NeoWolfen

[quote who="NorsemanViking" reply="140" id="3451406"] Snaking is usefull, but that's not the point. The point is that it's usefull in a very little meaningfull strategical way gameplay wise. It has little or I'd rather say nothing to do with strategical planning that make sense in a strategical gameplay way. To put it another way: It has no opportunity costs attached to it, it's just cheesy. Unestethical too by the way. As you say i

[quote who="Chibiabos" reply="135" id="3451188"] Since snaking to forests to build a logging camp or rivers for a dock is no longer allowed, the only purpose of snaking at all anymore is to put nearby resources in range of your city, and that's kinda weak tea considering your borders will expand anyway, so makes sense to give up on snaking altogether.[/quote] I disagree. I have always found the snaking cities useful for the purpose of tactically blocking

Awesome, thanks. One query If a city name has a space in it do I need to _ it or will it recognize a space?

FAO frogboy. Off topic but..Out of curiosity have you considered doing an FE style perspective game set in your sci fi Gal Civ universe? Something more character, colonisation.. oriented? would be kind of cool.

To begin, not a modder, so any advice please make it as simple and specific as possible, it would be appreciated. So I make a new Faction, determine its bonuses, its look etc.. but in game it they all use the god awful random settlement names unlike the premade Factions which use predetermined list of settlement names specific to each faction. So my question is, how do I with Custom factions have them also draw from thier own individual pres

[quote quoting="post"] 1. How OFTEN do you want to see new DLC? (Monthly, Quarterly, Every couple months, etc.)[/quote] Pretty much depends what is in them, but providing it is something that expands, improves or adds to the gameplay in some appealing or interesting way then frankly I'll buy them as often as you release them.. so every month to two month would be ideal. [quote] 2. What would you like to see our NEXT DLC be? a. Stamps pack (for more

So far I like it no major gripes. Though I still find Yithril overwhelmingly powerful as a faction thier military progression seems to outspeed and out equip anyone elses constantly making any fight with them beyond the earliest turns an act of futility. Love the improvement to outposts definite improvement. If I had to have an "issue" it would be the removal of the ability to place city upgrades where you want. I get the reason was to improve performance and cut

I tend to play on normal difficulty with an Epic progression so a longer much slower game in general. Stability is now something I am very happy with the original games was fun but unstable btu the current incarnation has not crashed once which makes me very happy indeed. With regard to AI my biggest concerns are probably two fold 1. Land Grab.. all the opponents don't seem to focus massively on logical progression and develop of resources and

I don't tend to play these games online vs other people but provided a hotseat (i.e an offline multiplayer option via the one PC) option was included then yes I would gladly pony up an extra $/£ etc to support the addition of multiplayer.

[quote quoting="post"] Still Needed: Unit Abilities: ?- Unit starts at 2nd level [/quote] Seasoned, Veteran, Elite, Heavy, Bloodied

[quote quoting="post"] ?- Better name for a Green Dragon ?- Better name for a Red Dragon ?- Better name for a Giant Black Widow Spider [/quote] better name for a Green Dragon = Valderegiusviridus (latin for great royal green) better name for a Red Dragon = Valderegiusgred (latin for great royal red) Better name for a Giant Black Widow Spider = Araxismatrikari

Hmm lets see Unit Abilities: Unshakeable - Units shrugs off the first spell cast at it to no effect True Blow - The units first hit does maximum damage Familiar Ground - unit gains bonus move while within kingdoms sphere of influence Anointed - The unit is blessed and gains a bonus to resist enemy e

Congrats to the winner, Wasn't what I voted for however, didn't strike me as being particularly heroic to pay/hire bandits specifically indeed it seems quite mercernary to employ criminals. but a vote is a vote and he obviously did get a lot of votes, so congrats.

