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I didn't notice that you updated the 1st post Flyguy. Awesome job! I like the evil horn.

[quote]An Elemental t-shirt... wow, i would love to buy one. Or two.[/quote] I wonder what would go on the shirt at this point. Just the logo? I was looking at the logo and it is not very high contrast, so the letters would probebly just be solid black on a tan shirt. Sins has that red and black I don't even know what design that sticks up from the words into the planet in their main logo, that is easy to turn into a shirt. I guess it would

AVCHD is an Mpeg 4 based codec though. AVC is used on Blu-ray which is why it gets itself such a high spot. Other then that, I feel your pain frogboy. There is some open-source tools you might be able to use, but since they are open source the UI leaves something to be desired. You're a programmer though, so I suspect you'll be able to deal with it. If you say exactly what kind of video editing you want, then maybe I can help find some good

I have those speakers ^_^ I threw out a large bulk of cables once. It had some old stuff in it that I 'knew' I'd never us again. Then I got stuck with an old TV and I needed all my cables to survive a weekend, but had none of them (actually I was able to manage, but that isn't the point. It would have been much easier if I kept my trash)

[quote]but this seems like yet another one of those areas where providing options wouldn't be much of a hassle.[/quote] and that I think is where it really counts. (I have been frustrated at games in the past that don't provide options when it wouldn't be much hassle, just like making a variable exposed to the UI game creation options, but then it doesn't happen) [quote]Also, I think somebody mentioned this before but geographic weather 'zones' would be amazing. Fo

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="8" id="2000383"]Each faction will definitely get its own spell book. The unique tech trees will ceom from their keep. I'll be talking about how tech works in Elemental in an upcoming journal entry because it's radically different than what you've seen in other games other than, to a point, MOO 1.[/quote] interesting! certainly that will spice things up. So does this mean that we won't be picking out tomes the way we did

[quote who="FlyGuy" reply="7" id="2006234"]Aside the slug that I think it's the most aparent, I managed to see a wolf or tiger and a kind of triceratops. A tiger or wolf is very plausible, there is even the complete spectrum of a big rested tail, leg mussles and what could be the face. Made contours: http://i44.tinypic.com/29lz96c.jpg[/quote] awesome time. Yeah, this is almost exactly it, (though I saw the tail curving around behind it a bit, but its the most vague pa

there hase been this https://forums.elementalgame.com/331361 also called 'unlimited expansion by us and the players' [quote] When someone broadcasts content, Stardock moderators rate and define it more closely. From this screen, players can decide what types of creatures they want, the quality of the submission desired (we will rate the broadcasts in terms of production values as well), etc. These creatures will hav

[quote]Mentioning X-Com makes me worry about the game requiring furious clicking for all combat, but I definitely think a bit of unit autonomy along these lines would help any game like Elemental.[/quote] Oh, I'm sure that part will be fixed. (ok, it wasn't just me. Double-clicks shouldn't be in games without an obvious UI sign such as highlight = 1st click, act = 2nd click) Yeah, I just imagined like you pick a few units then you select an enemy ci

[quote]Assume what you want, but remember what that verb can do to you and me [/quote] (I love that pun. +1!) I feel that its basically confirmed. Sure, it likely is not going to be included early, since frogboy hasn't mentioned it. But stardock has been putting everything through beta of late, and there is no way they arn't going to give the custom-content a stress test as well. (Like luckmann says)

[quote]I think it might necessitate some sort of fire retardant saddle [/quote] yeah, I imagine the saddle, armor, weapons, and person are all magically fire retardant. I imagine that this more common to be used by the fallen since the rider would have to be magically enhanced to survive the extreme temperatures.

yeah... its called a beta. I'm sure that a beta for all that customization stuff stardock wants for the game will be released before final retail release.

