davidjc_af

Reply to 1.08 hotfix - Broke more than it fixed in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="5" id="2777364"]What is happening specifically in battles? I.e. it is just crashing or is something happening at the time?[/quote] the CTDs seem to be related to special ability usage in battle. For instance an air elemental uses it's special ability in battle. I see the start of the animation (hand go up in the air) but then it CTDs right there on the spot before it finishes. Likewise I had a hero with the ability to deal massive damage when I use his spec

Reply to Why I decided to buy the game in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Rune_74" reply="9" id="2777627"] Quoting davidjc_af, reply 6It cannot be played right now. It's just sitting there. I can't even fight tactical battles without crashing constantly. I am not going to roll back to previous versions(fact is I don't even know how without full reinstall) nor amI going to disect a perfectly fine computer trying to tweak it for Stardock. OOM errors occur more often the bigger the maps and the more you save. The # of OOM

CTDs due to the use of abilities or special attacks in tactical game mode and CTDs for autoresolve in WOM Support Elemental Forums

These are plaguing my game now since the hotfix. When I try to use special attacks I get CTDs in battles. I can cast spells fine, but that is about it. Likewise when the AI tries to use them i get a CTD. An Air Elemental was crashing my game every time it used an ability so finally I did a cheat and CNTRL+K killed the party because it was invincible since I can't auto resolve either without a CTD. I get them in autoresolves too. CTDs. It could be sound related I don't k

Reply to Tactical battles = frustrating misery in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Updated every driver still getting CTDs. In fact I can tell you almost anytime I use a special ability such as crush or any Champion special ability(unique ones) I get a crash. The animation starts and then a CTD. When an Air Elemental tried to cast something CTD. When units use special attacksor abilities in tactical gamemode the game is crashing. When I try to autoresolve I get CTDs. I Get CTDs due to OOM. This is a very unstable buggy version. Oh and thanks for the t

Reply to Soz Stardock, I tried to like it, I really really really tried. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The only major improvements I want to see is the tactical battles being refined(things like flanking, different movement speeds for units, obstacles stopping archery and so on) and AI in general. Everything else is balance tweaking and with really good mod tools the game will be around for a long time.

Reply to 1.08 Surviving Units Disappear after battle defending a city in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Yeah I had this happen to me too, lost all my champions this way. I had to reload an old saved game.

Reply to [Solution] Out of Memory Crash Fix v1.09b 32 or 64bit OS in WOM Support Elemental Forums

How do I use the patch. I ran this once with 1.07 and it really did not seem to do anything. It has the A for add menu that comes up and I don't know what to do then. So I just exit.

Reply to Soz Stardock, I tried to like it, I really really really tried. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Ok well I can't go where the OP is going. The game lacks some serious balance. And that is because balance tweaking is something that is usually perfected last in the production process. All of the core mechanics to make this a great game are there plus the ability to mod. This was the same thing that plagued Oblivion when it was released, it was very ambitous but because they were so enveleoped in the complexity of the game they could not get an overall coehsive game balance going. That mean

Reply to Tactical battles = frustrating misery in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="11" id="2777483"] Quoting davidjc_af, reply 10Attempting to try and find an updated driver for sound card. I really can't find one for Vista. I am not really prepared to tear my computer to pieces to get this game running correctly. I can install anything else i want and it runs perfect. Why in the world do I want to reconfigure my whole system in probably a vain attempt to get this game running? No, if for some reason

Reply to Serious request to pull 1.08b or fix asap...made Elemental worse in WOM Support Elemental Forums

For the CTDs alone this patch is very very bad. Before it was playable now I can't even run the game.

Reply to [v1.08b BETA][CTD] While fighting with a troll - tactical combat in WOM Support Elemental Forums

It's probably a sepcial ability they are trying to use. Right now if an Air Elemental tries to use an ability it crashes my game everytime. ic annot even get past one battle because of it.

