![]() Greedfall begins with a lengthy prologue, sort of like a massive tutorial island. Greedfall takes this a bit further if you piss off one of your companions for too long, say by bashing the natives in front of Siora, she’ll leave your party forever and become your enemy. Much like Fallout 4, party members will like or dislike various actions or acts of omission by your character. Instead, the team wanted to take the most interesting and factual truths from Europe’s vast feudalistic history, humour and fashion, and incorporate it to make an immersive fantasy RPG experience. Rousseau firmly remarked that the team behind Greedfall weren’t trying to make a game that is completely historically accurate, as we saw with Warhorse and Kingdom Come: Deliverance. They have come to “enlighten” the natives from their pagan ways, despite the ignorant ruling class from Serene wishing to peacefully cohabit the island. Then there’s the Inquisition who, both in-game and in real history, careered across Europe persecuting everyone in their path. Unlike many other games where everyone seems to be able to understand each other, you won’t be able to understand the native islanders unless Siora is in your party. You’ll be able to recruit a native islander, Siora, who is as adept a fighter as she is a linguist. The natives are fractured, torn between wanting to live by the old ways, warring factions, and a sect that is open to moving forward with the new settlers. In an age where many folk wail about wanting politics to be left out of games, Greedfall is steeped in conflict over territory, ancestry, colonialism and religion. There’s a varied arsenal of potions, bombs, firearms and more you can equip your party with, or you could just talk your way out of almost every situation and avoid fighting at all. You can also hotkey attacks and items if you prefer a more fluid combat experience. You can use the tactical pause as many times as you like in combat, allowing you to plan your attack using specific moves or items. For example, if you manage to stun an enemy, this will act as an autocue for your companions to focus on that particular enemy. While you can’t command your companions to attack with specific moves in combat, you can equip them with different gear and set up scenarios to assist you. The day and night cycle can influence which of these options is likely to be the most successful and it’s important to remember that, depending on how you want to build your character, not all of these options will be available.Ĭompanions play a big role in Greedfall and there are five individuals you can recruit to your party, though you’ll only be able to take two with you at any given time. There’s also the option to simply blow a hole in the wall and get him out that way, or you could just pay the man and be done with it. You could sneak your way in by either using a lockpick or stealing the key from the guard. If you have enough charisma, you can try and beguile the guards into setting him free. There are several ways we can go about rescuing him. The skills, attributes and talent trees allow for four or five different takes on the same quest.Īt the preview, we see our hero attempt to rescue his cousin and the Governor of Teer Fradee, Constantine D’Orsay, who is being held in a tower after becoming a bit drunk and disorderly. ![]() You can choose whether you want your character to be male or female and there’s a wealth of customisation options to make an accurate 18th-century version of yourself. Rousseau explained that they hired a linguist for the project to help create a language that was a bit of a mash-up of Flemish, Breton, Gaelic and Irish, so any polyglots out there might hear a few familiar phrases. ![]() The native islanders have their culture and language inspired by the Gauls and Celtic nations, such as Scotland and Ireland. Inspired by colonial 18th century northern Europe, you play as one of many individuals fleeing your homeland, Serene, due to a devastating plague, the Malicor.Īs you’re playing in the colonial era, it’s only natural that the inhabitants of this nation find a new island to call home on the aptly named New Serene, or as the natives call it, Teer Fradee. I saw a hands-off demo of Greedfall in Paris last week and also spoke with Spiders CEO and co-founder Jehanne Rousseau about the history, politics and language in Greedfall, because fantasy games are my jam.Ĭreated by French studio Spiders - the team behind The Technomancer and Bound By Flame - Greedfall is the latest fantasy RPG in its catalogue. Greedfall, on the other hand, takes these fantasy norms and boots them into the sea where they belong. The fantasy genre is chock-full of games with endless fetch quests, bizarre pursuits of pseudo-historical accuracy and beautifully designed but painfully barren maps.
