@ James009D - I have been unsuccessful getting the game to read modified tech files. I tried different directories, renaming files, etc. etc. and no luck. Please let us know if you have any success.
[quote who="Darknutter" reply="7" id="2736519"]did you start a new game, and have the game option "use mods" enabled?[/quote] Yes to both. Really not sure what the problem is here. I have modded games before (including other Stardock games) so I'd like to believe I'm not completely clueless.
[quote who="Darknutter" reply="5" id="2736440"]for XP its "My Documents\My Games\Elemental\" Ive been putting my stuff into the Items folder. Right now The game doesnt seem to allow seperate Mod folders, need to use the ones there already.[/quote] Tried that just now. Same result. Guess I'll wait and see if someone else has any success modding the tech files.
[quote who="Angelo85" reply="3" id="2735858"]For Windows Vista: *Windowsfolder*\Users\*Your Username*\Documents\My Games\Elemental[/quote] Still not working for the Techs_Amarian.xml file. I used this directory (using XP): C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Elemental\Mods The changes in the CoreSpellBooks.xml file still appear in game, but not the Techs_Amarian.xml changes.
From what I've seen in the .xml files, you don't (at least from the tech tree).
[quote who="Darknutter" reply="1" id="2735580"]Modding the core files wont take effect unless you delete the data.zip file in the /data folder. From what i hear, personally i avoid modding core files and just use new files in the mod folder[/quote] Ok thanks. What's the folder structure for the mod folder?
Ok, something's not right. I'm making simple changes to Techs_Amarian.xml and they are not appearing in the game. What gives? I have the file in the Units folder - no luck. Then I tried editing the actual data/English file - still no luck! Where is the game getting this info if not from this file? I also made some changes to CoreSpellBooks.xml, and those show up and work just fine. Any ideas?
Thinking more about this.... since magic was "lost" in the cataclysm, maybe ALL the books of magic (except maybe light/dark or whatever they're called) should have to be researched like Summoning is now. This would create a cost-benefit choice that actually requires some strategic thinking on the part of the player. If this were added in, would the AI be able to handle it? Could this be modded?
[quote who="KlausBreuer" reply="3" id="2733636"] I also like your idea of adding the magic power to the game - define how much of each one you have, instead of only turning each type on or off. [/quote] Yeah - there's no strategy whatsoever here. Even Brad gives this away in one of the video tutorials when creating a custom leader; he says something about "I like to just take them all" in regards to the magic books. And all the default leaders have all the
The guy at my Gamestop (which still has a PC section) looked it up and told me that since it said "Rating Pending" that meant it probably wouldn't be out for "like a year". So I went to Best Buy, grabbed a copy off the shelf and went home.
[quote who="Vallu751" reply="9" id="2730218"]Any way to do this with a keyboard? I haven't got a middle button in any of my mice. [/quote] Better yet, any way to re-map all the commands?
[quote who="Lavitage" reply="2" id="2729925"] >rotating the camera >4x game >laughingsharkman.wav Yeah I'm pretty sure you can't. [/quote] If you watch the first 10 or 15 seconds of this http://www.screencast.com/t/MmM3ODVlNDU you'll see that Brad does in fact rotate the camera a few times. I had the same question - so is it click and hold th
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="2" id="2729143"] Reduced 69% Original 432 x 630 If you have any suggestions on how we could make it easier let us know. [/quote] Ok. Please show remaining movement points in the default GUI* for the active unit. Don't make me go searching for it (not that it is anywhere to be found currently anyway). Also, it would be nice to be able to "right-click and hold" to see where the unit can
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Forget all that. Where's the Best Buy exclusive content!?!?111!? [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]
[quote who="MichaelCook" reply="105" id="2728011"]Its been released two days now and you guys have already exhausted all available maps. Rage quitters? [/quote] That's not the point. The game box states "each game produces a new randomly generated world." No, it does not. We just want what the box says is included.
I guess that technically speaking we are getting a "random" map - the game randomly picks one of six maps. [e digicons]:-"[/e]
[quote who="Todd Hawks" reply="96" id="2726997"] Quoting Stuie_acs, reply 95 LDiCesare is the author of what is still my favorite map script for Civ 4. If anyone gets it, I think he does. Which map script is that? I see myself playing some more Civ 4 until Elemental is in a playable state (and let's be honest: Civ V probably will need a few patches as well) and am always intererested in good map scripts. [/quote] He wr
[quote who="PeeKay777" reply="91" id="2726198"]Do you realise how difficult or what is involved to program a random map generator that produce maps that are realistic and playable? [/quote] LDiCesare is the author of what is still my favorite map script for Civ 4. If anyone gets it, I think
So how good are the mod tools? Could anyone open them up and make some decent maps? I'm tempted to buy the game and have a go at making maps. Can you make map scripts like in Civ 4? Or at very least modify whatever is generating maps by default? Do we have any options other than just deleting the pre-set seeds and getting the resulting horrible maps?
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[quote who="ddd888" reply="3" id="2722980"]yeah very importat critiques "the game does not explain how to end turn" "my toaster does not explain i have to connect it to the power" "my car doesnt explain me i have to put keys to turn it on" plz... [/quote] http://www.useandcaremanuals.com/pdf/ST20001030.pdf Toaster Manual - page
This is a deal breaker for me - no random land masses? Guess I'll save my 50 bucks for something else.
[quote who="Cadvridoc76" reply="1" id="1866529"]also no option to select Australia/New Zealand. knowing that there are a number from both countries this is rather poor on Stardocks behalf. Closest thing to select is Asia (Other), which does not make a good representation. and yet have several choices for the USA.[/quote] Questions 11 and 12 required an answer, none of which were applicable to me. In both cases I chose the first response just to get past the page.
[quote]well as long as it comes with a on cd manual. I guess I cant be mad if its not even gonna be in retail.stardock is still my favorite game company.Gal civ ftw[/quote] Question is, why are the charging the Retail Box shipping rate if there isn't a box?
[quote]Making a retail box and getting it on shelves is a huge expense, and requires marketing and set deadlines in order to make (some of) that back. And each expansion of a game typically makes less than the one before it. Skipping retail means being able to deliver a beefy expansion where not doing so would mean delivering much less, or not being able to do one at all.[/quote] So why is Stardock charging retail box shipping if there is no retail box? I only paid five dollars for shi
[quote] I bought this game solo on this site and a few opinions of people I know who've played it and like it. Honestly, I bought it primarily because of the little blue logo on the bottom of this page [/quote] Same here. If this wasn't a Stardock release, I'd be waiting for reviews/opinio
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