Unexpected Reactions

[Horacio]

Remember, "Wine is not an emulator", but can do the job pretty well, I expect.

In other words, DI is not as inaccessible as all that, I expect...

They have said that it uses heavily last version of DirectX, that puts it out of reach of wine... for the moment at least

/me prays for wine guys and gals accelerate full DirectX support

 

[Sammael]

They have said that it uses heavily last version of DirectX, that puts it out of reach of wine... for the moment at least

/me prays for wine guys and gals accelerate full DirectX support

The thing is, if they really used the last version of DirectX (10), it puts it out of reach of anything except Vista. And I know very few people who've made the switch from XP to Vista.

 

[Malhost Zormaeril]

I know some people who did, but downgraded back to XP. Regardless, I'm having a hard time imagining that the Game Table will have any amazing visual effects, considering it's basically a glorified battle mat. And even if they do, the Wine guys have some 8 months to catch up, so we're golden, I think.

 

[Agamon]

The DI is starting to look worthy of my $10 a month (or whatever it is), and I have no plans whatsoever of using the battlemat. I would use a DM Genie/DM's Familiar type program though. Hopefully that's in the works (and I can't see that requiring DX).

 

[Raven Crowking]

The DI is starting to look worthy of my $10 a month (or whatever it is), and I have no plans whatsoever of using the battlemat.

Really? What, exactly, makes is worth $10 a month?

 

[Agamon]

Really? What, exactly, makes is worth $10 a month?

Dragon, Dungeon, errata-ed books for starters (much to the contrary of my fiery reluctance to even give it a chance when they announced the end of the paper mags - I was upset, so sue me).

 

[Raven Crowking]

Dragon, Dungeon

I still bristle at the idea of these things appearing online. However, I can understand why some might not worry about the format.

The idea of paying for "errata-ed books" once I've paid for the books themselves, however, would stick in my craw more than just about anything else I can imagine.....Well, at least, just about anything else I can imagine happening due to a game company's decision.....

 

[shurai]

Is that true, with the errata? They're not only going to release it to the monthly subscribers are they?

That would be surprising, and would just about ruin their chances of ever getting a dime out of me.

 

[BryonD]

Is that true, with the errata? They're not only going to release it to the monthly subscribers are they?

That would be surprising, and would just about ruin their chances of ever getting a dime out of me.

I can not point you to the quote but....

As I understand it, errata will continue exactly as it is now.

However, if you subscribe to the DI you will ALSO have electronic copies of the documents with the errata built in. Thus you will be able to look at up to date text without having to cross reference a second source to see if what you are reading is still the correct rule.

Again, I don't recall exactly where I got this impression, so I may be blurring some. But I think this is roughly right.

 

[Raven Crowking]

Is that true, with the errata? They're not only going to release it to the monthly subscribers are they?

That would be surprising, and would just about ruin their chances of ever getting a dime out of me.

No idea, just answering the previous post. If it is true, I think that will (rightly) cheese off a whole lot of people.

EDIT: And, if ByronD is correct, the idea that I'd have to pay to have my books "fixed" is still not something I would endorse. Such a service should depend on initial purchase of the book (via some form of code, for instance, as with software), rather than shelling out cash monthly for it (which rewards bad initial editting and playtesting).

RC