[quote who="Alstein" reply="32" id="2907328"] Thinking it has something to do with pre-release updates, or the patch that was today. Check those settings and see if it leads to anything. I wonder if it's possible for Impulse to have a function to solve problems like this more easily in the future. [/quote] Wondered if it may be a placeholder for the imminent patch maybe? Either way as i say now the g

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="29" id="2907277"]BTW, that hidden directory is something Windows should make users more aware of. Starting in Windows Vista, developers are supposed to stuff things in there to be "certified" but as a "power user" I hate having stuff hidden away from the user. [/quote] Don't get me started on the woes of Microsoft and thier alien way of thinking this thread will end up many pages longer lol why they have a directory that doesnt show up on a

[quote who="Dewie" reply="27" id="2907108"]NeoWolfen, try closing Impulse and running the following file: http://sd.stardock.com/curthendzell/fix_registrations.reg Make sure to follow the link in Internet Explorer, as other web browsers will not handle the file type correctly. Once you follow the link, save the file and double-click it to apply it. Then launch Impulse and login with your account (same account as the forums) and run Elemental. [/quote] Thanks Dewie that worked and the

[quote who="CrazyC0330" reply="25" id="2906544"] Quoting NeoWolfen, reply 23 I have Stardock installed on my C:\ and I have Elemental itself in the impulse directory on my D:\ I have searched both with read only unchecked in order to see all hidden files and folders and what Carielf is asking for is just not there in either location. There are no other locations on my drives that I know of that have ANY directories related to stardock or impul

[quote who="impinc" reply="22" id="2905847"] I think what Cari is trying to say here, is that no matter where you installed the game, you WILL have that directory on the C drive. It's a hidden windows directory, it doesnt change locations. I have Elemental installed on a different drive as well, but I still have that directory on my C drive. [/quote] I have Stardock installed on my C:\ and I have Elemental itself in the impulse d

[quote who="CariElf" reply="17" id="2905331"] It doesn't make a difference what drive Elemental is installed on. I'm asking you to look in you program data folder, which is a system folder on the same directory as windows is installed. If you can't see it on that drive, it's because it's hidden. Searches also exclude system and hidden folders by default. Also, once you are in the proper directory, check to make sure that the folder is not read only. It's not

[quote who="Tydorius" reply="18" id="2905421"]Stupid question, but when you say "The shortcut didn't create any file by the name you indicated?" you're saying that after you ran the program and crashed out, there were no files, correct? Not that you created the shortcut and went strait to looking. I'm not saying you're ignorant by any means. But I've worked with people that would have not actually run the program. Whether it's through ignorance or just a brain fart, it happens. Also, CariElf,

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="15" id="2904051"] I can connect o impulse just fine, what I can't do is connect from Elemental as elemental crashes before it ever gets to the title screen in order to alt+tab to get to the log in. its due to your firewall blocking it. Elemental and impulse are 2 DIFFERENT programs as far as your firewall is concerned. Allowing Impulse doesn't magically make a firewall exception for elemental and vice versa. Also if your windows firewal

[quote who="CariElf" reply="13" id="2902905"]Did it create any xml files? You're sure you looked at the ProgramData folder? It's a hidden folder. Or if you're on XP, it's C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Stardock\Elemental - War of Magic\ImpulseReactor Please send me the log files if it's actually creating them. [/quote] The shortcut didnt create any file by the name you indicated? There are no xml files in the elemental\Impulse Reactor fold

[quote who="CariElf" reply="9" id="2902335"] To determine the problem, please try this: 1) Create a shortcut to Elemental.exe[/quote] done [quote]2) Right click on the shortcut and choose properties.[/quote] done [quote]3) Click in the target field and hit END, then space.[/quote] done [quote]4) Type /logxml then hit OK[/quote] done, clicked apply then ok but I assume that is what you meant. <br

[quote who="Dsraider" reply="8" id="2902320"] Ummm, firstly what people are trying to get at here is that the connection problem only exists in beta patches. Once we move out of beta it will no longer exist. Secondly the workaround just shuts off the need to connect in betas, if you can't connect it is still probably a firewall or internet problem. Can you connect to impulse normally using Elemental? Secondly, OOM issues are indeed a problem and SD recognizes this. They have s

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="2" id="2902192"] Its not a bug. Its fully intentional that elemental needs to be able to connect to Stardock in order to run the beta patches. If you have issues with this stick to the release patches. Most likely this is user error of some type.. your firewall blocking elemental etc. Once the changes are finalized.. they will release 1.2 which being a full release patch will not require you to connect. Come on...