Magna Mundi: The Game

[Gwyn ap Nud]

crossposted from the Paradox forums.

Yes.


The game to own them all is being developed since October. And we already have screenshots to show. Prepare for a new game using the same design philosophy as the Magna Mundi mod.


Tomorrow PARADOX will make the official announcement. Was given the greenlight to post this because the press was already informed.


Screenshots will be available... when I feel like it. Pretty soon, depending on my definition of soon.

Now, I'm heading for a presentation!



In the name of the Magna Mundi team, thank you very much for your preference. YOU made us level up!

[NONOPUST]

So much for Ubik's constant denials on it.

[King Edward III]

MEIOU up next.

[Musthavename]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Personally, MM is far too cluttered with events for my liking. The actual ideas of it are brilliant, but ubik tries to do too much with what's available. Given a clean slate, i'm sure his results will be impressive.

[NONOPUST]

Your bunny is awesome.

[Dr. Croccer]

Erm, whats Magna Mundi?

[Yoda Twin]

Erm, whats Magna Mundi?

Love it

[Dewy]

haha

So who is up for forming a team to mod MM the game back to vanillia?

[Kanaric]

hate MM

Should release it under the title Saw: The Game as its torture to play.

Also getting tired of Paradox packaging mods as games.

[Musthavename]

Thing is, it looked painful when I played it because I was getting spammed with events and modifiers every single day. Given that he's working with the engine rather than modifying a game, he can integrate all that. It should in theory be a lot smoother and a lot less complicated.

[NONOPUST]

Thing is, it looked painful when I played it because I was getting spammed with events and modifiers every single day. Given that he's working with the engine rather than modifying a game, he can integrate all that. It should in theory be a lot smoother and a lot less complicated.

It could definitely be complicated with MM(the mod), and at first I hated the game. But once you play it for awhile it is insane how awesome it can be.
Something you would take for granted in IN, like conquering Italy as Milan, was a game long feat and soemthing to be proud of. I have many more fond memories of MM than I do with normal EU3.

[Kanaric]

Thing is, it looked painful when I played it because I was getting spammed with events and modifiers every single day. Given that he's working with the engine rather than modifying a game, he can integrate all that. It should in theory be a lot smoother and a lot less complicated.

Hopefully that is the case.

I still think its silly that Paradox is becoming a company that is releasing mods as retail games. With most games in other genres they have a SDK where you get like that for free, like with the Source Engine.

[Valentin the II]

Hopefully that is the case.

I still think its silly that Paradox is becoming a company that is releasing mods as retail games. With most games in other genres they have a SDK where you get like that for free, like with the Source Engine.

Counter strike, team fortress, Garies mod, Day of defeat.... (And that's only the source engine)
If a mod is very popular, which MM is, there is a high chance of it becoming a commercial project. Also, this won't be just a modified EU3 but a totally new game based on the engine.

[Manco]

like with the Source Engine.

Worst example ever

[Kanaric]

Worst example ever

Are you joking? I hope you are.

Promod is free and release through source SDK and its easily the best version of Counter-Strike and its quickly becoming the most popular form of online competition play in a shooter on PC.

I'm not talking about TF2 and garbage like that obviously.

The most quality online games are the free mods to games more often than not. Promod is an example of a mod that uses the full sdk to make a game. Other game mod are either hacked or partial conversions made from lack of an SDK like you see in EB for RTW.

Its annoying that companies want to get every time out of you in this decade for games. All of these mods used to be free, source engine is the ONLY sdk i've seen for shooters that is still like that.

Is Civilization 4 a better example for you? You dont have access to the hardcoded things still in that.

Simple Terms: ProMod is a total conversion of CS: Source using the source engine SDK. They do not charge for it. This MM however is a total conversion of EU3. We will be charged for it. Just like the two other total conversion mods they charge you for. At least TF2 is made by a company with people on a salary. That game is not really a mod but a retail game based on an engine. It even utilizes cell shading. It is beyond a TC. CS:S was the original source engine game. Saying that Source Engine is a bad example is a misinformed opinion considering how vastly different those games are from eachother.

This MM game better be VASTLY different than EU3. Their other two mods that they charge for are almost identical to the game they have modded in all aspects. I wouldn't even call them total conversions. These are all extremely similar to the original game. ALL the source games are VASTLY different.

[Adrian]

yeah I only play eu3 with mmg this should be good unlike hoi3 that was .


The mmg team are fans and gamers I hope they will put out something good good luck to them

[Manco]

Yadda yadda

CSS, originally a mod, now retail.
DoDS, originally a mod, now retail.
Gary's mod, originally a mod, now retail.
TF2, based on a mod.

All your blabbering about promod is besides the question. Do most mods go retail? No, especially not one that's just a rehash of a mod already gone retail.
Does the Source Engine have several mods gone retail? Yes, ergo using the Source Engine to criticise a company (i.e. calling silly) for releasing a retail version of a mod IS about the worst example ever.
Just because they've released an SDK doesn't change that they've released several mods as retail.

[Musthavename]

I'm not talking about TF2 and garbage like that obviously.

I'm sorry but that instantly invalidates all your other points.

On that topic, most of Valves good games were simply overhauled mods! Why on earth is it such a bad thing that Paradox are also allowing modders to go one step further? It's a brilliant thing! You can still play the EU3 version of MM. They've either released or are going to release an HTTT version. What's the problem? The model of allowing modders to actually release a game doesn't prohobit simple modding of games!

This MM game better be VASTLY different than EU3. Their other two mods that they charge for are almost identical to the game they have modded in all aspects. I wouldn't even call them total conversions. These are all extremely similar to the original game. ALL the source games are VASTLY different.

By modding EU3, they had to implement most things as events. Now, they can improve the interface, and intergrate those features into the game proper. It IS going to be vastly different from EU3.

[Ojf]

Is MM the mod that basically makes it impossible to make a European continental empire?

[Valentin the II]

Is MM the mod that basically makes it impossible to make a European continental empire?

*cough* An MMP Empire *cough*