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General discussionRelease: Star Wars™: Shadows of the Empire(208 posts)(208 posts)
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Posted May 03, 2016
The cult classic strikes back!



<span class="bold">Star Wars&trade;: Shadows of the Empire</span>, the beloved action/arcade game set between Episode V and Episode VI, is now available DRM-free on GOG.com with a 20% launch discount.

Who among us hasn't dreamt of being offered a spot in the venerable Rogue Squadron? And when Han Solo himself is the one approaching you to ask for help against the Empire, it's hard to refuse, even if you are the hard-as-nails smuggler Dash Rendar.

The fight will take Rendar, his co-pilot droid Leebo, and his trusty spaceship The Outrider through iconic locations where Star Wars™ history was made. Whether he is taking down AT-ATs on Hoth, fighting off assassins sent after Luke Skywalker, or dueling Boba Fett, the adventures of Dash evoke that unmistakable Star Wars™ vibe that quickly turned him into a fan favorite. Because once you've experienced the varied gameplay and atmospheric cutscenes telling the story of Dash's struggle against the villainous Prince Xizor, you can't help but feel that his exploits are a significant part of the epic saga.



Join the daring Dash Render as he helps the Rebellion escape <span class="bold">Star Wars&trade;: Shadows of the Empire</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com. The 20% discount will last until May 9th, 12:59 PM UTC.
Posted May 04, 2016
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R3Dpandamonium: Shadows of the Empire is performing excellently so far. Thank you GoG/Disney for making this happen! I

My only gripe so far is the increased frame-rate seems to have made the game run a lot faster. It is making the speeder bike level exceedingly difficult to beat. I tried using some cheats to bypass the levels and none of them worked.

Anybody have any ideas or advice?
Is vsync enabled in your graphics drivers? Application controlled vsync I've heard someone had to set it to. Next step would be a frame rate limiter. Not sure what frame rate the game was designed for, but try 30 FPS rather than 60 FPS (I had to do this with Interstate '76). If you have an Nvidia card, Nvidia Inspector lets you modify game profiles to set frame rate limits (amongst many other settings).
Posted May 04, 2016
A Mac wrapper would be the cherry on a very delicious Star Wars cake :)
Posted May 04, 2016
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IwubCheeze: Why no Force Commander?
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radigram: Ah, forgot that one. Yeah, that was a very heavily criticized game, back in it's time ...
Yeah, I know, for quite a few aspects but the game itself wasn't that bad.

It pushed the technology of the time a little too far. Force Commander was one of the games that started messing with 3D in RTS games, one aspect with was heavily marketed was being able to zoom right onto the battlefield and watch the battle unfold. Shame the tech of the time couldn't really handle it and made the game sluggish as hell.

The "commander points" system also didn't have too many positive reactions either as if you screwed up a manouever, continuing on with the mission was painfully slow as there wasn't much you could do until your commander points regenerated. Pair that with sluggish performance and you get an even slower game.

The units weren't that balanced either. Troops were useless when armour units could be deployed and properly micro managed AT-ATs could clear the entire map (Rebels had an OP artillary unit that could do the same but I forgot what it was called).

I first played the game in 2006 and performance wasn't a problem so the experience was much more bearable. The only other Star Wars strategy game at the time was Star Wars: Rebellion and that game was also heavily criticized. I have no comments about it as right now, that game is still on my backlog ;)
Posted May 04, 2016
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albertoml: A Mac wrapper would be the cherry on a very delicious Star Wars cake :)
Agreed. I had a refurbished iMac (2009 model running Yosemite) for a couple of months back in 2015. The WineWrappers I grabbed off Paul The Tall's site were life savers for running UTGOTY, UT2004, Red Faction II, and a few others.
Posted May 04, 2016
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JLH: Look under the caution about resolution.
"inproperly" sounds imcorrect to me. :)
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radigram: The clipping doesn't have anything to do with the resolution.

Look here, how it does, if the fog is turned off:
https://youtu.be/0sOIxxYaMmc?t=18m19s
i know. I was just pointing out a spelling mistake from the picture that was shared so that the gog team could fix it in the future.
Post edited May 04, 2016 by JLH
Posted May 04, 2016
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JLH: i know. I was just pointing out a spelling mistake from the picture that was shared so that the gog team could fix it in the future.
fixed version should be up about now ;)
Posted May 04, 2016
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JLH: i know. I was just pointing out a spelling mistake from the picture that was shared so that the gog team could fix it in the future.
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Thiev: fixed version should be up about now ;)
thanks, bro! i could hardly sleep right last night thinking about that xD jk jk
Posted May 04, 2016
Does anyone know if the cheats still work? I can always just install a frame limiter and try to beat the level, but I would hate to install it, then have to turn it on and off for just that level if the developer cheats still work.

Thanks!
Posted May 04, 2016
How's the controller support for this one?
Posted May 04, 2016
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JLH: i know. I was just pointing out a spelling mistake from the picture that was shared so that the gog team could fix it in the future.
Wow, you have sharp eyes :)
Post edited May 04, 2016 by op2017
Posted May 04, 2016
I found a german manual here:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general_de/sammelthread_deutschsprachige_handbucher/post133

I also made a new video, showing the difference between the enabled/disabled fog option:
https://youtu.be/KwU_feYqDlU
Posted May 04, 2016
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radigram: I also made a new video, showing the difference between the enabled/disabled fog option:
https://youtu.be/KwU_feYqDlU
My compliment to you, that video looks very professional! :)
Post edited May 04, 2016 by MBiL_248
Posted May 04, 2016
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R3Dpandamonium: Does anyone know if the cheats still work? I can always just install a frame limiter and try to beat the level, but I would hate to install it, then have to turn it on and off for just that level if the developer cheats still work.

Thanks!
I've checked the "R Testers ROCK"-Cheat and it works, so I assume all cheats will do so. :)
Posted May 04, 2016
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radigram: I also made a new video, showing the difference between the enabled/disabled fog option:
https://youtu.be/KwU_feYqDlU
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MBiL_248: My compliment to you, that video looks very professional! :)
Thank you :)
I am making these videos just for fun, nothing more.
Posted May 04, 2016
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radigram: I found a german manual here:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general_de/sammelthread_deutschsprachige_handbucher/post133

I also made a new video, showing the difference between the enabled/disabled fog option:
https://youtu.be/KwU_feYqDlU
Well that is extremely weird then. I watched your video, and I've definitely always had fog enabled -- this is from the install before GOG made their update.

Mind you, I also edited their icon properties, so that the working directory pointed to the game install folder, and changed the program execution to "SOTE.exe", so now I get a nice little launcher menu each time I start. Looks much better than the grey settings window that appears from the unaltered GOG icon.
Post edited May 04, 2016 by blakstar
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