John_Hughes

Looks great Magog. Thanks again. :) No worries Murteas. RL is #1 always dude.

Can you reload an Auto-Save on re-boot, if the game you were in simply stops working (OOM'd)? I can't. Disappointing.

[quote who="yaromir" reply="85" id="2898406"]It's a loaded poll. Of course most of us still lurking on this forum are nursing some degree of hope. Most of us are cautiously optimistic.[/quote] First time was "cautious optimisim" this time around, just "simple caution." Disappointing really. &

What it really boils down to is simple. Can the AI use the Special Abilities effectively? It is seen in game now with the specials that have been modded in. They are great for the player who know when to use them based on various criteria, such as lenght, recharge etc. What is seen alot by the AI is just a "use" of them because they have them, not a use to best effect. A perfect example is the "REST" special. Almo

It is another example of the "Order of Events" queue not processing things in a timely fashion. End of Turn completes events and then flushes the queue as would any Reload. Currently, things can happen so out of order you get WTH moments all the time and then have to think back. "Ahhh! Right, that was when..." but has no relevance to the current Turns events. Let's see if we can get a Pic to show... </

[quote who="Magog_AoW" reply="262" id="2895986"]I'm still working on particles for Hands... But you know... rl work, kids, sick kids, sick me... etc. I have a prototype ready, but my brain is too warm to work with the xml right now and test it in game.[/quote] Particles will be awesome, but without some way to LOCK the character in the center of the square, in the H

I have a question? And a Rant apparently... What am I supposed to do with the Extra copy of Elemental I possess that would have made a great Gift but I was forced to wait, and wait, for it to actually be finished to the point where I would really considered it Giftable ? It has not reached that point yet and now a

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="29" id="2896361"] Quoting lbgsloan, reply 28Successful 'free' to play games are usually designed in such a way that you can't really progress in the game without paying. They get people hooked by making things SEEM reasonable early on, but once you hit a certain point you have to choose between paying or insane grinding. People rationalize this by thinking it's no different th

If "only" the game had a good Battle Chess program running the AI. Imagine the Tactical map is loading, the AI calculates your "pieces" values vs its own and then simply goes about destroying your BEST piece and does so using all available units, tactics (positioning) and strategies (Magic) to achieve that goal. Just like Battle Chess. The Tact Maps are just 2X sized Chess boards as is, so no worries there. Add in an Intelligent use of Magic and Tactical Battle

[quote who="SirKid" reply="14" id="2895292"]Now we are talking epic game.[/quote] I hate to be the bummer realist here but lest it be forgotten the exact same thing was said when the current game version started out and was called Elemental:"War of Magic" . Let's hope lessons learned are not easily forgotten... That would be a truly tragic disappointment . [e dig

A new Map is a Mod so you have to have Use Mods clicked in the Options screen. Under the New Game Window use the LOAD button to see a list of Your Maps. The base Tactical set resides in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock Games\Elemental\data\Maps\TacticalMaps In the Editor, hit Cancel, then Load and the Whole Tactical Map list should be visible and available for editing

Finally got to see the Hands Spell. Same issue as always, it is not a Full tile and units can move out of the Hands. I will have another thought about it. Works well though. Saved my ASS on 2 occasions. :)

A general rule of thumb for Kingdoms would have armor be Unique and weapons be more generic where the uniqueness in weapons may be the ornamental nature of their scabbards or sheaths, as in a Long Sword is a Long Sword but its holder could be very ornate (which we can't see anyways) but a Suit of Armor was fitted to an single individual and in that respect it auto become unique. :)

Buildings show it as well. Some serious "colorful" shades going on.

Had a Crash running a Tactical Map Test. Debug attached. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8370296/debug.err

That looks super HF. Amazing how such a small change has such big visual impact. :)

I have an issue that I can't seem to resolve. When I add items to the Tact map in the editor (any stone based item it seems) it looks great. Then when I go to the Game proper and my Tact Map loads I see these Items as ALL black. Any Stone items as noted already on the map before editing also show Black. I would be very grateful if ANYONE who could solve this issue for me please Post. It would make modding Tact map (in my case anyways) much more succes

Checking it out now. ;)

Thanks Harpo. John_

Can anyone find the Post that tells how to hack the .exe with an Hex editor to allow Mem. use above the 2GB limit? I want to give it a shot. Search is rather weak at the moment.

[quote who="Goldmos" reply="15" id="2890503"] Quoting Lord Xia, reply 9In Elemental, most of the land tiles have nothing on their resume. Well, they need some love and experience, I know that some of the tile are saying: If I'm good enough, I'll probably become a mountain someday![/quote] While others can only

Just updated to 1.19c and the Cartographer now loads Tiles (YaY and thanks) (had an oops on the tile editor, will keep an eye)

By the time the appropriate level of automation was in place, so it might be FUN to play, it was playing all by itself. That was kind of cool, but quite short lived. Graphics is never an issue for a FUN game but a game has to be FUN to forgo them. DW was not bad visually but as noted, like MOO2, way to spread-sheety for my tastes for a game, even with automation on. If I want spread-sheety, I just

If you do not partake in the Diplomatic possibilities available in the game that leaves but 2 choices. Conquer or be Conquered. Now I don't see how, even if it were 2 pristine Angel factions doing the fighting, one will always consider the other Evil, because they are the ones getting conquered, and as such consider themselves the Good guys/gals. This whole topic is so sourly "deja vu" it tortures my senses to read

Given this is just C and the alphabet got's lots left in it, and they are doing weekly updates (so far) those fixes may be just 7 days out. (Glass half Full kinda thinking of course) ;)