RavenX

[quote who="MagicwillNZ" reply="19" id="2632120"] Gee, I hope they never offer stock options. Don't fix what ain't broken is what I say. And if you bring in a bunch of people who think they know the games industry better than you get their way, well, you're going to make console FPSs for the rest of your life. There's something about public trading that turn companies into enormous douchebags. I'm not an expert on the subject, of course. Just opinionated. [/quote] If I was e

[quote quoting="post"] when I get back to some future GalCiv sequel I’ll happily steal a lot of ideas from Sins[/quote] So...in other words you're a "Idea Pirate"!!!!! Quick...someone go tell the MPAA!!! J/K :) ;)

Yeah man. I'm waiting for Alpha Protocol too. Looks freaking Amazing. Can't wait.

[quote who="TCores" reply="17" id="2632516"]RavenX, I am fairly sure this is the same editor pictured here: https://www.elementalgame.com/images/Screenshots/Elemental_TileEditor_ZoomedHarbor.png Just set to "Resources" instead of "clumpy plant and rock decoration stuff." [/quote] No, my friend. When Frogboy said the post I quote where he replied to you right here... [quote who="Frogboy" reply="13" id="2632501"] The tile can be whatever you want

Amazing work Tourresh , simply Amazing!!! You are quite talented indeed. Well Done. I'd be happy to give this a shot when you're finished. Keep us posted, my friend. [e digicons]k1[/e]

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="13" id="2632501"] The tile can be whatever you want it to be. I can either use a pre-defined tile ("This is an ogre") or I can create my own custom tile (seen here) and then I use XML to describe what happens (is it a creature, what kind of creature is it, how strong it is). I can also apply trigger tiles (on or around it) that can pop up an interactive conversation. So if I near the above dragon it could have a conversation with me (also desc

[quote who="Sherekhaan" reply="12" id="2632499"]Have you considered a repository for all the fan made mods? It's great to have it collected with a reviewing system so you can access it all in relative safety [/quote] They will be up-loadable and down-loadable through Stardock's servers through the game and/or Impulse :)

[quote quoting="post"] Getting ready for beta 2. It’ll either be this Thursday or the following Thursday. Last week I was visiting journalists on the west coast showing off Elemental so i didn’t get to work on the AI and some other pieces of the game that I think need to be a bit further along before beta 2 starts. The modding tools won’t be part of beta 2 (they come with beta 4 which is expected to start sometime in July). Now, the richness

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="277" id="2632350"] Well as some of you know, after Elemental ships I am planning on taking a sabbatical to get back to my programming roots and most of that time will be spent making mods for Elemental. For Elemental itself (the shipping game) it's important to us that the game out of the box plays according to what our vision for the game is without users having to mod it (it'll be incredibly moddable but we don't want anyone to feel they hav

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="6" id="2632322"]Raven, just never forget: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. This quotation from Nietzsche is very true. I am pretty sure that you will be stronger. Never give up! [/quote] [quote who="vieuxchat" reply="7" id="2632340"]Raven, I don't know you, but I'll miss you on the forum. I don't have time nor enough dedication to continue the awesome gathering job you've done, but know that I'll be looking forward for your – hopefully s

Please keep in mind, my friends. Unless my gallbladder ruptures, it could be another 6 months to a year before I actually get the surgery I need to take it out (and correct some other problems I haven't mentioned). Also those "other problems" do have a time limit to them before they..."break". If I'm careful and the gallbladder doesn't go, I have from 1 year minimum to a 3 Maximum before I'll Die. That's with-out the surgery. When I get the Surgery, then for sure I'll be gone about a week may

Other "Candidates" I had in mind... First off, Wintersong came to mind. Wintersong does a Lot for Elemental. Even though he and I have our agreements or disagreements from time to time, I still like his posts (and him as a person). With everything else he does though, I didn't want to ask him to take on Even More responsibility . Anyway, here's a list of some people I was thinking about. This List is in NO PARTICULAR ORDER</strong

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="6" id="2632322"]Raven, just never forget: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. This quotation from Nietzsche is very true. I am pretty sure that you will be stronger. Never give up! [/quote] I personally Love that Quote, Tormy. Unfortunately, when Friedrich Nietzsche came up with that quote, they didn't know about things like Crohn's Disease. It is a debilitating life long disease. There is No Cure. Some people (who can afford it) can get various

