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Reply to Fallen Enchantress 1.4 Changelog in FE Support Elemental Forums

Just trying to play FE again after so many hours of LH. 1.32 Game incredibly buggy: after having saved once, the game crashes consistently on End Turn with Autosave checked; it crashes consistently when I try to save manually with Autosave unchecked. Hence it is unplayable (except in one mammoth session without ever saving, which I can never have time to do). Hope the next patch fixes these crashes: still lots of gameplay elements I love about

Save Crash; End Turn Crash in FE Support Elemental Forums

Just trying to play FE again after so many hours of LH. 1.32 Game is incredibly buggy. After having saved once , the game crashes consistently on End Turn when I have Autosave checked; and it crashes consistently when I try to save manually with Autosave unchecked. In short, it has become unplayable (except in one mammoth session without ever saving; which of course I don't have time to do). Hope the patch fixes this; there are plenty of gameplay

Reply to Fallen Enchantress 1.4 Changelog in FE Support Elemental Forums

Derek: Don't forget to fix the Veteran and Experienced traits, as you did for LH. They don't work after you have saved your game once. Still a great game; nice change of pace from LH.

[.80 Bug] Veteran and Experienced Traits not Working Screenshots in LH Support Elemental Forums

Derek: here are the 2 screenshots and a saved game showing the Veteran and Experienced traits not working (remember, this is after saving and exiting for the first time in a game). https://www.dropbox.com/s/drx4c6tecso51g1/2013-04-24_00001.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/jdgt8gnkmatn3jp/2013-04-2

Reply to [.80 Bug] Veteran and Experienced Traits Do Not Work in LH Support Elemental Forums

Derek: thanks for your reply! The Veteran and Experienced traits work fine before you save and exit. But once you save and exit (even once), the traits never work again, ever, for the current game. There is nothing hit and miss about it. This bug is 100% reproducible. I will try to post screen shots and saved game further down this thread (first time trying this for me). Note that it is entirely possible to have one unit with a funct

[.80 Bug] Veteran and Experienced Traits Do Not Work in LH Support Elemental Forums

These traits do not give extra level; though they do cost extra resources and deduct more upkeep in the case of Experienced. Veteran hasn't worked since FE and has been reported often. If these traits aren't going to be fixed, perhaps they should just be deleted.

Reply to Steam Key for Stardock purchasers? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Derek Paxton" reply="6" id="3332597"]What difficulties? If you bought FE from Stardock, then you can but LH from Stardock at the discounted price. If you buy LH from any source (including Stardock) you will receive a Steam key for it.[/quote] Does this go for the Beta too? I bought FE from Stardock; but when I sign in to my account, the only LH available is at 39 bucks. No discounted price, no Steam Key (whatever that is), as the next poster blithely asser

Reply to Imperium Wildland still active after cleaning out all monsters in FE Support Elemental Forums

Gaunathor, thanks for your reply and for the clarifications. My cities must have been -- just -- too close to the one tile I needed to settle. Hard to tell now since the Spire goes away once you clear it; but I believe it was 5 or 6 tiles from my nearest city. On a Small map, just too close I guess. Still, Imperium yielded some good items, lots of experience for my Sovereign, and the Curse spell you alluded to earlier (name escapes me too). Cheers.

Reply to Imperium Wildland still active after cleaning out all monsters in FE Support Stardock Forums

[quote]Dunno whether it is a bug or I am missing something. But after killing all guardians including the Death Demon and seizing all lairs and the dark spire I still can't settle or build an outpost in the Imperium wildland.[/quote] Funny, I had exactly the same issue in a game yesterday. Cleared out all the wildland monsters (Obsidian Golems, Death Demons), took the dark spire -- but still could not settle or build outposts in the Imperium ruins. Got the little quest

[Bug] Veteran Trait Not Working After First Save & Exit in FE Support Elemental Forums

An odd bug in 1.2 and 1.32 -- the Veteran Trait doesn't work after the first time you save and exit the game. When you return to your saved game, the trait does not give trained units an extra level. I have identical units with this trait side by side on the map; one from before my first save & exit (he's got his level) and one from after without his level. Hope this gets fixed in the 1.4 patch.

Reply to Will LH Replace FE? in Fallen Enchantress Stardock Forums

[quote who="Star Adder" reply="1" id="3324755"]Read the damned FAQ! YES you WILL be able play BOTH games as they CAN BE installed to coexist. This si the nature of a stand alone expansion...[/quote] Thank you for your kind clarification. I did read the FAQ, but didn't notice this information explicitly mentioned. Perhaps it is covered somewhere in the 251 replies to the FAQ. In any case, what you say is good news.

