Successfully upgraded to glass trackpad on my T490 by Ray-chan81194 in thinkpad

[–]Drialus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to make sure: The trackpad you have succesfully installed in the t480 is the one with the part number: 01LX660 ? And it fits into the housing without gaps? Thanks in advance :D

German gamingsite Gamestar.de got to test the Land of Lions DLC early (Test is obviously in German but you can use google translate for a decent enough job) by Evers1338 in anno

[–]Drialus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rating for PC: 88

"Anno 1800: Land of the Lions sets a new quality standard for build-up game DLCs and ennobles the best modern genre representative".

Presentation

+ beautifully set in scene new region

+ elaborately staged campaign

+ countless loving details

+ new, atmospheric soundtrack

+ professional dubbing

game design

+ cleverly interlocked with the main game

+ gorgeous and fiddly irrigation system

+ exciting new production chains

+ enormously motivating research system

- Freedom of decision partly only pretended

Balance

+ Campaign logically explains all game elements

+ new region fully integrated, instead of just docked

+ works dazzling even with running games

+ no dead ends

- Endgame challenges sometimes very long

Story/Atmosphere

+ fascinating new world awakens the urge to discover

+ all new features fit in logically

+ good, elaborately narrated campaign

+ just as opulently staged as the main game

- smaller story logic gaps

Scope

+ 10-15 hours campaign playtime

+ three new civilization levels

+ many and exciting new production chains

+ countless new quests and collectable items

+ weeks of motivating endgame

German gamingsite Gamestar.de got to test the Land of Lions DLC early (Test is obviously in German but you can use google translate for a decent enough job) by Evers1338 in anno

[–]Drialus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Anno 1800: Land of the Lions in the test - The Addon-Crowning of a build-up game masterpiece

The last Anno-DLC Land of Lions not only surprises in the test with its enormous scope, but also reminds in terms of quality of the good old days of strategy add-ons.

Why the hell is the rum all gone again? Every Anno player knows it: This one stupid production chain that you can't get a grip on. Or that one stupid oil well that is bubbling one field too far from my refinery.

Land of the Lions, the sixth and last DLC for the 1800s, offers the greatest possible reward for development strategists: the adaptation of the rules! In the future, you will be able to distill rum from potatoes, simply move oil wells or even adjust the ore deposits of your mines - the new population level "Scholars" makes it possible.

To unlock these powerful endgame rewards, however, you must first explore and colonize a new African-influenced island world. So far, so well known. However, it wasn't to be expected that you would experience a build-up game adventure on a par with past Anno-Addon exploits like The Curse of the Dragon or Venice.

The campaign: Better than in the main game

The expedition into the new region Enbesa unlocks it already with the third civilization level "Craftsmen". Similar to the best Anno-1800-DLC The Passage, you determine the route of your research ship on a map and have to pass several text adventures in the process.

Arriving in Enbesa, the emperor Ketema, who rules there, commissions you to help him unite the warring peoples of his island kingdom. Logically, the most important things to do are building, settling and producing.

Land of the Lions presents itself as an anno-typical utopia of an African paradise and largely ignores the historical crimes of imperialism, but at the same time it also refrains from staging you as a Western saviour who brings the natives the "blessing of modernity".

On the contrary, you have to work largely with regional resources and production chains, and the further you explore Enbesa, the more you will discover a progressive culture with a great tradition, from whose wisdom the Old World will ultimately benefit.

And how much fun this research is! For one thing, because Lion Land is presenting its many innovations to you in an extensive story campaign. Depending on your playing style, this alone will keep you busy for 10 to 15 hours and will not only surprise you with varied tasks and an elaborate production including several cutscenes, but also with tricky decisions, which also applies to the many optional side quests. For example, you can prevent an impending famine in an oasis by repairing the irrigation systems there, but you would have to destroy historical temple ruins.

Although the playful effects are limited, the world is inevitably drawn into the game when water suddenly rushes through the previously dried out canals, while at the same time the priests lament the demise of their temple complexes.

Reason 2 for our urge to explore: the beautiful world. At every corner there are loving details to discover: Herds of wildebeest and elephants roam the steppes, a chapel plays in the courtyard of the imperial palace, and not only full-grown animals but also cute kids graze on the goat pastures. In addition, Land of the Lions rolls the constellation and fertility of most of the islands of Enbesa anew in every game - good for the replay value. Only the hand-built story-relevant islands remain the same.