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="3" id="2632312"] Quoting Raven X, reply 2 Sorry for the double post, just had another thought. For Multi-Player, this Idea could be GREAT. I just don't think I'd like it in Single-Player, that's all. Sorry to both of you, but for MP "I will run my Army myself, thank you very much!" You may keep your AI... Just so there is no misundertanding... For MP "I will run my Army myself, thank you very much!"" <br

Sorry for the double post, just had another thought. For Multi-Player , this Idea could be GREAT . I just don't think I'd like it in Single-Player , that's all. :)

My friend, of course I'm not going to Flame you. That would be just plain Un-called-for. I will how-ever say I strongly disagree with this idea. When you say "I believe such a concept would help resolve much of the six points noted above....", you're right. It would. It would also how-ever, in my Opinion, take far too much control away from the player and simplify things to the point of "Why even have Tactical Battles in the first place?". When it comes to Microm

The is a Great Idea , Climber. Should this be " The Way " we go with Tactical battles at launch? Honestly...I'm not sure. I've seen some other ideas ( and can think of a few my-self ) that I like just as much as this one. However ... I DEFINITELY would Like to see a system as the one you describe above to Implemented at Some Time. Either as a game-play feature " type of play " I.E. how Unreal Tourney has Dethmatch - Team D

Transplanting replies from the copy of this thread. [quote who="Orvidos" reply="1" id="2631951"]I'll take a peak through your current list and think about it. No promises. I enjoy semi-trolling a lot, but I would like to contribute a bit more than sideline funny remarks and the occasional idea. Whatever your health problems are, good luck with them, and if you disappear, I hope you reappear soon enough. You amuse me. But again, no promises yet.

[quote who="MagicwillNZ" reply="1" id="2632109"]Geez Raven, is this some kind of Last Will and Testament? This all sounds real grim, but, if you're gonna kick it (and I hope your concern about impending afterlife is an exaggeration), don't you want us to write a rock opera about you or something? [/quote] I'd be Lying if I said it wasn't something close to that, my friend. I gave a some-what more detailed answer in the cross-posting I put in the Elemental Ideas section. You can s

Wow...my friends...Thank You. Do not have too much fear yet, though. I'm still " kicking " for now. There is how-ever a good possibility I might not be here in two or three weeks. I need surgery some time within the next 6 months-year....or I'm NOT going to make it, period. I've mentioned it once or twice before...sneakily, and also to a friend of mine on the Team, that I have Crohn's Disease. This isn't something I like to point out and stressing on. I don't want sympathy

As many of you know I try to keep our ideas a little organized in the " Elemental Ideas Section " of the forums. I do this just to try to " do my part " to help out the Dev Team and my fellow Players. They know where an idea is, and we can see what's come before so we don't repeat our-selves over and over. Without going to into personal details about my health, all I can say is some-one may need to take over in the near future. I don't know " how " exactly

As many of you know I try to keep our ideas a little organized in the " Elemental Ideas Section " of the forums. I do this just to try to " do my part " to help out the Dev Team and my fellow Players. They know where an idea is, and we can see what's come before so we don't repeat our-selves over and over. Without going to into personal details about my health, all I can say is some-one may need to take over in the near future. I don't know " how " exactly

All ideas added 5/29/10 Good work with the input Everyone . In Beta 2 I'm sure we'll all see ways to balance and tweak things and to help the Team make the game more "Fun". This is The Time to be giving your opinions here in the Idea Section especially. We all know Stardock will support Elemental and continually Add to It over the coming year or two or three. They will add more player ideas then as well just as they have done up to this phase. If you want to m

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="251" id="2631805"]I can say post release I'm interested in putting in WEGO and letting people try out the RTS system we put in too. Regardless, I want to write a free Myth-like mod for fun. [/quote] I really miss Myth and Myth 2. Those were awesome games. Correct me if I'm wrong, but, weren't the battles in Myth done in real time? I seem to remember that. I especially loved using my dwarf bombers to blow the crap out of groups of the "fallen

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="18" id="2631680"]Here is a question. How did the TW series handle combined troop types, if possible, in relation to Movement speeds? Did the whole group Move at the slowest units pace? In Elemental, as we have seen, if my SOV is moving at 5 tiles per turn, then I pick up a Hero moving at 2, that stack now Moves at 2 max. This would seem to present an issue when wanting to use combined troop type groups. Mixing Mounted and Foot Soldiers wou