Under CoreUnitStats.xml there is this:

    <UnitStatType InternalName="UnitStat_HealthRegen">
        <DisplayName>Health Regeneration</DisplayName>
        <DisplayNameShort>HPGEN</DisplayNameShort>
        <Description>Unit regenerates this amount of health per turn.</Description>
        <Icon>HealthRegen_Stat_Icon.png</Icon>
        <Hidden>1</Hidden>
        <AffectPerLevelUpPoint>0.0</AffectPerLevelUpPoint>
    </UnitStatType>

Try adding this to your sovereign:

    <UnitStat_HealthRegen>2</UnitStat_HealthRegen>

Mana would first need to be activated in the core file, tested to see if it works, and the modified in the sovereign's file. Not too difficult but certainly plausible.

The Tower of Magi is an improvement that increases mana regeneration by 2.  I haven't actually seen the effect in-game yet, but my understanding is that it effects your soverign as well as your units.

Anyway, it has the following modifier on it (from the file Core Improvements/KingdomUniqueImprovements.xml)

<GameModifier>
      <ModType>Player</ModType>
      <Attribute>AbilityBonus</Attribute>
      <StrVal>A_ManaRegeneration</StrVal>
      <Value>2</Value>
      <Provides>+2 Mana Regeneration</Provides>
</GameModifier>

And in the CorePlayerAbilities.xml file there is the following description block

<PlayerAbilityType InternalName="A_ManaRegeneration">
    <DisplayName>Mana Regeneration</DisplayName>
    <Description>Speed at which all mana regenerates for this nation's people.</Description>
    <Icon>Icon_Level.png</Icon>
    <DefaultValue>1</DefaultValue>
    <UsedAsMultiplier>0</UsedAsMultiplier>
</PlayerAbilityType>

I haven't tried it yet, but it looks to me like changing that DefaultValue to 10 would give you a base mana regeneration of 10 per turn.  I'll try it when I get home from work.  Since it is a Player Ablitity I wouldn't expect it to effect tha AI players.

-Sal

Yeah, it'll just feel like cheating if only the player benefits.

One idea I had is making it so standing inside your influence grants you +1 mana regeneration in addition to the +1 health regeneration it already provides.  Regeneration while you're out at war or whatever would still be really limited, but at least you'd have the option to teleport back home and get your mana back at a halfway decent rate.  Does anyone know how one would go about doing something like that?

If anyone gets this to work, please let me know.

I cannot.

Changing any of the core files doesnt seem to have an effect, need to put changed files into your "\My Documents\My Games\Elemental" (XP) folder. And probably the proper subfolder too. 

I did this exact thing but how I did it was make a new faction, and then I edited the tech trees and made 2 new study items called Clarity 1 and Clarity 2 that they studied to increase the mana regen 1 point for each level you invested in it.

I edited 3 files to get this to work for my new race.

1. First I edited the faction xml file for me it was Faction_DragonBorn.xml for you it will be whatever you name the factions.

I added this to the race file. <TechTree>TechTree_DragonBorn</TechTree>

2. I edited the TechTree_Ammarion file and changed the name to TechTree_DragonBorn.

Also you have to edit the INTERNAL NAME in the file to TechTree_DragonBorn.

Next you add the tech's that you would like to add in the file. Here I put

<Tech>Refined_ManaRegen_DragonBorn</Tech> in the file.

<Tech>Refined_ManaRegen_DragonBorn2</Tech>

3. Next step you have to edit the Techs_Ammarion file and define what these 2 new techs do. I did this by adding this to the file.

<TechDef InternalName="Refined_ManaRegen_DragonBorn">
  <DisplayName>Clarity</DisplayName>
  <Description>This breakthrough gives our sovereign the ability to regenerate 1 extra mana per turn.</Description>
  <Image>FireCrystal_Medallion.png</Image>
  <Rarity>100</Rarity>
  <Category>Magic</Category>
  <Infinite>0</Infinite>
  <AppearanceChance>100</AppearanceChance>
  <GameModifier>
      <ModType>Player</ModType>
      <Attribute>AbilityBonus</Attribute>
      <StrVal>A_ManaRegeneration</StrVal>
      <Value>1</Value>
        <Provides>+1 Mana Regeneration</Provides>
  </GameModifier>
  <AIData AIPersonality="AI_General">
   <AIResearchPriority>50</AIResearchPriority>
   <AITradeToGetValue>75</AITradeToGetValue>
   <AITradeOutValue>90</AITradeOutValue>
   <AIAtWarMultiplier>1.0</AIAtWarMultiplier>
   <AIEarlyBuildUpMultiplier>1.0</AIEarlyBuildUpMultiplier>
  </AIData>
 </TechDef>

And here is what it does:

TechDef InternalName is the real name of the tech and how the computer knows to look for it.

