/vst/ - Video Games/Strategy

This thread is NOT for bug reports, yes, there are a lot of issues with the DLC but if you want to discuss them please do so in one of the many dedicated threads to them.


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Black Hammer Edition

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-talks-86-29nd-of-october-loading-screens-achievements.1865038/#post-30831083

Tinto Talks #86 - 29nd of October - Loading Screens & Achievements

Hello, and welcome to another Tinto Talks, the happy Wednesdays where we talk about Europa Universalis V.

For those who don’t know me, my name is Arnau, and I am the Associate Producer at Tinto. It has been a while since my last Dev Diary for EU4. That's because I was responsible for coordinating and assisting in the development of the latest EU4 DLCs, particularly with Winds of Change. That was over a year ago. Since then, I have been coordinating EU5 efforts, helping different team coordinators and leads to achieve our milestones on time, and maintain the quality we aimed for. In summary, my main role is to make the Dev team's life easier so they can focus on developing this amazing game.

Today marks the release of the last Tinto Talk before our Big Launch Day. After over five years of development, we have just six days left until the release. Yesterday, we celebrated this significant milestone with a team photo featuring most of our members in Tinto. While this photo captures only a small portion of the folks who have contributed to the development of Europa Universalis V, I want to note that this project has been a collaboration involving more than 700 people. At Sitges, we are only the Core Team. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire development team for their hard work and to congratulate them on the fantastic results they have achieved.

If you see a gibberish post, it was made by raiders, ignore it.

No, Vic 3 is not good yet. In fact it never will be. Neither will EU5.

How fares your empire, /gsg/?

On this day in history, the 26th of October:
1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor.
1520 – Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
1597 – Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
1860 – Unification of Italy: The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
1905 – King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
1937 – Nazi Germany begins expulsions of 18,000 Polish Jews.
1985 – The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.

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>Archive (mods only)
https://mega.nz/#F!plMxFYTB!sn9MTrvJ0tYjWSHgM8CZow

>Where to get these games
https://web.archive.org/web/20190720131512/http://hastebin.com/raw/moqugasume

>Mods
>> READ THIS FIRST.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200712212437/https://pastebin.com/33A7wXdB

>>[V2] - Niggermod
https://pastebin.com/Xgjd5LvG

>>[V2] - Crimeamod
https://www.moddb.com/mods/crimeamod

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How do I get good at HoI3? I'm coming from Darkest Hour. I've never played HoI4 so I'm not used to the newer systems. I've got over 1000 hours in DH and I can see some things like the production system are very similar in HoI3, but the research system and especially the military organisation system are melting my brain.

Alexander mommy edition

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>>2180586

cursed build edition

Menance dead on arrival? Or just an elaborate subsidy fraud?

what are some of the best modern 4x space games? MoO2 is probably my all time favorite but that is an older one.

Wex edition. S*lmuna greyskins not welcome
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FOUL SORCERY edition

>M&B Wiki
https://antifandom.com/mountandblade/wiki/Mount_&_Blade_Wiki

> BANNERLORD
>Pastebin
https://pastebin.com/tAvcAbpT
>Custom Banner Maker
https://bannerlord.party/banner/
>Banner Code Sharing
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MEM-0Fz0yetJ8cZgLrPpHuDU6dO33bhsFiHsiWwiCDM
>Asset Extractor
https://github.com/szszss/TpacTool
>Create Custom Companions
https://butterlord.com/wanderers

> WARBAND
>Warband Pastebin
https://rentry.org/x7u7t
>Noob Guide (READ This) https://imgur.com/a/FMAqV
>Anon's Mods and Upstab Guide: https://pastebin.com/agwZu9Df

>Thread(looted): >>2158568

Talk about Fire Emblem

Anyone hoping for a new game in the next direct? Really hoping we dont get a remake.

