Easiest and Most modable game
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Easiest and Most modable game
Howdy,
Haven't played many games from Matrix and hoping someone could tell me which of the top down hex based movement games is the most modable.
I want to be able to change the maps to a space theme and change the icons (tanks, men, whatever) to ships. Does one of the games from Matrix have this flexibility?
Thanks,
bbarr
Haven't played many games from Matrix and hoping someone could tell me which of the top down hex based movement games is the most modable.
I want to be able to change the maps to a space theme and change the icons (tanks, men, whatever) to ships. Does one of the games from Matrix have this flexibility?
Thanks,
bbarr
RE: Easiest and Most modable game
Advanced Tactics.
WE/I WANT 1:1 or something even 1:2 death animations in the KOIOS PANZER COMMAND SERIES don't forget Erik! and Floating Paratroopers We grew up with Minor, Marginal and Decisive victories why rock the boat with Marginal, Decisive and Legendary?
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Thanks for the tip.
So I shouldn't have any problems repainting the hexes to something else and importing my own icons?
So I shouldn't have any problems repainting the hexes to something else and importing my own icons?
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RE: Easiest and Most modable game
I own it, but I couldn't tell you to be honest because I haven't tried to mod it.
Best bet is to go into the Advanced Tactics folder and ask there. At least you'll get answers from people who play it and know what they're talking about.
Best bet is to go into the Advanced Tactics folder and ask there. At least you'll get answers from people who play it and know what they're talking about.
Alba gu' brath
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Nope not at all Bbarr87 it's the best one you'll find of Matrixgames games with what you are looking for.
Go HERE To find out more about how and look at some of the mod creations already. They are spectacular. Go HERE and click on the first attachment and look at the designs of The Next War Nick has created. Simple awesome.
Go HERE To find out more about how and look at some of the mod creations already. They are spectacular. Go HERE and click on the first attachment and look at the designs of The Next War Nick has created. Simple awesome.
WE/I WANT 1:1 or something even 1:2 death animations in the KOIOS PANZER COMMAND SERIES don't forget Erik! and Floating Paratroopers We grew up with Minor, Marginal and Decisive victories why rock the boat with Marginal, Decisive and Legendary?
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Have you actually got this game now then ravinhood?
Alba gu' brath
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ORIGINAL: bbarr97
Thanks for the tip.
So I shouldn't have any problems repainting the hexes to something else and importing my own icons?
Yeah the graphics part is the easy part. I made my own transparent Titan icons and matching unit graphics. The terrain is also easy enough. To actually get the rest of it to works takes quite a bit more work. Personally I'm waiting for a more intuitive editor on that ground but it basically has everything you could want or need now as long as you've the patience to fiddle with it.
So my answer is in a perfect world it'd be better but right now its the best your gonna find and has the extra added plus of being a recent release as well as what I would classify as a ridiculously high number of opponents (People that buy it actually play it and ALOT). On similar grounds its also been really well received by the community (More so than any other Matrix Game ever I still say) and even though I like to nitpick it for certain added things the core game itself is basically flawless.
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Thanks for all the help. Already over at the sites and forum seeing what I can find out.
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See stamp of approval from Veldor even and he's the forum professor.
WE/I WANT 1:1 or something even 1:2 death animations in the KOIOS PANZER COMMAND SERIES don't forget Erik! and Floating Paratroopers We grew up with Minor, Marginal and Decisive victories why rock the boat with Marginal, Decisive and Legendary?
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This link to the Advanced Tactics forum ought to answer your question Judge. See post number 8.ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd
Have you actually got this game now then ravinhood?
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Indeed it does.
But wait? He wants a free game to help test it?
Didn't he say this in another thread?
But wait? He wants a free game to help test it?
Didn't he say this in another thread?
Classic. Sheer quality [&o]. Yet again his own words bite his own arse.ravinhood
These game companies need to HIRE beta testers who actually TEST the game for all it's quirks and exploits, not just these freeloaders who just want a free game in the end.
