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Posted November 24, 2016
The wolf of Mars canyon.



<span class="bold">Offworld Trading Company</span>, a complex strategy simulation where you manage the multi-layered economy of a Martian colony, is available now for Windows and Mac, DRM-free on GOG.com with GOG Galaxy support for multiplayer, achievements, and leaderboards, and a 66% launch discount.

You think planning and manipulating an Earthbound community is a challenging endeavor? Wait until you find yourself on Mars, trying to make your colony thrive against the ruthless competition of other planetary settlers, armed only with your weaponized business savvy and financial killer instincts. The absence of meddling military forces means that to become the dominant Offworld Trading Company you need to exercise smart trading, cunning use of the supply-demand dynamics, corporate espionage, and technological superiority. With more than a dozen available resources and parameters to manage in real-time, there is not a dull moment to be had as you trade financial blows with either the A.I. or your spacefaring friends.


Those looking for some other lucrative extra-terrestrial investments can check out these promising DLC:
- The official <span class="bold">Soundtrack</span> of the game.
- A neat <span class="bold">Map Toolkit</span> that lets you design your own amazing landscapes.
- <span class="bold">The Ceres Initiative</span> where you can exploit a large asteroid for profit.
- The <span class="bold">Real Mars Map Pack</span> with over 30 new maps offering additional challenges.
- <span class="bold">The Patron and the Patriot</span>, two new CEOs who bring with them additional story-driven content, game modes, and features.

Want to share the love? Make sure to grab the game until December 1st, 1:59 PM UTC to secure an extra copy for a friend and dive into the multiplayer together!


Rule the market and exterminate the competition as the most successful <span class="bold">Offworld Trading Company</span> of Mars, DRM-free on GOG.com.
The 66% discount lasts until December 1st, 1:59 PM UTC.

In the press:
"This isn't an RTS with the combat removed - it's Wall Street on a new frontier."
88/100 - PC Gamer
"It is fast-paced economic warfare with some clever capitalistic mind games to play with."
8/10 - IGN
Posted November 28, 2016
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Wurzelkraft: I bought the game + DLCs and am a little confused about this specific DLC. Where can I see (and select) these extra maps? The skirmish menu didn't look much different than before if at all. How can I see if the DLC actually works? Don't know much about the game yet so I might be missing something obvious.
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Matruchus: I just bought it and there is definitely no option to choose any of those 30 maps. Plus the whole multiplayer side of the game is missing on gog. Just ranked multiplayer is there. It seems to be a broken version of the game.

Checked the game files and there are only 5 maps to be chosen from. It seems the real mars map pack dlc is missing. The same as the whole multiplayer side. Only ranked match is there but no custom, etc.
Hi, you can access the Real Mars Map Pack DLC by selecting skirmish, then clicking custom game rules and toggling the "Use Real Maps" option. It will add the maps from the DLC to your game.
Post edited November 28, 2016 by Razikale
Posted November 28, 2016
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Razikale: Hi, you can access the Real Mars Map Pack DLC by selecting skirmish, then clicking custom game rules and toggling the "Use Real Maps" option. It will add the maps from the DLC to your game.
Nope, can't pick any other maps then those five that are there by default even by clickin on real maps under custom still ony five maps there. If I click on choose prebuilt maps there is nothing there besides those five.

Unless all of the so called real mars map pack maps are just random maps

What about missing multiplayer stuff?

Edit: Adding print screen of missing stuff.
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Post edited November 28, 2016 by Matruchus
Posted November 28, 2016
Hello,

Just a little question to be sure.

Is there anybody who already succeeded in using any of the multiplayer modes of GOG's version of the game?

Thank you.
Post edited November 28, 2016 by ggzx12
Posted November 28, 2016
Hi

I have the same question. Can anyone confirm that multiplayer works in gog version of this game?

It doesn't work for me. No Lobby option and ranked does not find any games.

Thanks
Posted November 28, 2016
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ggzx12: Hello,

Just a little question to be sure.

Is there anybody who already succeeded in using any of the multiplayer modes of GOG's version of the game?

Thank you.
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eranfal: ()
Yes, tried ranked and it connected me in to a game but still no other multiplayer optiosn available at the moment.
Post edited November 28, 2016 by Matruchus
Posted November 28, 2016
How picky is the game when it comes to system requirements?

Just realised the thing needs a HD 3870 minimum (have a HD 36xx atm as previous video card died a few months ago.sigh -- i exceed all other requirements) and it gets stuck at 90% when loading any skirmishes etc...
Posted November 28, 2016
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ggzx12: Hello,

Just a little question to be sure.

Is there anybody who already succeeded in using any of the multiplayer modes of GOG's version of the game?

Thank you.
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Matruchus: Yes, tried ranked and it connected me in to a game but still no other multiplayer optiosn available at the moment.
Thank you for your answer.

So, the multiplayer layer of the game seems not to be the matter..