ITT: Strategy games that no one besides (you) have played. Recommend rarities and discuss games that you vaguely remember playing as a kid or seeing in a magazine that one time.
Continued from: >>1919459

I'll start: Conflict Zone.
Early 00's strategy game that I haven't seen anyone mention in my entire adult life. I remember it being unique because you public opinion was a key currency. As totally-not-NATO that involved airlifting civilians out of conflict zones, and as the bad guys it involved sending TV crews to film you blowing up enemy troops and enemy atrocities. The better your rep, the more advanced units you could bring in. Actually pretty surprised few games tried to make public opinion part of gameplay. Not a great game, but certainly a mechanically unique one.

Your turn, anon!

So what's the verdict so far on Master of Command? Been playing the demo and it's a good game so far, but the controls seem kinda janky.

One shot, one kill

fixed the design edition
get in here and discuss

no international management
semi-related pic

>lets make a government type that is capable of rapid outward expansion
>And then make it immune to independence war or any form of internal collapse
>And then give them the richest, most developed lands on the map
>And then give them an overpowered succession type
CK3 is so shit. Just complete fantasy and uninteresting gameplay.

This game has spoiled me as far as QoL in gaming goes

I don't care if you like it or not, if you're a SucKom moldy sandwich hugger or campaignlet or whatever, what I'm saying is that the QoL that this game has introduced is by far the best experience in controlling anything in an RTS and makes me uncomfortable to play anything else now. I want this level of easiness to play to another game like Age of Empires or even Starcraft clones. Runs on any potato seamlessly with 8v8 people as well, looks incredible, is a proper sandbox and supports modding as well on top of being free.

But I don't want more BAR. I want others to realize how much they have been sucking lately and how mogged can they be. I want more RTS with different flavors and rules in my life, not only more TAs, but with this level of quality.

There hasn't been a good dominions thread in a while. Any good mod nations?
I wanna boost grobaashka, it's a mod for a goblin nation :^)

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

/v3g/ is a thread for the discussion of the game Victoria 3 mainly, however discussion of other Victoria games like 1 and 2 as well as mods or even similar games is allowed.

FAQ

is discussion of other victorias welcome?

Yes!

Can I come here to complain if I never played the game?

No

Are the dlcs worth it?

Some are, some aren't
Like all paradox games it depends on what you want, ask around

What do I do at the start of the game?

Build up a supply of construction goods to reduce construction costs

How do I reduce the price of a good?

Subventions are the easiest way to do it, otherwise you have to produce the good yourself or get a deal with a power that produces said good

Why are my states not buying anything from the market!

States need trade centers to reach the global market, a trade center needs access to a port to function
Meaning if you are landlocked you might have to go to war or sign a treaty

I signed a transit treaty with a country and my trade centers still won't trade?

That is because you need merchant marine to trade, which is produced by ports
If you have no ports of your own you need to "buy" merchant marine by signing a goods transfer treaty with another power

Why is russia being a dick?

Because they can, what are you gonna do about it?

is creamapi for this game safe and functioning?

Yes and yes, provided you get it from cs rin ru

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I noticed no Stellaris threads on the board. I know 4.0 was a huge fuckup but I at least expected some talk about the new Psionic Expansion. How you fellas feeling about it. ( If any of you guys are even bothering to still play it lol). Is the UI update doing it for ya ?

I'm thinking of trying it because it's on sale, I was a big fan of Victoria 2 but always hated how it encouraged you to become a socialist/liberal democracy at the end of the game to maximize pop growth and the economy.

Looking over the artwork for Victoria 3 this game looks to be that but dialed up to 11. How bad is it? Is playing a reactionary absolute monarchy viable or are you bottlenecked until you enact the reforms the developers want you to take?

POST SHIPS edition

/oxce/ - OpenXCOM

>OXCE?
OpenXcom is a free open-source game engine for the original 1994 X-Com: UFO Defense (aka UFO: Enemy Unknown) and 1996 X-Com: Terror from the Deep games.
OXCE extends OXC modding capabilities and is home to megamods like X-Piratez, X-Com Files, 40k ROSIGMA and more.

