Shifting Sands and the Fate of Germany - Development Diary 32
The DLC Terminals are meant to be aspects and personalities of MIRVIN. A way for you to unlock policies when playing and formulating your strategy. They have upsides and downsides and are thus a supplement to the game play not a substitute. Let me take an example: the Supreme Commander edition and it's policy for the Establishment of NORAD. The idea here is that you as the Terminal Player get the option to start with the Establishment of NORAD by giving up other policies, and concisely selecting other costs NOT that Establishment of NORAD is completely out of the game unless you buy the DLC. This is why the announcement is writing about unlocking the policies. The base design has been and remains to be that, if you do not have the DLCs you can still get the policies but with a different set of circumstances, benefits and drawbacks. That said I see that we did not communicate this well enough and gave the wrong impression of the intent with the DLCs, as writing that the Policies were unique to the DLC gives the impression that they are not in the rest of the game, which is incorrect. This has now been corrected and of course we will refund all who feel they bought the DLCs for the wrong reason because the DLCs were never meant to be pay to win and those who thought so will definitely get a refund. Now on to this weeks content.
+ NEW decision chain added for USSR for deciding the fate of East Germany. This decision chain is available in single (WARGAMES MODE: Balance of Power SCN 10) and multiplayer (CHALLENGE MODE). + The Great Patriotic War is over and the USSR has its boot on the neck of Germany. In occupied East Germany a military administration holds power. The Soviets, in particular their foreign ministry, Will you seek justice? For a full overview see:
+ NEW decision chain added for USA and USSR playing out in the Middle Eeast. This decision chain is available in single (WARGAMES MODE: Balance of Power SCN 10) and multiplayer (CHALLENGE MODE). USA POLICIES + STATE OF ISRAEL: Recognize the State of Israel and permanently increase US success chance for ASSASSINATION missions by 5% USSR POLICIES + PAN-ARABISM:(Ends if Nasser is lost): Nasser -1 POWER. Closer unification of the Arab World granting +5% INFLUENCE in the MIDDLE EAST. + POLITICAL REALIGNMENT(10 Turns Cooldown): Set GOVERNMENT interests to 5. Chance +20% for Islamist Jihad(INFLUENCE set to 0 in one USSR CONTROLLED region). For a full overview see:
+ NEW directives menu fixed for Supreme Commander Edition DLC. Forge alternative strategies to a vanilla start, where you sacrifice a lot of your nations people interest to get ahead the risk a misjudgement.
+ NEW and improved AI support for the AI's handling of Decisions
+ NEW Multiplayer now supports player MODS and will synchronize players connecting for a selection of mod to play in the Challenge Mode.
+ Upgraded and added better sorting inside the editor OTHERS + The game now shows missing required costs next to conditions for a better player overview of costs in a decision + Fixed an issue in SCN 7 where an error would be shown for Orlov's warning + Fixed an issue where some tests were shown incorrectly. + Fixed various typos and minor issues + Game engine has been updated to newer version
[ 2018-12-14 04:12:16 CET ] [ Original post ]
Today we will be diving into the deeper end of the pool as we release two chains ready for gamplay but before we do that, there seems to be some confusion regarding our DLC policy and what our ideas are with DLCs. I realize that this stems from the way we formulated what the DLCs do.
DLC POLICY
The DLC Terminals are meant to be aspects and personalities of MIRVIN. A way for you to unlock policies when playing and formulating your strategy. They have upsides and downsides and are thus a supplement to the game play not a substitute. Let me take an example: the Supreme Commander edition and it's policy for the Establishment of NORAD. The idea here is that you as the Terminal Player get the option to start with the Establishment of NORAD by giving up other policies, and concisely selecting other costs NOT that Establishment of NORAD is completely out of the game unless you buy the DLC. This is why the announcement is writing about unlocking the policies. The base design has been and remains to be that, if you do not have the DLCs you can still get the policies but with a different set of circumstances, benefits and drawbacks. That said I see that we did not communicate this well enough and gave the wrong impression of the intent with the DLCs, as writing that the Policies were unique to the DLC gives the impression that they are not in the rest of the game, which is incorrect. This has now been corrected and of course we will refund all who feel they bought the DLCs for the wrong reason because the DLCs were never meant to be pay to win and those who thought so will definitely get a refund. Now on to this weeks content.