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![]() 5 Metabolically, taurine is involved in: bile acid conjugation, detoxification, membrane stabilization, osmoregulation, and modulation of calcium levels. Its benefits are so broad and extensive that scientists have described taurine as “a wonder molecule.” 9 Taurine is essential in early human development, and low levels of taurine are associated with cardiomyopathy, retinal degeneration, and growth retardation. Unlike most amino acids, taurine is not a structural component of any proteins. 1 Taurine is a major component of healthy bodies, with a 70-kg human containing as much as 70 grams of taurine. As one of the most abundant free amino acids in many tissues, including skeletal and brain, it comprises over 50% of the total free amino acid pool of the heart. It can be synthesized in humans from the amino acids, cysteine and methionine. ![]() 8aurine is often referred to as a non-essential amino acid (technically an amino sulfonic acid: 2-aminoethane sulphonic acid). 5-7 As we age, our bodies typically fail to produce optimal amounts of taurine. ![]() 3,4 Under stress, the taurine synthesis capacity may be impaired, and hence disease states – including liver, kidney, or heart failure diabetes and cancer – can all cause a deficiency in taurine. However, certain diets, particularly vegetarian and vegan diets, lack adequate amounts of taurine. Taurine is often referred to as a non-essential amino acid (technically an amino sulfonic acid: 2-aminoethane sulphonic acid). While I’m in the carpool lane, or watching TV, or waiting at the soccer field. ![]() And now I can “scrapbook”, document, memory-keep, story tell, with my THUMBS. The team at Project Life came out with the Project Life app. I started using the Project Life physical products and completed 5 albums. To me, Project Life is about the STORY, not the stuff. So when I came across Project Life, I was sold. And for me, the photographs are what matter. There often seemed to be so many different papers, and buttons, and ribbon, and other stuff I can’t even identify, the pictures looked lost. And I’m honestly not creative or patient enough to come up with a variety of worthwhile page layouts. I check the “ Sharpen For” box and choose Matte Paper from the drop-down options and Standard under the Amount options.Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be excited about a scrapbooking tool. Output Sharpening will be a personal preference to most. In Image Sizing, make sure " Resize to Fit" is UNCHECKED, and in the Resolution Box, you have 300 typed in, and the drop-down menu is set at “ Pixels Per Inch.” 5. DO NOT check the box “ Limit File Size To:” - if you do, it will decrease your file quality significantly. Your Color Space should be set to sRGB - this is the color space used by photo prints, so it will render the best. In File Settings, you need to ensure that your Image Format is set to JPEG, which is the most share-friendly of the available options. Then, in the “ Custom Text” box, I type in the client name that I want to have added to the file name. So I check the " Rename To" box and choose “ Custom Name-Original File Number” from the drop-down menu. ![]() I like to add their name to the file number that either I or my camera gave the image when it was imported. File Namingįile Naming is something that I typically do when exporting files for clients. Whatever you do, BE SPECIFIC about where you want the photos to go, so you can find them when you are done. You can also choose if you want this new folder added to your catalog or not. You can save them in a sub-folder inside the original folder or save them in another folder completely. The Export Location section will tell Lightroom where you want your exported images saved. For this post, we are going to cover several of them in-depth: 1. The Export Dialog Box has many different sections. Any of these options will work, so choose the easiest one for you to remember. The third way is to use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Command/Ctrl+E.The second option is to click on File from the main menu select and then select Export from the drop-down menu.From the menu that pops up, choose Export>Export. The first option is to highlight/select any photo from your filmstrip and right-click on the image.You can open the Export Dialog Box in 3 different ways: **Please Note: When I say print, I mean anytime you give clients files or send them to a lab or printer to print.Īdditional Note: If you are trying to export from Lightroom Mobile, we have a separate tutorial with mobile instructions here. So today, I will break it all down in an easy step-by-step format and let you know precisely what you need to do to export your photos for print. Let’s face it there are many different settings to choose from and endless combinations of numbers to input. How to Sync Lightroom Presets from CC to MobileĮxporting images can sometimes get confusing. How to Install Presets in the Free Lightroom Mobile App How to Sync Lightroom Presets from CC to Mobile. ![]() ![]() How to Install Presets in the Free Lightroom Mobile App. Their rifles were ready, leaning up against the trench wall and fire step. They had been huddled down behind the forward wall, facing east. Of the original 164 men, only 73 were still alive on the morning of June 23. ![]() But worse was to come for the men of 3 Company. Direct hits by mortars collapsed the trench walls and killed and maimed scores in an instant. Whole stretches of the trench were immolated by successive concussions. ![]() It was obvious the Germans were determined to kill them all. A series of bitter battles unfolded as the Germans chipped away at French defenses on the high ground on the east bank of the Meuse River.