>Game
https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense
https://openxcom.org/downloads-milestones/

>Mods
https://mod.io/g/openxcom
https://www.moddb.com/mods/x-piratez/downloads (XPZ)
https://mod.io/g/openxcom/m/the-x-com-files (XCF)

>Resources
https://openxcom.org/forum/
https://www.ufopaedia.org/
https://xpedia.netlify.app/ (XPZ)
https://xcf.trigramreactor.net/master (XCF)
https://www.ufopaedia.org/Hidden_Features_(OpenXcom)
https://www.ufopaedia.org/Ruleset_Reference_Nightly_(OpenXcom)

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Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, and any derivatives in this thread!

The Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is out, as well as the Tactics Ogre remaster. Also shilling the excellent One Vision mod for the PSP version of Tactics Ogre, which rivals and even exceeds the Reborn remaster, depending on taste.

All Under Heaven edition
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Space IRS demands you pay taxes.

Post only the most kino looking strategy units (bonus point if they are OP)

Devs refuse to implement the surrender button because Russians never surrender.

Tools:
>https://ba-hub.net/ - laggy but with detailed player and match statistics
>https://barmory.net/ - detailed unit stats and 1v1 unit combat simulation tool

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Diplomacy update public beta out NOW

Beta for the next update is up.

>boot up ck3 because I am craving some autistic king simulator while staring at a map
>8 hour ck3 campaign fucking ruined just as it's about to start getting fun
>not even my own fault, shitty spaghetti paradox code just bugged the game and made the war unwinnable.
>HRE is in multiple front war
>occupy all the territory
>doesn't say I am anything on the war screen
>get -180% ticking war score after I occupied every territory I needed in Italy
>make beeline to holy roman empire's capital
>retard ally gets caught trying to siege
>all my troops fucking die
>can't even white peace anymore
>fucking mingsplode because all my troops are dead
>ruler gets typhus and going to die in 1 year
>could have occupied half of italy in one war, instead now I have to deal with shitty asshole vassal wars, my leader dying, having no troops, losing against HRE

all because some dumbshit at paradox can't fix the spaghetti code for their hundred dollar game. This was my day off. I can guarantee you EUV is unplayable at launch. Imagine your 15 billion dollar company making games this fucking shit, where some third worlders making mods for free can easily surpass you

Duel of Fates edition
https://gofile.io/d/zAJ2RV - Full DV leak repository. Proposal, charts, maps.
https://www.youtube.com/@ThomasLands - Leaked build footage. Nearly finished and scrapped Italy, very unfinished Germany/US reworks and more.
https://space.bilibili.com/385529615/upload/opus - BiliBili leak video repository.
https://files.catbox.moe/80z6tb.png - Bormann TNO2 flowchart (never releasing).
https://files.catbox.moe/cdag1w.pdf - Vote Pig, the US rework proposal. Read all about this hot new TCT mod.
https://files.catbox.moe/j8tp21.pdf - December roundtable notes. Germany never.
https://files.catbox.moe/9320n5.pdf
- Japan rework. Now with a full proposal leak.
https://files.catbox.moe/xlhrjj.pdf - Sweden proposal. Dev still lurking, will respond to all bait.
https://files.catbox.moe/ycctp0.png - Sweden flowchart. We lost Pakt Sweden for this OTL-fest.
https://files.catbox.moe/l70qhw.pdf - Burgundian Eulogy: Burgundy 2 was real but got scrapped like everything else.
https://files.catbox.moe/zff5y4.pdf - Serov "facelift" document. The first leg in the now confirmed Komi rework.
https://files.catbox.moe/ymgaur.pdf - Amur rework doc. Over two years in dev hell, still no release date.
https://files.catbox.moe/iwmxg6.pdf - Manchuria doc #1.
https://files.catbox.moe/cgaqrz.pdf - Manchuria doc #2.
https://files.catbox.moe/y2hc34.pdf - Manchuria doc #3.
https://files.catbox.moe/96kjev.pdf - Manchuria doc #5.
https://files.catbox.moe/vdpi8k.pdf - Red Italy proposal.
https://files.catbox.moe/3n9lq9.pdf - New Granada walltext.
https://files.catbox.moe/r86sw7.pdf - 200p walltext about Colombian soccer mechanics.
https://files.catbox.moe/izg02l.png - 6th (?) space race mech rework mockup.
https://files.catbox.moe/o2pmmv.pdf - Old burgundy proposal, lost to history

I can get the game with 3 DLCs for super cheap on steam. Is the game worth buying and learning? How long does it take to learn?

