How is your Victoria Game going?

[madviking]

Is there a way to make the game run faster (short of getting a new tower)? I'm really liking APD but the mod is making my game come to a crawl at 1864.

 

[Civ'ed]

What does he do, anyways?

Considering the location, I think he's just a psychopathic sheik. I might be wrong though

 

[Antilogic]

Is there a way to make the game run faster (short of getting a new tower)? I'm really liking APD but the mod is making my game come to a crawl at 1864.

On my old computer, I would cut down the screen resolution since the graphics were my bottleneck. Not sure how your computer is configured, but it could be worth a try.

 

[ZeletDude]

APD sucks when it comes to speed..

 

[Antilogic]

I'm glad my new computer is top-line so it can run APD. I've been having tons of fun with my Carlist Spain APD game.

 

[SouthernKing]

http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/victoria-ii-heart-of-darkness

Victoria II: Heart of Darkness announced! The expansion focuses on the Scramble for Africa as you compete with other colonial powers and experience international crises which require Great Power mediation if the world is to avoid war.

More information coming soon!

Main features:

- Experience a brand new colonization system: Use your navy to expand your empire, compete against other colonial powers and struggle to maintain your overseas control. Colonial conflicts can spiral out of control and become international crises where they will have to be decided by diplomatic negotiations or risk costly wars.

- Battle your enemies in the new naval combat system: Together with the new colonization system, your navies are more important than ever. We have revamped the entire naval combat system and made it much more detailed and exciting with a new system of gun ranges and maneuvering into positions for battles. New powerful battleships join the other classes of ships to bridge the gap to Dreadnoughts.

-Prepare for International Crises: Around the world international crises continually call on the Great Powers to mediate and compromise, with war always being the last resort. As one of the lesser powers, use your influence to stir up the local flash points so you can use fleet footed diplomacy to get the Great Powers to right the wrongs that have been committed against your nation!

- Follow the global events with the new newspaper system: You will receive reports on local and global events as well as the world's changing situation to keep up to date and get a greater sense of immersion. Over 60 newspapers, both historic and otherwise, periodically present you with the latest news reports of war, major events, royal gossip and other matters of interest.

Interesting. Personally, I'd like to have seen a Great War centric expansion, but any sign that Vicky is still getting attention is a good one.

 

[Zack]

Hey, I just read that book!

Joseph Conrad can go blow a horse.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Was it not good, Zack?

I'm interested in reading it after playing Spec Ops.

 

[Zack]

If you like Dickens, you might like it. It's a similar writing style.

I also thought the title was cheesy, and the book is pretty sexist and racist (black people are portrayed as animals, basically). The protagonist is a major hypocrite as well, and none of the characters are very likeable.

It is a classic, though, so I might just have unsophisticated taste or whatever.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Never read Dickens (or at least I don't think I have), so I wouldn't be able to compare. The sexism and rasism sounds about right, considering when it was written

Its short though, right? So if it ends up terrible, it'll only take like a week to get through.

 

[darkimpaler]

While a WW1 xpac would have been awesome, it would have been limited to the last few years of the game, while this will affect almost the entire game... so, that's better!

I love colonization so I'm eager to see what they will pull out of the hat this time!

 

[madviking]

I, for one, am pleased with the announced gameplay changes.

 

[ZeletDude]

Oh awesome..

 

[hobbsyoyo]

VICTORIA IS A CITY IN CANADA!


Also: ManicAttack!

 

[Bowsling]

 

[hobbsyoyo]

It's an OT thing. Sorry.

 

[GamezRule]

It's an OT thing. Sorry.

Obviously.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Is it Gamez, IS IT?

Anyways, back on topic. This expansion pack sounds awesome enough that I might actually get back into Vicky 2 when it comes out.

The international crises system sounds really interesting.

 

[GamezRule]

Hopefully the expansion will fix the colonial migration system, which is especially noticeable in the Americas.

 

[Bowsling]

It's an OT thing. Sorry.

Right. Should have known!