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I've been experimenting a little with creating a unique race where buildings, units and items will only be available for that particular race. So far the prerequisites listed seem to have been limited to Tech and Allegiance. But you can also specify Race. There is still a lot of trial and error, and I'm not sure what the impact is on changing the race to make it unique (in the default game the only races specified are Men and Fallen). As an experiment I wanted to have

Good work!!! :D

This is only for modders who are willing to get their hands dirty in the XML. Please turn away now if you were wanting a utility to do the code work for you. Background I've only really started looking at the games XML looking for examples of how the code works within itself. It looks as though you can control an awful lot of information but it is extremely hard finding specific examples. What I wa

Will be watching this with anticipation. :)

[quote who="Voqar" reply="179" id="2746044"]I'm not worried that the game will eventually be more like what we expect and more like what it should be, but I don't get the timing. If money isn't a problem, why not sit on the game a few more months before releasing it, let beta testers pound on a version of the game that's more like a release candidate to iron it out, and then release it. In 2-3 more months, this game will look and play very different after numer

Did they ever make a random map generator for Elven Legacy? I bought the original and one of the upgrades but without random maps I quickly lost interest.

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="33" id="2744247"] With all due respect, they've said from before beta started that it's going to be a game about humanoid races. They said from before beta started that all sorts of different creatures wouldn't be the core of your armies, and that you'd still be training normal guys. There's no unmet expectation because the expectation was never there. And if people buy the game and are disappointed because all the races are humanoid, the fault is 100% th

Thanks for the update Brad, but with all respect no-one from Stardock has ever commented or addressed what many have been saying since the beta versions that the races are boring and one-dimensional. You have listed the easier XML fixes (magic and research etc) but the whole concept of essentially just having a single model with coloured skin that players can dress up with items just doesn't cut it, sorry. In fantasy games I think players are not looking for traditional real-life race

[quote who="Omnax" reply="318" id="2743209"]Mip Map levels, same...I can not tell difference, what are they? [/quote] Mip Maps are textures with different resolutions within the same file. For example, when zoomed in the texture detail on an item might use a texture image of 256 pixels x 256 pixels which carries a lot of information. As you zoom out and more items come into the screen you end up with many many texture maps needing to be shown and all needing to be stored in the m

As Supronar said, Dominions can take a while to get a handle on but it is well worth it. Pick a single race but make sure you read the guide for that race in both the manual and also in the Dominions forum. Your choices in the setup make a massive impact on the game. Also play against only a few other races initially rather than filling the world. Fall From Heaven 2 is a free mod for Civ4 and this also has a fairly steep learning curve but is a wonderful gaming experience. E

If you are wanting to finish games you can turn on the cloth map in the options. Then the game goes quickly again but without the eye-candy.

This is being discussed here; https://forums.elementalgame.com/391334 This is also the main reason I've stopped playing the game for now.

Just had a quick look at Metacritic.com to see if any reviews have been lodged yet. So far not looking good. :( This one is a french site so is translated: Gamekult . Rating of 30%. <a href="http://www.1up.co

[quote quoting="post"] 1. Is the game entertaining and fun? 2. Will it let me develop strategies to win or lose against the AI? Today or Tonight? 3. Is the game polished and fixed enough to play decently? 4. There is no 4. 5. Is the AI difficult and will I find challenges in against the AI in single player? Can I lose (not due to a glitch or bad luck... but because I was out played or out leveled or

I wonder if in the CivV forums there is the 'parallel universe' discussion going on about the same subject. ;)

[quote who="Yarlen" reply="298" id="2739129"]Pleased to report that codecritter is making good progress on this internally. Hopefully everything will test out with it so we can include the changes with the next update. [/quote] Thanks for info. You have no idea how much the stress levels drop when you guys post - even if it isn't anything conclusive. :) Next update won't be today though, will it?

I think you are right on the money here. It does appear that the cart is driving the horse in that the game has been restricted to fit the Lore. And the Lore has been restricted to fit the book. Another point is the way there are only two 'factions' with five 'races' inside them. Personally I think the terms are arse about in as much I would expect factions to exist within races. In reality the 'factions' are to split the forces of good and evil, or life and death, so I would have pre

Ditto what the others are saying. I doubt anyone wants a RTS Tactical Battle element, but gamers that play TBS tend to like a little more complexity, flavour and differentiation.

Hmmm. This is really getting frustrating! I'm reluctantly going to be putting Elemental aside until this issue is resolved. Just waaaaaaay to painful. Sorry to say it, but despite the assurances this game really wasn't 'ready' for launch. :( Shame, because there is so much to like about it. Has there been any indication yet from the devs that the source of the problem has been located? Just trying to get a mental ETA of when I should check back in. Hours, Days,

Doh! Of course. I invaded and captured an earth shard but was wondering about the water. Thanks. ;)

Not sure if I'm missing something but I have a bunch of monster units in my army with small amounts of mana but as of 1.06 the spell book is closed and they can't use it. Fire and Stone giants are fine because they have their spells in the status window. But the others can't use it.

If an army has too many units for a tactical battle it ends up piling all the extra units in a single tile right next to the enemy. Seen this in both 1.05 and 1.06. There should be a limit to the number of units allowed in an army.

The pathfinding in the game is still really poor. Units will decide to move along the edge of a forest and restrict movement than move out onto the plains even though the number of actual squares needed to travel won't change. Ideally, if a unit had say a movement of 2, it would move out to a plain on the first move, then look for defensive terrain on the second move.

Water Shards are giving back feedback that I don't have the capacity to build on them yet Water magic is in my mix of spell books.

Agree. Split what's in there between the Adventuring and Civ trees and replace it with a race-specific tree to try and get some differentiation between the factions/races.