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Topic: Panthers In the Fog Game Lobby horrible (patch it!) |
gunsofbrixton
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Forum: Close Combat Panthers in the Fog Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:53 am Subject: Re: Panthers In the Fog Game Lobby horrible (patch it!) |
mooxe wrote (View Post):
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When we brought the points up Matrix/Slitherine did not ignore them.
They were disregarded.
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Wait, did they ignore/disregard you or not?
If they choose to ignore us, fine, but they are ignoring the very small consumer base they have. Perhaps their business is failing and they're taking one last hail mary?
It's fun (pitf) but I'm not getting my friends to buy it because it's really rather pointless to do so: I don't want a game to play temporarily. It's an investment to me, something we can play long term. And that's IF it is playable at the moment |
Topic: Panthers In the Fog Game Lobby horrible (patch it!) |
gunsofbrixton
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Forum: Close Combat Panthers in the Fog Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:04 pm Subject: Panthers In the Fog Game Lobby horrible (patch it!) |
I would like to get anybody interested in PITF to ask Matrix to add the OPTION to direct connect in multiplayer instead of using their built in lobby by contacting them here: http://www.matrixgames.com/support/
I just found out about the game lobby after playing some single player. This is seriously a horrible idea, not to mention damaging to the community.
1. You're dependent 100 per cent on THEIR servers all the time, so if it is even down momentarily you CANNOT play with someone else. Even temporary issues will destroy multiplayer. At least if you can connect directly via IP, you can circumvent any issues with the lobby or other applications like Gameranger, should it not work.
2. Matrix/Slitherine might not care but most CC games are played well into the future after they're released. 10 years or more. This keeps the community alive, even if its small. If their servers are not around or supporting the games anymore, PITF is useless for us. You will not be able to play multiplayer. They are not Valve, this isn't Steam... it's unlikely they're going to keep a computer somewhere dedicated to this game running forever! Even Microsoft, a huge company, abandoned CC2 and their gaming lobby system called Microsoft Zone years ago. 3. It is reportedly affecting performance and making the game slower and laggy over the network. This is not an issue with direct connections! IF you can connect then you have to worry about the game being slow and unplayable. 4. There is no LAN play as far as I know? If you have no internet and are on a network with someone locally that you want to play with, you cannot.
Most people want to play with others and Matrix is making this extremely hard. We are not getting what we pay for. They're charging almost the same amount as other major games out there that actually require loads of production money, but this isn't Total War or Company of Heroes. On top of that, it might not even work half the time!
You're taking an age old formula that kept the series alive and just throwing it out to help people who are having NAT issues with their routers? And also, I assume, to stop piracy (as I'm sure you cannot use duplicate serials on their servers).
Is it worth it? I say no. Please patch your game, Matrix, and make it possible to direct connect BY CHOICE!
I, for one, will be asking them to include this in a future patch at http://www.matrixgames.com/support/ |
Topic: Help? Crashing and deletion of save game |
gunsofbrixton
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Forum: Close Combat The Longest Day Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:45 pm Subject: Help? Crashing and deletion of save game |
Hi, I'm currently in a TLD campaign with someone and we've made it all the way to the around the last day of the campaign. No matter what happens on the map Bretteville, if my men give up, if we truce, or if we let time run out, the game freezes for one of us. I tried the save in single player and got the same result.
This is with the latest patch. Before we patched we had trouble with the game crashing to desktop. After the patch it's fine, minus this problem
We managed to have a back up file but cannot continue the campaign until we skip past this battle. The problem is we can't get past it!
Any ideas?
Thanks |
Topic: Grand Campaign or otherwise? |
gunsofbrixton
Replies: 6
Views: 6845
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Forum: Close Combat Last Stand Arnhem Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:19 pm Subject: Re: Grand Campaign or otherwise? |
OK then. Thanks to both of you |
Topic: Grand Campaign or otherwise? |
gunsofbrixton
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Forum: Close Combat Last Stand Arnhem Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:13 pm Subject: Re: Grand Campaign or otherwise? |
Damn, really? If one is already started (not far) can you patch and continue? |
Topic: Grand Campaign or otherwise? |
gunsofbrixton
Replies: 6
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Forum: Close Combat Last Stand Arnhem Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:29 pm Subject: Re: Grand Campaign or otherwise? |
GunsOfBrixton / 355952 |
Topic: Grand Campaign anyone? (5.50) |
gunsofbrixton
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Forum: Close Combat The Longest Day Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:28 pm Subject: Grand Campaign anyone? (5.50) |
I'd be interested in starting one up if anyone is interested (running the unpatched 5.50 version). I'm in the European time zone but will play with anyone. Thanks |
Topic: Grand Campaign or otherwise? |
gunsofbrixton
Replies: 6
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Forum: Close Combat Last Stand Arnhem Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:25 pm Subject: Grand Campaign or otherwise? |
Anyone interested in a GC? I'm in the European time zone but don't have a problem playing someone from elsewhere. |
Topic: WNATING TO RECONNECT WITH OLD LOVE FOR THIS GAME |
gunsofbrixton
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Forum: Close Combat Last Stand Arnhem Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:43 pm Subject: Re: WNATING TO RECONNECT WITH OLD LOVE FOR THIS GAME |
I don't know about your Mac's software, but I'm using Bootcamp. It's built into the OSX -- it allows you to install Windows and dual boot (you get to choose which one each time you turn on your computer).
Not sure what other people are using...Either way it works fine for me, but I had to carve out 30gb of space or so to install WIndows and leave space for movement.
I'm playing the CC2 upgrade Last Stand Arnhem just fine |
Topic: LSA vs TLD head to head |
gunsofbrixton
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Forum: Close Combat Last Stand Arnhem Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:42 pm Subject: LSA vs TLD head to head |
Hi,
Concerning online head to head...I used to play Normandy and I and had some really great, memorable, bitter battles where the entire map was basically destroyed. Tanks laying around, houses trading hands multiple times and ending up obliterated.. etc. I felt like there was somewhat of a fair fight going on.
Does it ever get to a point in LSA where that happens? Historically, the allies took the germans by surprise but then inevitably got stomped. I haven't gone far enough into LSA yet to see if there are the same types of "bitter" fights like in TLD.
So, if you were to buy one for the reasons I listed above, which game would it be?
Thanks a lot |
Topic: campaign? |
gunsofbrixton
Replies: 4
Views: 5297
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Forum: Close Combat Last Stand Arnhem Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:18 pm Subject: Re: campaign? |
Haha. Well, thankfully there should be no communication problems cause I'm a yank too |
Topic: campaign? |
gunsofbrixton
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Forum: Close Combat Last Stand Arnhem Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:19 am Subject: Re: campaign? |
Hi solanumv, I'm looking to start a campaign too. What country/time zone are you in? I'm based in the UK |
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