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Reply to "If" statements (or the equivalent) in the XMLs, and other questions. in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

Please realize that python access also opens the pandoras box. The modding of EwoM with python isn't easy and bulletproof. Mistakes and lack of understanding of how the game works internally will cause it to crash hard. This isn't like making a Heroes III map or a SC map, where the game has a complete suite of internal error checking to warn you or prevent you from breaking the game as you mod the stuff.

Reply to Rock Paper Shotgun: Stardock Rescind Own Bill Of Rights? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="BlackRainZ" reply="32" id="2730286"]Honestly, after playing version 1.05, there were very few problems left, and none which was making the game crash, etc. There were issues with some of the game mechanics not working but they fixed that in a hot fix. I really don't know what people are complaining about, the release of starcraft 2 was much worse. This game is awesome.[/quote] The release of starcraft 2 was OK man. You always have scores of ppl with faulty P

Reply to Rock Paper Shotgun: Stardock Rescind Own Bill Of Rights? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

People need to realize what EwoM and Stardock is all about. First of all how can you call something complete? Is starcraft 2 complete? Is World of warcraft complete? This is always up to the people managing software design and production to decide. If it was up to the customers to decide, then no game is complete, not wow not galciv2 not soase not diablo, not super mario, not even tetris. Secondly about the stability of the game: I've played the campa

Reply to "If" statements (or the equivalent) in the XMLs, and other questions. in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

[quote who="MrManny" reply="4" id="2730092"] XML is not procedual. It doesn't have to be. The semantics can still be described; it's just up to the engine to process and evaluate it.[/quote] If you're talking about a preprocessor, that takes the role of a procedual language that transforms a document as I stated. If you're talking about including tags like : .. tags .. <el

Reply to [suggestion] - Tell me why the NPC doesnt want to talk in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

If you mose over the button to talk there is a pop up explaining why. Most ppl miss it cause the button is grayed if you can't talk/hire the npc. It would have been better if the npc would tell you this in dialogue. or maybe exchange other resources for their services. But I guess there was no time to do it.

[Suggestion][MOD Idea] Indirect taxing of population in an AI friendly way. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

As per my older post , My idea entails generating gold prom population. I personaly find it unnatural to have big cities and having only merchant buildings producing gold. those peasants sure eat my food! The idea is to make houses give a standard fixed gold income 0.5g or 1g per turn, scaling it apropriately with other housing types. This way even AI housing will produce gold. I underst

Reply to "If" statements (or the equivalent) in the XMLs, and other questions. in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

XML is not procedual. You can't have ifs, loops, cases, whiles, procedures or macros. A procedual language (Python) that reads the XML can make desicions based on the markup text. Now note that you can embed scripts of python inside the xml, but you are completely dependent on the semantics of the procedual code that reads your xml.

Reply to The leveling experience:(poor) I'm soo definitely modding a stat elixir merchant in this game. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I also noted that unit gaining levels get HP but nothing else. The same stands with training more experienced units. Sure my Veteran macemen can handle that mace much better than the rookies, yet their attack values are the same. Also do resistances become better? what about spell resistance and spell saves? do they exists? How can I protect my army and my champions from those horrible spells?

Reply to Attack vs Defence...how does it work?? and some other stuff. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The game is still confuzing regarding this. Also is there a seperate resistance roll? to hit roll? Currently you can't hit for zero damage so I my guess is that zero damage is a miss. Also fractional attack power is counted as well or the roll takes place only on ineger power? My caster with an attack of 0.8 tried to hit a unit with 1 defence. Can I do damage?

Reply to More solid grid in War of Magic Elemental Forums

No there isn't Please also note that when the grid is absent from some squares you can't move there. I would also like to have a visible screen overlay of the passability map.

Please give us an update: When is book 2 and the rest of the campaign comming in? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Title says it all.

