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[Firgof Umbra]

Sadly not much I can report on there.  GoG's had the files, info, and screenshots to push it - they just haven't gotten around to it yet I guess.

[Firgof Umbra]

And the expansion's been launched on GoG!  https://www.gog.com/game/star_ruler_2_wake_of_the_heralds

[sprinkled chariot]

Did new fancy graphics increase need in ram? :c

[Firgof Umbra]

Yep.  Some of the planet textures are enormous (4032*2016, scaled to window size in the GUI).  The texture to pixel density on planets is around the equivalent of a 16Kx8K texture - about 16 times higher than pre 2.0.  That's why you can get so close to planets now and still see tiny details in sharp quality.

[Anvilfolk]

Bought and got trounced. Hooray!

[Anvilfolk]

$5 for bundle with Star Ruler 2: https://www.bundlestars.com/en/bundle/killer-bundle-8

[Shadowlord]

I clicked expecting bundle of wake of the heralds with star ruler 2. Instead, it's star ruler 2 and some games I've never heard of. :V

[forsaken1111]

I clicked expecting bundle of wake of the heralds with star ruler 2. Instead, it's star ruler 2 and some games I've never heard of. :V

They tend to bundle one good game with a bunch of random crapware, so yeah.

[Anvilfolk]

Oh yeah, good point. Had almost forgotten about the expansion, even though the last post was me talking about how I had bought it.

[Mephansteras]

I think I'm going to try this out tonight. Any good suggestions?

[Frumple]

$5 for bundle with Star Ruler 2: https://www.bundlestars.com/en/bundle/killer-bundle-8

Huh. It looks like between yesterday and today they removed it from the bundle. Bloody shame, I had actually talked myself into spending the money at that price. Shouldn't have waited a day or two, apparently

E: Oh, ouch. Apparently any unredeemed keys have been voided, too. Hope no one got the bundle aiming for SR2 and waited a bit before processing it...

[forsaken1111]

Huh odd. I had a buddy who was going to buy mostly for SR2. Oh well

[Frumple]

Yeah, looks like some sort of odd miscommunication between bundle stars and the SR2 folks. Seems like the thing wasn't supposed to be in the bundle to begin with, and there was some sort of snafu (details probably locked behind contract agreements, judging by the look of some of the dev communication about this) that led to the unredeemed keys being voided instead of something more... elegant. Definitely a bit unfortunate.

For what it's worth, it looks like SR2 might be going for about seven bucks within the next week or two, if your friend is still interested. Lil' bit more, but eh.

[forsaken1111]

E: Oh, ouch. Apparently any unredeemed keys have been voided, too. Hope no one got the bundle aiming for SR2 and waited a bit before processing it...

that sounds.... Illegal

[Frumple]

*shrugs* It might have been if it had been the SR2 folks selling it directly, depending on whatever the contract you agreed to to purchase was. As is, more a refund issue. I guess if there was an offline commercial equivalent it'd be like stuff on layaway or in transit being recalled or somethin'. You wouldn't get the product, but you'd get your money back.

Near as I could tell the bundle folks weren't giving them a better option, and the only thing the devs could confirm on their end was redeemed or not, instead of sold or not. So they did what they could, after spending a few days trying all they could to do otherwise. At least they didn't void the redeemed copies, too... apparently that's a thing that's been happening a bit lately, with similar situations.