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Re: Age of Empires Definitive Edition's pathing and movement

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Post by khedoros1 » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 6:36 PM UTC

owenwil wrote: post #90

khedoros1 wrote: post #82

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And? Age isn't a good argument on its own. If Microsoft committed to providing security updates for Windows 7, I wouldn't see any reason to move off of it. Newer doesn't mean better, in this case.

It literally does if you use a SSD.

That's an argument on speed, not age. My argument on the OSes is that Windows 7 has more desirable functionality for me than Windows 8, 8.1, or 10 do. Despite being older, it's a better system; it behaves more in the way that I want an OS to behave.

Re: Age of Empires Definitive Edition's pathing and movement

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Post by khedoros1 » Sun, Mar 04, 2018, 1:56 AM UTC

paulryanrogers wrote: post #89

khedoros1 wrote: post #79

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Because it's hard to fit a lot of intelligence into the game, when it has to run on a 90MHz Pentium I with 16MB of RAM available. I thought it was pretty good, and more than enjoyable, when it came out 19 years ago.

As did I back in the day. But now I'm older with less time to micromanage pathfinding. And our devices are much faster than when many of these games launched

Well, in general, the rest of the answer to your question is that newer games tend to have better pathfinding, but adding better pathfinding to older games will make them essentially different games. Casual players might like it; serious players would throw a shit-fit. It's one of those "we can, but should we?" questions; everyone's going to have a different opinion.

Now...I don't see why they couldn't have included it as a toggle-able option. I know that I've considered trying to build updated versions of old games, and when thinking about how to do it, that seemed like the best choice.

Re: Age of Empires Definitive Edition's pathing and movement

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Post by Sylos » Sun, Mar 04, 2018, 5:11 PM UTC

artimaeis wrote: post #75

kakaorka wrote: post #11

I hate that it’s only available on windows 10. Bad move Microsoft!

Genuinely curious: what other platforms would you like to see this on?

Why, as a player, would there be platforms that he'd object to this being available on?

Re: Age of Empires Definitive Edition's pathing and movement

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Post by Sylos » Sun, Mar 04, 2018, 5:29 PM UTC

kakaorka wrote: post #11

I hate that it’s only available on windows 10. Bad move Microsoft!

Maybe 0 A.D. can fill that in for you.

It's sort of in between AoE 1 and 2, with a bit of Empire Earth mixed in as well. It was the go-to for people looking for a more modern AoE, prior to AoE:DE being released, and many people still consider it to be better than AoE:DE.

It's also open-source and free.

https://play0ad.com/