So, stardock said that this game is master of magic meets X-com. I certainly can see the Master of Magic influence, but what about X-com? It doesn't really have trading, civics, magic, or even armies (at least not the version I played). You just built bases and dispatched guys out to defend earth. Occationally you'd come to something similar to the turn-based combat we have. Now, I guess the influence X-com has is the fog-of war on

[quote]To use a somewhat more known example: Mage in the WoD. Although the magic system in that is certainly flawed, in many ways you were restrained only by imagination and your mage's inherent power/skill in the fields.[/quote] certainly, WoD is a decent example. Better than D&D anyway. using the less known system was actually intended. I personally like Burning Wheel a lot. better than WoD even, and I wanted to generate curiousity so people might

[quote]I don't like the idea of totally random weather, independent of seasons. It replaces strategic planning with blatant luck. If there's no way to roughly predict the weather then you can never take it into account except on a turn-by-turn basis, which isn't so helpful. Seasons allow you to take into accout chances of weather in long-term planning. Totally random, meaningful weather would be too much of a wildcard for me.[/quote] Yeah, but some people like it that way for some rea

[quote]guys, do you see frogboy's unit creation screen being part of the process of creating magic using units? That's how i'm seeing it. Maybe there is a tab you click to create magic using units. Once here, you *have* to impart essence to create a single unit, then you get to choose spells similar to how you choose weapons/armour but those spells are confined to spells you've researched (maybe a seperate spell research tree that is specific to units).[/quote] yeah, I see it just tak

[quote]I'm tired of the 'wall-to-wall carpeting' of civilizations, as you put it, as well. I want there to be wilderness that lasts throughout the game. But I think that having regions that are controlled by 'natural' (read: beast) beings is the best way to achieve that. Some of these regions could be fairly easy to overrun by the end of the game, but some could remain a real challenge even at the end of a large map.[/quote] of course, that most likely means that many players will 1st

I'd say my fav. part are the capital ships. They provide the most diversity between the races and let me play a different way each time based on which capital ship or two I start using. The levels are generally interesting by design, since for me spinning around in the 3D solar system is quite entertaining. The fact that the games are really long too tends to get me stuck playing, so once I start a level I never want to stop until I've taken the system.

[quote]Is that a... fire... slug?[/quote] yeah, sure. Except it moves really fast (the way fire shoots across an oil slick) My friend actually said she can see the form of a wolf in the flames, after she pointed it out to me, I can see it now too. So I say it can be whatever you want really, if you take away all the flames (which make the eye stalks too) perhaps there is entirely different creature underneath. Who knows?

[quote]Any chance you can share a link to that? I try to catch all the dev journal entries, and I don't recall any significant detail about how essence will work other than that it is separate from mana, possibly never increases during the game, and is required both to make blasted lands arable again and to transform 'regular' units into heroes.[/quote] yeah that is where I sit too. Like, several people around the forum seem to get the impression that the channelers are th

Here is another. I'm a little sad it took me so long, the actual mount itself was done before christmas, but I too a long time creating the background. Mostly because I'm lazy and didn't want to do anything during break, but also because I tried to mimic the style of elemental with the background. as you can see I did a full background. I think the trees look sorta close t

[quote]if you take the GC2 Shipyards as a rude approximation of what Elemental might have for unit creation. I'd be a bit disappointed if it was not possible from the git-go to build a squadron of huntresses, etc.[/quote] you do have a point. In GC2 it takes quite a while before you really have a large selections of ships since you start with only being able build tiny ships. I hope that its a bit faster to get your main unit selection in elemental, Most of my fears

Its true. I've said it before and I'll say it again. [quote]This game should be about casting spells + leading armies.[/quote] That being said, I agree that those two things should be about balanced in terms of time spent in game play. We have all this army customization, but what about our channelers right? What is the 'magic' part of our war of magic? I'm sad we have heard so little about it (though I'm greatful we've heard so much about the uni

you know luckman, we will have to make our own 10x10 or whatever pixal art of a bear head and link it as an image in all of our posts, since that is all it is anyway. Problem solved.

[quote]I got ahold of a copy once, many, many years later. Had no manual. Couldn't really figure out it because I was impatient at the time. Died too quickly too often.[/quote] The manual was nice (I had one obviously) though I don't think it really told me much on how to play the game. I think I figured it out on my own since there were 2 things, 1 - build things in town and 2 - pres end turn. The spells it did for me (it forced me to research them anyway, lat