Several technical questions about SR
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Several technical questions about SR
Hello, so I was wandering, what do these settings mean?
"Use hardware mouse pointer", in which scenario would turning it on/off would be better?
"Use hardware vertex processing", in which scenario would turning it on/off would be better?
"video driver buffer fix", in which scenario would turning it on/off would be better?
Questions about in-game stuffs:
"Fortification" "Gun Emplacement" "Military Fortress" - What do they do, exactly? How they differ? Does anyone actively use them in their own military strategies?
"Orbital Telemetry" - what's that?
"Missile Silo" - What's that and does it actually work? Is it useful? Anyone using it in their military strategies?
"Battlegoat Studios" facility, What's what and what does it do?
"Use hardware mouse pointer", in which scenario would turning it on/off would be better?
"Use hardware vertex processing", in which scenario would turning it on/off would be better?
"video driver buffer fix", in which scenario would turning it on/off would be better?
Questions about in-game stuffs:
"Fortification" "Gun Emplacement" "Military Fortress" - What do they do, exactly? How they differ? Does anyone actively use them in their own military strategies?
"Orbital Telemetry" - what's that?
"Missile Silo" - What's that and does it actually work? Is it useful? Anyone using it in their military strategies?
"Battlegoat Studios" facility, What's what and what does it do?
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Re: Several technical questions about SR
Oh, and also, are there any settings in nvidia or ATI control center/panel that can be tweaked for better graphics for Supreme Ruler? I know some of them break the game or make performance unbearable or make it look actually ugly. Are there any that can actually improve performance/quality of SR graphics?
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Re: Several technical questions about SR
WHAT!Kristijonas wrote:Hello, so I was wandering, what do these settings mean?
"Use hardware mouse pointer", in which scenario would turning it on/off would be better?
"Use hardware vertex processing", in which scenario would turning it on/off would be better?
"video driver buffer fix", in which scenario would turning it on/off would be better?
I see no difference on my laptop.
Questions about in-game stuffs:
"Fortification" "Gun Emplacement" "Military Fortress" - What do they do, exactly? How they differ? Does anyone actively use them in their own military strategies?
Fortification alllows your units less damage but has no offensive action. Gun emplacements is like offensive version of the fortifications. Military fortress is advanced version of military complex. The main difference it acts like a city that is suitable for close combat not for tanks.
Personally I build a military fortress to the strategical locations where I expect enemy invasions after you build it you may add 2 fortifications and 1 gun emplacement. You lack air cover so it is advisable to put 6 close combat units like elite guards or commandos and a AA unit. If you do not play on multi, AI has no chance against your defences if you supply your elites from air both with air transport and air bombers.
"Orbital Telemetry" - what's that?
It allows you to build satelite building facilities no idea if it works on SRU but it works on cold war without any problem.
"Missile Silo" - What's that and does it actually work? Is it useful? Anyone using it in their military strategies?
You just build it like any other military buildings it works as a stable, immobile MLRS but you need silo launched missiles and I am not sure if it is broken on SRU or not.
"Battlegoat Studios" facility, What's what and what does it do?
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Re: Several technical questions about SR
I am wondering if it would be possible to win wars with missile silos alone. That would be realistically overpowered and I'd still like that (it is realistically OP in RL).
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In fact you can. If you play with capture difficulty you can nuke all capitals so if all command units dies you can have all enemy lands but it is quite OP and unfair and you should find a powerful silo launched nuke.Kristijonas wrote:I am wondering if it would be possible to win wars with missile silos alone. That would be realistically overpowered and I'd still like that (it is realistically OP in RL).
I just store my nukes as a last stand and I have been playing since 2020 and no AI region could challange me on that point.
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I'm just thinking if it'd be fun playing a North-Korea type of a country. Hated by all dictatorship, but full of nukes and floods of cheap armies
Are the missile silos really useful without Capture victory condition? I always play complete/unity as I don't really want to "win".
Are the missile silos really useful without Capture victory condition? I always play complete/unity as I don't really want to "win".
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Missile Silos are of course very useful but all the missiles designed for them are nukes in my tests with different factions.
Currently I have not nuked anyone but you can use silo nukes on "Strategic Targeting" submenu not sure but may be a submenu of STATE department if not reserve department may be a better option. Satelites are buggy but not sure on strategic targeting. Its menu works in my games but never tried attacking from that menu.
Currently I have not nuked anyone but you can use silo nukes on "Strategic Targeting" submenu not sure but may be a submenu of STATE department if not reserve department may be a better option. Satelites are buggy but not sure on strategic targeting. Its menu works in my games but never tried attacking from that menu.
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Re: Several technical questions about SR
Does the AI use nukes? Any way to defend against them?
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Some says "Yes" but I have never observed them maybe because I always play with high nuke using penalties.Kristijonas wrote:Does the AI use nukes? Any way to defend against them?
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If they're missiles you can use AA to shoot them down.Kristijonas wrote:Does the AI use nukes? Any way to defend against them?
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I deliberately play with none/low nuclear penaltiesAtraphoenix wrote:Some says "Yes" but I have never observed them maybe because I always play with high nuke using penalties.Kristijonas wrote:Does the AI use nukes? Any way to defend against them?
Any comments on the graphic options, control panel/center options or other things I mentioned?
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Re: Several technical questions about SR
I don't wish to open new thread so I'll ask here is problem of firing missiles in proxy war solved?
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Re: Several technical questions about SR
I'll reply in that thread. (not resolved)
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*bump*
Original questions are still not answered by the developers. Very curious how precisely those settings work and which would be best for me. I use AMD R9 380X as my GPU and an i5 2500 as my CPU.
Original questions are still not answered by the developers. Very curious how precisely those settings work and which would be best for me. I use AMD R9 380X as my GPU and an i5 2500 as my CPU.