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by pasternakski
Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:53 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: New patches / questionable game balance changes
Replies: 102
Views: 42360

Okay. Sorry I tried to be a customer. I promise never to buy any AGEod products again. Bye. I hope you don't mind if I take my wallet with me.
by pasternakski
Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:47 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: New patches / questionable game balance changes
Replies: 102
Views: 42360

If there were resources for it, I'm sure every player would like to have updates and patches custome-made for them. I have never asked for anything of the kind, Rafiki. For the record, and so there is no doubt. Gray Lensman is a part of the AGEOD organization This has never been stated before. In a...
by pasternakski
Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:35 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: New patches / questionable game balance changes
Replies: 102
Views: 42360

The trolling post above this one illustrates precisely why it is impossible to have any sort of reasonable group consensus. There will always be a small group of discontented individuals that make it impossible to work in that format. I guess anyone who has an idea that contrasts with your concepti...
by pasternakski
Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:12 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Bad Battle
Replies: 13
Views: 7503

LOL, attacking a Corps in a Fort across a water crossing and then posting a thread titled "Bad Battle"... :mdr: Forgive me, but I can't help but be amused at a post such as this.......Holy Fredericksburg, BatMan! Patient to Doctor: "Hey Doc, it hurt's really bad whenever I smack my head with this h...
by pasternakski
Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:08 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: New patches / questionable game balance changes
Replies: 102
Views: 42360

As a player I need the new patches to fix any bugs that appear but I not want to keep having the game balance being changed unless those changes are properly considered by a large group of players. Ageod need to think hard about game balance issues and changes - sometimes just leaving stuff alone i...
by pasternakski
Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:08 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Players as testers?
Replies: 56
Views: 24553

Part of my problem is that I love AACW but I have a problem with the interface and certain sub systems within the game. I do not have a clue as to why in the earlier versions of AACW I did not have the problems with the parts of the game I mentioned in my post. thanks to all Madgamer Well, I can't ...
by pasternakski
Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:12 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: What need an AI do?
Replies: 15
Views: 8384

recently just sent Pocus (and another game designer, Dave O'Connor) an interesting article on emerging technology where the massively parallel computational architecture available on video cards could be applied to enhanced the performance and concurrence of AI processing. This is highly interestin...
by pasternakski
Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:01 am
Forum: Help to improve AACW!
Topic: ---> AACW Public Beta Patch 1.09a
Replies: 49
Views: 18119

Once, I really liked this game.

Then, it was modified in ways I did not like.

Later, newcomers took it over.

Now, things I don't understand are being done to it that make it different from the game I bought.

I don't like it anymore.
by pasternakski
Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:50 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Replacements.
Replies: 29
Views: 13260

Once upon a time (or was it long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I can never remember which), there lived creatures called "board wargames." They had maps (ordinarily with "a hexgrid superimposed to regulate combat and movement," whatever those are - or were), unit counters, rules booklets, battle ma...
by pasternakski
Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:45 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Non PBEM players poll
Replies: 75
Views: 46028

Hi folks, I know most people tend to play against the AI only so as an avid PBEM player I wonder why this is. To me the game is far better against another human. I am not "voting" in your poll because it is nothing more than a thinly veiled, sophomoric attack on those who do not prefer to play the ...
by pasternakski
Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:57 am
Forum: News from AGEod
Topic: Warning: AGEod is about to release two new games!!!
Replies: 70
Views: 33050

So AGEod has grown enough to venture into the realm of "publisher."

Bonne chance, mes amis.
by pasternakski
Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:22 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: AGEOD games and you: habits & intents [Poll]
Replies: 62
Views: 36436

I am slowing down in the future, but not just because I'm such an old fart. I love AGEod and its approach to computer wargame design, but I don't like frequent patching to remove significant problems (or to make significant revisions) and not being able to tell what is a "mod" from what is the real ...
by pasternakski
Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:52 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: About the AACW patching policy and the integration of mods into official patches
Replies: 57
Views: 23433

You are completely wrong if you think that any moddable game doesn't take from the community and add to their project.... Modders and those interested in modding make up a desperately thin sliver of the computer wargaming market. The vast majority of buyers would only be confused and irritated if t...
by pasternakski
Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:47 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: About the AACW patching policy and the integration of mods into official patches
Replies: 57
Views: 23433

I personally think from 1.05 to 1.07f the game has improved and improved a lot. Where have I disagreed with this statement? I did not suggest that AGEod should stop supporting the product. I merely asked for some certitude in what is official and what is not. My concern is (and I have tried to be c...
by pasternakski
Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:25 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: About the AACW patching policy and the integration of mods into official patches
Replies: 57
Views: 23433

I think it's unrealistic to reach a point where one can say that this game no longer has any bugs, whatsoever. Never asked for this. Merely requested that order be restored. Used to be a company-run development process. Modders and people who want to run the show have overrun the joint. Luckily for...
by pasternakski
Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:15 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: About the AACW patching policy and the integration of mods into official patches
Replies: 57
Views: 23433

