Ask Paradox (almost) Anything Thread (no support/tech or code questions)

[SAS]

None. "Going Gold" normally reffers to the master copy being sent off to be copied and boxed etc. Sometimes people complicate matters by releasing a "Gold edition" later with expansions/patches included etc, but they can do that whenever, there's no set numbers they need.

Interesting, I did not know that, thanks for the quick reply.

 

[Golwar]

None. "Going Gold" normally reffers to the master copy being sent off to be copied and boxed etc. Sometimes people complicate matters by releasing a "Gold edition" later with expansions/patches included etc, but they can do that whenever, there's no set numbers they need.

One could add that the expression is based on real gold made media, used to mold further copies.

@ SAS
I'm honestly surprised, that expression has been standard for more than a decade. So did you always think, that all the games sold a fortune already pre release?

 

[SAS]

Silly but I guess I did (with all the digital portals), I always assumed it was like the old record industry, color based on how many are sold. My bad

EDIT: Oh I have been through Freiburg there are hills! but the Autobahn is straight and level.

 

[Golwar]

Hehe, I have that location describtion since HoI2.
At those days I felt betrayed by Paradox! They erased the Black Forest into flat land, but the French on the other side of the Rhine, got to keep their Vosges Mountains on top of their Maginot.

 

[Kallocain]

no matter the cookie I prefer to just eat the dough. but any choc chip cookies are good

+1!

 

[King_Richard_XI]

no matter the cookie I prefer to just eat the dough

Until it makes you sick.

 

[Nikolai II]

Well, Mandelberg is a combination of the 2 german words:
Mandel=Almond
Berg=Mountain or Hill

So it could mean:

a) Hill of Almonds
b) another hebrew/jewish name (like Steven Spielberg; btw Spiel=Game)


a) would be an explanation, if the cookies are made of Almonds
I personally think b) is a better explanation, because it sounds more likely, that both (wine and cookie) were made by jewish creators. Think about the famous name Rothschild, and their famous and very expensive wine.

Um.

Mandelberg is Almond Mountain in Swedish too..

And it is a mountain-shaped cookie with almonds, sugar and egg whites in it, so..

Apparently the "fact" that it is French in origin is a misunderstanding by someone in Wikipedia who read but did not understand this: http://runeberg.org/nfcg/0365.html.
"Suedois" is/was truly the French name for it.
Anyway, this offshoot is beginning to border on the history forums so I'll calm down now

 

[X_MasterDave_X]

Mandelberg is Almond Mountain in Swedish too..

ah ok. Didnt knew that the swedish and german words are similiar this time. Then this cookie just has the name it deserves.

 

[dundane]

I've lost my Hearts of Iron III disc and was wondering if it is possible to get a replacement disc or allowed to download it? I had to replace my hard drive and when I went to reinstall HOI3, I couldn't find the disc. Looked everywhere but no luck! Please help!

 

[Innocent Beard]

My exact thoughts on the CKDV minimap, expressed by someone 6 years before I knew this game existed:

I never really liked the minimap, orange water and grey land always seemed backwards to me...

*Post truncated for relevance.

Just out of sheer curiousity, and only curiosity (CKDV was too good a game to be bogged down by this one tiny thing anyway):

1) Who was the great Paradox mind that decided to go against all history of mapmaking and make the water orange?
2) Was there any solid reason to this?

Did it look cool at the time?
Were computer blue dyes in shortage?
Was it to inspire a revolution in standard map-colors for all eternity to come?
Or was it simply a very drunken night when the poor mini-map decided to born?​

3) How the hell did it make it through all the patching & expansion?

Did somebody at the office actually like the orange water?
Did the Great Paradox Council meet & it was said

"Do not falter men. Let NOT the naysayers rejoice. NO! ORANGE it shall be, for now, and for ETERNITY!."​

or was it more a Half-Sleepy Paradox Council where it was said

"Orange? What? Where? Water? Orange? WHAT? Screw this, I'm going for coffee."​

Again, all for good fun. Read it lightly.
I don't think I had ever seen non-blue water before on a map. It was an interesting, if mind-boggling, experience.

Enjoy.

 

[OrangeYoshi]

3) How the hell did it make it through all the patching & expansion? Did somebody at the office actually like the orange water?

*cough*

 

[King_Richard_XI]

Did somebody at the office actually like the orange water?​

In the civilised world we call it orange juice.

 

[RELee]

in the civilised world we call it orange juice.

gimme the juice!

(dang ol all caps ban!)

 

[SAS]

What does the saying at the end of the Paradox game manuals mean: Forza Djurgar'n? In English please.

 

[RedRalphWiggum]

What does the saying at the end of the Paradox game manuals mean: Forza Djurgar'n? In English please.

I think they are a Swedish football team

 

[SAS]

I think they are a Swedish football team

Odd, its at the end of every manual. Must really like the team.

 

[artfox]

Odd, its at the end of every manual. Must really like the team.

This is our CEO.

The funny thing is that not everybody at the office likes the team. Imagine how some people that likes rivalizing teams feels . (Personally I could not care less about soccer/football.)

 

[Johan]

What does the saying at the end of the Paradox game manuals mean: Forza Djurgar'n? In English please.

Its the greatest football team on the planet. Djurgården's IF.

 

[SAS]

Its the greatest football team on the planet. Djurgården's IF.

Thanks for the answer, hope I didn't start a favorite team "discussion" in the office.

 

[Captain Gars]

Its the greatest football team on the planet. Djurgården's IF.

This is A lie I will never acKnowledge...