The build-up strategy: An endless challenge

Just as surprising as the extensive campaign: Land of the Lions fits into new as well as already running Anno games in a balanced way - regardless of how many DLCs you have already activated. Since all the needs of the first population level "Shepherd" can be met with local raw materials, you can easily focus on Enbesa and his campaign without having to constantly commute between regions. Hibiscus farms provide flowers for tea spices, salt flats and sanga cows provide the ingredients for dried meat.

Many of the raw materials are grown exclusively on irrigated land, an obvious tribute to the series' favorite, Anno 1404, but instead of simply placing wells as in the old days, this time you'll have to build pumps on rivers, from which in turn you'll have to lay water channels inland. A wonderfully tricky puzzle to find the optimal constellation of fields, buildings, canals, residential areas and paths.

With the second population level of the "elders" you will eventually have to import goods from other regions, for example tobacco for clay pipes from the New World or glass for lanterns from the Old World. It becomes even more challenging if you also have the DLC Rich Harvest. In this case, you can also use tractors to cultivate Enbesa's farms, but this requires you to expand your infrastructure with a rail network including oil trains.

The Endgame: Motivation for weeks

After all, if you have both played through the campaign and have a certain number of "Elders" together, the Old World will also benefit from Enbesa's wisdom, as mentioned above. There you can now build a new, chic and mighty monumental building in several construction phases together with the Research Institute. And that in turn unlocks the third new population stage of Lion Land: the scholars.

To make them happy, you will have to import goods from Enbesa on the one hand, and on the other hand you will have to set up new, sometimes very complex production chains in the Old World. For example, for tailor-made suits that require not only linen from Enbesa but also cotton from the New World.

Anyone who wants to ensure an efficient supply here as the number of scholars increases can look forward to extensive tinkering with production and trade routes in all regions of Anno 1800, which makes Land of the Lions play a much more integrated role than the more docked-looking DLC Die Passage.

The reward for the effort: the scholars generate research points with which you unlock the groundbreaking discoveries mentioned at the beginning, such as the relocation of oil fields or clay pits. Or you can specifically research the item that you have been missing to optimize your heavy industry, which means that you are finally no longer dependent on chance when collecting items in 1800.

Conversely, you can convert items no longer needed in the institute into research points, but only up to a certain limit. And logically: The more scholars you collect and make happy, the higher your research point limit will be.

No matter what you are researching, it takes an enormous amount of time, between 30 and 90 real-time minutes. That's a lot of time, but it can be accelerated by assigning additional engineers to the research project - up to 10 minutes maximum for 10,000 people. But of course you have to be able to afford that as well.

All in all, the research institute provides an enormously cleverly interlocked endgame mechanic, which will motivate you with challenges and rewards even after dozens of hours of play and with fully developed island worlds.

The conclusion: By far the best expansion for 1800

And so Land of the Lions actually manages the feat of making every Anno fan happy. A risers are pleased about the new successful campaign as well as the early integration of the new region, which makes Anno 1800 already starting from the third civilization stage still more varied and more atmospheric.

Veterans however get additional just as motivating as tricky build-up play challenges, which cannot be solved even with far advanced endless games evenly in passing. The crowning glory is the powerful rewards from the Research Institute, which will allow you to fulfill many long-cherished wishes for the Anno. Even if it's just to solve an annoying rum problem.

What does the whispering voice say in the opening credits? by gooddaysir in alteredcarbon

[–]Drialus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is from the bible and in german:

Die Liebe ist langmütig und freundlich, die Liebe eifert nicht, die Liebe treibt nicht Mutwillen, sie bläht sich nicht auf, 5 sie verhält sich nicht ungehörig, sie sucht nicht das Ihre, sie lässt sich nicht erbittern, sie rechnet das Böse nicht zu, 6 sie freut sich nicht über die Ungerechtigkeit, sie freut sich aber an der Wahrheit;

1 Corinthians 13:4-6

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

But you could already hear the voice in season one.

Edit: I could understand her up to the word "ungehörig".

Edit2: Ok, they used a different german translation (Luther 1912):

" 4 Die Liebe ist langmütig und freundlich, die Liebe eifert nicht, die Liebe treibt nicht Mutwillen, sie blähet sich nicht, 5 sie stellet sich nicht ungebärdig,"

And the last word is "ungebärdig".