Alba gu' brath
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LMAO! Busted!! That's made my day!!!! Awesome
2nd Lt. George Rice: Looks like you guys are going to be surrounded.
Richard Winters: We're paratroopers, Lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded.
Richard Winters: We're paratroopers, Lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded.
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I see the usual trolls are making their rounds again. You know what they say though birds of the same feather flock together. Wherever I see Judge Drudges name I see Jim_H is soon to follow. Looks like JD has a puppy dog like I do with JD who follows me around from thread to thread. It's kind of funny as I lead them both around and they wagging their lil tails happily follow. lmao.
WE/I WANT 1:1 or something even 1:2 death animations in the KOIOS PANZER COMMAND SERIES don't forget Erik! and Floating Paratroopers We grew up with Minor, Marginal and Decisive victories why rock the boat with Marginal, Decisive and Legendary?
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[:D] Come on ravinhood. Is that the best you can do? Comparing me to a lovely little puppy?
And I think you'll find ravinhood, if you managed to pull your head out of your arse for more than a few seconds, you'd see that there are a plethora (that means alot) of people who have issues with your self righteous crap.
And I think you'll find ravinhood, if you managed to pull your head out of your arse for more than a few seconds, you'd see that there are a plethora (that means alot) of people who have issues with your self righteous crap.
Alba gu' brath
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Anyway ravinhood...answer the question!
Do you have the game now or are you still just throwing wild comments around (although at least you've managed, somehow, to make a civil one)?
Do you have the game now or are you still just throwing wild comments around (although at least you've managed, somehow, to make a civil one)?
Alba gu' brath
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Oh come on ravinhood. I'm not trying to be a troll, but you gotta admit, you make yourself such an easy target that it's almost impossible to resist taking a shot. No ill will intended, but jeez....if you paint a target on your chest expect to get hit with a few arrows. Just having some fun at your expense. You can certainly see the humor in that....ha, ha, ha. See....I'm laughing. [;)]ORIGINAL: ravinhood
I see the usual trolls are making their rounds again. You know what they say though birds of the same feather flock together. Wherever I see Judge Drudges name I see Jim_H is soon to follow. Looks like JD has a puppy dog like I do with JD who follows me around from thread to thread. It's kind of funny as I lead them both around and they wagging their lil tails happily follow. lmao.
“You're only young once but you can be immature for as long as you want”
RE: Easiest and Most modable game
ORIGINAL: ravinhood
I see the usual trolls are making their rounds again. You know what they say though birds of the same feather flock together. Wherever I see Judge Drudges name I see Jim_H is soon to follow. Looks like JD has a puppy dog like I do with JD who follows me around from thread to thread. It's kind of funny as I lead them both around and they wagging their lil tails happily follow. lmao.
Thanks for that, calling me a troll. Hilarious. The only reason I follow Judge's posts is because he constantly beats me to it when replying to you! And he's not the only one, by a long way. What do you expect? I mean really?! What amazes me most is that you seem genuinely surprised at the responses you get from people!
2nd Lt. George Rice: Looks like you guys are going to be surrounded.
Richard Winters: We're paratroopers, Lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded.
Richard Winters: We're paratroopers, Lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded.
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Not surprised at all. Trolls like you and JD and Terminus are never surprising just persistant. What I keep seeing though is interuption of good threads by you, and of course I don't see JD's because I've green dotted him a long time ago and if I'm not mistaken you said you had put me on /ignore, but, I see you haven't or you wouldn't even be responding. All I see is JD following me around because just about every post I have in various threads there's ole JD's green dotted box with no text in it of course. lol But, some people do occassionally quote his antics and I see he's still the same ole Trolling JD. Now, really do you want a title like that following you around Jim? Go back and just look at all of JD's posts and really note if they really say anything about the topic or are just attacks on me? Same with Terminus go look at his posts after mine compare the two. Terminus has been banned before for his, I'm really surprised JD hasn't been banned yet. Erik et all have seemed to have gotten lax as far as their forum goes these days. They used to smack Les the Sarge around quite often for being just half as bad as these two.
The ultimate main point is I'm going to have my say no matter what you or JD or anyone else on this forum says to me (except the Forum owners of course like Erik or David or Marc). But, it is still pretty childish that you think by berating me that you're going to stop me. On the contray you just make it even moreso that I'm going to have my say about "GAMES" and "TOPICS" though. That's where you and JD and others cross the line. At least I'm talking about the games and what I like and dislike about them like HTTR/COTA being clickfests and they are played the way I play them a grand clickfest both of them. And JD has always thought that if I dont PURCHASE a game I should have no say. Well that's pretty rediculous since no one has to OWN a game to PLAY a game. He can't get over the fact I have local friends and we share computer games amongst each other. SO, I don't have to PURCHASE a single Matrixgame to be able to play it. Remember you can transfer your matrixgames to other people either thru selling it used on ebay or face to face....I guess SOME people just never thought about that. As long as two copies of the SAME elicence aren't on two different computers of two different people and they aren't. This was a topic brought up just recently as well. So, since my neighbor and my local friends buys a lot of games it's not hard for me at all to be able to play them and not PURCHASE a single one of them. Get used to it pal some people have friends in this life. But, I guess those like JD do not. And he's just jealous as hell of me. hahaha
@Dave it really shouldn't matter if I make myself a target or not. Read the forum rules about attacking other forum members. That's all I'm pointing out. Were Vic active today you wouldn't be doing this and you know it. You've been around long enough to know we don't attack forum members because we disagree with their opinions of GAMES. I have never attacked a forum member FIRST. And even when I do rebuttal an attack I am careful of the wording, but, when they troll I'm gonna call em a troll. But, once again this looks bad for newcomers to the forum when they see stupid childish remarks out of SOME members on EVERY thread. That doesn't look good at all. I have never had issues with anyone rebuttaling my "opinion of a game", just don't attempt to tell me how to have an opinion or that I can't have one, because that will never stop me. Talk about the topic and/or the game, but, leave me out of it. Or I'll just give more of the same right back atcha. I ain't here to win no beauty contest or make lifelong friends. I sure don't need the internet to make "friends' I always felt those that do have some sort of inferiority complex or are just butt ugly.
The ultimate main point is I'm going to have my say no matter what you or JD or anyone else on this forum says to me (except the Forum owners of course like Erik or David or Marc). But, it is still pretty childish that you think by berating me that you're going to stop me. On the contray you just make it even moreso that I'm going to have my say about "GAMES" and "TOPICS" though. That's where you and JD and others cross the line. At least I'm talking about the games and what I like and dislike about them like HTTR/COTA being clickfests and they are played the way I play them a grand clickfest both of them. And JD has always thought that if I dont PURCHASE a game I should have no say. Well that's pretty rediculous since no one has to OWN a game to PLAY a game. He can't get over the fact I have local friends and we share computer games amongst each other. SO, I don't have to PURCHASE a single Matrixgame to be able to play it. Remember you can transfer your matrixgames to other people either thru selling it used on ebay or face to face....I guess SOME people just never thought about that. As long as two copies of the SAME elicence aren't on two different computers of two different people and they aren't. This was a topic brought up just recently as well. So, since my neighbor and my local friends buys a lot of games it's not hard for me at all to be able to play them and not PURCHASE a single one of them. Get used to it pal some people have friends in this life. But, I guess those like JD do not. And he's just jealous as hell of me. hahaha
@Dave it really shouldn't matter if I make myself a target or not. Read the forum rules about attacking other forum members. That's all I'm pointing out. Were Vic active today you wouldn't be doing this and you know it. You've been around long enough to know we don't attack forum members because we disagree with their opinions of GAMES. I have never attacked a forum member FIRST. And even when I do rebuttal an attack I am careful of the wording, but, when they troll I'm gonna call em a troll. But, once again this looks bad for newcomers to the forum when they see stupid childish remarks out of SOME members on EVERY thread. That doesn't look good at all. I have never had issues with anyone rebuttaling my "opinion of a game", just don't attempt to tell me how to have an opinion or that I can't have one, because that will never stop me. Talk about the topic and/or the game, but, leave me out of it. Or I'll just give more of the same right back atcha. I ain't here to win no beauty contest or make lifelong friends. I sure don't need the internet to make "friends' I always felt those that do have some sort of inferiority complex or are just butt ugly.