īy that time, the French battalions had been under fire for two solid weeks. French infantry comes under intense artillery fire as the Germans grind away at fortified enemy positions in spring 1916. More valiant defenders were blasted and shredded in an instant. Every day, deadly barrages fell on the French. There was no point in trying to see what was happening, and certainly it would be useless to shoot back with rifles. The explosions split their world with stunning noise that made their ears ring. Every blast seemed to be right on top of them. Towering fountains of dirt and flame erupted into the sky, turning the air into a haze of brown and gray dust and smoke. The ground around the huddled soldiers shook with dozens, then hundreds, then thousands of detonations. The Germans were beginning their prefatory bombardment, just as they had done in February when they had hammered the French positions with nearly a million shells. Then several dozen sharp bangs split the air. Shortly after sunrise a series of deep booms, like distant thunder rumbled over the quiet valley. Only God and luck would play a part in survival or slaughter. Ordered into the hastily dug trenches on June 10, the officers tried to place their companies to minimize the effects of a direct hit. They were very exposed on high ground, well within sight of German artillery in the woods east of the Meuse River. The Frenchmen all knew what concentrated heavy guns could do to an entrenched position. They had reliable Lebel 8mm rifles tipped with 20-inch bayonets, and they knew how to use them. They would fight every German who showed his pointed helmet to the 137th Infantry. These were French soldiers, sworn to defend their sacred homeland to the death against the vile Boche. Yet there was no talk of retreat or surrender. ![]() Two battalions of the 137th had been ordered to hold their lines against the German Fifth Army.īut there was little doubt that the soldiers, clad in the characteristic horizon blue jackets and trousers, helmets, and leather belts with ammo pouches, had no illusions about their ability to hold off a determined German infantry assault, especially those that carried flamethrowers and grenades. Their trench, wreathed in barbed wire and surrounded by shell craters was in a salient a short distance from what had once been the most heavily fortified bastion in France, Fort Douaumont. The stink of expended cordite, scorched wood, and rotten corpses permeated the air around them. Instead, the soldiers of 3 Company of the French 137th Infantry Regiment smelled only death on the wind. The weather was warm with breezes coming down from the north, but they did not carry the scent of wildflowers or grapevines. The morning of June 23, 1916, dawned over the broad crenellated valley of the Meuse River in northeastern France. ![]() ![]() They have three children Raven, Zion and Imani. Ricardo is married to his high school sweetheart, Candice. After working as an actuary and co-founding RealMed (one of the largest electronic healthcare administration systems in the US). John’s University in Minnesota on a basketball scholarship. He grew up in Nassau, Bahamas and attended St. He is the Vice Chairman for Water For Life Global. He was the former CEO of the Continental Basketball Association, founded in 1946 and the former developmental league for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Richardson has co-founded publicly traded companies focusing in capital finance, business management and nutritional science. Ricardo Richardson is an international speaker, author and entrepreneur. Awesome job & looking forward to the book tour!! About the Author “.let me say "thank you" for an awesome inspiration & the words touching me down to the core!! Woke up, grabbed the book & just finished. ![]() Any Way You Slice It will help you go to the core to discover biblical truth about your life’s meaning-to unlock new vision and to experience God’s powerful provision for the purpose-filled life he planted within you. If you’re focusing on building your reputation instead of confirming your identity, you’re missing out on the choicest fruit. Ricardo points out that, while your reputation is what others think about you, your identity is what God, your Creator, knows about you. You’ll find joy in discovery, as you learn to peel away your narrow preconceptions so your Creator can reveal what He had in mind for your life all along. And it was God’s good pleasure to plant the seeds of your unique purpose deep within you. But Ricardo has some sweet, juicy news to share: You are no accident you were not born by chance. In Any Way You Slice It, author Ricardo Richardson confirms that looking to creation for fulfillment will never satisfy. Richardsonĭo you ever feel trapped, frustrated or empty? Have you been searching-unsuccessfully-for happiness and identity in your career or in your relationships? Perhaps you even question whether your life has meaning. The purpose of one’s life is like a parable hidden in created man that can only be explained or revealed by God, the Creator of man.” – Ricardo A. “Purpose is a gift not to be pursued or achieved, but one that must be received. Getting to the Core To Discover God's Purpose ![]() Try the Cleanstreak ™ Magic Cloths and If you do not love or are not satisfied for whatever reason, we will send a replacement or will refund your money back. ![]() there are few things nicer than the smell of freshly laundered clothes. We are giving a 30 day risk free period! We are confident you will love them. Lidl GB believes that cleaning and household products should be cruelty free. The best window cleaning cloths wash, dry, and polish your windows without adding additional cleaners or streaks. No matter where you are located we will deliver your Magic cloths in a timely manner with from our warehouse for FREE. 