper weather model, additional terrain types and resources, the simulation of roads and railways and a greatly extended editor with the ability to add in scripted Image and Sound events and much more.
If you enjoy the demo, go ahead and Order the full Expansion (or the Strategic Command 2 Bundle Pack) using the links to the left.
Note: The demo does NOT require that you already have Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg installed and licensed on your computer, but the full version does.
Patch 2.0.4 for Making History: The Calm and the Storm
Software Publisher Strategy First Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSTR), and developer Muzzy Lane, have released patch 2.0.4 for Making History: The Calm and the Storm. Patch 2.0.4 includes the following features:
Features
• New Features
• Modding Improvements
• Performance Improvements
• Bug Fixes
• UI changes
• Content Changes
• AI Changes
• Editor Changes
and much more…
Download the patch today directly from the Strategy First website at:
http://www.strategyfirst.com/en/games/MakingHistory/downloads/#Downloads585
The list of changes can be found directly at the Strategy First website at:
http://www.strategyfirst.ca/downloads/patches/mhpatch204.html
About Muzzy Lane
Muzzy Lane Software was founded in 2002 and is based in Newburyport, Mass. With its first release, “MAKING HISTORY®: The Calm & the Storm,” Muzzy Lane takes a fresh new approach to multiplayer computer games, combining a flexible 3-D game engine with high-fidelity content that allows players to engage the turning points in history as if they were there. www.muzzylane.com
Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion v1.02 Patch
Merry Christmas all! This is a busy season for everyone and to help celebrate a little early we are releasing the latest Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion v1.02 Patch. This patch improves the various aspects of Amphibous Transport units and warfare as well as adding other improvements and fixes noticed since the expansion was released including an important tweak to the road network system. This Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion v1.02 Patch also includes all the previous fixes from the first v1.01 patch.
Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion v1.02 Patch
Download Page:
http://www.battlefront.com/products/sc2/sc2_wwe/patch.html
Filesize: 124Mb
v1.02 Patch Notes
Please note, this is a PATCH for the Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion and will only work for the Battlefront.com English language version. This patch will not work with any non-English version of Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion at this time. This patch can be applied to either the original v1.0 version of the game or one that was already patched up to version 1.01.
Separate patches for the other language versions will be released in the future.
v1.02
GAME ENGINE CHANGES
- fixed an Amphibious Warfare research upgrade error< br />- fixed an Amphibious Transport properties display error when Amphibious Warfare Research Levels are > 0
- fixed an AI unit upgrade error
- Amphibious Transports that end their move adjacent to an enemy Battleship, Cruiser, Destroyer or Carrier will now
be automatically attacked regardless if it was hidden or not under Fog of War. Note, unloading after the automatic
defensive naval fire, will still be possible if the Transport is stopped adjacent a valid debarkation tile
- FREE UNIT script now called when a SURRENDER_2 event is triggered
- fixed a combat error that caused a CTD when a hidden rocket attacked a defending unit on a resource
- roads now eliminate supply range penalties over rough terrain such as mountains, marshes etc.
- fixed an AI upgrade error
- fixed a SUPPLY SCRIPT error that targeted resources such as Fortresses that were set to ‘Destroy On Overrun’
- subs that dive and move will now move in a more random directional pattern
EDITOR RELATED CHANGES
- fixed an Amphibious Warfare research upgrade error
- added #NAVAL_DEFENSE= entry to localization.txt
- Build Limits can now be set to (None) and this will subsequently delist them from purchase in the Purchase
Unit dialog, i.e. useful for modding when you want to eliminate certain unit types from in game purchase
- updated several FLEET events for the UK to take better advantage of the modified Amphibious Transport rules
- updated several bitmapped flags
- added some Axis AI UNIT script and GARRISON enhancements for the post D-Day period
- fixed a railway disconnect between Narvik and the adjacent mine
- made an adjustment to an ACTIVATION#2 event checking for UK aggression in Norway, it now checks to see if Norway has
surrendered to the Allies and not the case where the UK is attempting to liberate Norway
- updated the North African campaign flags for Malta as well as for the Commonwealth
Version History
v1.01
GAME ENGINE CHANGES
- fixed an AI destroyer unit combat error
- fixed an AI upgrade unit error
- fixed an animation replay error
- fixed a MINOR country Corps purchase error
- paratroops that are preparing and engineers that are fortifying are no longer hidden under FoW
- subs caught in sea ice no longer raid convoy lanes until sea ice clears
- subs now use the following rules:
- Silent
- Sub can pass through hidden enemy units except for a Destroyer under FoW
- Sub cannot attack convoy lanes
- Hunt
- Sub cannot pass through hidden enemy units under FoW
- Sub can attack convoy lanes
- Note, a Sub will dive (if a dive is successful) when atta cked and move away under either Silent or Hunt mode
- transfer of capitals now reduces that country’s morale the same as it would if an ally were to surrender
- transfer of capitals now increase occupier’s morale the same as it would if it forced the surrender of a country
- any country that has a capital transferred to a disconnected area loses its current production/queue items
(complete wipe out) unless the transfer location is connected to the current location of the capital (pre-transfer) or
to any of the Industrial Center locations for that country
- fixed a script handling error for #CONDITION_POSITIONs
- fixed a Paratroop glider sound error when playing under Military unit icons mode
- fixed a Paratroop drop and new unit selection error when Fortifications are destroyed or a Paratroop unit takes
landing casualties
- surprise encounters will now only apply the ‘Hidden Attacker Readiness Bonu s’ to decrease attacker losses and not to also
increase defender losses as was previously the case
- fixed an ‘add_unit’ bug when minors are activated
- fixed a resource mpp calculation error that did not include Fortresses if a value was assigned to them
- fixed a bug where custom combat supply loss values via the Editor were not being read in game
EDITOR RELATED CHANGES
- fixed the military unit bitmaps to show some differentiation between tactical bombers and strategic bombers
- replaced Manstein with Bittrich in the Wacht Am Rhein scenario
- removed all incorrect references to O’Conner in the 1939 and 1940 campaigns and replaced them with O’Connor
- fixed a SURRENDER_2 script error for the surrender of Italy
- added several new Axis Middle East OFFENSIVE events
- added several new Axis Middle East TRANSPORT events
- added several new Axis Middle East GARRISON events
- added several new ACTIVATION#3 events
- added #PRODUCTION_LOST= entry to localization.txt
- fixed a Polish campaign victory condition error
- fixed several Spanish Civil War campaign errors
- updated Manual with several new entries regarding changes in Weapons and Warfare