LordCobol

Reply to Sunday morning random thoughts in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Lots of good stuff here, agree with BananaMan in reply 3, especially [quote]that isn't really fun to make because my character, the main part of Elemental, is stagnating. Your character should always be getting more and more powerful - that's the #1 principle of any good, addictive character-building game. [/quote] Also agree with Dagwood reply 53 "Seems like there ought to be a spectrum of NPC "types". I see no reason why those hired should be limited t

Reply to [.804][Bug/Gameplay]Unit gets "stumped" on pathfinding and stops moving without notice. in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I had this back in 1Z -- there was one particular square that units couldn't cross but wouldn't go around -- had to manually steer them past it. Something possibly similar in .804 with an unreachable goodie hut near the coast.

Reply to [0.804][Bug/UI] Notification Spam after loading game in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Yes. Load + 1 new building = LOTS of unneeded / unwanted notifications. Yech.

Reply to [Beta 2][Bug] Couple of graphical glitches in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I've had disappearing units & buildings, plus weird whole map sorta-similar to the original post. The latter usually fixes itself after a while, not sure why. Only noticed the missing units & buildings in .804 & ATI 10.6 drivers. Saw the messed-up map in both .803 & .804, both 10.4 & 10.6 drivers. XP sp3 32-bit, 3mb ram. 512 mb ati 5600.

[.804][CRASH] ctd playing and loading save game. in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Crashed playing last night, windows application event viewer says Faulting application elemental.exe, version 0.8.0.4, faulting module msvcr80.dll, version 8.0.50727.4053, fault address 0x00050458. Then loading the save game, crashed immediately with the same Faulting application elemental.exe, version 0.8.0.4, faulting module msvcr80.dll, version 8.0.50727.4053, fault address 0x00050458. Seem to be having a problem

Reply to [0.803][Bug] Recruiting champions costs more than it says? in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Me to, at least with heroes. Guess I better check about cities.

Reply to [Suggestion] Auto select next unit. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote]I'll second that. When the selected unit has used all of it's movement or action points, there should at least be an option ot autoselect the next unit with actions left.[/quote] [quote]Also wouldn't mind this feature extended to cities in some fashion too.[/quote] Agree

Reply to [Suggestion]Moving onto improvement outside city walls shouldn't capture city in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Sounds good.

Reply to [.802][bug] blurry screen at 1080p resolution in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Duh. I'm going blind. Must be too much....

Reply to [.802][bug] blurry screen at 1080p resolution in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Turn it off where? The closest I see to a place for that is in the options / video screen, top right, the slider for "softness (adv lighting)". Moving that to zero just makes the screen to dark. @bill: are you nvidia or ati? I'm ati 5670 with 10-4 drivers.

Reply to [802] [BUG] [CTD] in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Same exact message as I've had 3 times (and I've hardly played at all). Two of mine were trying to get into the research screen, not sure about the other. No debug.err. XP sp3, 32 bit. 3gb ram.

[.802][bug] blurry screen at 1080p resolution in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Its "ok" at the default resolution, 1024 x 768, but since I just got a shiny new 1920 x 1080 monitor I can't resist changing to that res. Then the map becomes so blurry its unbearable until I scroll out enough to switch it to cloth map. Cloth is ok (just like beta 1z Dxdiag at http://pastebin.com/SiQQDRJt (By "ok" at 1024 by 768, I mean only "not blurry". The screen is stretched horizontally like watching standard-def tv in a wid

Reply to [.802][Crash]Trying to access research technologies screen in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Same problem. XP 32, 3gb ram, 12mb ati 5670 with recent drivers. No debug.err or crash zip file. Ctd at the start of the game, 1st time I try to go into the research screen after founding 1st city, before completing any buildings. Dxdiag at http://pastebin.com/SiQQDRJt Windows event viewer says (same message & address each time) Faulting application elemental.exe, version 0.8.0.2, faulting modu

Reply to Elemental: Beta 2 Info in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]Will we encounter and be able to recruit dragons in beta 2?[/quote] If we can, they won't be balanced yet. They will tilt to one side, then fall over.

Reply to Message from Elemental AI: I’ll see you in court in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

"ragequit if it's losing?" Why not? Windows does it every week.

Reply to Elemental: Researching Technologies in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]This is one area in which Age of Wonders failed miserably. Heroes could only get XP from the killing blow. So a spellcasting hero that healed and buffed didn't get a single point of XP....[/quote] Yes

Reply to Does anyone want Lord Kona or the Snathi from GC2 in Elemental? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Snathi are cool. Kona doesn't do anything for me.

Reply to Should the basic Attack & Defense mechanic work like in Master of Magic? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

It starts on page 95 of my manual, not page 93. Two versions of the manual ??

Reply to Zones of Control? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I like the "intercept" idea a little more than the ZOC. Either might be better than nothing.Agree with Zentax that "I think map design is going to do a lot to either demonstrate the need for something like a ZOC attribute, OR to prove that this game won't need anything so mechanical". Ambushes sound nice, but I was disappointed by they way they worked in Rome:TW. If they can't implement them better somehow, don't do them at all.

Reply to Elemental: June FAQ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]Balancing is something that will go on for years. There is no perfect balance and I make no promises that the game will be perfectly balanced. The only promise I can make is that we will do our best to make the game FUN to play (particularly in single player).[/quote] Anyway, balance may be a bit over-rated. If some factions are stronger than others, in SP that just gives us another way to adjust difficulty besides adjusting the official "difficulty". Once you've be

Reply to Elemental: June FAQ in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]BTW, if you guys want to know the most likely thing to cause delays, it's going to be AI. [/quote] So over the weekend slap together a different AI to write posts for you so you can concentrate on the real AI :) (Or did you do that months ago ?)

Reply to Tactical Combat: Increasing AI's Role-- you might want to flame... in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

It wouldn't be bad to have the option of turning over part of my army to the AI. Wouldn't want it to be mandatory in SP, but it might help keep battles moving faster in MP. It would have mattered more if combat were real-time. Just not a big priority for me. But it really, really depends on the AI being good enough. I want to scream or puke when I think of what always happened to my troops in Rome:Total War when I let the AI command my reinforcements.

Reply to Elemental: Researching Technologies in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]More importantly, does it scale? I imagine +2 research points will be worth much more early on and then diminish as your cities become more numerous and more developed. Will the bonuses provided by champions scale with level, or something? It'd be kind of unfortunate for one of the major aspects of champions to diminish over time;[/quote] I would hope that the hero could generate more research if he levels up. Then its up to us to do things that make him gain experience.&

Reply to Elemental: Kumquat Graphics Engine in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

"the 2 GB limit for 32 bits Windows?" Actually 4gb total. So 2gb is the effective limit for system ram only if you have a 2gb graphics card. Example: I'm currently 3gb system and 512mb graphics. Works fine. Plan to buy a new rig for Elemental, but wait for it to come out and then ask lots of questions before I decide what to spend my $ on.

Reply to I’m on Skynet’s side in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Lets see. Just started programming the AI in early May -- using a new tech, no matter how good it is. Beta 2 due in early June, starting a 3 month timer to release (according to other posts).... 4 months to do all the AI ? Including the tweaks you'll need because of all the changes we'll want in the beta? Right. In 5 months every other dev in the company will be standing behind you saying "Are we there yet?" But no pressure :) &nb