WE/I WANT 1:1 or something even 1:2 death animations in the KOIOS PANZER COMMAND SERIES don't forget Erik! and Floating Paratroopers We grew up with Minor, Marginal and Decisive victories why rock the boat with Marginal, Decisive and Legendary?
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RH, I did take you off ignore because there have been one or two comments from you (quoted by others) recently that I happen to think were worth reading.
If I'm breaking forum rules, I am sorry. I'll take my punishment, ban, warning or whatever and accept it if that's the case. I don't attack you personally because I don't know you. I attack your attitude and the things you say and your general comments about Matrix, which I strongly disagree with, for the most part. If someone else posts a comment about you or something you said and I find that amusing or justified, I'll say so, and have done.
I don't want to stop you or for you to go away. I genuinely don't understand why you say the things you say and keep coming back. I really don't get it. If you don't like Matrix or their games (with the very odd exception from what you've said), why bother wasting your time here?? I wouldn't. Life is too short.
If you feel I've attacked you personally RH, then I am sorry for upsetting you on a personal level. From my perspective, I've attacked your posts and your attitude, not you.
As for the issue about buying games. Well, this is my personal opinion obviously and is only based on what I have seen you post in threads here. I think by buying one or more Matrix games, from Matrix, we are paying them for a product and supporting their business. I think that does give a person the right as a customer to complain when they aren't happy and expect a certain level of service and quality of product. But...you have posted numerous times about how you wouldn't buy this game or that game and would only bother if it were free or cheap in a sale. All I can go on is what you have said, yes? Well then. If you haven't supported Matrix by spending money with them as a customer (as you have said you haven't), how can you really expect to be so rude about their games in their forums and be left alone? It annoys me, so I bite.
Regards,
Jim
If I'm breaking forum rules, I am sorry. I'll take my punishment, ban, warning or whatever and accept it if that's the case. I don't attack you personally because I don't know you. I attack your attitude and the things you say and your general comments about Matrix, which I strongly disagree with, for the most part. If someone else posts a comment about you or something you said and I find that amusing or justified, I'll say so, and have done.
I don't want to stop you or for you to go away. I genuinely don't understand why you say the things you say and keep coming back. I really don't get it. If you don't like Matrix or their games (with the very odd exception from what you've said), why bother wasting your time here?? I wouldn't. Life is too short.
If you feel I've attacked you personally RH, then I am sorry for upsetting you on a personal level. From my perspective, I've attacked your posts and your attitude, not you.
As for the issue about buying games. Well, this is my personal opinion obviously and is only based on what I have seen you post in threads here. I think by buying one or more Matrix games, from Matrix, we are paying them for a product and supporting their business. I think that does give a person the right as a customer to complain when they aren't happy and expect a certain level of service and quality of product. But...you have posted numerous times about how you wouldn't buy this game or that game and would only bother if it were free or cheap in a sale. All I can go on is what you have said, yes? Well then. If you haven't supported Matrix by spending money with them as a customer (as you have said you haven't), how can you really expect to be so rude about their games in their forums and be left alone? It annoys me, so I bite.
Regards,
Jim
2nd Lt. George Rice: Looks like you guys are going to be surrounded.
Richard Winters: We're paratroopers, Lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded.
Richard Winters: We're paratroopers, Lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded.