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Sorry for double post but -

Pre-load is available now on Steam !

16GB worth ...
 
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downloading it now :D
 

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and the Hattori faction is the weakest faction in the game, with the greatest challenge. That said i dont care much for the Hattori faction either but i prefer a complete game. and $45 with extra faction vs $49 without the choice was clear.
 
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and the Hattori faction is the weakest faction in the game, with the greatest challenge. That said i dont care much for the Hattori faction either but i prefer a complete game. and $45 with extra faction vs $49 without the choice was clear.

Hattori Hazo was a vessel of Tokugawa clan. Actually, he should never lead a faction. He led a ninja village though.
 

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im not gonna argue over it there a special faction added for fun it costed less to get the full package then the stripped faction version on steam, it is the hardest clan to win the game with you said you picked the weakest clan i pointed out the major inclinations here. eitherway heres to hoping amazon dosent fuck up the shipping
 
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Ah can't wait to play this as soon as I get home!! ugh!! Now I have to sleep first :( then work :( ugh!
 
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Sorry for double post but -

Pre-load is available now on Steam !

16GB worth ...

awesome!

Gonna try the torrent i grabbed and just stick it in the steam folder.


edit:- torrent works fine, just need to wait for it to be released to install.
 
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Hattori Hanzo should never had have his own faction. Would have been more awesome to have the Sanada Ten Braves. lol And their leader is supposedly one of the best ninjas that ever lived (Sarutobi Sasuke).

The ninja aspect would have been more interesting too if the 4 main clans are represented. Hanzo is Hattori, with a rivalry with the Fuma, while Sasuke is Koga, with a rivalry with the Iga.
 
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Hattori Hanzo should never had have his own faction. Would have been more awesome to have the Sanada Ten Braves. lol And their leader is supposedly one of the best ninjas that ever lived (Sarutobi Sasuke).

The ninja aspect would have been more interesting too if the 4 main clans are represented. Hanzo is Hattori, with a rivalry with the Fuma, while Sasuke is Koga, with a rivalry with the Iga.

Indeed, the Sanada deserves a faction even though historically the Sanada was a really minor clan, but a clan nevertheless.

Sanada Yukitaka, and his on Sanada Masayuki, and even his grandson Sanada Yukimura were all very famed samurai. Especially Yukimura was well praised while Masayuki was known for his intelligence.
 
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currently installing the iso's i grabbed :D
 
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Been playing it for few hours since 9AM.

It's not bad. Still can't understand why Hattori has a clan in Omi, lol
Other than that, clan locations are quite accurate. The game seems to flow really fast tho. It should take a lot more effort to take over a region.
 
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I came home from a chemistry qualitative and what awaited me? Shogun 2 that's what.
It's was worth buying a real copy, which was also £5.14 cheaper than steams price.
 
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I haven't bought a retail copy of games for a long time for PC. The only retail copies have been for Xbox360 and PS3.
 
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Games tough on hard, then again I'm still used to tactics with rifles not with swords.

You have to force AA thru your Nvidia or ATI control panel.

No directx11 support as of yet :(
 
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Games tough on hard, then again I'm still used to tactics with rifles not with swords.
You have to force AA thru your Nvidia or ATI control panel.

No directx11 support as of yet :(

if it's like it's predecessor you need to wait for the dutch to send diplomats and you can trande them for the use of gun powder weapons.
 
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if it's like it's predecessor you need to wait for the dutch to send diplomats and you can trande them for the use of gun powder weapons.

I know that but

1. I was the date in my first game and was at war relatively early against a superior enemy
2. I dont really want gun powder.. going last samurai style
 
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I just realised this is on the back of the cd cases cover. Kewl.
 

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well just got mine installed seems CA really needs to send there programmers back to school,

stuck using DX9 as the game dosent have DX10 10.1 or 11 untill a patch that will be released at somepoint in the next month, and game devs wonder why ppl turn to piracy, god damn im tired of this bullshit all the time. seems its an issue with the auto detection of the game engine apparently CA sucks so bad there game cant even properly detect the graphics cards in use, man these guys need to get the shit out of there brains, lol how do you break something that worked fine in 2 previous games using the same game engine :roll:
 

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well just got mine installed seems CA really needs to send there programmers back to school,

stuck using DX9 as the game dosent have DX10 10.1 or 11 untill a patch that will be released at somepoint in the next month, and game devs wonder why ppl turn to piracy, god damn im tired of this bullshit all the time.

are you ever happy? honestly, i dont think ive read a single post of yours where you said anything positive. relax man!

on topic, the devs made it very clear that dx 11 would be implemented 4-6 weeks after release. pirates arent getting to play in dx 11 either...
 

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yea but i cant even get DX10 or 10.1 because there game engine dosent properly detect my hardware, and there little hotfix which requires deleting the preference file didnt work, meaning i get the bare minimum in terms of graphics settings, now when i get what i actually paid for ill be extremely happy lol, i judge happiness by time spent in game,

Shogun: 900hours +
Rome: 600 hours +
Medieval II: 1000 hours +
Empire : 20 hours lol

i expect to put alot of time into Shogun II, but id prefer a product to function properly. as i expect my system to crash no matter what from gpu load, but it would at least be nice to fully load my system as much as possible, as ive found some games do not cause the system hardlock, if this game dosent hardlock me, ill at least have something to occupy my time. and im rambling..

but anyway

DX10 DX10.1 are un selectable via the shader model option among other things ive checked others have no issues enabling these features.
 

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have any driver issues? i havnt went down and bought the game yet so i cant assist. the devs did say that despite lacking dx11 it should play just fine. people on steam said that it was going to have dx10 but maybe they were lieing or maybe there is some trick to enabling it. hopefully i will know more later tonight.
 

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no DX10 is there, just certain hardware configurations the game has issues detecting properly the recommended fix is delete a cfg file and let it rebuild this hotfix did not work for me

also noticed something else i have the limited edition but my key to get the extra content dosent work. wish BC2 didnt crash my damn rig i really need to just shoot things.
 
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no DX10 is there, just certain hardware configurations the game has issues detecting properly the recommended fix is delete a cfg file and let it rebuild this hotfix did not work for me

also noticed something else i have the limited edition but my key to get the extra content dosent work. wish BC2 didnt crash my damn rig i really need to just shoot things.

i feel dumb but how can u tell if its running in dx10 or not. I have everything maxxed and am forcing AA thru the control panel. Is it the shaders option?
 

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in the graphics options go to shader model

3.0 = dx9
4.0 = DX10
4.1 = DX10.1
5.0 = DX11

if your stuck on DX9 with no aa try the following

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/9632-AUTO-DETECTION-ISSUE-How-to-fix
it didnt work for me but it does work for most others

Shader model 4.0 4.1 and 5.0 allow MSAA via ingame options among other things that improve quality so in general im fairly pissed that CA again released a half assed product at full price. Its getting old fast.
 
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http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TPUShogun

JOIN IT and then set it as your clan in multiplayer. (Any mods who join.. rhino.. send me a message with ur steam name and ill give u an admin spot.)

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and im stuck at shader model 3? is anyone able to get 4 or 4.1 or is that coming in the patch
 
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