Distant Worlds

arrendek · 2013-05-16T14:30:44.000Z

Brian Rubin:

I never turned my camera on HOW DID YOU SEE ME GET OUT OF MY HOUSE ;)

Seriously, what WERE you expecting? ;)

LOL, I looked at one of your interviews on your channel.

I build personal images of what I think the personalities I interact with online are like. I’ll only embarrass myself if I describe any of them, thank you very much.

KiloOhm · 2013-05-16T14:33:59.000Z

Erik, you better get it out next week so I can play it over the long weekend OR ELSE I’LL BUY IT THE WEEK AFTER AND THINK NOT NICE THOUGHTS ABOUT YOU.

Don’t get yourself on the same list Brian is on. That smug little red-shirt.

BrianRubin · 2013-05-16T14:52:31.000Z

arrendek:

LOL, I looked at one of your interviews on your channel.

I build personal images of what I think the personalities I interact with online are like. I’ll only embarrass myself if I describe any of them, thank you very much.

Well, I hope my actual self is…better? ;)

KiloOhm:

Don’t get yourself on the same list Brian is on. That smug little red-shirt.

Dude, I only wear black shirts. They’re slimming.

KevinC · 2013-05-16T15:04:32.000Z

I always pictured Brian typing from the cockpit of a TIE fighter.

BrianRubin · 2013-05-16T16:07:25.000Z

KevinC:

I always pictured Brian typing from the cockpit of a TIE fighter.

OMG dude, an aside. So I’m watching deanco do a stream of Euro Truck Sim 2 on Twitch, and we’re talking about me doing some of my own, and he says I should get a helmet to do them. I think it’s hilarious, so I start doing research. Then, your comment comes up, so I look and boom.

http://www.trendtimes.com/tie-fighter-helmet.html

Sold

BrianRubin · 2013-05-16T20:23:43.000Z

Hey guys, I’ve finally got my preview of Shadows up. :)

Space Game Junkie – 16 May 13

Distant Worlds: Shadows - Here There Be Pirates (and Love) | Space Game Junkie

Back in January, I got a PM on Matrix Games’ forum asking if I wanted into the beta for Distant Worlds: Shadows, the third expansion for what’s become my favorite space 4X games (and one of my favorite games period). I would’ve been excited at the...

I hope y’all enjoy it. :)

Kelan · 2013-05-17T03:37:32.000Z

Good read, Brian. Looking forward to trying it out soon.

You totally need to learn how to manage your economy, though :P. How come you are always in the red? :)

Canuck · 2013-05-17T04:33:58.000Z

Know what would sell me? A standalone expansion. What wouldn’t sell me-anything else.

BrianRubin · 2013-05-17T05:34:11.000Z

Kelan:

Good read, Brian. Looking forward to trying it out soon.

You totally need to learn how to manage your economy, though :P. How come you are always in the red? :)

Because I’m a crappy pirate. ;-) I do better as an empire. ;-)

Profanicus · 2013-05-17T05:43:10.000Z

Christoph:

Can you give a short comment on the interface scaling. There was one screenshot posted on the official forum a while ago, but it only scaled the lower left part of the interface. Can every text box/informational part be scaled or is this a global setting?

This has been a long time coming - maybe I can now comfortably play the game in native res with this expansion!

My understanding, gleaned from the Matrix forums, is that this is a toggle between two sizes, for the selection box area and ground combat view only. There was the possibility of adding scaling for the empire navigation sidebar as well, but it looks like that didn’t make it.

tylertoo · 2013-05-20T12:07:30.000Z

In lieu of Erik posting this, I will copy and paste his latest from the DW forum on the pending release of Shadows:

Yes, we’re aiming for a release on Thursday [5/23], we should have the gold master into the store QA process tomorrow morning, so barring any problems we should be able to release early on Thursday.

We’re in US Eastern time, I’d guess the release will be before noon in that time zone.

Can’t share the promotion details yet, but I think just about everyone will be happy with it.

BrianRubin · 2013-05-20T12:11:32.000Z

Squee.

tylertoo · 2013-05-20T12:22:24.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Squee.

How dare you squee! You’ve already been playing it!

Also, posted a few days ago by Erik:

…automated [ship] design is much, much improved both in terms of the starting templates and the way the AI optimizes for size.

jpinard · 2013-05-20T12:34:20.000Z

This Thursday?! Sweet!

BrianRubin · 2013-05-20T14:32:26.000Z

tylertoo:

How dare you squee! You’ve already been playing it!

And think of how much I wish to share in the joy that Shadows brings. :)

jpinard · 2013-05-20T16:36:27.000Z

OK, read your preview - very nice. But I’m disappointed there’s no interface scaling on the left side. I really thought they’d add at least one size for high resolutions.

Erik Rutins - is this a question of programming or graphics? If its graphics, I will gladly make all new buttons for higher-res that will look even better than the originals if you’d put them in. Free of course.

zx81-Amd64 · 2013-05-21T04:48:58.000Z

KevinC:

I always pictured Brian typing from the cockpit of a TIE fighter.

Funnily enough, me too, now you mention it. It is a good thing.

BrianRubin · 2013-05-21T07:51:18.000Z

jpinard:

OK, read your preview - very nice. But I’m disappointed there’s no interface scaling on the left side. I really thought they’d add at least one size for high resolutions.

Erik Rutins - is this a question of programming or graphics? If its graphics, I will gladly make all new buttons for higher-res that will look even better than the originals if you’d put them in. Free of course.

I have a pretty old monitor man, so I dunno if there’s any scaling as I’m doing 1280x1040 or whatever it is.

lordkosc · 2013-05-21T09:03:42.000Z

Brian Rubin:

I have a pretty old monitor man, so I dunno if there’s any scaling as I’m doing 1280x1040 or whatever it is.

What? Specs plz, how can you play space games in <1080p?

BrianRubin · 2013-05-21T09:24:28.000Z

I dunno, it’s some older viewsonic LCD monitor thingy, not widescreen.