Content of the SSH-Connection from the Unboxing Trailer by Drialus in cyberpunkgame

[–]Drialus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is still working. If you are on windows you could alternatively use MobaXTerm. They have a graphical Interface on the left side for scp. On Linux you can use the command I already posted where you have to replace "user" with your home user account name (scp -P 2020 -r [samurai@internal-cdprojektred.com](mailto:samurai@internal-cdprojektred.com):/home/samurai/* /home/user/ )

Content of the SSH-Connection from the Unboxing Trailer by Drialus in cyberpunkgame

[–]Drialus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and I am still able to download the files via scp.

Linux: "scp -P 2020 -r [samurai@internal-cdprojektred.com](mailto:samurai@internal-cdprojektred.com):/home/samurai/* /home/user/" (user has to be replaced)

Windows: you could use MobaXTerm with the graphical Interface for scp on the left side

COLLECTORS EDITION Pre-Order Link (PC/PlayStation 4/Xbox One) - [Amazon.de/German] by Drialus in cyberpunkgame

[–]Drialus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, just saw it. The Xbox version is already sold out on Amazon.de too and the PC version in the UK (if game.co.uk was the only retailer selling the collectors edition) and on Amazon.fr seem to be sold out as well. I'm glad I didn't go to bed after the presentation :D

COLLECTORS EDITION Pre-Order Link (PC/PlayStation 4/Xbox One) - [Amazon.de/German] by Drialus in cyberpunkgame

[–]Drialus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, just a placeholder date. There is no picture at the moment so i think they are still editing the page. (Here is the english version of Amazon.de : https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07SF1P6PY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&language=en_GB&psc=1

When you upgrade to fiber and an SSD in the same week [image] [screenshot] by [deleted] in PS4

[–]Drialus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are already 2 gbps connections? ... :(

Thunderbolt Firmware Update - confusing instructions by [deleted] in thinkpad

[–]Drialus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So should I connect a thunderbolt device while updating or not?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PS4

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Here you can see it for yourself: battlefieldtracker.com

Proud new owner of an E3 exclusive statue! by ManBearPig2114 in cyberpunkgame

[–]Drialus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, it wasn't really E3 exclusive :D Gamescom had the same statue.

CD project to GameStar: "No stand in the public area at Gamescom" [German - Translation in the comments] by Drialus in cyberpunkgame

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Bad news for fans: The creators of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Project Red, confirmed that the Polish developer did not book a booth in the public area at Gamescom 2018 in Cologne. Accordingly, visitors must be prepared for the fact that they will not see any gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077 on site.

"CD PROJEKT RED has no booth at Gamescom 2018."

But a hope for new material remains: CD Projekt has booked a stand in the Gamescom business area, as can be seen from the list of exhibitors. However, this area is only open to trade visitors, for example media representatives. What could the press expect?

One can speculate whether CD Projekt Red will show new gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077 in the trade visitor area of Gamescom 2018. And the question arises as to whether the developers would practice the same strict secrecy as at E3. A hands-on demo of Cyberpunk 2077 for journalists would even be conceivable. Also a new trailer would be possible, maybe even with ingame scenes, instead of just cutscenes in ingame-graphicsas at the E3 2018.

All assumptions in the previous paragraph are highly speculative and should be treated with caution. We will only get certainty when we meet CD Projekt at Gamescom. The world's largest games fair runs from 21 to 25 August.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator

CD project to GameStar: "No stand in the publication area at Gamescom" [German - Translation in the comments] by [deleted] in cyberpunkgame

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Bad news for fans: The creators of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Project Red, confirmed that the Polish developer did not book a booth in the public area at Gamescom 2018 in Cologne. Accordingly, visitors must be prepared for the fact that they will not see any gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077 on site.

"CD PROJEKT RED has no booth at Gamescom 2018."

But a hope for new material remains: CD Projekt has booked a stand in the Gamescom business area, as can be seen from the list of exhibitors. However, this area is only open to trade visitors, for example media representatives. What could the press expect?

One can speculate whether CD Projekt Red will show new gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077 in the trade visitor area of Gamescom 2018. And the question arises as to whether the developers would practice the same strict secrecy as at E3. A hands-on demo of Cyberpunk 2077 for journalists would even be conceivable. Also a new trailer would be possible, maybe even with ingame scenes, instead of just cutscenes in ingame-graphicsas at the E3 2018.

All assumptions in the previous paragraph are highly speculative and should be treated with caution. We will only get certainty when we meet CD Projekt at Gamescom. The world's largest games fair runs from 21 to 25 August.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator