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Posted July 07, 2015
Real time intergalactic strategy.

Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain, a real time 4X grand strategy, is available now for Windows, DRM-free on GOG.com!

The greatest of our conquerors cannot begin to fathom the glory of a true space empire. Through Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain, you will be the one to bring glory to all those who will have it, and genocide to those who oppose. It's real time strategy that takes to the grand stage spanning star systems and alien races - it's a hyperspace race to colonize and conquer. Design your own race or pick one of the presets, research and build massive starships and planet-crushing superweapons, locate the most fertile worlds, and become emperor of a harsh, cold universe in this sequel to a cult, award-winning 4X strategy title.

Peace, glory, empire. Conquer all in Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain, available now DRM-free on GOG.com!
Posted July 07, 2015
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tinyE: Is there pause and play? :P
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Boonatron: Yes you can enter commands while paused and the plus and minus keys vary the speed :-)
Thank you. And let me say again, as an RTS fanatic I cannot thank you enough for your efforts. Sometimes I feel lost in an ocean of TBS freaks. :P
Posted July 07, 2015
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IronArcturus: I was reading about Wine on Windows and wow! It looks incredibly complicated to set up! Has anyone tried that before?
Thank you for the link. I haven't tried it yet. -Does it even work yet?

Btw, that's hilarious:
(The real reason, of course, is that it's obviously evil and wrong and therefore fun for hack value.)
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Yes, but 520 MB -or even a bit more, because the installer might contain compressed data- is a very huge amount for games of this era. Back then many people still had harddrives with a capacity of less than 1 GB, so this game might have occupied nearly the whole HD for some people.
The original CD is 280Mb of Data. The rest is the audio CD data which won't compress in raw form.
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: 6 GB? Well, surely not! As I mentioned above, most people didn`t even have HDs with 1 GB. The german Wikipedia says that WC IV needed 11 MB of HD capacity.
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Grargar: Maybe the CD-ROM version, but GOG carries the DVD one. :)

In 1997, a special DVD-ROM edition of the game was released. In this edition, the cutscene video was upgraded to full DVD quality (made possible due to the fact that the scenes were originally shot on film). As most PCs of the time were insufficiently powerful to play the MPEG2 DVD video, the game client relied on Windows 95's multimedia player to stream the video from DVD to a hardware decoder. This dependency on external hardware rendered the game unplayable outside Windows PCs equipped with the correct decoder board. Hence, the game was strategically bundled with DVD-ROM kits that included the necessary decoder hardware. Later, the gaming community developed fan-made patches to allow this version to play on more modern hardware where no hardware-based MPEG2 decoding was available (or necessary). There was also a separate DVD release which lacked the enhanced video, and was hence playable on all PCs capable of playing the original CD-ROM release.