So why the multiplayer skirmish lobby is missing?
Perhaps, a problem with the Galaxy implementation of this mode.

Is there anybody with an available multiplayer skirmish mode?
Post edited November 28, 2016 by ggzx12
Posted November 28, 2016
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Razikale: Hi, you can access the Real Mars Map Pack DLC by selecting skirmish, then clicking custom game rules and toggling the "Use Real Maps" option. It will add the maps from the DLC to your game.
I just wanted to check this but I couldn't. Why? The game did not recognize ANY of the DLCs anymore and I might know why...I removed the goggame*.info files so that Galaxy would not touch the game (I normally don't use Galaxy since it auto-scans for games; I hate this so much) and today, just after boot up I started the game and not one DLC was recognized. Wow. :|

edit: I should add that I installed the game manually and not through Galaxy.
Post edited November 28, 2016 by Wurzelkraft
Posted November 28, 2016
I was also wishy washy about this... went for it though and havent been disappointed. You can jump right in and the tutorials are pretty good. I skipped the Map Editor and OST as I had no interest and they dont seem to impact game play in anyway. Cant comment yet on the ones I have purchased as I havent seen them come into play.

Anyway, for 25 bucks after cutting the DLCs I didnt want, this has been fun. Personally I wouldnt be swayed by the "combat" "no combat" talk. It is action packed and hardly a moment to breathe. Its more about placement and striking the proper resource balance. This is not a bean counting game such as Patrician. More Carcassonne digital if you will.
Post edited November 28, 2016 by muttly13
Posted November 29, 2016
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Razikale: Hi, you can access the Real Mars Map Pack DLC by selecting skirmish, then clicking custom game rules and toggling the "Use Real Maps" option. It will add the maps from the DLC to your game.
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Matruchus: Nope, can't pick any other maps then those five that are there by default even by clickin on real maps under custom still ony five maps there. If I click on choose prebuilt maps there is nothing there besides those five.

Unless all of the so called real mars map pack maps are just random maps

What about missing multiplayer stuff?

Edit: Adding print screen of missing stuff.
That's not the option you're looking for. Clicking custom in "Game Rules" and toggling the setting adds the DLC maps to the game. Presets just determine certain dominate terrain types.

Edit: attaching a screenshot for reference.

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Wurzelkraft: I just wanted to check this but I couldn't. Why? The game did not recognize ANY of the DLCs anymore and I might know why...I removed the goggame*.info files so that Galaxy would not touch the game (I normally don't use Galaxy since it auto-scans for games; I hate this so much) and today, just after boot up I started the game and not one DLC was recognized. Wow. :|

edit: I should add that I installed the game manually and not through Galaxy.
Manually removing game files might cause such issues.
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Post edited November 29, 2016 by Razikale
Posted November 29, 2016
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Razikale: That's not the option you're looking for. Clicking custom in "Game Rules" and toggling the setting adds the DLC maps to the game. Presets just determine certain dominate terrain types.

Edit: attaching a screenshot for reference.
Ah, ok so this are all just a pack of maps for random map generator then. Understood now. What's up with the multiplayer though? Look at my previous post where I posted missing multiplayer options picture.
Posted November 29, 2016
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Razikale: Manually removing game files might cause such issues.
Sure, I'm just surprised to see these files actually being important for the game itself. How can I stop Galaxy from detecting the game in the future? I just want to use your client for a specific set of games and using a different HDD to install the games on obviously didn't help. ;)
Post edited November 29, 2016 by Wurzelkraft
Posted November 29, 2016
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Wurzelkraft: Sure, I'm just surprised to see these files actually being important for the game itself. How can I stop Galaxy from detecting the game in the future? I just want to use your client for a specific set of games and using a different HDD to install the games on obviously didn't help. ;)
IIRC (can't check it as I'm not at home):
The current default in Galaxy is that it checks for updates for all games when you start the client. Currently you can only change this per game after starting Galaxy. Once out of beta there should be an option to prevent auto update for all games by default. This option might already be visible in Galaxy, but greyed out.
Posted November 29, 2016
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Ok the devs let me know that the gog version does not have and won't have the whole multiplayer side implemented. Its another so called special drm-free edition game like Armello.

So if you wan't to play multiplayer with friends avoid this game.

The dev will update the gamepage with new information soon.
Post edited November 29, 2016 by Matruchus
Posted November 29, 2016
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Matruchus: Ok the devs let me know that the gog version does not have and won't have the whole multiplayer side implemented. Its another so called special drm-free edition game like Armello.

So if you wan't to play multiplayer with friends avoid this game.

The dev will update the gamepage with new information soon.
I don't care much about multiplayer but not putting this in BIG BOLD letters on the product page is simply false advertising. Both GOG and the publisher are at fault, mainly GOG for letting this pass without telling the customers. Reminds me of Clustertruck when they simply removed a lot of features from the game page after release, also without telling anyone. Horrible, ugh. :(
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