KickStarter Serpent in the Staglands Thread

[DeepOcean]

I think would be wise for anyone that is going to do the review to do a quick replay of the game after all those patches, there was serious shit that was fixed and balance changes. Actually, I think the release version was the beta version and we are the beta testers because no way 2 guys would manage to playtest the whole game.

 

[tuluse]

That means the Codex will have the WORLD FIRST review if tuluse can hurry up a bit.

I'm shooting for about 2 weeks from now.

 

[Latro]

a positive review from the autistic is worth 10000x more reviews than a review from some bought english major

well, when it comes to actual quality, not sales

 

[Mysterious Stranger]

Are the Rheamus Farms still in the same location as in the beta? Back then they were near the starting areas. Can't find them now ,though.

 

[Ninjerk]

Are the Rheamus Farms still in the same location as in the beta? Back then they were near the starting areas. Can't find them now ,though.

South from Lumen Forten. Hug the east coast. While I've got you here:

Spoiler

What the hell is Rheamus Farms for? I found it just by wandering and don't remember finding any obvious quest crumbs. Also, do you know where Fuldea Mare Consil is?

I think I figured it out.

 

[Ninjerk]

bats apparently depress pressure plates

 

[Bubbles]

bats apparently depress pressure plates

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence

 

[ST'Ranger]

bats apparently depress pressure plates

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence

Gritty realism.

 

[ArchAngel]

Only thing that pisses me off about this game is that it asks for too much computer resources for the graphics and resolution it has. I tried to run it on my older laptop (dual core with crappy Ati card) but it runs very slow.
This computer can run BG1EE and BG2EE very well as well as Open Xcom and KotC.

 

[Sensuki]

Unity xD

 

[polo]

The Beta ran much smoother in my work PC, final release consumes a LOT more RAM.

 

[Ninjerk]

It chugs when there's a lot of attacks and procs happening.

 

[Sensuki]

Probably need to optimize their hit frame code. Pillars of Eternity had the same issue, actually with lag on hit frames.

Whalenought_Joe if you do intend to optimize stuff like that, I can decompile the relevant methods from the PE code for reference if you like

 

[Infinitron]

Downloadable Manual now available!

We finished up converting the online manual to pdf format you can download, and have that available on our site below its digital self:

http://serpentinthestaglands.com/manual

GOG users: you can also grab it from the game package when they put it up on there.

We'll update this with any relevant changes to UI if needed, but specifically update it again when the expansion is released, as that will have some additional mechanics and adventuring information.

Also, for those that missed it, the previous update 8 change log is here:

http://serpentinthestaglands.com/community/forums/topic/update-8/

Cheers!

 

[AetherVagrant]

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/artic...available-on-linux-plus-initial-thoughts.5457

fun read. "my party slipped on oil and i lold, made me want to have other random shits and giggles."
"my mouse is hovering over the buy button thats how MUCH I like the demo of this game"
"but it might be too hardcore for me"
quotes are used in the loosest and most grammatically inappropriate sense.

 

[agris]

I don't see the manual in my GOG library. Could someone host the pdf of it?

 

[Infinitron]

I don't see the manual in my GOG library. Could someone host the pdf of it?

Take a closer look at my previous post

 

[agris]

I don't see the manual in my GOG library. Could someone host the pdf of it?

Take a closer look at my previous post

Hurr-durr, thanks.

 

[MrBuzzKill]

Only thing that pisses me off about this game is that it asks for too much computer resources for the graphics and resolution it has. I tried to run it on my older laptop (dual core with crappy Ati card) but it runs very slow.
This computer can run BG1EE and BG2EE very well as well as Open Xcom and KotC.

Fucking this. What really gets my goat is how so many of these indie devs go for the "retro" style and feel of the graphics, and yet almost always utterly fail to optimize their game so it actually runs well on an older PC.
Also, the load times are atrocious, on par with PoE - and the worse (still) part is, like many others these days, the game doesn't load when it's minimized! You actually have to have look at the loading screen in order for it to load. What a load of crap. Reminds me of back when I played Arcanum back in the early 2000s and always went to get tea whenever the game was loading a save. I'm at the part where I'm dying to wolves constantly and it takes AGES to reload.
Shit like this seriously spoils what is otherwise a quite enjoyable game

 

[JarlFrank]

Yeah, top priority for next patches it to reduce loading times

 

[Jaesun]

Are you running it on Windows 95 or something?

 

[Ninjerk]

Everything to do with loading is obscene at this point in time.

 

[agris]

[...]and the worse (still) part is, like many others these days, the game doesn't load when it's minimized! You actually have to have look at the loading screen in order for it to load. What a load of crap. Reminds me of back when I played Arcanum back in the early 2000s and always went to get tea whenever the game was loading a save. I'm at the part where I'm dying to wolves constantly and it takes AGES to reload.

To be fair, blame people who still have < 4 gb of ram. Joe mentioned in some patch notes that they were going to enable the game running when out of focus. It never happened and when I asked him about it, he said they easily could implement it but it kept causing people to get out of memory errors.

There are still people playing on machines with 2 gb of ram for fucks sake!

 

[tuluse]

The loading times about tripled for me between beta and release, not sure what happened there.

 

[roshan]

To be fair, blame people who still have < 4 gb of ram. Joe mentioned in some patch notes that they were going to enable the game running when out of focus. It never happened and when I asked him about it, he said they easily could implement it but it kept causing people to get out of memory errors.

There are still people playing on machines with 2 gb of ram for fucks sake!

Hmmm. Well, why don't they just make it a toggleable option??? Whalenought_Joe