The leveling experience:(poor) I'm soo definitely modding a stat elixir merchant in this game. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I always feel that I need at least 5 extra levels when leveling up any hero or sovereign. Honestly, investing essence on heroes is too much! investing extra points for HP is too much, There should be a mechanic to gain essence. Perhaps visiting a shard for the first time gives a permanent bonus of 4 essence or something like that ala Heroes of might and magic. Please just hand out a few fixed bonus stats per level. O

Reply to A question on mana regeneration and new spellbooks in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Since I'm fresh right out of Book 1, Is there an extra mechanic to get more essence in v1.01? Or you just spend lvl up points in it like we did in the beta?

Reply to Awesome game, thanks Stardock (: in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'm also happy with it, but more happy with the huge potential this game has for the future. People must realize that the game as it is right now is just naked. There is potential for at least 4 expansions across many years. I hope stardock walks that path instead of producing EwoM:2.

Reply to [Updated] Elemental Faction Editor -Now with Random Faction Generator in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

I really can't believe that someone managed to build something like that in such a short notice. My full support for your efforts. Yes we can do the same stuff with xml, but this is a game, I write xml for a living, I wouldn't like to do it when playing. However Custom faction editor MUST be in the game regardless of your good and hasty work, otherwise a lot of people including me will be very unhappy and

[1.01 Bug] Land Units in the water without transports, Ships got essence? in WOM Support Elemental Forums

In the campaign I tried to load my stack of doom, on a ship. Sovereign plus groups of archers, groups of hammer men, and some other solo units, including janusk. I was expecting something along the lines "not enough capacity for all units" But I tried cause I didn't know what the transport capacity was anyway cause that wasn't listed anywhere (that's also another issue) To my amazement the stack moved in the water, but then it couldn't move anywhere else but back on land or beach. How

Reply to Getting a refund? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Refund? Are you mad?

Reply to Campaign - Book 2.... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

You mean it's just Book 1? I thought it would be at least 3-4 books...

Reply to Woah woah No more nation creation? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="8" id="2722516"] Quoting endofdayz, reply 7Game had to be rushed out the door for some reason soo... no race creation Don't make me come over there. The beta had faction creation. We decided to remove it and move it into modding where it can get proper treatment. I'm really not in the mood for endless trolling in various thread. Consider yourself warned.[/quote] I understand that you could do many things

I just love the forums on a 0-day release in War of Magic Elemental Forums

... with all the trolls, ... with all the lurkers comming out of their closets, ... with all the whining, What makes the internet go round? It's one thing: Drama. People will NEVER be happy or content with any piece of work, just stroll over to SC2, WoW or any other game forum and have a look. This points to one thing: ppl have too much free time. Perhaps it would be better if the Drengin empire invaded us af

Reply to Elemental BETA 3-C in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Keep up the good work!! But just so we understand one another: You must construct additional PYLONS!!!!! MOAR PYLONS...

Reply to Why is it bad that the Fed is closing down illegal filesharing sites??? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Raven X" reply="45" id="2683890"] quoting posthttps://forums.elementalgame.com/386513 This astounds me. This guy basically claimed that it is his *CONSTITUTIONAL* right to steal intellectual property from game developers. I know some people on this forum go absolutely apeshit on almost anything the government does but why is it in anyway bad that the american government is protecting honest businessowners from pirates? <b

Reply to Why is it bad that the Fed is closing down illegal filesharing sites??? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="10" id="2682833"] Some people depend on the meager income they make from selling their work in order live, and people who illegally post copyrighted material on other sites in my opinion are lower than than lowest life form on this planet. They are the scum of the Earth, and I hope they rot in hell! Wonderful, now how about the guy with the rootkit CD's he can't transfer to his computer without cleaning the crap back out of th

Reply to Why is it bad that the Fed is closing down illegal filesharing sites??? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="6" id="2682793"]If they were enforcing law without being preferential, I'd be happy. What you have in western countries is a rapidly expanding power base in copyright and patent based industries. The big companies have had our politicians bought and paid for for decades now, so they've been steadily expanding "rights" over time. The original intent was to reward someone for an idea by giving them exclusive control long enough to reach market satu

[0.806][HORRIBLE DELAY] Moving a stack of units a single tile takes ages.. in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I got my sovereign and 5-7 footmen units moving around. On each and every single tile they move there's about 1 second delay just before the "step" is done. This happens both on the cloth map and zoomed in.