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[quote who="Colbert30" reply="295" id="3250672"]I still haven't found a good use for those spells. What are you guys using them for?[/quote] I found myself on a map, where the only way to reach another faction was through a 1 tile wide path, where that faction built an outpost exactly on that path, and I couldn't get past it because I couldn't walk over it, because I hadn't made contact with the said faction, and wasn't even able to declare war on it. This has been

[quote who="AndyBarrett" reply="293" id="3250661"]I find that it's quite laborious to only be able to do 1 block as a raise or lower with each cast. How about a hold and drag box to do several sections at a time?[/quote] Do you really think it's worth the time and effort to implement something like this for a spell that you'll probably use once every 10 games?

It's probably too late for this, but the Path of the Governor thing hasn't been addressed yet. That is, cities don't give XP, so keeping a champion in a city as governor is not an option, hence the Path of the Governor becomes useless, since you send governors who can't fight into battles just to level them up. Champions as scarce as they are, so if the Path of the Governor is to be a viable option, cities have to give constant XP (not a 25% chance of 1XP/tur

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="246" id="3249096"]How do people feel about the cost of some items? I had a nation that used "Light Plate" and the chest piece itself costed something like 650 gold. I don't think I would ever spend that kind of money on that. I could rush several buildings or troops for that. [/quote] Ah yes indeed the items cost should be addressed as well! Some armor pieces have absurd prices.

[quote]Reduced the cost of Lower Land and Raise Land to 5 mana[/quote] Does the AI use these terraforming spells at all? [quote]Increased Accessory slots to 4 (from 3)[/quote] Again, does the AI use this efficiently?

I'm very glad you found the root problems Brad. You made jgiombet a happy child :) I hope you guys can solve both problems before 1.0 comes out, as they might affect more people than indicated by this thread. Your persistence as a developer (more so as a CEO :) ) is rare, and greatly appreciated by us.

It's -cheat. I ran the game with and without SDNXLOverlay.dll and when disabling the interface I get maybe one more FPS in low FPS areas, that is to say from 17 to 18. I use the same savegame from when I made this thread to compare results, it was .952 I think. Maybe your solution will help others, like jgiombet who says he gets 25 FPS even when starting

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="66" id="3248489"]Ok. I've figured it out. It's the overlay. Try this: go to your main game directory rename sdnxloverlay.dll to something else then try the game.[/quote] Just tried it. FPS is exactly the same. It's just that the old ugly fonts are back. EDIT: Also, CTRL+X doesn't do anything.

[quote who="Wizard1200" reply="183" id="3248200"]That is a very good idea, but the attack should be increased, too, because otherwise the garrison would not be able to kill armored enemies.[/quote] The garrison is supposed to be just a basic defensive force, not an obstacle for a sovereign-led army. You can station additional units in a city to further defend it. I find garrisons satisfactory as they are in .983, and now they are a little bigger, which makes a lot of sense, because th

A more detailed Hiergamenon would do just fine. I would also make it accessible from the main menu.

[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="6" id="3246713"]A developer must have put it in there as a temporary measure to prevent some abuse, and no one bothered cleaning it up.[/quote] This is present in GalCiv 2 also, that's why it was probably there. But in GalCiv 2 you can declare war by directly attacking.

[quote who="jgiombet" reply="62" id="3247784"]there are huge fps drops also when menus are open. for example when choosing what to build on the town screen....fps goes down to about 25.[/quote] But only in mid to late game. Changing between research trees is also laggy then. But when starting a new game, everything runs smooth. Anyway I found the number 4 view point to be way friendlier to FPS in 3D mode, and to offer a better strategic perspective in the cloth map.

[quote]New, nastier AI algorithms at higher difficulty (for people want a bigger challenge)[/quote] Which "higher difficulty" ? Is the AI still at 100% and using these nasty new algorithms at Challenging?

[quote who="mqpiffle" reply="141" id="3247608"] Quoting Lord Xia, reply 139 thousands and thousands of turns. Carl Sagan, you are not. But I bet Carl Sagan never had a pony.[/quote] It's a popular misconception that Carl Sagan used to say "billions and billions". He never actually said it in the media, even though there is a unit of measurement called Sagan, which is defined as "at least 4 billions", the minimum which "billions and billions" could mean.

[quote who="taltamir" reply="135" id="3247590"]Where is the option to use AI governor to build structures in cities?[/quote] It has been indicated that this feature might be added to the game post-release, if the game is a commercial success.

Yesterday was the first time I ever lost a game of FE. And I lost 2 or 3 games in a row quite quickly. I was pleasantly surprised. The thing is that unlike in GalCiv 2, if you lose the expansion race at the beginning, here you are doomed. Now I don't CTRL+N like some people, I like to make due with what I got, but unlike in GalCiv 2, the tools to keep peace even if I am the underdog are still being balanced I think. The problems that I see: - AI tends to break no

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="60" id="3246343"]In the process of updating...[/quote] With 2 turns left you couldn't finish it? :)

Very good and interestingly written play-through. But even here we can see the AI not upgrading its altars, shrines, etc.

I don't think rivers and seas are that much of a FPS killer, since I get FPS drops even when there's no water in sight. You might as well use the cloth map if you want no water animations. Now I'm not saying having an option like this is bad, no, options are always always good, but maybe there's something that can be done in this time that would improve FPS more dramatically. Like engine optimizations, which will be good for everyone.

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="8" id="3245160"]Seriously, 22 mana for 8(+1 per earth shard) blunt damage?[/quote] Indeed some spells need to have their mana costs reduced. Also: - Please make the AI upgrade its altars and shrines etc. (This is crucial!) https://forums.stardock.com/432932 - Health bars don't update in combat when a unit receives Crushing Blow <a href="https://forums.stardock.com/4333

Air Elementals can fly for sure, and I think air shrills might too.

You guys are idiots...

[quote who="pkrawczynski88" reply="57" id="3244821"]I just installed newest drivers 308 - had 301 earlier if im correct. Much smoother experience after system restart. [/quote] 306.23 are the latest (including beta), and I have those already. How much smoother is your experience?

I know most of these issues are fixed, but the Crushing Blow one isn't.

Seeing your screenshot reminds me: Please can we make the character perks show on two columns, so we don't have to scroll through them? Yes, it will cover some of the 3D model, but no one cares how a character's eyebrows look, we want to see all the perks at a glance. Thank you!