On April 3, 2012, the DVD quality version of the game was made available as a digital download at Good Old Games.
Ah, interesting. But it was surely not fully installed to the HD, but instead played directly from DVD.
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Ah, interesting. But it was surely not fully installed to the HD, but instead played directly from DVD.
Indeed, but on GOG, you'll need to download the full 6 GBs. :)
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Ah, interesting. But it was surely not fully installed to the HD, but instead played directly from DVD.
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Grargar: Indeed, but on GOG, you'll need to download the full 6 GBs. :)
Yeah, you`re right. But most games back then were much smaller, even when fully installed. Ah, I still can remember how lucky I was when I got my first 1.2 GB HD. :-))
Post edited July 07, 2015 by Maxvorstadt
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Yeah, you`re right. But most games back then were much smaller, even when fully installed. Ah, I still can remember how lucky I was when I got my first 1.2 GB HD. :-))
I know. Just saying that when GOG offers a download of an old game, they usually offer the whole medium and not just the installed files.
Posted July 07, 2015
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Grargar: Indeed, but on GOG, you'll need to download the full 6 GBs. :)
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Maxvorstadt: Yeah, you`re right. But most games back then were much smaller, even when fully installed. Ah, I still can remember how lucky I was when I got my first 1.2 GB HD. :-))
I hated it when games gave you multiple install-sizes but didn't tell you what the drawbacks were to each one. >:-(
Do the loading times simply get longer or, cut-scenes get removed or does the game even lack n-game content if you choose the small install size???
Posted July 07, 2015
Thanks nordic and gog!
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Yeah, you`re right. But most games back then were much smaller, even when fully installed. Ah, I still can remember how lucky I was when I got my first 1.2 GB HD. :-))
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0Grapher: I hated it when games gave you multiple install-sizes but didn't tell you what the drawbacks were to each one. >:-(
Do the loading times simply get longer or, cut-scenes get removed or does the game even lack n-game content if you choose the small install size???
Back then it was not a bad idea to leave the movies and music on CD, because the performance of HDs wasn`t that good back then. If you installed music and movies to the HD it was possible that the performance of the game was bad, lower framerates and longer loading times for movies etc.
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Back then it was not a bad idea to leave the movies and music on CD, because the performance of HDs wasn`t that good back then. If you installed music and movies to the HD it was possible that the performance of the game was bad, lower framerates and longer loading times for movies etc.
That makes the problem even more severe. During install you're able to choose either a small, a medium or a large installation size.
But how are you supposed to know which size works best and there's no way to tell if a small install even strips content away?

If they all worked the same why would you choose a large installation size? If a large installation size can make the game run even worse why would you choose a large installation size?
There's always the risk, though, that the game may completely lack cut-scenes if you choose the small size. It might even lack in-game content, quest lines, music, etc.
How are you supposed to know which version is the best for you if the installer doesn't tell you?

I simply hate it if I'm not given the information necessary for my decision.
Post edited July 07, 2015 by 0Grapher
Posted July 07, 2015
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0Grapher: I hated it when games gave you multiple install-sizes but didn't tell you what the drawbacks were to each one. >:-(
Do the loading times simply get longer or, cut-scenes get removed or does the game even lack n-game content if you choose the small install size???
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Maxvorstadt: Back then it was not a bad idea to leave the movies and music on CD, because the performance of HDs wasn`t that good back then. If you installed music and movies to the HD it was possible that the performance of the game was bad, lower framerates and longer loading times for movies etc.
It wasn't really a problem of performance but rather size. HDDs back then used to be small, mine had 1.2GB in 97.
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Back then it was not a bad idea to leave the movies and music on CD, because the performance of HDs wasn`t that good back then. If you installed music and movies to the HD it was possible that the performance of the game was bad, lower framerates and longer loading times for movies etc.
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blotunga: It wasn't really a problem of performance but rather size. HDDs back then used to be small, mine had 1.2GB in 97.
Well I experienced often a way better performance if I left the vids and music (if possible) on CD.
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Maxvorstadt: Back then it was not a bad idea to leave the movies and music on CD, because the performance of HDs wasn`t that good back then. If you installed music and movies to the HD it was possible that the performance of the game was bad, lower framerates and longer loading times for movies etc.
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0Grapher: That makes the problem even more severe. During install you're able to choose either a small, a medium or a large installation size.
But how are you supposed to know which size works best and there's no way to tell if a small install even strips content away?

If they all worked the same why would you choose a large installation size? If a large installation size can make the game run even worse why would you choose a large installation size?
There's always the risk, though, that the game may completely lack cut-scenes if you choose the small size. It might even lack in-game content, quest lines, music, etc.
How are you supposed to know which version is the best for you if the installer doesn't tell you?

I simply hate it if I'm not given the information necessary for my decision.
Yeah, sometimes it was really more a try-and-error game.
Post edited July 07, 2015 by Maxvorstadt
Posted July 07, 2015
Looks like fun!
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Yeah, sometimes it was really more a try-and-error game.
And an infuriating waste of time made even worse by the thought that you might not realize you've made the wrong decision. :)
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