You should know that the "Races of Man," include also the Dwarves. In this game they're called Ironeers. People call them Men because they can interbreed with "the real" humans, and because they don't view them as evil. In other words in this game just because it is a "Man" does not mean it is a "Human." This factoid pleases me greatly.
kyogre12 > But like I said, you have to wait for the AI to have kids to get to 2nd gen, and that can take forever Since waiting for your fellow sovereigns to have a second generation takes such a long time, it seems like a good idea to add characters that can be married to minor factions, specifically to help the kidlings co
Grove's post really sums up the types of suggestions well. Some are good, some are conflicted, and some are impossible. I'd say most suggestions are valuable, either at face value, or as insight into how people are perceiving the game and the kind of problems they want to be overcome. Global resources vs. local resources came out of the conversation about cities being broken. I'm hoping the modding beta will help inform our next round of suggestions to you.
Thanks Grove! They can't hold off on releasing the game for a few months because if they do they'll miss the spot they have reserved on gamestore shelves. Buying a spot during christmas is too expensive/difficult (this comes straight from the Devs themselves) so if they miss August 28th, the game will slip to next year for release. M<a id="ctl00__Content__RepeaterReplies_ctl00__LinkUser" class="hand" title="Click user name to view
We make a lot of good suggestions to Stardock on things they can do with the game. A lot of stuff we've talked about in the community has made its way into the design and they've profoundly shaped the direction of the game. Major changes have been made to the way things work as a result of our direct input to Frogboy and others. This kind of open beta is really unique and has allowed the community to really have a role in the development of the game and Stardock will get a lot of resp
It is reproducible and always happens. Specifically this happens with Kraxis buildings, and all of the first level ones. The easiest way to reproduce it is to turn on and off cloth mode on the turn you designate them for building and the slow fading becomes quite apparent. You can also get the nonfading effect by scrolling out rapidly after leaving the city menu.
The people do feel flat and non-alive. It would be really nice if they moved around a bit. Ideally, if people would walk from the houses over to different buildings, interact with the tile for a bit, and then leave, that would look visually very neat. Even just one or two meandering peasants would really help break up the illusion of each tile existing in isolation. Even if you can't (or don't have time for th
[quote who="saraam" reply="8" id="2673545"]How do you run the game in windowed mode? My game is also crashing/hanging at load and I have to use the restart button on my rig to get out. Here is a link to my main post for details: [/quote] You can also right-click the shortcut on your desktop and add a /w to end of the text in the target field, like this: "C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Elemental\Elemental.exe" /w &nbs
[quote quoting="post"]I am thinking about picking up a tablet style computing device for more portable gaming options. can anyone recommend one that runs windows or at least one that elemental can be installed and played on heh heh [/quote] The minimum screen resolution for Elemental is (LTIC) 1024 x 800. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc
Update: Still happening as of 0805. The having to power off my computer abruptly has finally killed my hard drive and required me to replace it. Excercise caution (and/or always run the game in windowed mode and remove the shortcuts) if this issue affects you!
This one is wierd and it's been around for me since at least the 02x betas. Take a look at the following screenshots: In the first you can see where I "clicked" and tha
As you can see here the first model in the construction phase of a building lingers when in cloth mode. It also lingers in normal mode when you leave the city screen for me. Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. Chip type: A
As you can see from the screenshot below on this ATI machine my screen is still very dark. It is as though a submenu is still open (for instance when the initial book pops up, the screen is set to this level of darkness and blurriness). Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9490) Display Memory: 1024.0 MB Current Mode: 1152 x
I demand your pledge of allegiance, minor! You will serve me well as a buffer state when the war comes. Now return to your pathetic hovel before my mood changes.
XML, I think if I remember the Princess quest from earlier. What are the kinds of things you can define for it? Goals beyond escort/acquire item? How much control do we have with XML, and when do we have to break out the scripting?
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="4" id="2671651"]Thanks for the kind words. Usually, you only get to see how close something comes to disaster in some later memoir on the making of a game or a movie or novel or what have you. We prefer that users get to see just how close a given project came to making tragic mistakes only to have some great stuff wrap together in the end. [/quote] I'm glad you guys have the freedom to explore new options and expe
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="23" id="2671012"]The modding tools are good. But the main thing is that just that so much is data driven (XML based). In GalCiv, it was almost completely hard-coded. [/quote] How is the API for scripting coming along?
[quote quoting="post"]If I could, I'd cancel the modding beta. So when modding starts, please don't think less of me. I am not a real game designer like Chris Taylor or Will Wright. I'm a gamer who likes to code AI. The limitations in our games (galciv included) are typically the result of a lack of imagination in my part. [/quote] I'm really looking forward to seeing those modding tools. A good set of modding tools will make you a god
[quote who="Spicy Mike" reply="2" id="2670698"]And where do we find these files to look at? [/quote] Could have sworn we could see the .xml files in previous versions but now I can't find them. Wish I could help.
Honestly if you want a really good opinion try throwing in a typical endgame situation. Dozens of units on every tile (since each army will need its own tile) and see how you feel about them scaling then.
Scaling looks unnatural. I like the fixed.
[quote who="WhiteElk" reply="16" id="2667246"] I had included the (html and body) tags, perhaps I shouldn't? But I also tried just using a single line break tag in the "edit source" window but that didn't work either. Now I see that there is a "Insert Code Block" option. Will give that, and the "edit source" window another a try... [/quote] That would be your problem. Leave out the html an
RE: Yes, the editor here does use javascript. I believe they're running a TinyMCE derivative that they forked a few months back. Notepad++ is pretty good for most people who don't need a full-blown IDE, and it does tabs if you open more than one document. Did you write html in notepad++ and try to paste it directly into this window and have it not show up right? What you do in that case ise click the "html" button in the editor window of the forums reply section
[quote who="Rosco_P" reply="4" id="2665973"] Quoting Zubaz, reply 3 Notepad++ http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/ http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/notepad-plus/index.php?title=Plugin_Central#X This++ [/quote] Seriously++
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="2665161"] Quoting MTCason, reply 13 This whets my appetite for Elemental all the more. You'd told us for a long time now that the game would be moddable to fundamental, foundational levels. And that it would be easy. But this is FAR beyond what I was expecting in both ease of use and extent to which the game could be modded. Fantastic! Yea, personally I tend to get very skeptical about peo