Pasternakski, would you be happiest if AGEOD dropped support for AACW, and stopped patching it completely? Of course not. What I want is stability and the feeling that the game I just started playing is a solid product that may be capable of improvement, but is also worth my investment of time and ...
by pasternakski
Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:41 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: About the AACW patching policy and the integration of mods into official patches
Replies: 57
Views: 23433

That one could be "broke". The TransLink(s) are there, which is what I've been working on and correcting, however within the scenario files (.scn), the TransportLvl for 143 might still be set to =2. This was supposed to be corrected in v1.07f, however, since there were several iterations of v1.07f,...
by pasternakski
Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:18 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Napolean's Campaigns and Empire in Arms
Replies: 21
Views: 13020

I will buy EiANW understanding that it is archaic, flawed, and at variance with the original design idea (a "new" Napoleonic strategic level game) and with the revised design idea (a "port" of ADG's EiA), hoping that it will tide me over until AGEod's game (which I will not be buying immediately) is...
by pasternakski
Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:58 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Posture Question
Replies: 4
Views: 3476

Maj. Frogbottom wrote:I was hoping to enter the region and make them attack me


"You see them redskins over there? They's too tough to kill where they is, so we's a-gonna advance on 'em until they attack, so as we can defeat 'em."
by pasternakski
Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:21 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: There must be some way out of here
Replies: 45
Views: 21490

Why is it when I read the title of this thread that I can't get Jimi Hendrix out of my head..... :siffle: Been listening to the joker talking to the thief again, have you? I dunno. I always preferred Dylan's original, because Hendrix's intonations gave me the troubling impression that he didn't und...
by pasternakski
Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:18 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: now, wait a minute, here
Replies: 72
Views: 29803

I am also offended just like Patternaki. Down boy! Stop biting the postman's ankle! I am not offended (and my online moniker is not 'Patternaki'), but look where we are. In other threads, posters are voicing confusion about whether the graphics package is necessary with v. 1.07b, about what was act...
by pasternakski
Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:49 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: now, wait a minute, here
Replies: 72
Views: 29803

Let there be no misunderstanding here. I am a great fan of the work done and in progress by all the dedicated souls who seek to improve this already wonderful game. Thank you, I am in your debt. The thrust of my remarks is merely that I wish the improvement process were rather more tightly under con...
by pasternakski
Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:59 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: now, wait a minute, here
Replies: 72
Views: 29803

Step 1 - Install the game Step 2 - Click on the stickied link entitled "Patch 1.07" Step 3 - Download and install said patch The End Everything else is a mod and is located, not coincidentally, on the mod board. Remarkably straightforward. Real funny. Note the posts from modders that correct matter...
by pasternakski
Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:58 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: now, wait a minute, here
Replies: 72
Views: 29803

I know older people are resistant to change. Thank you, Runyan, offense duly taken. As such, I recommend you save a copy of the 1.04b patch file, with the original division HQs that you prefer, and you can play that with no changes for all time. If you need a copy of the 1.04 patch, I can email it ...
by pasternakski
Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:30 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: now, wait a minute, here
Replies: 72
Views: 29803

now, wait a minute, here

God bless all your pointed little heads for loving this game and wanting to improve it, but someone needs to step up and regain control of the process before it disintegrates further into chaos. We've got Willy over here fixin' the Navy, and Wally over there workin' on the cavalry, while Wilbur wran...
by pasternakski
Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:03 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: AACW 1.07 public beta patch
Replies: 119
Views: 51438

hmmmmph...
by pasternakski
Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:49 am
Forum: AACW Mods
Topic: Leader Optimization Project Mod for 1.06
Replies: 247
Views: 91067

...due to unanticipated work requirements taking far more of my schedule than I had thought, I was unable to follow through on my committment and had to withdraw early on. In a way, my work on this mod is a delayed (and unsolicited) contribution to the community and the beta/design team, because I ...
by pasternakski
Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:13 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Changing Leadership of a Division
Replies: 21
Views: 11473

I challenged people to cite sources which would indicate division creation was some sort of tramautic organizational endeavor, of the sort they were arguing for...and no one took me up on that! I must be "no one," then. I cited several sources of writings by the people involved indicating that divi...
by pasternakski
Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:02 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Changing Leadership of a Division
Replies: 21
Views: 11473

Rafiki wrote:pasternaksi, unless I'm much mistaken, you can use the old rules


Yes, of course, but what are the consequences to the game functions and AI? I have come along for the ride on this, but I just think the game is diminished somewhat as a result of this change.
by pasternakski
Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:54 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Changing Leadership of a Division
Replies: 21
Views: 11473

Now it's late and I'm old so I need to duck out of here before I get hit w/ pasternaski's "obtuse use of quotes" label.... ;) Hee hee. Makes me think of Mason Williams poetry (see "Them Moose Goosers")... Uncle Billy is exactly right, and his explanation makes me even more wistful about division HQ...

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