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Reply to [1z4] CTD from spamming end of turn buttom in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I've been kicking myself for that, but no. I tried several times to replicate the crash, and then realized that I had forgotten to archive the debug.err file.

[1z4] CTD from spamming end of turn buttom in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Have been unable to replicate, unfortunately.

Reply to Let’s try this again… in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

As Draginol noted, most players seem to enjoy customizing their side. Thus, they will choose their own characteristics and be indifferent to how those characteristics are divided between side / faction / race. All they care about is the final set of characteristics and appearance they get. Where things get dicey is when they start conquering other cities. The relevant question now is the degree to which you can pick up different characteristics by conquering. A

All volunteer army (technology) in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

The armies are so personalized in Elemental, with each person coming directly out of your population and having a name and picture, that I'm a bit uncomfortable about drafting people. I'd like to be able to research a technology for an all volunteer force. Presumably, you have to pay people more if they're volunteers (higher creation costs?). On the other hand, their morale is presumably higher.

Reply to Road Building…Your thoughts? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I also like the idea of military units building roads. Given the game fiction of how hostile the wilderness areas are, this seems appropriate. Also fits the empire building / Romanesque theme. THis would also allow building roads that don't end anywhere. FOr example, you may want a road that ends near an enemy border so you can rapidly shift troops around. You can't do that in the current system.

Reply to Boogie's Thoughts on Chancellors, Cities, Snaking and Secession in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

There was an interesting book called "The Warded Man" in which demons came out every night. There were economies of scale in warding buildings and ground (i.e., wards have to be maintained and there are a limited number of people with the skills to do so), hence you tended to have large cities and small outposts by critical resources. Same basic theory - there's some limited resource needed for towns and there are significant economies of scale in its use.

Reply to Boogie's Thoughts on Chancellors, Cities, Snaking and Secession in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Come to think of it, if you use the city "influence" approach, there's no real reason to require built tiles to be physically adjacent. If you want to put your farms several tiles away, go for it. It'll mean your defensive forces have farther to go if someone moves in and starts burning them, but it may allow you to take advantage of natural resources. That's the usual reason cities had outlying orchards, farms, mines, etcetera. For that matter, why not have an

Reply to Boogie's Thoughts on Chancellors, Cities, Snaking and Secession in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I am nervous about a food based solution. It can be very hard to tweak the numbers just right, and it is hard to prevent having lots of smaller cities rather than a few big cities. However, something similar could be done at a more abstract level. For example, the underlying game fiction strongly supports the idea of few cities. Most of the land is blasted and lifeless. You may put a military outpost in such territory, but no one is going to voluntarily li

Reply to Elemental: It's Fun to Charm Stuff... in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Several possibilities come to mind. 1. Spell could have a maintenance cost. They don't stay charmed unless you pay upkeep. 2. There could be an ongoing chance of the creature breaking free of the charm based on its level. For example, the % chance could be equal to the monster's level - a level 8 troll would have an 8% chance of breaking free each turn. Thus, for very powerful monsters, the caster has a strong incentive to use the monster immediat

[SUGGESTION] Interface on Construction in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

The interface is beginning to show some scaling problems. They are most obvious in city construction on the current build, but I can imagine them becoming a problem elsewhere down the road. The list of possible buildings is really, really hard to read after any amount of research has been done. The itty, bitty icons are awfully tricky. I'd like to see a whole column at the side of the screen devoted to the possibilities. Failing that, being able to access a sep

Reply to [.262][bug]Graphics not updating unit movements in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Confirmed. Still present.

Reply to [0.255][economy][bug/gameplay] Economy says balance 0, but losing 9 gold a turn in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Confirmed. Continues to persist.