DisplayName is what the game displays as the techs name.

Category Magic says what branch you research in order to learn this tech.

<GameModifier> Means it modifies something in the game.

<ModType>Player</ModType> modifies a players attributes.

<StrVal>A_ManaRegeneration</StrVal> this affects the mana regen outside of combat there is a seperate one for inside combat.

<Value>1</Value> And by how much.

Here are some other commands that effect mana regen specifically creature abilities.

<PlayerAbilityType InternalName="A_CoreManaRegeneration">
    <DisplayName>Core Mana Regeneration</DisplayName>
    <Description>How quickly this faction rengerates their core mana.</Description>
    <Icon>Icon_Level.png</Icon>
  </PlayerAbilityType>

<PlayerAbilityType InternalName="A_ManaRegeneration">
    <DisplayName>Mana Regeneration</DisplayName>
    <Description>Speed at which all mana regenerates for this nation's people.</Description>
    <Icon>Icon_Level.png</Icon>
    <DefaultValue>1</DefaultValue>
 <UsedAsMultiplier>0</UsedAsMultiplier>
  </PlayerAbilityType>

<AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "ArchMage">
   <DisplayName>Arch Mage</DisplayName>
   <Description>Mana regeneration of the Arch Mage is doubled.</Description>
   <GameModifier>
    <ModType>Unit</ModType>
    <Attribute>AbilityBonus</Attribute>
    <StrVal>A_ArchMage</StrVal>
    <Multiplier>2.0</Multiplier>
   </GameModifier>
  </AbilityBonusOption>

<AbilityBonus InternalName="Regeneration">

    <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Regeneration1">
      <DisplayName>Regeneration</DisplayName>
      <Description>This unit regenerates 1 health every turn during combat.</Description>
      <GameModifier>
        <ModType>Unit</ModType>
        <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
        <StrVal>UnitStat_TacticalHealthRegen</StrVal>
        <Value>1.0</Value>
      </GameModifier>
    </AbilityBonusOption>

    <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Regeneration2">
      <DisplayName>Regeneration II</DisplayName>
      <Description>This unit regenerates 2 health every turn during combat.</Description>
      <GameModifier>
        <ModType>Unit</ModType>
        <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
        <StrVal>UnitStat_TacticalHealthRegen</StrVal>
        <Value>2.0</Value>
      </GameModifier>
    </AbilityBonusOption>

    <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Regeneration3">
      <DisplayName>Regeneration III</DisplayName>
      <Description>This unit regenerates 3 health every turn during combat.</Description>
      <GameModifier>
        <ModType>Unit</ModType>
        <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
        <StrVal>UnitStat_TacticalHealthRegen</StrVal>
        <Value>3.0</Value>
      </GameModifier>
    </AbilityBonusOption>

    <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Regeneration4">
      <DisplayName>Regeneration IV</DisplayName>
      <Description>This unit regenerates 4 health every turn during combat.</Description>
      <GameModifier>
        <ModType>Unit</ModType>
        <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
        <StrVal>UnitStat_TacticalHealthRegen</StrVal>
        <Value>4.0</Value>
      </GameModifier>
    </AbilityBonusOption>

    <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Regeneration5">
      <DisplayName>Regeneration V</DisplayName>
      <Description>This unit regenerates 5 health every turn during combat.</Description>
      <GameModifier>
        <ModType>Unit</ModType>
        <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
        <StrVal>UnitStat_TacticalHealthRegen</StrVal>
        <Value>5.0</Value>
      </GameModifier>
    </AbilityBonusOption>