Will LH Replace FE? in Fallen Enchantress Stardock Forums

LH looks exciting. But quite a different game in some ways. Once we've purchased, downloaded, and installed it, will we still be able to play vanilla FE? Or will LH overwrite and replace FE? I remember being pleased that once I'd installed the Gods and Kings expansion for Civ V, the game gave me the option of playing with or without it. I can still play vanilla Civ V if I wish (and sometimes I do). Will LH give us the option of playing straigh

Reply to [bug?][1291] What happened to pioneer pop cost? in FE Support Stardock Forums

[quote]I've been back and forth on this. It's a tough one. These are the options (without getting into anything to fancy): 1. Pioneers return to their original costs. This incents players to quickly produce and spread pioneers for a Pioneer Explorer strategy, which can be fun but I feel like it is an unbalanced decisions and players don't have the play in the single city model for long. 2. Increase the labor costs of pioneers. This just slows things down, i tihnk this pr

Reply to Fallen Enchantress 1.3 Changelog in FE Support Elemental Forums

quote][quote who="Hemmy245" reply="16" id="3320721"]Here is a save (1.29) where the game just locks up, when hitting the turn button, the hourglass shows up an nothing happens.Unable to continue game from this point.[/quote] Oh dear. This is the dreaded End Turn Crash that makes game unplayable from that point. Sounds like this isn't fixed, despite Frogboy's thinking to the contrary: see "Pick 5 Things for 1.3", Replies 207 and 210, Feb. 10. This is too bad. W

Reply to Fallen Enchantress 1.3 Changelog in FE Support Elemental Forums

Oops, see my next reply to Hemmy 245's End Turn Crash report.

Reply to Fallen Enchantress v1.3 preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Kobracan" reply="22" id="3320347"]Do the save game crash fixes mentioned here and the changelog address the "game getting stuck after pressing End Turn" problem[/quote] My question exactly: does 1.3 fix the End Turn crashes as well as the Save Game crashes? For me this is paramount, since 1.2 is unplayable for me right now. Everything else is lovely, but not essential.

Reply to Pick 5 THINGS for FE 1.3 in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="210" id="3319153"]Both fixed from what I can tell. Seems to be system specific (it's a threading thing) so I tightened the control of when and how saving happens.[/quote] Thanks for the response here, Frogboy. Amazing customer service. This is a great company. BUT, fixed as in.... how, exactly? Fixed for 1.3? So I'll wait for a couple of weeks before returning to FE? Or should I re-download the 1.2 patch and rea

Reply to 1.2 Crashes on End Turn & on Save Game in FE Support Elemental Forums

Thanks, Ambermonk. I should give this a try.

Reply to [1.20] Game Stuck After Pressing End Turn in FE Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Ambermonk" reply="11" id="3314315"]For me (on 1.2) when I press [enter] the game crashes. This has occured just as I passed the 100 turn mark. I even received a note from Microsoft asking for the details! Unless someone knows a work-around for the 100-move crash, I will apparently have to stop playing until the 1.2 upgrade antidote is relesed. [/quote] Exactly the same for me. If I take Autosave off, I maybe get a few more turns. But then when I go to Sav

Reply to Pick 5 THINGS for FE 1.3 in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Game stability trumps all other concerns. 1. Fix 1.2 Crashes on End Turn (after 60 turns on the "Clash" map from the Pack, these crashes are constant: game unplayable). 2. Fix 1.2 Crashes on Save Game (same deal; after 60 turns or so the game crashes when you try to save; save unsuccessful and game hence unplayable). Additional features mean nothing when the game simply won't play at all. Crashes

1.2 Crashes on End Turn & on Save Game in FE Support Stardock Forums

After about 60 turns or so, my favourite game becomes unplayable. Has anyone else noticed this? If I run 1.2 with Autosave off, I can sometimes get around the End Turn crash. But then I can't save my game because it locks and crashes as soon as I hit Save Game. Everything in 1.3 should take a back seat to Making the Game Stable and fixing these End Turn, Save Game crashes.

Reply to The Past, Present and Future of Elemental in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="sweatyboatman" reply="62" id="3315025"]My vote was keep working on FE. To add my two cents, I think this question is absolutely crazy! From the perspective of a fan, there's no alternative. I can understand how, from where you're sitting, you could be burnt out on the whole Elemental concept, but I think it would be foolish to turn away from FE now.[/quote] Boatman's post here strikes the right note. Hard to imagine Stardock even thinking of drop

Reply to The Past, Present and Future of Elemental in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

My vote is to develop the richness of Fallen Enchantress: Corsairs and Carracks and Delves and Mercenary Companies on the make! This game gives you God's plenty within a tight & elegant structure: hallmark of canonical design. It's achieved the philosopher's stone of "wild variety in a logical framework" -- the profusion almost of life, but abstracted, highly organized. See my post of Jan. 28 ("Brilliant Game..."), which is in the main a

Reply to Brilliant Game but is Pioneer Cost a Dark Direction? in Fallen Enchantress Stardock Forums

[quote who="Ambermonk" reply="21" id="3314089"]I generally like the idea of using population to build Pioneers, but that is only half the problem. The ratio of vertical development vs horizontal development is what needs additional tuning. While horizontal development needs to be somewhat constrained, vertical development needs to be significantly encouraged.[/quote] Very astute comments, Ambermonk. Succinct too. Your whole post just feels right for the game. Just di

Reply to Brilliant Game but is Pioneer Cost a Dark Direction? in Fallen Enchantress Stardock Forums

You are right, Mistwraithe: this is a vexed design problem with a pedigree of heartache: in a 4X game we want expansion (which is fun) as a possible strategy, given certain map configurations and player taste, AND we want Minas Tirith (the single magnificently developed urbis mirabilis -- which is fun!) as an equally attractive countervailing strategy. It's a really hard balance to achieve; and I'm sure Mr Paxton has thought a great deal about this and will