Europa Universalis IV announced

[garbon]

I really appreciate how the game ran smooth like butter in 1.5 at speed 5 but now with 1.8, the in-game tool tip tells me that my computer is not fast enough to run even speed 4...

edit: there seems to be some evidence from their tech support that this issue doesn't occur for those who have the AoW dlc.

[Drakken]

I don't know where you got your anecdotal evidence, I've seen the contrary argued: that the performance issue is linked to 1.8, whether AoW was installed or not.

[Josephus]

So thinking of getting back on this horse. Haven't played in a year or so. Are the two newer DLCs worth getting?

[Drakken]

So thinking of getting back on this horse. Haven't played in a year or so. Are the two newer DLCs worth getting?

Wouldn't play without them.

[garbon]

I don't know where you got your anecdotal evidence, I've seen the contrary argued: that the performance issue is linked to 1.8, whether AoW was installed or not.

It was mentioned by AndrewT.

[Josephus]

So thinking of getting back on this horse. Haven't played in a year or so. Are the two newer DLCs worth getting?

Wouldn't play without them.

and they're not all inclusive, right? I could get AoW without the WoN one?

[garbon]

So thinking of getting back on this horse. Haven't played in a year or so. Are the two newer DLCs worth getting?

Wouldn't play without them.

and they're not all inclusive, right? I could get AoW without the WoN one?

yeah they are modular. you can just pick the ones you want.

[garbon]

There is a hotfix up that supposedly fixes lag issues. It looks like the cause of the issue was uncovered by a p'dox fan.

[Zoupa]

Yep. These days we pay for the privilege of fixing the game. Fun!

[garbon]

Good news is that game does seem to be running faster now. Oddity though is that tooltip still says my year old computer is too slow to run at speeds 4/5 and that they'll be the same as speed 3 - which just is patently untrue as speed 5 runs through the days way faster...

[Valmy]

Yep. These days we pay for the privilege of fixing the game. Fun!

It is either that or not get games.

[dps]

Yep. These days we pay for the privilege of fixing the game. Fun!

It is either that or not get games.

One of the reasons I stopped buying Paradox games.  Or pretty much any other computer games, too.

[jimmy olsen]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?814200-Ubik-officially-loses-his-mind%22

Ubik officially loses his mind?

    Apparently it's official. This post is not a joke.

    According to legitimate portuguese sources (namely publico.pt, a leading portuguese newspaper , and game-specific magazine website called Bgamer.pt)

    Code:

    http://bgamer.sapo.pt/index.php/noticias/article/15734-produtor-de-videojogos-portugues-internado-por-problemas-mentais

    and

    http://www.publico.pt/sociedade/noticia/carlos-benavente-processa-medicos-que-o-internaram-a-forca-e-o-deram-como-louco-1675130

    Ubik was declared mentally insane and forcefully retained in the psychiatric wing of the Hospital Egas Moniz for 71 days, after which we was "released" and treated outside the hospital.

    Apparently this story is now related to the fact that he his suing the hospital & doctors for wrongdoing and hiding the report based on which this was based for 6 months.

    There were 7 different doctors confirming is mental state, which are saying Ubik is living some sort of fantasy and believes in a, and I quote, "vast conspiracy involving (Ubik's) family, public health authorities and doctors from two different Lisbon hospitals".

    Apologies for not translating the articles now, but I don't have the time now.

    What do you say?

[garbon]

Seems like that might be better placed in our magna mundi thread, if placed at all.

[Josephus]

Just noticed you can cross from Scotland to Northern Ireland without getting on a boat. Is this new?