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It features a series of missions set between the events of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2, new items, new maps and the option to play the game using either the original XCOM: Enemy Unknown's soundtrack or an all-new soundtrack based on X-COM: UFO Defense, the first game of the original X-COM series. Tactical Legacy Pack Īn add on for the game called "Tactical Legacy Pack" was released on October 9, 2018. War of the Chosen was announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017. ![]() One of them, the Templars, notice the glow coming from the sea and points out that a new conflict will soon begin. After the Elders are defeated, a new cutscene after the original ending shows the three new factions emerging from the shadows. The final mission also remains the same, except that each Chosen who was not killed permanently will appear to fight the Commander's avatar and his forces. Should XCOM successfully locate and destroy a Chosen's stronghold, they are destroyed permanently. ![]() Despite being killed in battle, each Chosen is revived and returns to attack on a later occasion. As the game progresses, XCOM is occasionally attacked by the Chosen, three elite alien warriors with orders from the Elders to recapture the commander. One of them introduces three factions who also oppose the alien occupation the Spokesman orders the commander to join forces with them to bolster the resistance's efforts. The plot remains mostly unchanged from the original game except from a few cutscenes. Six of the voice actors new in the expansion are known for their roles on Star Trek: The Next Generation: Denise Crosby, John de Lancie, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, Dwight Schultz, and Marina Sirtis. Other new features include a daily challenge mode, as well as the ability to create posters featuring your custom characters that will appear inside the game world. The expansion also adds a neutrally-aligned zombie-like enemy type called the Lost, former humans created during the invasion that will attack both ADVENT and XCOM in battle, along with new ADVENT units with exclusive abilities. For research, breakthroughs and inspirations are made to increase the speed that researchers work at, sometimes instantly being able to complete a project. Other new features include a revamped strategic layer and the "Bond" system, in which pairs of soldiers develop special abilities that are accessible when both are deployed during a mission, however, when a bonded soldier is killed, their partner may temporarily enter a "berserk mode", ignoring any player orders and attacking targets at random, or they may panic, becoming uncontrollable and fleeing from battle. Each faction also provides covert ops missions in which soldiers can be deployed to obtain extra resources, delay the Avatar project, or gather info about the Chosen's strongholds, as well as other benefits. The game also introduces three rebel factions that antagonize each other, but grant special hero classes once their allegiance is earned the Reapers, specialized in sniping and stealth, the Templars, who employ unique psionic abilities, and the Skirmishers, former ADVENT soldiers with exclusive equipment and tactics. The Chosen continue to appear occasionally during missions even after being defeated, and can only be killed for good once their base is destroyed as well. As the game progresses, the Chosen gain new exclusive abilities over time, and eventually become able to launch a direct attack on the Avenger. ![]() The expansion introduces a new set of enemy aliens called the Chosen, three elite alien-human hybrid warriors tasked by the Elders to defeat XCOM and recapture the Commander: the Assassin, who relies on stealth and melee attacks the Hunter, who uses a long range rifle that fires bullets that track their targets and the Warlock, who uses psionic powers and can take control of several of the player's units at once. The War of the Chosen expansion makes changes to XCOM 2 's campaign structure and adds new enemies, story elements, new hero characters, modifiers, and more behaviors for characters. A defense team known as XCOM must repel and resist an alien invasion. XCOM 2 is a turn-based tactics video game. Versions for Linux and macOS were released on August 31, 2017, and a Nintendo Switch port was released on May 29, 2020. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is an expansion pack for the 2016 turn-based tactics video game XCOM 2, released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on August 29, 2017. However, it also means there is little room for growth with Factorio being a niche product catering to a niche market, the developers need to find a way to pay for ongoing development or move on to other projects.