HPS SIMULATIONS : AUSTERLITZ NOW READY FOR SHIPPING
Warship NWS
march into Swabia to encircle the unfortunate General Mack. Continue
on down the valley of the Danube as you pursue General Kutusov and his
Russian hordes as they attempt to evade your mighty army. Capture
Vienna and press on to meet up with destiny on the fields of
Austerlitz, 2 December 1805, where Napoleon won his greatest victory.
The Sun of Austerlitz has never shone brighter than now as you embark
on your conquest of the forces of the Third Coalition.
Campaign Austerlitz continues the fine tradition of excellence found
in all of the titles in HPS’s Napoleonic Campaign series. The solo
gamer will delight to find over fifty scenarios specifically designed
to give them a tough battle.
In development for over three years, there is a depth of design not
found in any other game on this topic. Campaigns include Ulm, Danube,
Moravia, Italy, Austerlitz, and even a hypothetical invasion of
England. One campaign allows the players to play each of the
historical scenarios. From Wertingen in October to each portion of the
battle of Austerlitz, the historical gamer will be in his glory as he
attempts to defeat his foes on the same fields that saw the French
rise to dominance in Europe. Ride with Murat as he advances boldly
against Kutusov at Schöngrabern or join up with Davout as he marches
to destiny at Austerlitz.
Included are over 60 maps allowing the players to fight over the
famous battlefields of 1805 as well as many in England.
Campaign Austerlitz contains many new features. Here is a summary of
each: Dragoon cavalry which may dismount during battles and fire while
mounted, Weather line feature which allows damp weather to affect all
fire, Indirect fire ability for howitzers and licornes, Abbatis
terrain type, Trench terrain type, Command ranges for corps, wing and
army commanders,Play modes include A/I, Hot Seat, PBEM, LAN & Internet
play. A Scenario Editor is also included so existing scenarios can be
altered or new ones created.
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Quick question : since HPS is in the progress of removing the "cd-in-
the-drive" copy protection from their older titltes through patches
does this new game have that requirement or not ?
As the object of this copy protection removal is most obviously a move
on HPS's part to go to digital distribution, any idea when they'll
officially announce it ? Got a couple of titles I'd be interested in
if it weren't for VAT, S&H and duty.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Warship NWS
a) We do work with our international customers regarding VAT/customs,
etc.. you already know this. ;)
b) As to the CD in the drive, not sure on that one but I woud expect
it would not be part of Austerlitz as they are patching all the other
titles to remove it.
c) No word whatsoever regarding HPS going with DD. Personaly, I
seriously doubt it will happen.
eddys...@hotmail.com
> To Eddy,
>
> a) We do work with our international customers regarding VAT/customs,
> etc.. you already know this. ;)
I know you try, but sometimes it works and sometimes not in my case -
damn' customs.
> c) No word whatsoever regarding HPS going with DD. Personaly, I
> seriously doubt it will happen.
I know it'll hurt your business when they do - but ask yourself this :
why on earth are they going through all the trouble of removing the
one thing which blocked them from going DD ?
Just an idea, but you could offer them your DD services for a trial
(older) title and work with them going DD, before they go looking for
solutions elsewhere.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Warship NWS
> > etc.. you already know this. ;)
>
> I know you try, but sometimes it works and sometimes not in my case -
> damn' customs.
*** Odd.. no problems with any of our other international customers on
this topic.
>
> > c) No word whatsoever regarding HPS going with DD. Personaly, I
> > seriously doubt it will happen.
>
> I know it'll hurt your business when they do - but ask yourself this :
> why on earth are they going through all the trouble of removing the
> one thing which blocked them from going DD ?
*** It would not really hurt us as much as you think. HPS is not the
only thing we offer at NWS plus their prices would still be higher
then ours. They are removing the CD requirement as many gamers remove
"patch" it out anyways - they have been doing that for a long time
now. Very easy to do. This also makes it more convenient then having
to CD shuffle your games. A lot of collectors don't want their HPS
titles dinged up - me included.
>
> Just an idea, but you could offer them your DD services for a trial
> (older) title and work with them going DD, before they go looking for
> solutions elsewhere.
*** The offer was already submitted. Again, I do not see them going
that route anytime soon, if at all. Shipping a 4oz game is not that
expensive and we dish them out as fast as people order them and they
often get where they are going fairly quick.
Holdit
@p35g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Wars...@yahoo.com says...
> Grab your musket and backpack and join Napoleon's legions as they
> march into Swabia to encircle the unfortunate General Mack. Continue
How is it that you always seem to announce these before HPS themselves?
I've been over to their website and there isn't so much as a peep about
Austerlitz. Not the first time this has happened either.
I'll give NWS the business because you asked for it first*. The lower
price doesn't hurt either, of course. That makes two sales to yours
truly in one week! You won't get fat on that, of course, but I'm an
infrequent buyer, so you're surely doing something right...
*Like General Dreedle in Catch-22 who got the medal because he was the
only one with sufficient initiative to ask for it. :-)
Holdit
--
"Madame, they told me you were ugly; they did not exaggerate."
- Napoleon
eddys...@hotmail.com
> In article <ddfe9bf4-7b75-4db6-9ac2-e1c9bf0cd4a5
>
> > Grab your musket and backpack and join Napoleon's legions as they
> > march into Swabia to encircle the unfortunate General Mack. Continue
>
> How is it that you always seem to announce these before HPS themselves?
> I've been over to their website and there isn't so much as a peep about
> Austerlitz. Not the first time this has happened either.
HPS always releases new games on the first Friday of the month. They,
and most other publishers as well, usually have a deal with their
distributors not to announce/sell a certain game before <date x>
Chris Dean is just faster on the ball than everyone else, so he always
announces it like 2 minutes after midnight on Friday. Other
distributors of HPS titles like Store4War only announce it in their
next general announcement/ad a couple of weeks later and the volunteer
who updates the HPS website also needs a couple of days to get it all
updated.
Hope this clarifies it a bit :)
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Mike C
> > > a) We do work with our international customers regarding VAT/customs,
>
> > > c) No word whatsoever regarding HPS going with DD. Personaly, I
> > > seriously doubt it will happen.
Rich Hamilton posted somewhere else in regards to DD. Does not appear
on the radar for HPS at this time. Removing the CD check has more to
do with the problems with various OS. (At least that was the
explanation as I understood it.)
Warship NWS
>
> > > > c) No word whatsoever regarding HPS going with DD. Personaly, I
> > > > seriously doubt it will happen.
>
> Rich Hamilton posted somewhere else in regards to DD. Does not appear
> on the radar for HPS at this time. Removing the CD check has more to
> do with the problems with various OS. (At least that was the
> explanation as I understood it.)
Likely that was part of the reason as well. A lot of older CDROM
drives (especially hybrid drives - CDRW/DVD) are having problems
reading CD and DVD checks and/or media images for various software
titles - its not just HPS, this is happening to a lot of titles
lately. The usual solution is to update the firmware for the drive (if
feasible) or to upgrade the drive itself. However, I do know a lot of
players were asking me if HPS titles needed to have the CD in the
drive and I have seen quite a few posts on various forums about the
topic. Overall, its a good decision to remove the CD check at it keeps
down on the wear and tear on the drive and the CD which is an
important factor - especially for HPS game collectors like myself.
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Makes sense, also : netbooks - a lot of them come without a cd drive
as well and they're perfect for the games HPS makes
But in a way it doesn't make sense - they're in essence removing the
copy protection making what's on the cd the same as what you'd get in
a digital download. So, what have they now got to lose by going
digital download ? They'd have at least $100 more from me, that's for
sure.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx