If you do manage to make it works, I would love to use it and even include it in the mod, if that's all right with you.

A couple of ideas to try to solve a couple of your problems: turn the shard system on (as the main magic power) while the essence is the spell casting power. Meaning, you got infinite mana regan, but each enchantment is like a building that instead of increasing shard gain, it decreases. This will also solve the temples problem since they just give more shards (an existing resource). The problem is connecting essence used to shards consumption, and making enchantments act like buildings. Also, what about the casting skill/research/shard gain system, are you planning to implant that as well?

Hope it'll help you, and good luck.

Brax the Dwarf FTW!

The basic combat mechanic is "rA-rD=damage", where rA is a random number between 0 and the attacking unit's Attack value, and rD is a random number between 0 and the defending unit's Defence value.

But there's more to it than that, and exactly what the "more" is, is evidently some terrible secret the nice little Stardockians have sworn to take to their graves. Or at least, they're the only ones who can give you an exact answer and despite countless urgings to do just that, they haven't yet.

Karma to you, Sir.

I'll be checking on this regularly, that's for sure 

Keep doing what you guys doing, hopefully they add underground regions for underworlds and alot of other things needed to be added.

Sorry for late post.

I am currently in the army, and things are a bit hectic here so I don't have as much time as I have expected.

The current Design and Workplan needs to be updated to reflect upon the changes made by v1.08 (they made the battle system less RNG) and v1.1 (the magic system).

The current priority order:

1. Ability system, both for teaching new units (First strike, Armor piercing etc.) and enchantment. This might require python or just XML, I haven't started testing exactly what can be done in XML and what is needed to be created in python.

2. Rebalancing the city/population and land usage. Currently city spamming is the way to go, and that's a no go. The aim is to make city spamming and a few major cities both viable play styles, probably based on the races.

3. Making a pass over the combat and spell systems.

4. Adding MoM races. MoM races are planned to come with unique tech trees (atleast for the distinct races).

5. Bundeling it all up (Each point will be made as a different mod, though might relay on each other)

6. Moving forward, Implanting and balancing as needed.

I'll try posting the complete ability list (I uploaded what I made so far, but it's far from done as can be seen) by next week, after that I plan to start trying to implant them. If anyone could send me a XML file of a unit ability, it will be greatly appreciated since I currently don't have Elemental on this computer (As I said, I'm in the army- we are lucky I can actually respond).

I believe some of the work is already done by other people and can be scavanged (such as races, thanks to the dragonlance modders). I'll contact any modder for permission before using their mod.

Zard0z, Help will be appreciated. Currently I work on the basic layout of the mod, as it's the easiest thing to do and change. When I start to actually program it, I'll contact you for help.

As promised, here is the ability list I want to add (will be updated if/when I think of new ideas)

Just  to  reiterate Raledon's  offer. 

We are a still-forming team of  half  a  dozen (or  so), folks  from  all over the  globe. Or common `glue'  and goal  is the love  of  Master of  Magic, and the desire to  make  a MOM Elemental  mod  that  is  as  close  to  the  original  masterpiece  as  we  can. Our developmental leaders  have strong  modding  experience, and the  team has  such  diverse  backgrounds  as board gamer  designer, illustrator, to programmer,  musician,  and web  designer. We also  hope  in  have  the  talents  of  an  original  MOM  artist join  our  team. 

We already  have: 

Some artwork  for  the game (though it  is  not  finished)-  see below:

Music is  being imported  and  upgraded (with poss.  additional/original  music for  the  game)

What  we  are  working  on  as  we  await the  big   1.1 upgrade:

Organization of  project.

Scripting  development.

A MOM Elemental  Website  and  FTP/Wiki page

If you  are  a  serious  modder,  who  can program,  script, build in  3d, draw,  etc.  who  has  a love  for  the  classic  Master of  Magic  game,   Please  check out:    http://www.ultimateelemental.com/forums/13-master-of-magic-mod.html  and  contact:     Ultadmin, Larienna, or  even  me  if  you  want.

Work-in-progress  artwork  (this  is  NOT  finished)

Cheers,  Lee