Bunch O' Stuff

Gobalopper · June 17, 2001

Let's start out with two new reviews. First up is MGON who gave the game 8/10 and "playworthy." Also System Logic reviewed the game giving it the Editor's Choice award and 9.5/10. There are a few new screenshots there as well.

Speaking of screenshots both Emperor Online and Dune 3 World have posted some screenshots while playing the game. Head over there if you want to check them out.

Malcolm Lim has given me a small program he wrote called Mod Switcher. This will let you enable/disable the rules modifications when you play online or in a campaign game. Keep in mind it requires the Visual Basic 6 runtime files to use. Also for those of you who have downloaded his E:BFD Mini Mod just extract the zip file into your Emperor directory and it should do all the folder creation itself.

I have had people asking if they could play the game with a graphics card less then 16MB. I do know of a few people with cards below the minimum requirement that are playing the game. Keep in mind they are playing at the absolute lowest graphic levels though and just because it works for some people doesn't mean that it will work for everyone. If you really want to find out I suggest borrowing the game from a friend first and seeing if it works before buying.

Some images to finish off the post. Zul sent in a bunch of stuff about Elite units, from the look of it he really likes them. Those are Kindjal in front with Snipers behind them, notice how the Snipers get stealth when they become Elite. Snipers also get self healing as do the Kindjal who gain about 50% more damage points as well. Two wallpapers to check out, images are below. Thanks to Zadar and Periclytes. The first comes in mutliple sizes while the other is just for 1024x768.

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