Reply to Elemental: War of Magic v1.08 Change Log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="BlackRainZ" reply="185" id="2777477"] Quoting Kuriostone, reply 184 Quoting Rune_74, reply 182 So...um, did you send in your bug file? Um... I didn't pay $80 to be a beta tester. If they want to credit me back some of my money, I'd be happy to do work for Stardock, but I already have a job. This is not what a game community is for. What a jerk, you and the other guy complaining. If you have a bug which is causing problems you report

Reply to Why I decided to buy the game in War of Magic Elemental Forums

It cannot be played right now. It's just sitting there. I can't even fight tactical battles without crashing constantly. I am not going to roll back to previous versions(fact is I don't even know how without full reinstall) nor amI going to disect a perfectly fine computer trying to tweak it for Stardock. OOM errors occur more often the bigger the maps and the more you save. The # of OOM crashes is not going to be system dependent. It's in the game code. I have seen thi

Reply to Tactical battles = frustrating misery in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Attempting to try and find an updated driver for sound card. I really can't find one for Vista. I am not really prepared to tear my computer to pieces to get this game running correctly. I can install anything else i want and it runs perfect. Why in the world do I want to reconfigure my whole system in probably a vain attempt to get this game running?

Reply to Tactical battles = frustrating misery in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="8" id="2777399"]Perhaps not related but might shed some light for someone. http://techreport.com/discussions/9994 [/quote] No this is not a problem for me. I have never had an issue with this sound card before. It is either this game or a combination of this game with the sound card. I have never had anythign run so poorly on this system before. I can just download and install whatever and it

Reply to Tactical battles = frustrating misery in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Creative SB X-fi sound card. I am updating drivers for it now(since you posted about it). It is the only driver that can be updated. A sound card is usually something that is always performance neutral, if this fixes the crashes I will be happy.

Reply to Tactical battles = frustrating misery in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I have the latest ATI drivers(10.7). It is not the setup, it is this game. There is no reason for OOM errors even if someone had drivers that were a year old. This is absurd. Well the prblem being this...without horses you lose combat speed which means you attack less. Quite a big sacrifice when you think about it.

Reply to [1.08] Still getting Out of Memory issues? Post video card/os/drivers/etc here so they know what's left to tackle in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'll post my specs a lot of good it will do. It's not people's systems it's the game code. Radeon 4870 1GB Intel I7 920 6GB RAM Win Vista Premium 64 bit This is a VERY VERY mainstream setup and I play every game without a hitch...all except this one.

Reply to 1.08 hotfix - Broke more than it fixed in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The hotfix has made my game so unstable in tactical battles as to be basically unplayable.

Reply to Elemental: War of Magic v1.08 Change Log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I get crashes all the time too with this new build. I am not going to pay to beta test this game for them. It's darnright disgraceful. I want to pay a company 50 bucks and have a stable and fun game to play. I do not want to pay someone 50 bucks to bugtest and beta test their unfinished game. I anticpated some unpolished features when I bought, I did some research. but I figured it would at least run and be stable.

Reply to Discussion: General Combat System in War of Magic Elemental Forums

First get the flow of combat down. I don't care to stare at a slooooowly rising MISS message after every missed swing. I want a quick animation that ends immediately so I can continue on. I want when I click on the battefield that my character moves there pronto not just ignore my command because of some unfinished attack animation or pause. Things need to flow quickly so that tactical battles are enjoyable. I cannot stand clicking 20-30 times in anger trying to get my

Reply to Why I decided to buy the game in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Honestly better to wait until this is a bargain buy. I wish I had waited. I wen t ahead and bought it and after the last hotfix I cannot even play the game due to crashes. This game is still in Beta...it's not just rushed out the door, this is a pay to beta the game program.

Reply to [1.08b.092] CTD during tactical combat in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I get a crash when an air elemental tries to cast smething I also get all kind of random CTDs in the tactical battle mode. They were not there until AFTER this hotfix.

Reply to 1.08b crash - least stable build yet for me in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I am getting crashes all the bleeping time too. The hotfix has made the game barely work. Crashes during battles, crashes on auto resolves, dumps me due to OOM. This is really the most unplayable version by far.

Reply to is there demo for this game? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

A demo at this point is very bad idea. Don't get me wrong I think this game will be great at some point. But right now a demo would scare away more people than it brought in.