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Posted May 05, 2015
Brought to you by GOG.com

<span class="bold">Pacific General</span> and <span class="bold">Fantasy General</span>, the accessible, Panzer-like grand strategy classics, are available now DRM-free on GOG.com!

<span class="bold">Pacific General</span>, available for Windows, is a spiritual sequel from the studio behind the acclaimed Panzer General series - an improvement over the classic, but one that retains the same feel and concepts as its inspiration. Once more we return to the overhead battlefields of World War II in a series of quick-play scenarios and full-blown campaigns: everything from Pearl Harbor to hypothetical invasion scenarios is here, all packaged in a relatively newbie-friendly grand-strategy package. <span class="bold">Fantasy General</span> takes that same experience and sets it in a fantasy universe. This one's for you if you're a fan of large-scale hex-based battlefields and steampunk-infused fantasy. Fantasy General is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
<span class="bold">Pacific General</span> and <span class="bold">Fantasy General</span> are being published by GOG.com. We are happy to release these titles not on behalf of another party, but by acting as the sole publisher for the very first time!



Unleash your inner armchair general with <span class="bold">Pacific General</span> and <span class="bold">Fantasy General</span>, available now, DRM-free on GOG.com!
Posted May 05, 2015
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RadonGOG: So: Does this already applies to these two games---in other words:
Do you own them completely now? Like: You get 100% of the money you gain via sales?

Oh, BTW: You doesn´t adress you, Judas, personally---although a "Thievin' Bastard" of course could take all the money and run... :D )
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JudasIscariot: I guess we do? I don't know, I don't deal with the financial bits :) As for the "completely", well, I've been told we even have the rights to the source code for the games so I guess that counts as completely :D
Sounds like it... :D
Posted May 05, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Umm it's always been optional around here :)
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Garret02: Yeah, I know (and very happy about that). That post was just my personal rant at CDP that I was just holding back inside me for a long time :P
Just to clarify how optional the translations are:

If we can, we separate the languages so each one has its own installer with a given language's name in the file name so you'd see something like "setup_random_game_polish_2.0.0.4.exe" :)

If it's impossible to separate the languages, you still have the option to choose which one you want to use unless it's one of those games that tries to be "smart" and chooses the language for you based on your system language (this is annoying as all hell but there's not much we can do about this :/ )
Posted May 06, 2015
Wow! Awesome games released today! Thank you for bringing them back to live!
Posted May 06, 2015
I just posted a link to a Pacific General fansite with lots of goodies in the GOG Pacific General Discussion folder.
Posted May 06, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Just to clarify how optional the translations are:

If we can, we separate the languages so each one has its own installer with a given language's name in the file name so you'd see something like "setup_random_game_polish_2.0.0.4.exe" :)

If it's impossible to separate the languages, you still have the option to choose which one you want to use unless it's one of those games that tries to be "smart" and chooses the language for you based on your system language (this is annoying as all hell but there's not much we can do about this :/ )
It might be possible for someone to override the language a game detects by using environment variables or commandline options to the executable. I'm not sure of the details of how locale related information is passed around in Windows, but on POSIX systems like Linux you can set the LANG=xxx variable or any of the various LC_???? variables to specify overrides to the default system locale settings when starting a script or executable and the program will inherit these settings instead of the system defaults. For example in Linux one would override a system configured for German or some other language by doing:

LANG=en_CA /usr/bin/mygame --gameoptions blah blah

that causes the game to run in the Canadian English locale. I presume something similar exists in Windows which might work with games as well, but again I'm a Linux gearhead when it comes to this sort of thing so... :)
Posted May 06, 2015
I have Pacific General, but for me worked only my old win98 machine...
This is a best news what I read at gog.com this year.
Posted May 06, 2015
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JudasIscariot: .. I've been told we even have the rights to the source code for the games so I guess that counts as completely :D
Just to be sure: Do you have the source code too, or only the rights? :)
Posted May 06, 2015
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JudasIscariot: .. I've been told we even have the rights to the source code for the games so I guess that counts as completely :D
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Trilarion: Just to be sure: Do you have the source code too, or only the rights? :)
The rights :)
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JudasIscariot: Just to clarify how optional the translations are:

If we can, we separate the languages so each one has its own installer with a given language's name in the file name so you'd see something like "setup_random_game_polish_2.0.0.4.exe" :)

If it's impossible to separate the languages, you still have the option to choose which one you want to use unless it's one of those games that tries to be "smart" and chooses the language for you based on your system language (this is annoying as all hell but there's not much we can do about this :/ )
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skeletonbow: It might be possible for someone to override the language a game detects by using environment variables or commandline options to the executable. I'm not sure of the details of how locale related information is passed around in Windows, but on POSIX systems like Linux you can set the LANG=xxx variable or any of the various LC_???? variables to specify overrides to the default system locale settings when starting a script or executable and the program will inherit these settings instead of the system defaults. For example in Linux one would override a system configured for German or some other language by doing:

LANG=en_CA /usr/bin/mygame --gameoptions blah blah

that causes the game to run in the Canadian English locale. I presume something similar exists in Windows which might work with games as well, but again I'm a Linux gearhead when it comes to this sort of thing so... :)
If it's a newer game with an active developer, it's up to them, we aren't going to do their work for them :)

In the case of older games, we usually make a language selector that allows you to switch the language easily :)
Post edited May 06, 2015 by JudasIscariot
Posted May 06, 2015
Moar SSI! All SSI! Gimmeh! :D
Posted May 06, 2015
Just out of curiosity, I noticed there are linux and mac versions for FG but not for the other General games, why is that? is it simply a matter of time the other games get theirs, or are there any technical reasons for not being out already?
Post edited May 06, 2015 by svmariscal
Posted May 06, 2015
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svmariscal: Just out of curiosity, I noticed there are linux and mac versions for FG but not for the other General games, why is that? is it simply a matter of time the other games get theirs, or are there any technical reasons for not being out already?
All the General games on GOG, aside Fantasy General, were only released on Windows, which makes it harder to get a working version of them on other operating systems. In addition, Panzer General 2 and Panzer General 3D are published here by Ubisoft and would require a renegotiation of their deal with GOG to allow Mac and Linux versions.

It's easy to create working Mac/Linux versions of Fantasy General, since the game was only released on DOS.
Post edited May 06, 2015 by Grargar
Posted May 06, 2015
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synfresh: Exclusivity and DRM-Free are 2 different things. Valve has no issue letting any vendor selling their games. He said they do not require exclusivity on titles and he's correct. He did not say they to do not require DRM.
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GabiMoro: So Valve doesn't really want to sell their games in front of as many people as they can, or they would take the necesarry measures to sell their games on more stores (removing the DRM, if needed).
Well, the quote said "We think you should get your game in front of as many people as you can" not "We think we should get our game in front of as many people as we can".
Posted May 06, 2015
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Posted May 06, 2015
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Barry_Woodward: Vote for Strategic Simulations Inc. games on the wishlist

Anvil Of Dawn
It's already here. ;)
Posted May 06, 2015
Wow, I hope this is something GOG can do again in the future.

If Star Trek: Judgment Rites gets put up, I'll buy ten copies (dead serious - I'll do a giveaway).
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