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Loaded up 1.19f last night & this has happened twice in new game. While in battle with turns left on my side I suddenly cannot move or fight. Cursor works (i.e. can highlight enemies or squares), but nothing happens. When I open task manager a box opens that says Dx call error, and I get the screen that says the program has experienced a problem & is shutting down. Video drivers are ATI most current version. My OS is Vista 64bit.

Wrong! https://forums.elementalgame.com/406147

I play strategic/RPG games because I like being drawn into the world they're creating. For me that means epic pacing and huge maps so I can spend weeks immersed in the experience. If I want a 30 minute quickie I'll crank up a FPS.

Congratulations to all 5 finalists. These quests are all excellent. Very hard to choose just one. It would be great if you could use all of them at some point, after all, according to Frogboy's outline, you've got a lot of games to fill.

Here's something to try to make the game a little easier for beginners. Set the World size to large and the pacing to epic. It sounds counter intuitive but it spreads out the other factions and slows done the pace of the game. It will give you some time & space to build up your civilization using the steps already descibed. Also pick a Sov with Warlord (or create a character with that Job), that will give you 2 Sentinels which are very helpful in early game. You pr

Getting very frequent crashes tonite. Only debug file available. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16706254/debug.err

I've noticed that when using combat spells the Minimum Intelligence criteria is being ignored. My Sov has Int = 15, but can still use Spell Blast (25) and Arcane Arrow (20). Maybe it's just the posted min's are incorrect and spells are working correctly. They do seem high for low level spells.

I really like what you've done with EWOM so far. Hope this helps. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] Been playing 1.1 for a couple of hours with no issues. Crash came at 130 seasons - after hitting end-of turn button. Standard l arge map, custom Sov, custom faction. 5 cities. Only discovered 1 other faction so far. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16706254/debug.err <a href="http:/

[quote quoting="post"]300 turns, no crashes. I'm so happy (the AI is still kinda easy though...) [/quote] Frogboy said 1.1 is in lockdown which means he can't make any changes to the AI until 1.2. Don't worry, the AI will get better.

[quote who="loondenhur" reply="133" id="2844029"]Actually the point is becoming moot, we are now at 1.09v, that only leaves 4 more updates 'till you have to go 1.1. Due to the fact that you will be out of alphabet possibilities. (assuming standard English). So at the present rate of 1 update a day, you will have to go 1.1 on Friday. [/quote] I don't think Beta numbering follows standard English. Think more like Excel. After Z comes AA, AB....AZ, BB>>>ZZZZZ.</

[quote who="Diardiamond" reply="127" id="2843897"] Yarp; played for 12+ straight hours with a custum empire/Sov, on a Large/ max faction/ Rediculous map with only 2 random crashes for that entire time. Much better. I'm still totally clueless as how to go about properly uploading the info for you guys to check... consider me "technically challenged" &/or blonde. Still can't find a thread in the EWoM forums on how do that. If someone knows, please give me the link so I

I've played all the beta's & my vote is that it will be a great holiday gift for all the EWOM owners who never touch anything with the word "Beta" in it. Each beta has gotten more enjoyable & more stable for me. That said I didn't get very far (3 cities) in v1.09u[b].118 before it crashed. Here are the debug and zip files: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16706254/debug.err <a href="http://dl.dropbox

[quote who="Trojasmic" reply="6" id="2838785"]1.1 beta is closed to whiners, complainers, noobs, weaklings, wussies, lollygaggers, and Lord Xia. all others are welcome. [/quote] Lord Xia just has emotional scars because Frogboy wouldn't publicly ackowledge replaying his saved games to learn what not to have the AI do.

If you can't clear that message then the only thing I can suggest is to uninstall the Beta and reinstall. Don't forget you have to unclick "Show pre-release versions" in Preferences (top left corner button on Impulse "My Games" screen inorder to get back to the non-Beta version. It will let you reinstall the Beta (1.09n[b].108) after that, if you want to.

BTW - One of the DEV's must have noticed that it wasn't working. It doesn't even appear now when you load Impulse.

[quote who="the_spyder" reply="43" id="2831623"]Recently downloaded "Update" (looks like 1.09n). now when i go to start the game, it gives me a message saying that I need to be connected to Internet and have Impulse up and running and my firewall is not blocking the game. Then C(lose)TD. So I am Connected, impulse is opened and signed in and Firewall is all AOK with the game. Impulse says there is "Another" update? So I tried to download that. I get (as oth

[quote who="esomonk" reply="37" id="2831436"]I got it to work for me (v1.09n[b]1.08) by simply moving the elemental folder and having impulse detect. The first improvment I noticed is that it stopped crashing. [/quote] If your version number reads "v1.09n[b].108" then you only have the original Beta. I really don't think anyone will be able to download the so called "minor update" (v1.09n[b].109) until one of the Dev's fixes whatever's broken. Probabl

[quote who="jecjackal" reply="33" id="2831358"]I managed to get the update. Here are the steps I took: 1. Update elemental as you normally would. You "should" receive a "downloaded file was smaller than intended" error. 2. Completely close impulse (use task manager to ensure its closed). 3. Reopen impulse. You should now see and updates pane stating elemental's update was paused. Impulse will prompt you to resume the update, click yes. 4. Run the ga

It looked like I was able to complete download after restarting Impulse a couple of times. However it still says that I have 1.09n[b].108 and that a minor update (.109) is available. Now I get message that file size is smaller than expected again.

Same issue here. I even tried uninstalling & reinstalling 1.09 and Beta. Minor update still will not install.

[quote who="Trojasmic" reply="115" id="2826115"]Ecoman, We're getting multi-threaded AI in 1.1. That does not mean there has been any improvements to the way the AI thinks or plays the game. That just means that the END-TURN button works faster. So the AI will still stink. I will still win every game I play on ridiculous. I don't want to win every game I play on ridiculous. Frogboy, please tell me I'm wrong here. [/quote] I think Frogboy a

[quote who="Trojasmic" reply="102" id="2826055"]Unfortunately, the fanboys outnumber the non-fanboys so I won't be able to say much here without getting trounced ... (all the non-fanboys have left the building). If all the "Non-Fanboys" have left the building, does that make you a Bi-Fanboy? (Just a joke, not a personal attack)[e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] I think all us Fanboys agree that 1.1 doesn't fix all that ills EWOM, but it sure looks like a good star

This list looks to have the game turning the corner from Mediocre St. to the Great Gaming Highway. (Yes I know there's still a lot o work to do, but the team deserves a pat on the back now & then). Can't wait to be your Beta slave again (unlike some other people who shall remain nameless).

As a matter of principle I demand that you post something we can abuse properly.

[quote]It's worth saying that the great game in Elemental isn't Fall from Heaven (for those hoping or worried that I'm going to try to make Elemental into FfH). That doesn't mean there aren't ideas in FfH that are valuable here, such as faction differentiation, but this is a very different game. This is about exploring a shattered world, engaging in great tactical combat and building a fantasy empire. Master of Magic is the inspiration here, not FfH.[/quote] Been playing FFH while wai