I know videogame music is a little passe, but do some STRATEGY game tracks really hit you? The music in these games is often focused on the grand endeavours of nations juxtaposed with the quiet, tragic fate of individuals ground up in brutal war. I think that's really evocative. I've cried to some of this music.

Bird of Time from Shogun 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcdy-lxqi50

Forever from RTW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UApsdueSYQ0

A Cruce Victoria from EU3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cCB7nrhaKE

Maybe most of all:
Sogno di Volare from Civ 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQYN2P3E06s

so I recently bought lords of waterdeep on steam and its been the most fun I've had playing a game in months.
what are some more good games that are like this (light weight / worker placement / strategy / board game vibe)?

ITS SO FUCKING OVER
EUV is going to be a pile of shit unless you have 200 other people to play with since the AI isn't going to do jackshit. The game is coming out in about 2 weeks. There is no way they can fix this for the release date.
Remember how all the youtubers told their audience how well the AI was playing? Well it turns out they fucking lied.
For people who don't know: Youtube channel titled WonderProductions released an AI only timelapse of the game from 1337 to 1836 using the october 16th patch and the result was pic rel.
The worst part of the timelapse is that even where the AI did something, its something absolutely batshit stupid like Polish Finland.

Is it there any mod that gives you Bad North Jotunn-like (beautiful game that performs well) textures / graphics so my toaster can run it?
(My toaster can run Wolfenstein 2014 in high graphics but can NOT Rome 2 in ultra-low ones. Fascinating.)

PD: What happened with the mod that give Celtic / Germanic factions Roman-like warfare tech evolution / armors? I can't no longer find it in Steam Workshop.

What is a good city builder with military and multiplayer?

Looking for high testosterone intelligent men of war to hop on mowas2 and play Robz and sometimes other mods. Maybe even a little Gates of Hell Ostfront. We have around 8 active players currently and would like new people that hop on regularly.

Discord Invite
https://discord.gg/FBXSgyfvVu

Always found their existence quite a bit weird and somewhat deceiving, as someone who enjoys games like Stronghold, Populous 3 and BfME. They take cool historical periods and instead of dedicating themselves truly to the spectacle of war, instead force you to look upon some stupid map. Jesus.
I'm playing right now the Shogun Total War game, and I'm enjoying the following: unit sounds, authenticity and immersion, the music, primitive graphics and "difficult" controls.
Unfortunately, I am not really enjoying anything else about the game.
The combat in Total War games is also weird, the armies are fighting each other too slowly, you visually don't witness much dying and tragedy, you judge the situation by numbers, which is gay and retarded. Why does it never happen in these games that units can get slaughtered quickly? Archers barely do shit, ever. I mean, they obviously do something, but the audiovisual impact is so fkn poor.
Why do you retards like these games? You really don't feel the war going on in these games, because you don't even feel like a leader of men, just some soulless geometric shapes going into each other and slowly chipping away.
The Warhammer games on the PS1 are much better than these aesthetically trannified and castrated malformations that have gained immense popularity among zoomers. I had to butcher my friends list because my internet acquintences have betrayed their old-school ways by engaging with this genuinely repulsive garbage.

In less than 24 hours, Park Sang Hyun, also known as Soma, will defeat Bisu, qualifying for the ASL 20 final, wherein he will defeat Snow, thereby avenging Soulkey's aberrant defeat and keeping the title in Zerg hands for the fifth ASL in a row. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Talk about new mods, mods you're hyped for, etc.

CTS: campaigntrailshowcase.com/campaign-trail/index.html

NCT: newcampaigntrail.com/campaign-trail/index.html

Got any tips for a newbie? I'm playing Back to War, btw.

This is thread dedicated to hating Paraslop. Post material demoralize Paradox retards.

W&R:SR thread

Discuss the engoodening of Early Start, get mad about feature creep and post your decrepit commieblocks.

Strategy games with this feel?