įactorio retails for $30 and supports regional pricing where available.įor those who typically hold out for a discount, you may be in for a very long wait with the developers stating they have no intention of taking part in Steam sales or bundles, feeling they have priced their product correctly, they see no need to offer a discount at any time. Massive Multi-Player Support:įactorio can be played competitively and cooperatively with up to 500 players and offer a headless Linux server client for those who wish to keep their server online 24/7.įactorio has sold over 3.1 million copies, which is incredible and a well-deserved reward for Wube Software, who have poured their heart and soul into Factorio for almost a decade. ![]() Passionate Community:ĭue to its long stint in early access and multi-year popularity, Factorio enjoys all the benefits of a passionate and engaged community, meaning new players have access to a massive library of helpful guides, videos and blueprints, allowing them to import factory layouts shared by other members of the Factorio community. When talking about their plans for “what happens next” following the launch of Factorio 1.0, the developers revealed they had given some thought to working on a sequel (Factorio 2) before deciding that it wasn’t the route they wanted to take, as they had poured everything into Factorio, and except for UI improvements and new content and there was nothing else they could offer players that couldn’t already be found in Factorio or one of its many freely available modifications.Īs a result, Factorio will not receive a sequel, at least not anytime soon.ĭue to thousands of small/fast-moving objects on screen at any given time, some gamers with sensitive eyes may find themselves developing headaches or eye strain, and I would caution players who are prone to vision-related headaches to only play Factorio in a well-lit room and only as long as they feel good doing so. Visuals:įactorio is not a pretty game, and visuals have been sacrificed on the altar of performance however, I feel a game like Factorio does not need flashy visuals, and rather by focusing the performance and optimization, the developers have given Factorio the scope to scale to some pretty impressive levels, including bases with literally hundreds of thousands of components and cooperative servers with over 500 players online concurrently. ![]() While Factorio looks and sounds like something that would only excite the nerdiest of gamers, it has a lot to offer gamers from all walks of life and is one of the most polished and successful titles to exit the Steam Early Access program. ![]()
![]() this file is overwritten each time you start KSP. In regards to support, KSP.log please (Found in the same directory as the KSP executable. Do not, I repeat, do not place the Gamedata folder contained within the BDAc zip into your Gamedata folder as this will cause umpteen million conflicts to arise as the BahaTurret pickle looks for textures, configs and whatnot in specific places P lease note that only the most recent version of BDAc is supported at this time and that BDA needs PhysicsRangeExtender to work properly: Īlso, to correctly install BDAc, first download the latest release from the BDAc releases link posted below (not the source download) and then extract the BDArmory folder contained within the zip file and place it into your KSP/Gamedata folder. We use the built in Github issues tracker to keep record of bugs, enhancements and feature requests as it is difficult to keep track of bug reports and all the great ideas that the community have come up with on the forum (things can get buried and lost under newer posts) If you think you have come across a gremlin or a bug with BDAc or any of the mods we maintain, feel free to post here, however we ask that you also take a look at the issues list on Github to see if your problem has been addressed. I also refer you to our in game KSPedia where you will find a wealth of information on the operation of BDAcīe aware that forcing opengl will result in many shaders showing as pink. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to post here and the team will do our best to assist you The BDAc family of mods were all created by and in his absence, we have taken it upon ourselves to keep the explosions flowingįor anything related to BDAc or mods in the BDAc family, I refer you to the Github link for Papa Joe's Soup (Slightly Over Used Parts) where there is listed download links for the mods in question. See spoilers below for release notes, videos, Github issues and download links Only solution to this is to not use the World Stabilizer mod ![]() Please note that Physics Range Extender and Module Manager are required dependencies for BD Armory ContinuedĪlso be advised that using the World Stabilizer mod will cause problems with PRE as it has it's own world stabilization code we refer to as Black Spell. The old BDAc Forum Topic has been locked by the topic owner. For any past forum posts please refer to the Old BDAcTopic here: I have created a fresh new Topic to maintain BDAc continuity. |