FATE OF GERMANY
+ NEW decision chain added for USSR for deciding the fate of East Germany. This decision chain is available in single (WARGAMES MODE: Balance of Power SCN 10) and multiplayer (CHALLENGE MODE). + The Great Patriotic War is over and the USSR has its boot on the neck of Germany. In occupied East Germany a military administration holds power. The Soviets, in particular their foreign ministry, Will you seek justice? For a full overview see:
SHIFTING SANDS
+ NEW decision chain added for USA and USSR playing out in the Middle Eeast. This decision chain is available in single (WARGAMES MODE: Balance of Power SCN 10) and multiplayer (CHALLENGE MODE). USA POLICIES + STATE OF ISRAEL: Recognize the State of Israel and permanently increase US success chance for ASSASSINATION missions by 5% USSR POLICIES + PAN-ARABISM:(Ends if Nasser is lost): Nasser -1 POWER. Closer unification of the Arab World granting +5% INFLUENCE in the MIDDLE EAST. + POLITICAL REALIGNMENT(10 Turns Cooldown): Set GOVERNMENT interests to 5. Chance +20% for Islamist Jihad(INFLUENCE set to 0 in one USSR CONTROLLED region). For a full overview see:
SUPREME COMMANDER EDITION
+ NEW directives menu fixed for Supreme Commander Edition DLC. Forge alternative strategies to a vanilla start, where you sacrifice a lot of your nations people interest to get ahead the risk a misjudgement.
AI
+ NEW and improved AI support for the AI's handling of Decisions
MODDING
+ NEW Multiplayer now supports player MODS and will synchronize players connecting for a selection of mod to play in the Challenge Mode.
EDITOR
+ Upgraded and added better sorting inside the editor OTHERS + The game now shows missing required costs next to conditions for a better player overview of costs in a decision + Fixed an issue in SCN 7 where an error would be shown for Orlov's warning + Fixed an issue where some tests were shown incorrectly. + Fixed various typos and minor issues + Game engine has been updated to newer version
Terminal Conflict
Strategy Mill
Strategy Mill
2018-12-04
Strategy Singleplayer Multiplayer EA
Game News Posts 73
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Mixed
(60 reviews)
http://terminalconflict.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/745970
Terminal Conflict Linux [696.74 M]
Command history in this most definitive Cold War strategy game. Gain access to your retro terminal and assert dominance through strategic arms races and disarmaments. Balance the world on the brink of mutual assured destruction to ensure total victory!
Main Features:
• Command the most authentic Cold War strategy simulator
• Turn-based single-player strategy and head-to-head multiplayer
• MIRVIN, your retro computer, purpose built, AI guide, brilliantly voice acted by James Spence.
• Nuclear warfare systems and authentic Doomsday Clock tension mechanism, the countdown to midnight has started … 3 …2 …1
• All aspect strategic warfare - economic, intelligence, diplomacy and military combat.
• Era immersive, historically plausible events and decisions covering the period between 1946-1991
• Recruit 30+ unique historical leaders like Mao Zedong, Margaret Thatcher, or Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara brandishing their own special abilities.
• The Space Race is on! Will you claim technological superiority?
• Create and tell your own history through modding and customization with a powerful integrated in game editor
Main Features:
• Command the most authentic Cold War strategy simulator
• Turn-based single-player strategy and head-to-head multiplayer
• MIRVIN, your retro computer, purpose built, AI guide, brilliantly voice acted by James Spence.
• Nuclear warfare systems and authentic Doomsday Clock tension mechanism, the countdown to midnight has started … 3 …2 …1
• All aspect strategic warfare - economic, intelligence, diplomacy and military combat.
• Era immersive, historically plausible events and decisions covering the period between 1946-1991
• Recruit 30+ unique historical leaders like Mao Zedong, Margaret Thatcher, or Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara brandishing their own special abilities.
• The Space Race is on! Will you claim technological superiority?
• Create and tell your own history through modding and customization with a powerful integrated in game editor
MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher. 1024MB graphics memory required
- Storage: 2 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Mouse and keyboard are required. / Internet Connection or 1 vs 1 Ranked multiplayer. or Direct connect in multiplayer mode.
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher. 1024MB graphics memory required
- Storage: 2 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Mouse and keyboard are required. / Internet Connection or 1 vs 1 Ranked multiplayer. or Direct connect in multiplayer mode.
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