Reply to It is time to talk about QUESTS! in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

ooh! How about a locked room mystery? Sovereign X has died in his bedroom. He has two heirs. It seems likely that one of them offed the old fellow, but no one can prove it. You have a chance to resolve the mystery and play politics. Proving that one of the heirs is the murderer, or framing the other one, can have different rewards. Maybe the murderer is inclined to be friendly towards you and the innocent one hates you. Do you want s

Reply to It is time to talk about QUESTS! in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

I love the idea of trying to build in some apocalyptic history into the quests. For example, what are the archmages doing at the end of the apocalypse? Some of them are probably trying to hunker down and survive, with plans for coming back later (shades of Fallout and the vaults here). 1) The archmage is still there, disembodied or undead. If undead, and the heroes fail to kill him, then he starts a new (extremely tough) faction. If disembodied, maybe he possess

[SUGGESTION] Auto-combat strategies in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I saw Frogboy's post on setting a maximum amount of mana that you are willing to invest in an auto-resolved battle. I think this is an excellent idea. I would go further, however. For most battles, I find that I use the same tactics everytime. I also find that the AI tends to be awful with respect to its spell choices. I was just thinking this the other day while playng King's Bounty: The Legend. My troops were sufficiently overpowered that it wasn't really

Reply to Channeler Customization: Continued in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

All great ideas. There should certainly be significant customization for your magical abilities as well. I"m not sure if this is the right place to talk about that or if magic will be customized elsewhere. Again, MoM is the obvious inspiration here, with both overall magical abilities and choice of the particular types of specializations. Some background choices might open up particular research trees or buildings that are not otherwise available, like the good / evi

[0.262] BUG - Failed to initiate battle in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Moved onto a spider with my sovereign and nothing happened. DebugMessage: Version 0.262 last updated on: Wed Dec 2 17:59:17 2009 DebugMessage: Entering WinMain DebugMessage: ******* Starting Game Shell ******* DebugMessage: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 12/6/2009, 16:19:49 DirectX Version: DirectX 11 Machine Name: ASHAMPINE-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

[0.262] BUG - Road bugs in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

The kingdom report is much more informative now, but roads are still a black box. There is no indication in the UI as to what road construction costs or how long it will take. Furthermore, the NET INCOME figure in the kingdom report does not include ongoing road construction. Road construction itself is possible to cities that have not yet been discovered (although not all other cities in the game, apparently). I haven't figured out why some foreign cities are making

[0.262] SUGGESTION - displacement choice in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

When the sovereign creates a city, they get displaced to an adjacent tile. It would be nice to have the option of choosing which tile they get displaced to. It appears that if you are out of movement and select an adjacent tile, that you will move there when you are displaced, but this method does not work if you are not out of movement.

[0.262] SUGGESTION - Tech popup in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

When you get the pop-up asking you which tech to pick, it would be nice to know which are green, yellow and red.

Reply to Elemental: Pen & Paper in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

I'm interested.

[BUG 0.255] Inaccurate income reporting in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

So gold should be decreasing by -1.30 per turn. But it's not.

[0.25 BUG] Construction costs incorrect in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Construction costs are deducted when you first put the building down, then an additional amount is deducted upon completion (i.e., for a palace, 200 to start construction, 500 upon completion). In addition, sometimes further amounts are deducted during construction, usually in the first few turns. None of these pending costs appear in the cost summaries for the cities or kingdom. A related bug on construction - when you run out of tiles, demolishing a building does not fre

[0.25 SUGGESTIONS] Economics UI (continued) in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

1. When you discover a pouch of gold or other item - please indicate how much gold was found. 2. Building roads apparently costs gold each turn, but does not show up in the Kingdom Report or in a pop-up. There should be an info card for roads that tells you what the benefits are (reduced movement? caravans?) as well as the construction costs (and maintenance?). 3. Pop-up card for city indicates current population greater than max population.

[0.25 CRASH] When loading game in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Crash when trying to load saved game. DebugMessage: Version 0.25 last updated on: Thu Oct 22 22:08:24 2009 DebugMessage: Entering WinMain DebugMessage: ******* Starting Game Shell ******* DebugMessage: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 10/25/2009, 15:53:12 DirectX Version: DirectX 11 Machine Name: ASHAMPINE-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 760