Why is A27 a broken version?

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, TheCJ said:

...Im confused, do you want eye-candy or not?

I was just frustrated with the broken AI. I don't really care about the icons. Fix the mouse cursor bug, make Fortresses great again and I'll be good. Or just show the AI how to research them champions.

[Grautvornix]

For me (ok in SP only), eye candy is one of the factors that make the game really enjoyable - unless you get heaps of eye candy trees and only a few real wood resources sprinkled in. Now, that is a bit frustrating. 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Dakara said:

I think you're being negative.

And wrong on most accounts. The AI isn't broken, it just needs a lot of time to build up. It knows how to recruit champions, and it's also a decent challenge for someone relatively new to the game.

The only thing that's really broken is the mouse cursor "lag", but that can be ignored for SP.

[Guest]

Just had a very frustrating game on Latium. The FPS was bad in late game, but the input lag was worse.

I should cap the population size to 150 and see if that helps. I wonder if that will break Petra? Would also need to disable shadows, as keeping them on Low quality is still too much. 

@real_tabasco_sauce, changes from the Community mod helped to reduce the need for siege. Now Barracks, Stables and Arsenals are much easier to destroy.

Fortresses and Civic centers still require siege weapons, but that is by design.

[Guest]

@Stan` @real_tabasco_sauce

The mouse cursor "lag" on Windows is completely gone for me when I play only on the external monitor connected to my laptop via HDMI. If I duplicate the screen, it lags. 

So, a viable workaround is to get an external monitor and rearrange the multiple displays to show only on the external monitor display. GUI scale option can be used to adjust the UI.

EDIT: It is not external monitor, but the scale set in Windows display settings. See below. 

Edited May 5, 2025 by Deicide4u
Windows, not Window

[Fabius]

On 26/04/2025 at 2:00 PM, Deicide4u said:

Strongly agree. Champions should be available only in Fortresses and special civ-specific buildings. Either that or increase the cost of unlock techs.

Civ specific buildings can usually be spammed, ultimately that simply means any civ with them is superior to those that don't have them if this path is taken.

[Stan`]

7 hours ago, Deicide4u said:

@Stan` @real_tabasco_sauce

The mouse cursor "lag" on Windows is completely gone for me when I play only on the external monitor connected to my laptop via HDMI. If I duplicate the screen, it lags. 

So, a viable workaround is to get an external monitor and rearrange the multiple displays to show only on the external monitor display. GUI scale option can be used to adjust the UI.

Could you give the me screen resolution of both this new monitor and your laptops'?

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Stan` said:

Could you give the me screen resolution of both this new monitor and your laptops'?

Both laptop display and external monitor are
1920 x 1080

EDIT: I've found a cause. It's the scale used to adjust the UI set on the Windows side. Check the image below:

When the scale is at 100%, there is no mouse cursor input lag. My guess is that the game isn't calculating the offset resolution (only absolute numbers). Other possibility is that this feature on Windows side is simply buggy.

@real_tabasco_sauce, FYI. 

EDIT2: To clarify, the issue is not whether you have an external monitor or not. Scale set in Windows display settings is what's causing it. 

Edited May 5, 2025 by Deicide4u
Clarification