  </AbilityBonus>

  <AbilityBonus InternalName="Clarity">

    <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Clarity1">
      <DisplayName>Clarity</DisplayName>
      <Description>This unit regenerates 1 mana every turn during combat.</Description>
      <GameModifier>
        <ModType>Unit</ModType>
        <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
        <StrVal>UnitStat_TacticalManaRegen</StrVal>
        <Value>1.0</Value>
      </GameModifier>
    </AbilityBonusOption>

    <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Clarity2">
      <DisplayName>Clarity II</DisplayName>
      <Description>This unit regenerates 2 mana every turn during combat.</Description>
      <GameModifier>
        <ModType>Unit</ModType>
        <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
        <StrVal>UnitStat_TacticalManaRegen</StrVal>
        <Value>2.0</Value>
      </GameModifier>
    </AbilityBonusOption>

    <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Clarity3">
      <DisplayName>Clarity III</DisplayName>
      <Description>This unit regenerates 3 mana every turn during combat.</Description>
      <GameModifier>
        <ModType>Unit</ModType>
        <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
        <StrVal>UnitStat_TacticalManaRegen</StrVal>
        <Value>3.0</Value>
      </GameModifier>
    </AbilityBonusOption>

    <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Clarity4">
      <DisplayName>Clarity IV</DisplayName>
      <Description>This unit regenerates 4 mana every turn during combat.</Description>
      <GameModifier>
        <ModType>Unit</ModType>
        <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
        <StrVal>UnitStat_TacticalManaRegen</StrVal>
        <Value>4.0</Value>
      </GameModifier>
    </AbilityBonusOption>

    <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Clarity5">
      <DisplayName>Clarity V</DisplayName>
      <Description>This unit regenerates 5 mana every turn during combat.</Description>
      <GameModifier>
        <ModType>Unit</ModType>
        <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
        <StrVal>UnitStat_TacticalManaRegen</StrVal>
        <Value>5.0</Value>
      </GameModifier>
    </AbilityBonusOption>

  </AbilityBonus>

BlackRain,

Thanks.  I haven't been changing the core files for the most part and then I haven't done it since I was told it does nothing.  I was only trying it because I couldn't get anything else to work.

I have not been able to "activate" the mana regen stat in the CoreUnitsStat file.  So I can change the CoreSovereigns file (the one I have placed in my Users/Elemental/Units directory), but I can't get it to affect mana regeneration at all.

If someone gets this to work, please fill us in.

If a Dev wants to comment, even better.

Seems mana regen isnt an actual thing, ive even tried applying the bonus from the tower to a ring, to no effect.

HOWEVER I have made these:

Included are 3 files, put into the "\My Documents\My Games\Elemental\Items" folder.

Included are:

Mana Regeneration Potion, costs 60 gold regens 5 mana

Mana Ring, Has no effect on Strategic Mana regeneration, however it does provide Tactical mana regeneration. (costs 10 gold)

3rd file provides the "stats" for the mana regen, Ive made it so that your mana regeneration will show when looking at inventory screen.

Link to zip: #Mana Potion/Ring#

**Edit**

Almost forgot to mention, both are unlocked with the "Magical Equipment" tech, one that unlocks first set of magic rings.

**Edit * 

Fixed broken zip, its now a Rar. if this doesnt work try http://www.fleetsofanarchy.net/ewom/ The XMLs are there. Right click and go "save as"

I found that mana regen is actually taken out of the code, take a look at coreunitstats.xml. The code for mana regen is actually quoted out, they added a <!-- to the code which basically takes it out of the code, just remove the <!-- and see if something can be done. I will try it as well.

Good work Tempest!

How did you get the shrines to work?  I can't download the file because it just comes up with a parsing error.

Very cool.  Will test tonight.

\My Documents\My Games\Elemental\Items

Is where my stuff is going ATM, wish they would enable seperate mod folders...

Strange, i just tested them (deleted from folder and redownloaded) and they worked. What Os are you using? did you have to make any of the folders?

Im using stock game with use local and use mods checked, and those are in my items folder. No issues. If you look at the research and click to see whats unlocked by the Magical equipment research does Mage's ring show there? If it doesnt then file is in wrong spot and game isnt reading the files.