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[Leatra]

I will give it a shot, and I will let you know if my ancient machine is capable of running Ultima Ratio Regum after I do some testing of said game. Just as a heads up however, these are my computer's specifications.

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It's a Compaq Presario 5320US running Windows XP SP2 and DirectX 9.0c, with a Pentium 4 Willamette 1.5Ghz CPU, 768MB of PC133 SDRAM, and an ATI Radeon 9250 with 256MB of RAM and support for Pixel Shader 1.1, Vertex Shader 1.1, DirectX 8.1 and "support" for DirectX 9.0c. Most of the games posted in this forum my computer is unable to play, let alone install.

I felt my mind slow down just by reading that computer description... HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITH THAT?!

Man, no kidding. The specifications kinda took me back to my childhood years though. Damn nostalgia.

[Leatra]

I haz question!

How will the player character be effected by the laws in a civ he/she is in?

For example, in Mount&Blade, it's more difficult to become a female ruler than a male ruler. Can we expect to see gender becoming an advantage or disadvantage, rather than just a word in your character sheet? I don't think most feudal armies won't accept women and Amazon-like civs won't accept men... maybe.

If the PC commits a crime and is thrown into the dungeon, considering the PC doesn't escape, will the punishment go according to the laws? Maybe, according to the punishment laws, we can get different punishments with different side effects. For example, some real-life civlizations used mutilation as a pushiment. I think the side effect is pretty self explanatory here.

And what about PC's religion? Can we convert to other religions? What kind of an effect will it have, especially when we are in an extremely religious civ?

[Dutchling]

I haz question!

How will the player character be effected by the laws in a civ he/she is in?

For example, in Mount&Blade, it's more difficult to become a female ruler than a male ruler. Can we expect to see gender becoming an advantage or disadvantage, rather than just a word in your character sheet? I don't think most feudal armies won't accept women and Amazon-like civs won't accept men... maybe.

whilst historical accuracy would certainly demand 99.9% of civilizations to be male-focused, I'm actually quite explicitly trying to go against that; female players/NPCs can be recruited into the armed forces just like men can, and there is no position only one gender can take. It's not QUITE the Earth, after all. Well, sort of.

[Rowanas]

Yup, it's Hippie Earth, where all races, sexes and religions are equal and rainbows fly over prancing unicorns with gumdrop hooves!

[coolio678]

I haz question!

How will the player character be effected by the laws in a civ he/she is in?

For example, in Mount&Blade, it's more difficult to become a female ruler than a male ruler. Can we expect to see gender becoming an advantage or disadvantage, rather than just a word in your character sheet? I don't think most feudal armies won't accept women and Amazon-like civs won't accept men... maybe.

If the PC commits a crime and is thrown into the dungeon, considering the PC doesn't escape, will the punishment go according to the laws? Maybe, according to the punishment laws, we can get different punishments with different side effects. For example, some real-life civlizations used mutilation as a pushiment. I think the side effect is pretty self explanatory here.

And what about PC's religion? Can we convert to other religions? What kind of an effect will it have, especially when we are in an extremely religious civ?

so something like getting your hand chopped off for stealing? I like that

[tootboot]

1.5 Gigs. I.. I what?

512x3, perhaps.

[tootboot]

So what does removing fantasy elements mean?  No magic?  No monsters?  No undead?

Technically even having functional astrology is sorta fantasy.

[Edmus]

Lets not think about the punishment for adultery...

If a ruler passes a new law in the country you are part of will there be an alert or similar notification? Something like a kingdom summary(If you pay attention or are an official) on law changes, the royal family and the state of the war(s) at the end of the month, or will it be what you over hear?
I ask because suddenly getting arrested for killing/drinking/public indecency sounds fun annoying, if it was legal before hand and we were not informed of the change.

[Leatra]

I had this idea and I didn't want to forget it so I'm just gonna summarize it briefly before I pass out because of sleep deprivation.

Going to the court before being punished.

And jury tampering.

[Sharp]

I had this idea and I didn't want to forget it so I'm just gonna summarize it briefly before I pass out because of sleep deprivation.

Going to the court before being punished.

And jury tampering.

Doubt there will be juries. Will be judges and kings/warlords. Juries are only for deciding who is a witch! "She turned me into a newt!

[Urist McScoopbeard]

there have been courts since before medieval times so maybe that would be some kind of cool legal minigame or sumthin

[Man of Paper]

The court bit in Chrono Trigger immediately came to mind. Witnesses, and the possible silencing thereof, could make things very interesting.

[varsovie]

F-word the court, all you need is Judge Dredd!

[Devling]

F-word the court, all you need is Judge Dredd!

I AM THE LAW!

[Rowanas]

When people started suggesting courts and laws and whatnot, my first thought was Liberal Crime Squad. Go, download it, get hooked. I'll wait.











Pretty cool, huh? That's kinda how I picture laws and imprisonment to work, with some... alterations.